OFFICE OF THE A’ITORNEY GENERAL OF ?EXAG
AUSTIN
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i Donorable Gco. U. Sheppard
Co~ptrollcr Of mbl.iO.A~oouuts
dustin, Tasaa
of' such fees rezaining on hrtnrlat the end ::;
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of thif fkscal year, are hereby appropriat-
ed for the purpose of supervising employ-
ment BgOnOieS*~
Section 4 ol Ilcuse Xl1 264, 43th Legislature, I
ail-'lots:
;'thiSeptcdx9 I, 1943, 3Sl.maneys rcxxdn-
inz in such. special fun2 (I?zploym?nt &enog
37X22) all JXueys tiicrcaPtcr PCCciVCd
al3.i by
the Corxissicner from liccnsa Pees under this
Act shall bo 'paid into ml beeGEm a 3art of ..'..
the General Wvenuc Z'uud."
In our opinion X0. C-3126, we callor attention
to the legislative >ractioe, n_npmring in previous appro-
priation bills, to measure tho Labor Cozxl.ssionerts author-
ity.to draw ag+inst certain appro$riati.ons fro= the General
Fund by the yardstick of t&o at;ount of fees he do;josited to
the or&it of- that J&md. ,~
The provisionsof the cumcnt itp-
3ropriation evi.de~m3 a continuance 0P that praotice.~
Your attention is directed specifically to the
quote;2 rider. This rider appropristos, f’or e~cla fiscal
year, from the~Genera1 Pun0 fan ex.ouut equivalent to the
amount,oP license foca~colleotod and depcsited to the ored& ; .
it cr the tlentfralFund undeti the provisions of'House 3111.
234 durini the fisoirl year, plus an amunt equivalent to .
that amount ubich would remin afim deducting at the and
of the precediug fiscal year all~oxpenditures from the
Gcnoral Fun2 for supervising emplcyzcnt agencies from the
.total.foos deposited to the oredit Gf the Cteneral Fund.
This appropriation is War the purpose af aupemisfns eu-
ployizent agencies.* It is not, as are the item listed
above it, limited to an amount equivalent to part of the
foes, but apprGl;riatea an avimmt equivalent to all the
Pow. Yet the iteam ezbracc every expenditure that might
be ninde *for the puPpose of supe~isin~ employment agen-
.c.ies
." Z&ore. is, then, a conflict betiioen the rider and
the itetizations which cnmot be rccnricilckl. In such case,
the rider, being last in point oF position,-rust be rcgard-
ed as the lzst expressian OP the legislative will, and
sugerseclcs tho itWzation esoopt in the Toll0v-J.n~rospcctr
Items 16 md 17 control arxl Pis the naximm salaries which
cau bo.prrLd fron the appropriation pmvidod in the rider to
tha Supervisor and AssSntant +%qcrv%sor. (me Senate3 Bill
~333, Acts 43th Ee~ialaturo),
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Trusting that the for~oin:: sotb3faotorily
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anslpersyour question, we are‘
Very truly your8
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