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2 OFFICE OFTHEAmORNEY GENERALOFTU(AS
d AUSTIN
Austin, f0xM
Dear DP. Yoodot 0,dnlonno. 2
OS the a0 OS atnl*s
Re' fit" t aatloa1reqld Boll-
5-v 0% otric saa, or soots
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A t"d,
etter, above tmbjefd
AJaguat
is
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, To-q, request-
tl.onmm-ass-v,
tbnwas en ooatmot
4he eoid omapaay
set becum0 Of
as brolq#tt aboat
da8On ior 0aDaelItagt&e abow
letter of
0 your of-
orstcosB+gki%
to 2; ;::~~t~:2:~*:uo
that the Rsdtb-Perry BElootritCo. could not del+wr
on our contraat. TheiBosrd OS control irrsuedthe
purchaec grcleron the sqaomt fan, and th%s purehhoee
order over-enoumb~redour usnerrl Rcwmmcs Fund appro-
priation c-1073. IS our .mqaitaifion lb. imu-sari--v
haA bean oanoe16d, there would bs suSMuiont fur&e
in this appropriationto pay fer the faxithat was
actually delivered by the wafter Tlpa CorspaoyOS
6,~anorebl0ii.A. uoods - pege 2
Austin, Tame, un our requieitioaNo. SRU-JM)-V.
mere i8 00 other appropriationout of whloh
this fen may be psld for. Shi6 ofSlc0 rospeetSul-
2 ly requosts your offloial opinion in order thet
wo luayhavs our requieitloni&W-323-Y logally aan-
oeled and the oblia;otion1lquUleted so Sex-as our
appropriationl+lw3 is oormerned.
mNe bOllie?Qthat hour ophlon No..0+708 pm-
sdts the Board of control to oencel our retiei-
tion DiJ-3264, but so far w8 here been xmable to
have tha Board OS c0ntr01teke eny notianon our
requoet .@
Our opiniozkNo. o-3708 reierred to by pm, wItI& was
addr6eeod to aonorable Tom De&wry, member OS the BoarCot con-
trol, does not purport to answer the precise question nowput
W YOU. Its reasoning is pertinent to your question,but not
deaieire.
The4purpos6 6s r6qmdficmm end amtaM¶nts egealst
epeeifio eppoprietione is a rholseome one, em¶ eerves es a
check em double check egeinst the danger OS poesible liebili-
ties exceeding the appropriation.
Uosw noreeaon,horeter,why erequfmifimoamlt-
memt,8hi&ihahaab6aonaetanative ahergeegeAnstth8 lppropr&e-
tlon, @wild not be oeneelled in the menner you suggest, where
itie apparent to ell parties aw06rn6d that the pumheee eon-
templetodaan not in anj event be