Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1946 )

OFFICE OF TH,E ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN 4 . . 7. ‘.. l ayrrtar COBU~B``OA, an% all nm,ney reoelvsd in gaynwnt for advertlslng in truiapublloatlon, .&ioh tha Wmai8aic1a i8 luth o tizeCto aooopt 00 LOW BB lilahadYBl'tlBl#& i8 Mtt-PtitiOti ~0 relates to Jkustl UUI ilBhlR& -11 k dogoaltod lath. tip0 7 al Oano ruol nnd rhall b44 u8d m 18 &r0by appmsatttea t0 da-fhy tba ooot 0r EnId publloatlon." "Thu net prooeede lrsrri~11 saloa (981~ico- vidtidin thio :Jrotlczn flhallbe j,laoedin a se;iaratafund by the Kurd and my be used Prom t lm to timeror Befraying su0h expesw30 as playbe mwasary for the lnvaati$atlonOt and obtaining lvldmoe far vlolatlcsrs0r th0 &W4Y~8l4JIBOf thi. .'iOt." In anawrrlng Uht que8ti3n,we said; The question of purol-AaIryartlolee Or wear- ing upprrrrldeonr8 nooeazary to the looompll8h- netit 0s thr vorr 0r thr imptirtikast b 0~ prlearllp aadrawed to tha alsorrtlon 0r tb head 0r the par- ticular aepartttm-h.tbA108Sthere ia th galpablo EUX? arbitmrp abuse of dlaroxw%l;in, the dwlrlon of the departmnt imad ahoulQ not bo sot afaida. Th8 tMt Of th8 VtiiaitY Of BWh pUrah~O8 18 wne timr they an naumabably rmoe0oary to OrrBOt the i;tate’a gurposoe; , . .* But *o IIOtB rmm the oojiy or tba propoeed agree- mat with the Awlit birmu~ of CIrouJatiunatout the per dior ohug0 nrarma to in your lrttor is a ahugo ror rho lOr*IoOB oi UI WAdIt@X t0 &it thO b00kO 0S th8 pUbllO~- Wsn with 8 vlmw to Qat8rPSrlny lxootl~ Itm paI& oirmulil- ticin. YUfthB&&do-t Of priV8t. PUditSSN i8 lpOoiiiOdly prohibi006 by Sub-8ooUoP l8 0r the gosauol rldu to 88lb 4ppoprIatlcm in the r0n0vrlng iangwgr: R#``o Or tho approprlarionn h~rela ma60 &all be Uwi ror ths purporo 0r O``ployIlrgany rit78, oar- poratlon or pwoon lxe*ptlag persons ragular4 end OWtitNAW#ly W#O-6 by the St&t0 dBiWtMOnt8, to BbUiit th8 lxpnalt~oa or roocwle ad' my doput- smnt, board, bureau, ix InOtltutI~oi pmvld86, bow- lVBX, thvt ir, in the jut-t or tb ofrlmar,otti- oor6 or d8partmzS8 abarge br lnw 'with diObu8i~ tho ap~roprirtf.ons hOrOin md8, On audit lo nee6waryr kattajqdiO8tion SOS 8wh Wit Ohal. bO Jr'28 to the btato Aw,iltorroquO8tl~ that lruoh w&It bo amOo; end in th. eV6&i th0 Stat6 Auditor 8hal.l QOt, tIh hi8 jud($- BOLLt, hW0 l8ik b 1 l 8 ufri6irttt ii&U t0 W&B th0 tW8- 8SOtU-y dit, tbtt tb OmOU, t#iiOOrS w dBp8R%- aotttahaving ohup oi dirbuminl; rJ1 lppr0prIa8Iaru arm a~thorisod to dlmottha &aptrollar to baaalar In Amp 8u1 ~4 ePd to tha lpprsprlatlon for tha stat8 Audltor'o oir108 boroln mild8 tho amount *hioh In t&o juayppsntor mild otfioor la nOoo8sory ior the purposs 0r making staid audit." It 18, mororaro, our opinlua that th8 pro 08od 00n- traot ~fth ths Audit Byroad of OIroulatfoa8 Is pro h! bitad by law. XIIULBWBr SO p%W lOOMd ~U888lCMl, it la obu opinion that thb MaLit 6t PIOOOBs``y, CaWMblO Bad OU8tgpUr to88 i ’ .” or oompuAa~t&.Jl upon a proentags baris for ths prooure- pvnt a3 adrortlrl~ for your publioati3n 148 within ttu dirontioa of tJis ha., 7lah and Oyster Camaiertm. *o es returalng horouita the oopy UCoh0 prct- ~OOOtaooatnot rubalttoawith 7our lettrr. ~0~4 very trul7,