!
*on ~tha 6rrect5ve date or the Mt, or with-
in one er twradays thereafter,and t&ore talc&g
any aet5an thb?bundbr,sbotion 6 of th0 &et Mar
grb8eatet5 to the Cauuptrol~br~e ottfob for deter-
rinatbn OS
authorBy or this Departmentto
the
probbb0.to~inbus obl5gatioBlr
thereunder abd we
were rdr5eed that the..ap
rbprietioabon~einbdin
SWtt5ou6,Wald he tied Lot,blyeMeot5re aud that
tkm Dep6rtsun~ warn th*pby attthwiebd to erbeite
obllgationa$h*reun&er, Bowever,we were further
a4v58bdthat'rrs-*Duld be l%m%tebin 00r aqmuii-
tures.to 0Iammtsnot ex8ebalug the tot& or the
f9@S 00llectbd?OF the 58manOb at titlw rr0m
Andya?tsr’thb prTbbMrb date or the not. Me haye
,. Ben gotbpbd .by,thatsdv5bo*
“on play,
29, 1941, pegroll a&Idvoucher.ooyer-
. in6 S&wiev. of the emplbybesor'theCbrtiriah$e
carTitle DiPisionwas ,preabnteb to tab Cckptroxlei
ror’the usrrdL ha~dl.W but Pt wab returued to UII "
with the a@Ue that the appr*r5atlon igalnst
Jhioh.itwas dram 4bW not bebbabavqllableuut51
Septcgab*r 1, 19U. This rti5q bg the Comptroller
plab& this DeyartntCmt in aa embarrnssing poaftfon,
and at the san%Cimte;yill work a dbiini%bherd-
ship upon a nuabbr ‘or th* bm~leyees ei the Nate
whe were put to work.br bcmtinubdia the sbr~%oe
or the,State in good rafth,bellering, as do we,
that the Legislaturehad made adequateprQv5efon
rt3rthe5r paymmt.
lbur wlybonsidbration or end opfnionon
the availab515fy or the,rebeoollbotbdby the Ii5&-
way Depar&abntandbppropriated, by the legislatwb
ror the payment or eueh ealaries and other expense8
nbmea.wy to a proper adaxin5stration or the Cbrti-
r50at&0r Title Diri~ionrar 5ambd5atebxpbnbiturb
will b&greatly apprb85atbd.w
Seot5cm6 0r House Bill 205 0r the 47th Legislature
amuds 3mtlon57 or HouaeB5ll407or the 46thLb&blaturb
to read aa r0liora,t
*~Sb6tion87. Eaoh applioant ror a oertiii-
b&,b or title or re5asuanoethereofshall pa to
the dasignatbd agent the 8um or Fifty ($0.50
T Cants,
i
Hunorab%b Il. 0, #rber, Pb&e a
ui whfoh Twenty-F&m (#O.ga)Cbnte shell be zstained
by the.dbS~ie/DbtBd agent iaoat uhloh he shall be en-
titled to aiiirriafent Boaby to ay bxpbtwes necb5eary
to .aliioiently pbrrorra bb set rotih herein,
the dut31
and the ?6¶~18inSw ‘pwezlty-?iVb ($&a$) CbXktO shall
be rorwmrdedtt3 the Departmtnt for dewsit to The
Stat0 xi-g i%llld,
t. Other V&th the.bmlicrbt5On
ror oeatfrioate0r tit 2 0 within twsntpr0ur (84)
hour8 BitOr wne hi been received by said desig-
nated agent, from wh5oh roes the Departawmtshall
.'bb entitledto and shall use suirisiant money to
pey au 8X-SeS nbOWSary t0 brr~ci~t~ ,!uh&ni8-
tbr and pbrrOX%U the dd%bS 8bt fO?th hbr&Ii, ak%d
them is hereby appropriated to the Departtinta51
er suoh fee0 rar srlartm, travelingbxpen6e, bta-
BZontwy, postage, oontiagbnt expbnse an8 all other
expenses~bOW3SaF~ to adm5nIntorthisAct ttitlgh
thb k&balhiU~II endingAU&fbWt ail, f%h’”
We
am?& dbtenrfnb ii this appropriation eoB&rammJs
Seetim 6 br ArtisleVIIf 0r the Coabtftution or !hxas whiah
r8adz3
a8 r0u0w t
%jo Isonb~ ahaL1 be drawn rrarnthb trbaswy
but in ~~treUiTULt30 0r JJpbOfiiO appropriationsmade
by law; nor shall any ap oprlatioon of money be
lnede ror Q longer tsna tran two years+ * *w
In Pfoklb vs. Finley,91 Tsr. 41u. 4SS, it was de-
alarbd by the Supreme Court or 'hxaat
*‘ft is slbar, need not
that an appropriation
be made in the generalappropriation
Mll. ft 5s
also true, that no tipbOiri0 .WOrd8 Wb M-OSSarJ’ in
order and it may be am-
to make an apprQQribtiong
oedsd,as contended,that an appropriation map bb .
mada by fmplioatlenwhen tbs langaagsanploysd
leads to the bellsithat suoh was the intentOr
the Laglslaturs.*
We regardflP0ap roprriation
in ~Ousb Bill ,206as
s~loientl e Wit t0
spboir~@.‘@dld the m-0 SbFfOUS WbSti’=s
0.f w&&her f t ws made;r'~fOrBI lollgO= t8rJB than tW0 yaars,and
Whbthbrit may be uphal&ror a period0r tw Ybbfb,although
therbarter. See National Biscuit Co. v. State,
'in0pbrbtivb
1s s. w, (2d) 687, 693 (SupremeCourt).
mfoarawblePi c. w5er, P,fe@5
ior longer than two yebfal,it is aur opinion that it wwld
be valid for a two year term, althoughInvalid‘
nonethal$?sb
themaaitez,
9!b$eoonslueions @empostwith the dootrfnessnnounoed
by ~theBuppre~+Couztin the QISW of Piaklete. Finley,supra,
and Dallae COUtktp
VS, Yooaptbs, 140 Se W. (8d) UN,
Re ,'qaote
tram the Plikle ease agoin as SollarBt
r* * *.
*Zt is a well settledrule in the oonstruotb&
et statutes,that ii en 8Ot of the ~irrlature be
euapableof two cronmtrurtions,one ai which oonfliok
with the Oonstitutianand the otherwhioh does not,
the latter.mustpxkvail~.It is the duty tifthe
eomts *so to,oonetrueevery aet,ofthe Legielature
aa to nmks.it consistentif possiblewith the pro-
viaions of the Constitution*. I)orv. Blorris,4
18.H., 16; Xewland T. Marsh, 19 Ill,, 376. _
-he membersof the,Legislature are awow to
mapportthe Constitution and theaourtawill not pre-
sume that they have intendedto violateit when the
zgt;tgnth8 law will reasonablyadmit of another
seoti0n6 or ~~rtiel9 8 0r the con-
stitution(p&iousl~ quoted)not only requires(~a
appropriationberoreany money ten be paid oat of
the treasury, but also Un$iy*emry apgropriatlon
to a term 0X .twoyeara. Xi they had made
an appropriationin uriutistakableterma whioh we8
to oontinuefor all time, it sight be held vi$.$d*W
ror two yeers, and inoperative thereafter.
Xn the YoComba’ ease, the Yuprente COurt speaking.
thrdiyhMr. JustfoeCritz,declared:
u* * *
*Plaintiffin error contendsthat even if
this a propriationrunningfor five years is in
violatfon of the two,year5'provision0r Yeotlon
6 of articleVIII of our Constitution as applied
to the five year periodtaken 35 8 whole, still
EPDnorable
D. C. mar,'?egie 6
it ia not in vlokationei suoh oonstitutional pry-
rkrbta a% applied te the first two year8 of the
rim9 aear period. It 8.o~ to be the lawtha$
whes!e the Legislaturehas made 'aa aporoDrlationia
* ) whiah ooat iaues for a loa$w
X8 -8uOhappropriation may be
UDhNddiOr tb ifrsb 4~0 year8,and muld ba in-
opaativa theseafter. PiOklev. linley,91 Tea
4%+ 44 8. W. 439, 43%. Itwill be noted that
the rule or law. annoanoed ia Piok3e V. Pinley,
Jtt mmlntakable terma'. We ln%erpret
thin to maam that i? aa appropriationio aade ra
more Wan tm ymtm, it oan be eniorosd ror the
fir8t iiWoyeax if it e~peor8that the &&ala-
tuxe Woubtodly Intendad suoh appropriation to
operate?or tvm years,regardleescb whether or
not, it ootttd $0 so thoreaiter. W think t&a%t&to
rule oannot,aid this appropriation, beoauile w&en
6ll of the pto'viaioaaof this Aat are eo~idere&~
together,we manot say that the Lefgislature would
uadoabtedlyhate paassd it to operatefor two years
only, ihsteedo? fin, yeare as provided by bhe Aat,
~-.‘:.<~gjp
0 +*
,.&u&r? BUI 808 tran8ferredthe adatnistration
ot
the CewtifimiteG? Title dot fzom the Dspartatent of Publip
Safetyto the State5iighuag DepaHmat. Heoeaaarilythis
requiredlmmdiate admInistration and enfor8ementor the
.Certliioate or Title Abt by the State HighwayDepartate&.
The Legi6latuxs reoogntsed that the State HighwayDepaxt-
meat wonld be oompelledto iouur obligationsat onaeI
Tb& was.thereemn ror the ixmedlateappropriatian of tho
Ii the appropriation is ineffeotive, the enforoement
0i t$ GartiilOateof Title Aot vzmld be peralyzod a8 a re-
'rultof the aotion of the 47th bgialature in tramerring
tI~,adPrtnistration,framthe Departmentor Publio.Sfifoty to
the %tata,Zighway Deiartaaut.
Or Title Ast IS
The purpose~2 the CertifiOate
erpreeeed a8 r6uovn in Bouae 3ll.l 6051
"'8eotion1. -1s AOt shall be referredto,
oited end known as ths wCertifloste
or Title Aot*,
end in the snar4tmeat hereof it is hereby declared
to be the legislativeintent and publie pcliiy of
this state to lmse~,~andpreventthe theft of
motor.veh$olgs and the importationjmto this etate
ei and:txafSi~la stoba mator veh$Olef~, and the
sele'oS,enbumbe~d-too11vehiolesw$thcutthe en-
ror~d &$BO~C~UN to the purehaaeroi auy Emd SU
lien& forwhich any euoh nctcr oeh.%cle etandsas
awwruity.; an+ the prmisions hereof W@ul~rly
and cclleiitivo~y, areto be l$bere&+&trued
to that S@di, The fcSlowin&terms:$lxJmrein ds-
rip&a ~hau. 0Mtr0i 'in.th0~ t9nior0843e btd ?~a-
strufei loa.cf. thh Aot*** .
~8eetion
ii1oi mlse'B$lL 205'asoitesr
"4%-a.Le. Th6 feet that imtor veh$clesw$th
liens tharecnerd~~beingpurohased by innccezat pur-
ahaaersdue tq the prarentmfinnerand method of
iss~ certliioatesof title;the Iaot that regis-
tration 0r motor Y4hi4le4-fs now undez the juris-
diction and controlof the h.$ghwayDepartmentof
the.Stateor Texas and the issuingOS certificates
of title to n&or rehiale~is under the juxisdic-
ticn and ccntrolof the Departmentof Public safety
of the State of Texss, laaringt the YighwayDepart-
ment withcutmans of retaini* a ccmpletefile
on the cwnershipof motor vehioles,regiotered fn.
this State throughoutthe year; * * **
Clearlythere I4 "an appmixlatlon in umistanksble
tex4tP in B$ll 805. And, paraphrasfngthe languageof
Eouse
Hr. Justice&its in the McCombeaase, when all of the prc-
~$s$cnsand purposesof House Bill 205 are consideredtc-
gether,we cannot but say that the LtgislatWe intendedtc
make the appropriation operativefor txc yeam, regardless
OS uhetheror not it could do 40 thereafter,whereforethe
Stats Hi&way Depertaentoauld be enabledto assumethe ad-
m$n$strat$cnof the Csrtifioata of Title Act innned$stelP
upon the effectivedate of Hcu~e Bill DOS.
It $s thereforethe ecnsideredopinionof this
depertmehtthat the fees uolleotedby the Sate highwayDe-
parwent and appropriatedby the Le&slattme for the GaFnent
macrable D. C. Drimx, Page 8
of salazies end Other expen444neobisearilp laoident to a
proper adtainistrationof the Certitioateof Title Aat, be-
mxao available to the State Highway Bepartamnt immediately
apon the efieuti~4bate or B~UW IAu;Lm5. St is our rur-
tka oplni4sthat runh appropri4ticn
$4 cpsrativ4only far
a texm of tur~yfmrs thereafter.
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