THEATTORNEYGENERAL
OF TEXAS
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PRICE DANIEL
ATTORNEYGENERAL
Swtsrber3, 1949
Isea. Bebert 8. Celrert opla1en lo. r-895
Ccmptr6Ll* efpr)lir, hesoount8
Capitol Station Bes Cautructia of ILB.
AU8t4.a, TexafJ lo. 103s A8tn 51rt
bg18latum.
braP Stir
lieforonce ir uade to pow rque8t for 88 epin-
low, the urterlrl m of’Miloh reulr ae f’ollques
%eetim !5 oft t!ke abme-m8mthned bill
b8 pau by the applf-
Pwite8 ln part ar
bQ pat4 to the BoaPd
ho flaor ,448 appiio+-
‘Doe8 the above quoted Pan$oage o@mtl-
tuto an approprlatfew fop the we and berm-
tit of the Bmrd ror a two eaP pepled fmm
the effwtlvo dato of tha b 3 11, uad %8 the
C~tX'Ollel' 8tlthOrirOd to ifMU UaPlPUt
agaiast Tim &X8%0 Science &ulnatlon had
rlthout 16~~ 8p8Oifie 8ppPopPiatfti?*
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Hoa. Hobdrt S.’ Cairo*, page 2 (V-895)
Eewe Bill Ilo. 103, Acts Fifty-Sirat Legisla-
ture, became effective Ap~ll 28, 1949. It creates a
State Board of Examiners in the Basic Sciences, conslst-
11% of six members; preecribee their power8 and duties,
laoludlag that of conducting exaalnatlons of appU.e8ate
Sor a cePtiSlcate’ bf profloien~~ ,in the,~scienaee named
In Section 1 thereof; and it preclcrlbe8 the issuance OS
rueh certificates t6 those applicants Sound by the
Board to be entitled thereto.
Section 4 of the Act in port provide8:
@Each menbell of the Board shall be paid
.%n Dollara ($10) per day for each day active-
ly engaged.in~the dischsrge of his duties, and
the time spent fn going to and returning Srom
meetings of the Board shall be Included in
wlptlag such time. In addition to this peg
diem, each membeP-of the Baard shall receive
expenses incurred while actually e-aged in
the performance OS the duties of the Board.
The Secretary and Treasurer shall each be
requlPed to execute a bond in the 8148 OS Ten
Thouoand Dollar8 ($lO,OOO). f’Or the fialt&fUl
perfcwmamee of his dutle8, payable to the
State of Texar. The premix of 8uch bonds
8ball be paid out of fee8 Pecefved, The of-
floe of the Board shall be fn the State Capl-
tol, and quarters for that OSSice shall be
assigned by the State Board of Control In
the Capitol building, OE macothec bulldIn@
ocoopled by the State 0overnment,, where Its
permanent record8 clhall be kept*-
In Attorney QenePaf Oplafo~ Ho. V-887, dakd
Aug. 17, 1949, addres8ed to Eon, J0 B. &Donald, Car-
missioner of Agriculture, a eop~ OS which is eaelorcbd
herewith, this office expPer~re4 the opinion tlkat the
I..: gpHF gh8 lart p”“f”““” of So&Ion 6(f)
20, Acts 518 beglalature, coa8tl-
tuted a valid appropriation of the money eolleatod ua-
der the provlalons of the Aot by the ConfsrloaeP of
Agrloultare for the purpose8 rtated therein fer 8 per-
iod of two yeara, beginning June 23, 1949, the effective
date of the Act, and ending June 22, 1951.
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Yhe provisiotis of Section 5 of Houre Bill moo.
103, quoted In youP Pequemt, ape In 110 taterial respect
different Srom the pPoii8ioar of the la8t paPwaph of
. -
Hon. Robert 3. Calvert, page 3 (V-895)
Section 6(r) of Eouae Bill Ilo. 420, Rach clearly evi-
dences the intention of the Leglelature to make an ap-
propriation of all the moneys collected under the re-
spective Aote for a period .of two yeara. The authorl-
ties cited in Attotiey General Opinion fo. N-887 are
also applicable to your question.
.
There&e, It 16 the opinion of this office
that Section 5 of House Bill 80. 103, Acte 51et Legle-
lature, constltuterr a val%d apprgprlation OS the See.9
which~ the State Board of ExamInera i&l the l3a8lc Sclen-
ces are authorleed to collect ander the Act, for the
pU?pO8es therein stated, for a period of two rear8 be-
glaaWg April 28, 1949, and eadlng April 27, 1951.
S-Y
Hou8e Rfll lib. 103, Acts 51st Legilr-
lature, made a
lee8 ,co&l*ibi@ 2’:
Board oi E&miners in the Basio Selencea
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BwBrmra BY
Brwe W. Bwaat
Aertatant