Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE All-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN EixmrabXa J&n Atmhiaon County Attorney Cooke county Oainesoille~,Tex?Is Dear sir! Your telsgraphlo re matter ha6 been reoelmdl and department. V:equote said r w or iim86 parer les exaept thoee the aon6tftution y derllled the polwexQ liabllitlee oi the own- roqhwhioh the deferent utes muat eouleall of the 11 Tex. Jur. p. 563. It ia the State. For your rurther fnfmna- attaoh hereto a mpy of our opinion The 47th Leglalature, at ita Regular Sesskoonin 19@., appropriated for the Exeoutlve bepartment of our State Govern- ment the sum of $$rWO fOT the f'ieOa1 Year 0ndFW A--t 31, 1943, for the "payxent of'le~varda and other expenses nsoeesarp for law enf+oraementW~ (Page 1157, Aots of the Legislature, Reg. See. 1941). Whether or not the payment of travel expenses Honorable John r:tchison,Pags 2 bf a witness in a murder trial from a point outsfde QP the State of Texas oan be made would be a queatlon for the Gover- &n! to pass upon and he alond would have authority to patis upon whether or not suoh expenses would be neees8ary for law enforoemnt 60 that same oould be paid out of said law eu- Zoroenent appropriation above referred to. For your laformatlon, however, we oal&ed the Gover- ~OT*B &lae and asked If’ axQh rUnd had ever tie’& used for the purpose stated in your PeqWtst, and we weFe iufomed that it ~I3gd~not‘beon asad ior suoh purpom, al80 t&at the Governor stmf*d he .weuld not oare ta sstablioh a preeBdent .ofallowing m&k irrnd’b~ be yed fsr the purpose stated by you. Trusting that t&la eatistaotorlly anawere your in- quiry, we remain Very tmaly yours ATTORREY @ENERILIOF ‘lXXAi3. a Bd- Tas. Wa,Bassett Assistant