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OFFICE OF THE AITORNEYGENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
G- G. MANN
A-.vlCIIL
Banorablo 5. S. Murohlrron, me 8
rw3ommendatlonr 66 to the medloal
and nrrgliwtl treatment. 32~0State
Department shell adopt a rsa8onablr
fee sohedule ror suoh lxaminatlon&i,
Suah fees shall be paid out oi the
funds approprltited to the State De-
part5Qnt SOP the pUrpQEW4 Of ~3el8-
tanoa to mody blind poraonrr under
the provl8loM of this Aat OP for
admlni6trativo exp~nmb,~
“In oarzying out the provi8lons or thla
motion o? the law, It will be naoeruery for
the State Department oi Publio Welfare to ob-
tain the asrvloes of an ophthalmologist for
oonrultatlre servlae to the Dqmrtmnt. The
ophthalmolo&l6t 8elaoted la on the ra$ular
payroll of the State Sohool for the Blind
during nine menth6 or raoh year-dkptambar
thPou&h by. The Stats Dapartmmt oi Publie
Welffire wlahso to obtain the ~;fz&ic
6wvlaea OS thlr ophthalmolo $I
aotual oam by oas8 ba81#, said ophtaallPol.cw
glat to rubalt a monthly bill for ssrvloaa
rsndersd on a ease bash durlng~tha nine
month period in whloh he i8 on the payroll
of the Btata Bohool for the Ellnd.”
Seotion 3% of Artlole
1.6 of the Eonstltutl~on of
‘hxar pl%V@DtfI oofqmneatlbn agent, oifloer or agpolntee
of
fo lant
holding two State poeltionr, an “9
The aooounting offloe~r or thlcl State
6hal.l neither draw nor pay a warrant upon the
!htasu~y In favor of any person, for aabry
or oompematlo~ aa agent, offloer or appelnteo,
who holds at the mum tlm8 any other offloe
or gosit ion of honor trust or profit, under
thie State or the United States, sxoept aa
prescribed in this Coa&Atutlon. . . .”
The ophthtilmologiat you daooribe will not oome within
the certain sxaeptlona elaawhsre preaoribsd in the Conrtltu-
tion.
In opinion No, 04607 this department ruled that
an eye, aar, nose and throat rpeelallnt caiplopod part time in
one State lfi8tltutlonand aooeptlngand holdinga lliallar
plaoe in anotherState imttltution at the same time oould
IlQt r~osl~e otmpensationtor either po8ltionduring the
tl.=e both positionsare held. A oopg of thie opiaion lr
enolosed*
Webellarethat the ophthalmologist oannot aOC3ept
and r eo sive p a y Sr em the
a nd l.o r ve dtate o ? TW~B la en-
otheroapaoltyin behalt of the Daparlmentof PablloWel-
fares and the taot that he may be paid on a ease by me0
baa18 by the Department of Pub110 Walfara will not raw
our oplnlon,
APPROVEDAUG 21, 1941