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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eonsrable~Bmi8Favor8
oh+iBaa ox the ooamittre or
am chainmn.
6 baen mabposnaed
d sadtbea and
snb 04her8,euld
in said ehmlttse
or 1tf3 chairkmnto
wire appropriated,to pey the oontlngent
etpmuc#, and to gay the nlleageeml per
dlenror memberaand the par dim ei of-
flooraand employeesof the Regularsoas-
Ion ot the Irorty-eighth
Legislature,and
to pay any unpaM aooountsor expenses
of the Forty-seventhLeglulature;and db-
olarlngau emergency.*
we quotesootlon 1, ROllaS
Rule xmx of
the )rorty~i~th.Leg18lattlre:
wtThe rule for pa&g witneaaw m1~10ned
to appearbeforethe Howe, or sag or 148 oom-
tittees,shall be aa r0u0w8t For eaoh oalbn-
dar da a vitaes8shallattend,the aus af
three T$8.00)(LcUnn; artdfor OOQ&@ to 02
goin irog the plaoe ef examination he .&all
Naa 4fQ aotwl an6 ne$6mary espm808, aldlty6
(#8&O) dollararor e&oh oalendarday whfah i#
neeesiarily00a8~tta in gaiagto and rettmalmg
from said place of elllmination: bd r+obhS
#hall be paid for trafeliz& home Whoa the a-
ne& was at the plaoe;oftrial jhan mmm~aek
The aer4Uieate oi the ehaiman of the bamiaittee
bbrora vdiieha witnew irksu6uwned,0r~4hb
amoaat dqo suuh ritna$a,&all be mf~ioiemt
suthorltytttrthe saslsto be paid.'
we quote aeetion18, EO~MOanl.am a? 4hb
Bmtey-EighthLsgirlaturer
.~,.
a’
?*Flve ~mamberm,
dth full bantroltmdW
direation of the xowe, ever the expenili-
tare6 of the Xio~b out of the aontfngsnt
~rwl; and it ih~expremly provided fhvf
no alaim or bUlr a&n& the Rouse mlnll
be paid Out Of ;tha~.~t~gOn4 iand M-
low thb tmnb shallhate beea pr8tiow4
author$re&,MOE BillstR@mfOre 8tzboe-
puttntlyapprov@ by the Coanitteeoa WI-
tingentIbrpenmi8, or nnlem sbherwi80paO-
rid& by~a ro40 0r 4he Howe. The oar-
mltfe~'anContiQgentExpeww &all have
.sarlgwd 40 14 k aommltteeale* who is a
Ma a rtaqrapher, and who
boolck+4~per
ehalf;~under the dlreotfoa0r the oola-
~4teet.kbsp q'itcuaited aoootuit0r all
Elonorable
XIlnfsFavora - pa@ 3
thu uupplltsan& atsrohandlacrof wbatocr-
e7er kinA or deaotiptllon,or oth4r ex-
panblturasauthorizedby the Coumlttee,
from whomorGored,ana the prlon pal4
therafor. Thie stat4mcntshall at all
tim4S bb Op0Q t0 the ?uUp44tiOzQt any
Member oi'tha Rouse, and the Anut of
th4 laebtla@shall be kept Sa 4 well-,
boumlbook, and at the oloea of the
eeuslonof the I&gIslatnrashall bn Qe-
llveredby the chairman of the CommIttee
on Contingent~pc~rs to the Ssoretnry
of state, with the rec,ucstthkt It be
preservedin the archivea of hia oftlee.'
'IfQal00 tlfttI
for YOQT OOIi8idCPTtStiiOtl
ATtiOli
5063, vi the R.Q.S.,of Texas an& quote th4 aamer
**The how4 in which tha wntest is peti-
In& ahall;as zoon a5 praatioableafter
the mport Of'4h% wmmfttee hufdbeen rb-
oelved,fix a iia?tar the trial of the
opntest, and shell proaeed to detarxitina
whetherthe ovltestaat0r Oontestee,OP.
eitherof thcvais entltledto the OOD-
teafant'sseats pr0s?ided"the 8alE b0u04
stayhold the 4l4otIonvOl@ after rull
O0naIa4ratIou of all tbe evidsnae4nd
for the seadonsprsscrlbedin hrtiolo
3OSd, and in eueh oaae the f%msrnm
ahall at en00 be motifled of the v'80am3yq
8ueh ieem shall be~jjdld~to the witmmsea
and, the offioara 8ervlng the prooes6fin
shall be preserlbsdby the rulea of th@
.boash in wh5oh said oontest is pending,
snd nb mUsage or per dieas *hat1 be p&d
to eitherdf the partiesto said oantwt
antL1 eaLd ease iu determined; and in no
&me shall any arileegaOT per dl# ba
piaidto any party tgaalnstwboaany eon-
teat 14 aeolaed.*
*~awtlon So. U Ir e eer$lf2aateby me a6
ohairman of'the Prirl34getr, SufYrage an8 Eleotloiw
Commfbtee~o8X4liyingthe amOUnt du4a W24nt4~8~
8aWi014nt authorityto authorizethu Speaker and
ohafxnmnor the ContingentIFxpcnae Comlttche to
spaymoh nftness and his .ao$ualand neosssary ax-
penaea and wltmas i4449
wQuestlonSW. E? :Or, h the alterw8ire,
18 it tleowsaryror th* House,by resolution,
to appropriatea sum 07 suma ror t.hispurpose
baforu subpoenas are 108ued and witnsseee are
broughtbefore suoh uoamittee,snd before such
aetusland wo ewa r y lxp*n+es an4 witness$ees
are pnidt*
hrtiole JO66 rgec tileidly grp$Ues thst *3ueb
few ahsll be pmld to the * ltneeaes as shall be pre-
sortbaa by the rulesor the howt ln M&h the aontss$
2s pending.* * *.* Seotib1 1 of Eouss Rule XXVII fixes
fha ret88 to be pal4 witaera !bbetore oofadttees0r the
BVW6. BccMon 18, Rowe R tieVII, rsr,uimsprevious
autboritntion and eubaeqwo ; approve!1by the Cotittee
011 Cwtlngaut Rxppstues or a rpwaitmes out 0r the 8021.
tingentima *tiosf~ sthen .8eprotidedby a vote of the
Howe." section1, FIount R iLoIKVIT othl3rwise provl&3a
in reapeat to witaeearars ma ttxpeweB,by attbtiag tjbt30
*the osrtlfiaatsof the oha muin of tha aowslttesbefop
whloh a witnose is maunimcd 0r th6 4t~ti~dtl68~0h wit-
aeab, shall be sufrident a mority rar the same to be
ma.*
phe tmtdri0rt9 p @deal by Beation 1, Roust
mls xxVIT, i8 thsrtir4re
80 !fia$.ant authorityror the
Chairmanor the Oodttee o I, c05tbge5t mpi3~08 ana th0
Speakerto furnishthe oert.fiimteto the ComptrollerTO-
gnireaby the term of Sena idBlllnrO.1.
SenateBill We. lkurnlahes the nsoessaryap-
pro&atlon by law nqrrfma:w the t0r-m 0r Artl~ls8
Beotiw 6, of the Ooastftutioni!Pheiuourringor obljga-
tionr to be pai oat or the~uontlngentfund ror oxpmmaa .
thus providedmast be purstqnt to authoritygivea fn~ad-
ranoe by the Holaure,
else thi want of Wpr6dxleti.ng Irw* fe
autthorlr*tht inoarringof libsobligationwill pmVrat'ltn
payw5tr under the tems 0rjAl'tma 3, seo~ion44, 0r the
ConstStution;~bat in the 0888 of wStmu~ee(l, m&i rutborlty
18 givenby the term cr ao~tioa1, House RuleXXVIL
VWytrulY yours
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