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 $1 800.00
Tbe ,Mmty-four Deputy &ate Superintenaanteappointed
hereunder shall reelds In their reegsotlve super~laory
oietricts. . ."
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tionorsbla2. 4 Viooas,3ag4 3
The fpmeral dapartncsntal
appropriationbill for the saw
blezniu;swas enacted eubeequontto aald House Bill No. 963. It
g0amuna4a at3r0ii0*itb:
"Ssotlon 1, That the swaral sums of monsy hemln
epeolrled or so euah thereor as.may be nooessary,are
hereby appropriatedout or any moneys'111the state
Txwaeury not otherwise appropriated,or out or speolal
run&s as may be shown, for the support and mlntananoe
or the several departmentsand agenalos of the State
Government iOr the two-year period beglnnlng Feptmber 1,
1939, and ending August 31, 1941."
The appropriationfor the State Deparizmt oi Lduoation
ls oomplet4ly Itemized In this goneral a&moprlatlon bill. Xaoh
or the positions of employmant18 derignated and the eelmy tg be
paid the person holding suob oeition Is set opposite the MBO,
%a oopy a part of the approprPatlon ror the State -Departnmntof
Education as originallysmtto the Governor as r0im6:
*Sshool Plant Dirlslon
(PQabls :outof Sohool Equallza$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,
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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