Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN

don. Glbb Gllohrlst,Praeldant
Agrioulturaland XsahanlcalCollageor Taxas
COllOgeStation,Texar
Dear'Sirt

Fedwal hid-Gr8n t
Y-l-S 1946 an4 194

biwaniwn(ChaPter399,

&abed
to the hltata
the GeneralRstmuo
0r
nrt on State or Toue bond8
and MeohanioalQolloge
ua or Ten Thouaanb, Far
r0r laoh 0rthO rlr0d
and August 31, 19b5. * * +I
2 6r the Aota rdorrod to abow, under the
oultural and YeohanloalCoUege oi
pr~ririon18 mbe ror thlr lnterertr
*'tim than 1s 8pproprlatodto the h&rleUltUraland
YaohaaloalOollagaoi Texas, the to tJ. l=Un ‘a M i ur ent
o r looumulsted lntareatrecrltedon thr land grant ltiownt
rund or aaid Co11 e, aggragatlngTOP ThousandFourHundred
and Fltty (410,4507 Dollars annual4 and any balaaaoatheraoi
on hand at the md oi any preoodingilaOa1year, iOr laob Of
tbo rlsoal years andlagaugurt 31, 1944 and A-t 31, 1945,
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to b. expand.4
In the Pymsnt of * a*8 Inoiirrsdia
rdriiiittg aq 0r the plup4Jraa T deb,by tb* stat0
prov
Land Orant Collogo hat and the Foboral Land Qrsat
CollsgsAat, snA sny asmdmonts thmto, in the Mnaer
thrrslnprorlbed.~
*TA* Wuaatlanal AppimprlaUonBllI ior t&o ourmat
blwdcM (Chapter377, Genurl md ¶ljwolsl Lmw8, 49th
Lsglslsture- RegularSosalan)biWr no prorlslonfor
psyingth. iatermt on the bon&a hold br the Texam
Agrioultunl and k'rohsnlosl
CollegeLaad Grant ?u&d, but
under th. hotdingor *Ths Agrloultur.1cad Ysshsnioal
ooAleg* 0r Texas*wk.. the rt3110wiail( tislon ror the ,~
expwtalttm or this lntsrsst(prm 683p"" t
**Mao, thorn 1s l pproprlatr(l.to the
and Yeohm 00l.l~ Or Taw8, th
owront or rroumulstad lntuwt moo
ln&ounsnt rund or ssid Oolle&r aggn
TM Thousand Four Rw6rrd aad #Wty
UknuaAlJMa sn$bslsJlerthemoioahsdstths &ulof
fo r lwh ot tb ilsml yewa

Yunon~m Annotstul Cl*ll 8tatuto8,and &;s 19A5 34th zaiwaatum,
R. I gsnstr4Ul X&2?? Ohstier1% tb A&tltuml &ad
I4mhikloalCollegeot Tsxai Lsxtd-Orant in&-no Fund ron8lstr ot
$209 000.00 derltd from the erlo of kadr rewired b .tho #fate
or Gxps.mp3er the Watts4 Stat*r lrnd Orurt AotM d2 all at
whloh is invastrd la art. or T.X.. S$ 00 w3llr or fw,
dstti liirptrmb*r,l 1915, Oua 89 t&u 1, Y 955. .T&e fat&iWt~oa
theoa bOl%&ds+ly&. roml-annuaLT 84ptwabwxaBc~~,~tunta *
to a10 450.&osmluell~;th. rclithsnd oreat or Ch. ItMi or Tusr
y~~,&r&cdsblr pledgedtar the pmapt jwuntal prinrkF,aad
.
Bon. Ulbb C?ilo~,~t, .psgo ) ”

Artlo 8, footioa 6, Qoa8titutioa or Tbr*s, pavldbs
8. r9110w.t
: Wo aonoy mhiU be dram iron the Treasurybut la
JNI.T.U.~O.
o$ speolflo.p~o~l.tlo.. msde by Ien) aor
shsll any appropriationof aonsybr nadr fo r l longor
trrm thnn too you*. . . .*
This motion not 0~17irpulru an appropristlon bbtors
moastoan be paid out or the Treasury but e&so llafts every
approprlstionto 8 term or,twoyears. PickleY. Finley, 91 Tex.
Csb, 44 S. W. 480.
titlolr 43&b, Vmnoa’s llanotrted CitllStatutes
pruoribe., smonsother dutirs of thr Oosptroll*r of Fublio
AeOOtUAtS, t&at the Ooq&roller la roqulredto 6rru wwrants
wm th 'Pn~wr .r0r the p4fmt 0r au m0nrfn ah0tra br
law to bqp.14 out or tb. Tr.a.ury.
We Irsy.lxsmin~,osr.fullq the
br th. 49th'Lyik~sture is9ludiq,.th.
@mwQtlon Sill,AOts 19k5, 49th l&slnturo, R. @.;'Ohapter
377, amI hsn.bron unabl.to rind a epmiilo lpproprlstloaaad.
by thheLegislstumi tdths .Ooagt,rell~r or Fubllo AmOUnt tar the
pame& ef Wmlntwest on tho,bordr in uartlon for $hr ilrral
yur. a&lag A-t 31, 191-6aad Au&u& 81, 1947.

ooastltutlonal.~pmYfrio~ q&tot& knla routi jmvhlb1t~so.h8
pruumptl9n. The fallur.to proti6a fm thr’payment or lntsrost
on tkso State boqub rpHers to bo UL ovoni#ht en &he ~put of
t&o LsglslatJn,whl.h kglslotur.ay oorroot.
oilyn subsequent
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Trudlagthat tim aboto satisfsetorlly
ansuorsyokw
lnqalxy,*a are
Yours vu7 truly,
ATTORRBT GtT8UiALOF TtMS