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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Hon.u6lter C* waoawara,
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few sol’tho ourrentfisti bLtmdtm,you 6x-eodrisea
that uo adhero to the eoncludon heretofore yessed
in our op%nlon tie. o-117sr as iollows:
*Iiere we have no a pcoprlabthn but
what appe6m pcroly a all-eation to tale
togi8laturs lteelf to later make the ap
It is @te true, in this oomeotlon, that the
infen& of the law le the law
the 6ourta Ere reW&, Sn
Cullgently for the intfM%On Of tb
efhen the infeat %.a plainly
the etatuta, It oust be g.W
Ill OUF O@lhll, the &l&d8t
pro~tion shaula be Imae in the aepartmontal agJpc@a-
td.cukb~ie plljslJsabalearly e3cgaWssad infbolfw$Wg0
uotja in the onaoat abwe quotea, anu thwefara we 6re
not at liberty to resort to wx3truetion~
sl~~ture, it is
tiens for the
BOIL.
alter C. Iloocluara
- pagea
the
went tBe 6tWiutea of t&e 8*rte of TM
a thmt ally amountj seer or fmdo
epprogwlatadtabe paSa out of
loaal or epaaialfees or fur&, that the
mmebe 80 pa&l out of the saldloaalo
epeohl Sees or funb Snetoetl of
pa&l out of the gensml Mtae beinff
hmb.
Thoefseetofth&Ii6topw¶dethatiifbo
etatutes of-the State of PycaapeUdy+o +a1
0~ ape&&
Se00 or fimtm to me PaJment
of 0ertaln items of
"p"""'
for payment OS suah items ahal ba
amnmts approga-iat66
fratheuddqeoialorleoalSeemmimdm~ If
P eappwp4.atlonisfP0mtheg~fMd~aadthe
etatute dedicates lwal or spaojal faas or fuailato tha
payment of SudI lteme, the pj?tieII quoted opermtee te
apply mal lO@xLl Gr rpcwisl feelI OS-funafI foosrd fbe pEy-
Beat of wah apprapPlcb~befetorcraart~lmybabdfo
AI& ip the statuteaeho?lld xpvnide
%t"~ttii?& g~erpss aihauld be gel& Mly trolr
dedlaate&laa8lorqeainlreesor~,thicr quoted
pwwoa would operato to .xw&re the poJment Of aaain$s
appvo)rAataa far l5uah itaI%e tmaluaofvely frml sa%d loa8z
or spa&ilfeoe or funds, inafaad oftrcwthe genf3ral
SUM.
Inother uord.s,itwemethotthlsriaa p?o-
~isionwas ZntSnaaaby fhebeg5sl~ture as ablanket
o;lau5a oorreet5ng *pproprSatSoao lnskivertently medo fro01
the general Sunl Mwaw epswiol See0 or Asrde are waSI-
able fer their amd epproprbt5oue lnadv~ent1
Bade fmm only 1Seeorfumlwheretheatalbu ?e 6
of the State a the applUat;lon of other loea
or spooial See tWWd the pO=t Of 8tWh Sp.
Ipopr5atlom ae well‘.
coourtrylnk the prwl~ quoted abwo srfm
sr B. 80s. 404 aryf42'1 togethfsr, we are OS the ophioa
that it use the lee;lslntive ta mi* intent
that the
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