Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1945 )

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OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
ATTORNEY GENERAL
tbe rbots mbjeet mt-
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idons ot Iioun Joint
eb ia berqto rttmbed,
roted by I major5ty
. De 1946, 814 l b ear-
t&o are Uedreua to wt8ke
news I tmat pu wfll answer tbs
pinian, 8oeaming the Con-stitg-
t In quemtfon pammes~ till tbb
gaeut menberm of the Le&Lal~ture be entitYed
to reoeito thilr per &la lmdar the same, ikop
utd after Aquat SW A- De 1945, relprdle88 of
rbothor any rpproprht-loa im umle by #lo pres-
ent tegialrtrrm or notr
Sootion 24, as the 6ame ie~prapnssd to be amended by
Howme Joint Reaolutlon Uo. 11, ie as follot~:
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•Ha~rm af the beghlatam aball reedvo
. faWIiti4mtetb*par4lrth~member*
es roll noam #hall k entit1.dte milw#e la
#pillato an8 tetnmin ftem the aeat of @w*rn-
malt, whiab mlleef;: &I not a0eW Two Dellarm
am4 8lfty Nuta ( .a01 tar web tiventi-ii+*
(66) rilem~ tbe dieknee to be aapltod by the
seate0t ma-at dlreet s-oat0 or tzwe3 by Ima,
nprdlomm ?f r&llrajm or water roM.em1 and tha
0aptrellw~oi th0 Stmte ah813 prom and pre-
wwo 8 table et aistauoaqto each 0eunt~'wat,
new or ber88ftet to be ea8al4lieh~; and W ruab
tmblo tba dlwjje or eaob Mber altall be p&Id)
bit lsemedber *all br ontitled $0 mileoga for
anye%tra~aemalon tbatma~beaallodritWn ene
dot afkr the adj eumment et any regular ot eall-
od ‘wralon*’
We b86 to 8UViw tbet la oar opialons in the oroat
ttieBuembeut propoBeab7 aoare soiat lhmlutlw 80. 11 *o
dull rote& and tbe reaalt thereof regulorlj declared, it
wtlf tbeteupen hewma bmed~atel~ offeotire an the mpreae
18~ at the Utate, and tlmt from arid aitor mcb effeaMve
d8k tbo rerbece ef the LegiuYature Ml3 bcentitled to m-
oelvi ftem t&o ukte Tteamuty a pr dia of 910.00 pet daj
atutzng their tenute of OfMao, telpM?dt~ew of whether a nyl$I-
~ro?rSmtion lm lade'by the pteaent Ledalatuto thoretet.
slatire probably
mlileed,thepree4ntLo ha. nt#
power to am&4 au appropriation,
r tboa@ tlrrt la 8 qaemtlon
wo need mot to deelde) beoaun it is iundweutal that ~no
mm ny be p&l froa the Hate Troauury “to lar lndlrldualr
on a 018&m, real or protended, whea the aasm &all not have
‘b een p a wide& fo r b y pte-exlatln~tar- * l l” - Const. Ueo .
4 4 . Ala - III. .Amrmfng, tErofote, that the present Le@m18-
tnte wltt ad jonm ptlor to tha eteotlon to be held tipon the
propownY anmOnmnt, it wo uldlppeat that theta oeutd ho no pre-
exlating tr to carppert auoh pteaently-wde appropriation.
In Pott Votth Caratrf Club 1. Sbeppar& 83 8. V. (3)
660, the Suptome Coutt amid!
“It la uettted BU the tar nf thla State
that under the providonr bt Section 44 of Artl-
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Honorable M. B. Morgan - p8ge 3
010 t of bar State Qonstitution, the Lsglslature
ia prehlblted from approptiatl.ng State money to
any Individual on amy alaim tmloam at tbo very
the the appropriationia ma&e theta 10 already
ln Korea seme pm-Ulmtfng valid law aonmtltu-
3 tlng.tRo ol*ls tbi qproprlatlen la mdo te pay
a Ia@ mnd~ralid ebllgatlomlgainet the Stato.'
ueoa
8at31 BlaoMt COO '1.State, 185 80 ll~(2)
.
.11ethllig
re~hqe shall be c+omtvuedl
said a'lndl~tlng
amb per dfe~ w8Id la q event be lotually paid until tbarg
bad been be ~approprlatioa by the Loglslatme. Bowover, whet&or
lI!rppreprirtionbad been made er no~tmembers would be entitled
%o tooelre waxy%nts from the %mpttoller ior mob oempemation,
same to be psld after an 8pproprlatlontbereforhad be& made.
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ATTORNRY GlDERAL OF TEXAS