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OFFICE OF THE AYTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Honorable Cborge B. Sheppard
Qoqptro~l~r OS Fublfo Aoooonts
Aurtin, Texas
Dear 81rr
-rietion, for the
Parka Board.
nlpt of your Letter d
t0 the requ888 fmdt88e
88 Parke ‘Board, anaweree
request that this department
h suoh opinion, whether rooa
r the efnount or 8xp8neitur88
Tsllng expanse appt-oprl~tlon
atlon ior the State Z’arks Boer&.
It follow8 that in suoh an inetaL?oe, where ths
traveling oxpenae appropriation has been ohargesb wlth thlr
expenditure, such approprletlonhas been &hsr~ed with t‘b*
paymdt of an ftsn of expense fat whioh it in mot evailable.
It is our opfnlon that-in suoh an Instance the COmptrOll8r
not only may, but muat, oorreat this error by char&l6 the
Honorable ikwrm B. 8heppar4, Page 8
pro et appropriation out of whloh the expenditure i8 law-
rul Py to be paickwlth the item, end ellminet&ng the charge
made, improperly, af;ainst the appro~riatlon not evellable
for the partfoular expenditure.
YOurI vsry truQ
AT’IQRWBI - WTXXAS
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ENCLOSURE
VEDSEP 13, 1940
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
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