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0 The State oi'Texas
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Y OFFICEOFTHEATTOR~C~FFALOFT~
AuatlJa
Gerald C %ann
Attorney t;aheral
Sxmreble Xortimer Browri
333cutiveSecretary
Teaaher ,lotLrenient
Syst.~ of Texas
Anstir.,Texss
q$iiCE xc. o-3557
??e: 3lstrlbut4,on of
accumulated
aootributloneof l?atleRuth
Blankenehip,a deosaaal teachar
In your letter of Say 15, 190, you adrim 8x8of %lie
rol.lowlngtacta!
:ratl
e ?uth Blankenship,who was a member of the
Zeaoher I;etireraent Ey?yntmat the tine of fierdeath, died
on April 11, 19,&l,aurvlve3 by her tlother,Mrs. Julia
Fmwlette Andereoc, ae her deefgnatedbeneficiary. :@a.
&demon filed wlth the TeacrherRetirement syatep?her
affidavit In proper formalalm&g the ezount thtuldue
her as such beneflclary,but before paysent the?eof Ure.
Anderson fieraelfdied. .. :
pm;&uast our"ipfnionin response to the iollowlng three quea-
:
%hould the Comptrollerbe requested to ieaue
a vlarxantIn favor of &e. Anduraons' If~eo, what
ehculd be done with the warrant? Should the Tenoher
Retircsmunt systemsettle the aase by paying the
money to the various hein o2 Mm. &derson'lm
Sing8 fdrs.Andarson ti dead and the Sypeteaa
ham been ad-
vised OS t‘iatiraotthe Corntrollex should not be rcqueeted to is8ue
a warxent In hex favox, thf8 in anmmr to your first qUCris%iOXL
Sinae you maand question depends~upona different anmer from
the above to your ?Iret queetion, mmh eeaond question need not
ba notioed further. Slnae Mrs. Anderson wa8 the benerlciarynamed
by her daughter, upon the deidh bf the latte- such aocumulate~
oontrlbutionsbeaane the property of Mrs. Anderson and descendeti
to her heirs. &iiindiaated in a pravloua opinion t'3you, the
contributionsa@oiiLdbe paid to the adtiJlnlstratorof &a. -Uder-
son if an adzzlnlstrationIs hatlupon her estate. ?Fowevo2,if
them is m such administrationthe Teacher lietirencnt ?ystam
should sattle the aase byepay- the money to the various heirs
Qf :.;rs
. Anderson.
Your0 very truly
ATTOREY c31mN. CT TIXAS
By/s/ Qlmn
R. Lanis
OlennR. Lewis
Aselstflnt
GRL:db
A;?ROVE!2*XAY22, l&l
/s/ Grover Bellam:
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