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Tho 8aia Rouse Bill x0. .46 3.8lalom
ss
t.bs Toma
Rice Developwmt &en and in brisk it.provfUeo for the leqy
and oolleotlon.or.a tax ana the expenaiture..thereof in the
prcuaotlonor,snles and advort~sb~ or Tears rioo ana rioo
pXVhIOt6 #U&drOr rS802mh in'EIibt%?WiOpEiOnt ,OfnOW U808 ror
rlao ana rioe produoto. The AOt lwc%viaestar a rlae develop-
QOILtOcDnaiSsiOnOOQOtU3a Or ri'oeprOOXIi3,t0 be QpPOintOd by
#a Cond8sbncr..or Boara of AgFioulturawith t&o advioo arrd
oonsoat or tha licnate. &I Saotion 6 OS the Aot it ie pro-
viae4 that the tax 8hell be remittea alraot to tho woe De- .
_.VelOpIWlt 0CEXd58iOn. hur 4LLOl'Bp t0 ~Ul'firot QuBStioII, .
therefore :D that the Toxe8 Rloe DovuWpmont Owamlnn%oa %a
authord to raaoloe l’nntln 8OarUlnS under the provla~o~ or
the Aot. Xt is uotob howeyor that Seotlon ll 02 the Act ex-
prossly praviat3i that such Texas Rloe Developmnt comlo8io~
ohall not oonotitute a separate or nor Stete agenoy but Is
* a. part 61'tho Ds$nrtnant 02 A&aulture.
Ae noted abova, the aolleotl& eve to be made .by
tho.COmlsoionor or Agrlaulture thrOu& tho Rio0 DevelOpmmt
Board. The Aot itee1.i ooat8lM no 0X9W88 prov%aloM as to
the-mathoa o? hea4lintjthe Monet after it hm 'beanoollootea.
Ih Seotfon lo ft is provitledthat: wl rUa8 ooneotod
hareunder or horebyapproprfated to the Texan Rloo Develop-
mmat coFsDinol.on for the purpose of oerr$ln~ out the provl-
SiOll5Of thi8 Aat.” But tile us0 or SUOh lantpage a8 that l.a
lGekiagem appropriationbee never been teIcen%o moen that the
austodg- of the fund8 80 Bppr0pmti8a le.tadreby ohnagea rrm
the State~Txvaeurerto the Department'towhioh the epp+prla-
tfOR 18 leadO+ The.~~noys a8n be depositad with the Btste
Troaaurer ana ~614 out'upon w&manta drawn by the ccmptroller
snd yet the appropriation be given ?rta Tull meeting. Kor
ara there aqnather provlslane in the Aot whiolatwo neoeB-
SkW11y.inaon8istentwith the bati* Of thO50 fUId8 in the
SQUO mumor thot othor noneye aOlleotoa by the Stats aro
he&lea in the abnenoe ot opooial prooi8ion8. Ye wm.54 nota
in portfouler thht this Aot oontafne no prov~oion for the
bonding ai the Texas Rise lkvolopwmt Coml8sIOa, or any ap-'
pointeo theroof, 58 thd pornanant OUStOdllD or theSO'runas.
Our amwar to your boooad, third and tOUZ%h QUMtlOM, there-
roro, io (IAarrimativo one. .
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It is not eboolutel$naoosasryunder tha etatuta,
Al-t. i+335,R8Vi883d civil %tetUtOS, iOr the head OS the de-
p5rtmant to 5Im ololrs ana ecoounta. It is nooessary that
the 5GU8 ba aQned by tho.head Or the dopartiaontOr other
parson roagonalbleror Incuxdng the ixpendlture. On this
point t&e roquilwnentOS th8 COnptrolbr 8hOultlbe 08aer..
talnad and oaxiplle6with.
IOUr8 very truly
AmRovm OCT 30;194l ATTORNEY tyNERAL OP TEZAS
(sigiea) Groves 3eZlers
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BY 8. H. 8.
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