OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
AUSTIN
Austin,Teraa
Dear Sir;
th furtherraf&enoe
Of our '0plxlioR
,yoamahthe
the faetr
or the creationor a
Tarletea College. Be-
ArtlOle4551 of the RsrlredStaOPtseof Texas and Artlale
s, section49 ur the uQm3titotlonof.Texer.
You furtherstate that at the tina the deflo-
ltumy wnrrantwas authc&eed tQ be issu8Uby the Oarernor,
there was no pro-er1cltl.q
valid law authorizingthe
emotion of this building.
Hon. r_. I!.Thornton, Jr., IGay 2, 1939, Page 2.
You ask. the opinion of this Department upon
the question as to whether or not the Leglslsture, under
the foregoing state of facts, now has the authority to
appropriate the sum of $75,000.00 for the purpose of
payingthe deiiclency warrantaloreznentloned.
Article 3, Section 44 0r the constitution or the
State of Teras , provides In part as followar
"The Legislature ... ehall not grant
.... by appropriation or otherrvise,any amount
of money out of the Treasury of the State, to
any indlvldual, on a olaim, real or prrtsnded,
rhea the same shall not have bean provided