Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

413 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AWTIN G- 82.MAllm *-o- 41 non. 000. P. nhoppard - Page a ' ~Bunor~blO 000. II, lihsp #-oorp troller,huruledthatthia ourt ior the our- B"d rent ilraal Joar bar aa lp~~bioa of anll 1000 tor bookme There mem ta n to be eoa- f uaion, and I propow, for your eoadber~tioa, th*t thim Court hu the mum of #li200 for tha purchors of law boo-. "*To say the lout, tho language of Eeo- t&iona la very 00ntu~, and by rouan ot the fact thatourlib~ la alndjlunMorppd. rerlousIy by tha mrll 8 Foprkatioa Jlwed, ~8mh~~t?.wt,f, e&don rlll ariblaru aeotlena oi Hc B. aw - tha Judloly Appro- ~18tlon Bill - l8 M folloTmc lAllamountr rpproprlatalinthb&tfor lar books, or expended therofor an&oruathorltf 0f th ir& t,shrlr b0 3*14 0teot th0 e-m mnd andtho rpecial raoounto in thhoOener8l RsremaeFu&l~rhereinmft.P pwidd. Iam- 4 1.c 10-l reoelptu, dad there ir hereby lppro 8fed to each of uid Courta for uuch pulporea Fior OWh Of the fl.081 YWI'O la & @ lUt31 1, 9 & l, u3d August ai iem, the 8u ot ch3~onmdred 001 out of their 10-l reoeiptu in th o o p eo iflo lpp~o- omountrh o r uin prleted for llbrwy book@ iOr raid Court8 p’o- vidod further, uad io oooordmae with 0 rid In that any of mid Oaurto of Oiril Appealr ro- oeiring E opeoitio appropriation ot 1080 than SeremIlutrlredDollaro ($TCO) per fear foC library booke shall not of Prom maid Neal lpeoifla amount roooipto more than the aa%x""b herein approprleted.m Chapter 104, B. 8. 424, referred to in the above ~oetion of the Appropriation Bill, prorider~ 'The Clerks of the Courts of Clril Appeal8 ahall be and are hereby authorloed to prrohhroe additioml 181~booke for the uso of sllidCourts out of the fees collected by eald Courts; suoh esl;ondlturoeshall not exoeed ammally the opooifio imounts of such foes additionally authoriood for such purpose in the Oonerrl lip propriotion Acts of the Legirlaturo sad8 blen- nially for the dupport and maintenance of the Judioiary Department of the State OWernment. Prwldod, however, that all suah feea oollooted by olry clerk or other officer of aq Court of Civil Appeala within thlr State ohall be do- posited In the lltate Trooeury to the oredlt of the court so collecting amI de siting 8~~8, and the eqsanditureo out of mard fuml for the foregoing purpoooo ohall be upon a tarrant dram upon the Gtate Treao~ br the State Comptroller, a8 be provided for In the 73 on Bill for the JyIioiw General Appropria of thio State.a Conetruing, as TO rmrt , the general rtatufe amI the abovequoted rider to the ApproprlatlcmBill together, it iu our 00nolusion that the bterpratrtlon auggeoted by - 411 P - that ior that the ourrent flmael you*8 8p o&s%80 tion for lor booko to tbo Oourt of Diril Appear 4"or tbo a.gbth hqro~a Judicial Diotriotio only m.oo- ole8rly is the oorreot 006, The grmloo tE the rldor to theeffeottbtwQourtoiOidlApeela dmllupenb froa its 10081 row.lpto mm0 then t E0 lpeoitio umaat gppro@-i&udby tho Leg%rlaturo to thot wurt ior lu books is 00n01usit0 oi the rrttor, maa* the l poolflo 8ppropi8tionto the Court oi tivllAppo8lo for the 6lghth District for 18~ books i8 @WO.OO. OS-MR