Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

535 OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN 536 %onorable L. k. &ods, Page e “It ia hdpin t3pGOifiOa~y prOv%dRd that Od Of the money appropriatedIn tectlon 1 of this Aot, the 6um of Three k~llllon, tievenEundred Thirty-Five Thoumn4, Three nundred Flrty-bevei~ ($3,733,337.00)Dollare Is hereby set aside ror teaoher salary aid; . . . There Is also hereby set aside and allocated out or the approprla- tlow nads In hotion 1 hereof for eaoh year of the biennium tba foll.owlng:the sure or cm Elundrod Twenty- Four Thousand, Two fiuadcrrd Seventy ($l&4,370.00)Dollars for the admlnlstr&tlonot the SquallzatlonDivision .o?the Departmnt 0r liducatlonthe sum or &sixThousand, Sevefl Ehndretland Flrtp ($6,7d0.00) Dollar6 ior the Eobocl Plant Division In the Departmentor liduoatlon;the EUDGof Ten 2bouaand ($lO,OOO.OO)DoUms for the Census Division ln the Departsrentof kaucatlonto be expended ror seasonal labor In the chsoklng ot the oensus rolls, and the mun of. Six ThowanQ, Six Ziundred(#4,dOO.O0)Dollars to be wed by the State Audltorrs Departmnt, ae followar *Accountantin char$e of rural aid applloations,. Three Thousand ($3,000.00)Dollars; Zlghtean Hundred (81,800.00) iighteeq Hundred (~1,800~0~) *provide6 turther that tbs Stats Superintenbont of Publlo Instruotion sbak appoint not to eroead One (1) Director ot Supsrvleion '0x14(1) Dlreotor of 3%quallza~lon Cnns(1) Clreotor of Junior i?lgb Sobools ciXtG (1) ~XOOUfiiVfJ ~eOmh?i~ Or ~~udliZ8tiiO~ Twenty-Foiir(34) Deputy State SUperint8ndentS ~eoretary 3) Stenographera One (1) Librarian One (1) Telephone Cperator Two (3) kaoountbnts l'hfes(3) Bookkeepers One (1) i'orter And extra and ssasozml help, the cost ot which 8W.l iot exoeed $1 800.00 Tbe ,Mmty-four Deputy &ate Superintenaanteappointed hereunder shall reelds In their reegsotlve super~laory oietricts. . ." . tionorsbla2. 4 Viooas,3ag4 3 The fpmeral dapartncsntal appropriationbill for the saw blezniu;swas enacted eubeequontto aald House Bill No. 963. It g0amuna4a at3r0ii0*itb: "Ssotlon 1, That the swaral sums of monsy hemln epeolrled or so euah thereor as.may be nooessary,are hereby appropriatedout or any moneys'111the state Txwaeury not otherwise appropriated,or out or speolal run&s as may be shown, for the support and mlntananoe or the several departmentsand agenalos of the State Government iOr the two-year period beglnnlng Feptmber 1, 1939, and ending August 31, 1941." The appropriationfor the State Deparizmt oi Lduoation ls oomplet4ly Itemized In this goneral a&moprlatlon bill. Xaoh or the positions of employmant18 derignated and the eelmy tg be paid the person holding suob oeition Is set opposite the MBO, %a oopy a part of the approprPatlon ror the State -Departnmntof Education as originallysmtto the Governor as r0im6: *Sshool Plant Dirlslon (PQabls :outof Sohool Equallza$ioi~ Dirsator Sohool Plant Division . . . . A88istant Direotor . . .. , . . . . . . s. Stenographer. . . . . . . . . . . . . Total Salaries *Sob001 BquallzatlonAid Division (To be paid out of the Speolal appm- mlatlon nmdo ror r0hool eaualizatlon Director 0r Suporvleion . . . . . l * . s,ooo.oo Dlriszor 0r Euualiurtion . . . . . . . 3,ooo.oo Dlraotor of Junior HifibSchools . . . . kceoutive seoretary0r equali6atlon . . g$g*~; Deputy State Sup4rintandent. . . . . . s!:600:00 Deputy State Superi$ttandent. . . . . . ~,000,00 Deputy State superlntsndent. . . . . . e,600.00 Daputy State ~uperlntsndent . . . . . . ~,600.# Deputy Stat4 !5upmlntendent. . . . . . 2,600.00 Deputy Stat4 Superintendent. . . . . . ~,600.00 Deputy State SUpOrlntend4nt. . . . . . e,600,00 Deputy &ate ?!upsrintendant . . , . . . Deputy State Superlntendsnt, . . . . . ii %Ez t l Honor-bJ.ei. A. bnodb, Pae.64 UepUtj? c tattl Superbt endast . . . . “; 4g.g 2E,600.00 Di:puty;tete L-uperintendent ..*. 0, ~,800.00 Deputy St&t8 Superlntenderit . . . ., 2,0co:oo 2.600.00 ijeputyLtate Luperinten%ent. . . . -2,600.OO ~~~~*~ Deputy aate 8uperlntenQent . . . . 2,600.00 Deputy State Cuperintendent. . . . 2,600.00 2:600:00 Deputy state Luperintendeat . . . l 2,600.00 2,600.OO Deputy State Luperintendent. . . . 2,600.OO 2,600.M) Deputy state Su.perintendent . . . .\ y&y~ 2,600.00 i'eputy sate SuperintetxIent. . . . 2,600.oo Deputy Ltate Superintendent. . . . 2:boo:oo 2,aoo.oo Deptitystate Cuperintendent. . . . 2 ,aoo.oo Deputy St&e Superintendent. . . . e,600.00 ;$g*g Deputy state Superintendent. . . . ~,600.00 2:boo:oo Deputy Stats Superintendent. . . . 2,600.OO 2,bOQrOO bcretar;F . , . . . . . . . . . . . 1‘500.00 Stenographer . . . . . . . . . . . 1,330.oo ~%z%i Stenogr6phar . . . . . . . . . , . 1,33?.00 1:sao:oo Stenographer . . . . . . . . . . . 1,330.00 ‘l,;g*g librarlaa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,300.00 ~elephom operdtor . . .. . . . . . 1,360.00 l:SbO:QO hccountMt , . . . . . . . , . . . 2,100.00 Accountant . . . . . . . . , . . . 1,800.00 Bookkeeper . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800.00 Bookkeeper . . . . . . . . . . . . ;*ftg*g Bookkeeper . . . . . . . . . . . . Porter . . . , l . . l . . . l . . ‘72O:OO Lk%xt Eelp, oea6Onal . . . . . . . 1.200.00 1,200.00 Total Salarfea 5! %=o*~ -,=o.QzT “Malntenanoe and ~l6oellaneoue: Poetage and wire ooJ6mrliOatiOn6 . . 2,800.00 2,600.00 i: lkavei Lxpenaee . .~. + . . . . . . 23,OOO.OO 25,oOO.oo 3. k.tatlonery , printin2, supplies and contlnngant, . . . . . . . . . 3,250.oo 3,250.OO 4. IIquipmentand nieohine6 . . . . . . 400.00 400.09 L&al talntemnoe and b.leosll.an- eou0 . . . , . . . . . . . . ...+Sl,lSO.OO 31,lfi0.00 TotBl, Lqualizatlon ~ivfsfon bl24,270.00 l84,2?0.00 “Subjebt to~‘the.lLaaitat~ons oet forth in the provisions appearingat the end of this Act, qll of the ltemirllated under the school XquelleaticnAid ~ivlslon ehall be pafd out OS the Punde appropriated Por @ehool EqualizationAid.” R;.cor:blc L. k. *rooda,Fag8 5 The gener6.iapproprlat:onbill oantaine the foIlowIng ganerally appiicablt provlolon,to-wit: “All 6ur:lus Pees, reoelpts, speolal t&ds, or other availeble P’undsCn hand at th,eend oi eaoh par OP the blexnlum shell revert to the General Revenue pun& CP this State unless other*Ise prohibitedby law, or unless OtherWiSe provltledhoreIn. No sal.srypalb addi- tional employee6 shail exceed the amount herein appropriated Por similar positions. All disbursementsshall be made on warrants issued by the Gonptrolleron the State ‘&easury, In the eraralse of his veto powers when the generai lpproprlatlonbill was presented to him, tbe kmrnor draw a llw through poaltlon.‘!o.2 In the Sohool Plant DIvIsIon and throngh oeltlcns Nos. 1, 3, 29, 32, 53, 36, 98 and 39 at the Mhool EQualIzatIonAid Division In the appropriationto the State Depart- ‘imntor Xucation. The approved ganeral appropriationbill tbereioro does xot oontaln the line6 thus deleted Prom the appropriationbill which bad beon proposed by tho ~eglslaturefor the State DopartmenQ oP E.auoatlon.You request our opfnlon In eubstanaoaa to rhather or rot the aotlon of tho Oovsmor in thus StrIkIng out owtaln positiona oi employment Prom the appropriationto the Stat0 Depart- ment of Lduoatlon elieatuallyeliminated those poaltiona or whether such deletions were lnetieotualIn view of the aioresald provIsIons In the hural School Aid Bill. irotspassed at the same !iwslon OS the Leglrlaturemust be read tCg8ther, each in the light of the other, as though they uere embreoed In one act pr were supplementaryto each other, Bmlth VS. ‘leX&SC0mp.R . lea) 774; 3%8Ote va. Hudspeth County, 2s 5. k. (26) 626,; E’ 59 oard &a OP Trustees ~6. Bullock Common School Dist. Do. 12, 56 b, u. (26) 538; 39 Tar. Jur. 258 to &So. gevaral Act6 passed at the same Leglalaturswill be hermonlxedand oath given srreot unless their provisionsare absolutely repugnant, in which event the tinelast enacted will oontrol. 39 Tex. Jur. p. L&O, 148 & 260; Townsend v. Terrell, 16 2. W. (2d) 1063; Stephens vs. State, lS9 t. y1.505. Applying these q,eneralruler to the SItuaQIon at hand we muet read the two statutea which are before us a8 if.they were one and Give eii’ectta both IP the sa6ie can be &cum by any XVaSOnabl8COn6trUOtIOn. This Is made doubly neoedaary IO 016-uOS the provision in Gectlon 11 of tbe Rural Sohool hItIBill that the expenblturesfor the costs oP odmInIeterIngthe various Pundo name& in that act shall be the amount6 and as authorizedby the general departmentalapproprlatlonbill. St lu not4 t!mt in the bill fi.rEtenacted the 6~ :XC8ptBS otherwiSe. "LlnIltationof F~aylcente. QrO- vldsd, wheA8Vor, by virtue of the provlalom oi this hot, Item3 ar8 to be pala out Ot fees, reo8lQta,~sp8olal runtis or out of titherfUAd8 available for use by a depertoent, it 18 the lAt8Atfonof the La~lolature to Limit expeadlturesout of Said raea, reoelptra,special ima6 or other avalleble tuna8 to the purpooes ana In the a5im~t8 ifetizea herain, BAd it.le So provided. Ir, )AOrableL. X. ~icOd13, Page 8 however, the az.ouncof t?:efern,,rece:pte,apeolel or other available maa hsreln rersrred to are rcorethan 8UtfiOi8Rt t0 pay t&8 item8 herein d8Slgnated to be paid thereirOn, the de;;artmmtto which the esid rees, reoeipts, apooiel fimae or other availablefunds tire appropriatedmy it Aeosesary to'edequatslyperform the iIiAOtiOA8 Of 5514 departEeAt,u8e aAypOrtiOA Or Said SurpluS f866, reoelpts, special funds or Other available runan; provided, hOwever, that b8fOrO dOiRE 50 the head 0r such department ahall, under oath, meke application, joint&to the Governor, the Attorney %A~D?I~ and the State Treasurer setting forth IA detail the Aeoassity ior uaine;Such surplus i8es, reoelpts, speolal fu~de or other avaflable funds and itemking the purpose6 for. whloh the S-8 are to be usad. . ." This question uuet, thereroro,be answered in the nagatlve. Pours very truly