OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eon. J. X. moxbnalb, Commlr~lenor
D13~emen~nf Agrioulattua
,
Dear sir:
er of August 8,
0 the r0ii0dig
lapeot thereto:
ature in the Department-
set up and .1tomlzell
the
Travel .xpenSo . . , . . . . S,OOO.CC
ror eaoh of the fisoal ear8 onding Au@mt al,
1944 and Augnat 91, 1.94'
f,
"The Govomor retoeiithe $l,SOO.OO item
and tho $S,OOO.OO item.
.-
Hon. J. E. YoDonald, &mmleslo~r, page E
WPlearo ldrlee whether or mot the kgle-
latum or the Governor of the stat. ha8 the au-
thority to dl+-egard tha prorlelone of la ia
Houee Bill No. l8, and it llthor~the Leglrlaturo
or the Oovornor has pro~umd to ahange the pro-
rlelone or Hour8 Blll llo.18, their lot will
SE" in ~~poeltlonto thepovielone or uld
.
?To ba m?rr dlroot,elnao the kglelatare
set,up these itame b aeoordanbo dth the terme
or the law would We Department8tIll have
the authority to tie&the reee for the purpoeee
provI&od ior.ln the Approprlatian Bill in 8pIt.e
.0rth0 o0~0mcif*rnt0 thn0w
Hone Bill Ed. U!, oh. SS, p. 1994, Oeneral k
speolal Lawa, tortprirth Legielature, F'iretand iwo0nb
called a88iw, wb7,~ 18 qu0td in rtu a8 r0u03f88
~s.0. 1. nom and titer the bate oi
septamber 1, 1937, t&o Comleelo~r or Agrloul-
two 0r the 8t8t0 or 98~~8 18 h~8by direotod
and lothorlnb to dletrlbute throughout the
stata or Taae, on a lease baele a!, hrroipaitar
provlhl, the jaoke and ltallione purohaeed br
the state or T0xae andor tha tome and provi-
8lOnB 0r Aote 0r the Regular saP8IOll,?OrtP-
thfrd ~glelatare, ohapter 168 Page 463, a8
~aendod bT AOt8 Of the Fortpthird Legielatruu,
Flret Called Seeeion, Chapter 10; Page SE, And
eala %ommlsaloner or Agrlorilturs18 rurther
birootoa ma aathoriud to name come uuithblo
pereon, experlenosd in tb handlbg or jaoke
and etallione, as oaretaker or luoh jaok or
#F. The &EUI&#B~OIIOr AgFlOdltWO 8U
a 0pt”~u.M oarry but roamnablr rules an6 rogud
latlone with reepeot to the leaning ana dletrl-
bution, eara, taeeen6 malntsnanoe or euoh an&!-
~18.; Provided rurther that the title or au
luoh jacke ana #iall.Ioneh0rdnberor0 montlolud
lhall be an& rePlainIn the State of Toxae. Pro-
rldod tither that ia the -want the ConunIeslon-.
per or Agrioulture 1~ unable te plaoo any or luoh
Don.:J. III.
XoDonald, Commleelonor, page S
enl.meleas herein provided duo in any manner.
to ddPecte or unrltnoee ror .brcoding punposes,
then the Commlceloner 6f Agrloultu’re is hereby
authorized and directed to turn euoh animals
over to thcState Board 0r Control, who shall
dispose of same to the beet intercBt of the
State.
*Before any 0r tnc Jacks ur~stalllone arc
leased t3uadletributoa as heroin provided, the
C~lssloner 0r Agrioultum ehall allooats and
tender to the.Tcxas Prison Syetcm two jaoke and
one stallionand artor raid jacks and stallion
have been acocptcd by the Tcxae Prison Board,
.tho ComPieBloner or Agrloulturc ehall~thcnaftcr
lxcrolso no control or management over euoh anl-
MElB. such animale'shall thereafter rcmaln and
bc the property or the Tcxae'Prieon Syetcm for
it8 rat pna purpoecf3,a24aBald jacks and stab
lion arc to be eclcotod by the Commlseloncr of
AgrloulttireandOcncralICanageror thoTcxa8
Prleon bpetom rrom those jaoke -a etalllone
now owned by thc.Statc of Texas under the prorl-
#Lone Or Chapter 10, Aote .ti the FirBt Called
seeelon, Forty-thira Logielaturc. ha all ox-
pcneee incurred by the Cone.leeloncrof agrlou$-
turo in dcllvcrlng 'raid jacks an6 stallion to
#ho Tcxae Prison System shell be borne br raid
eyetcm.
*sec. 2. From and after the orf00tiv0 date
or this Act the Commlseloncr of Agrlaultum shall
distribute the jaoks ana stalllone aroresala
throughout the state of Tcxae where there ie mbet .
need shown to oompotcnt and oapablo oaretakcrr
who shall agree and pay tothc state of Tcxae
the sum or Thirty Dollars ($SO) in advanoc a6 an
annual rental ror the ueo of euah jack or etal-
llm, as the oaec may be, and who Shell fiZWt
enter into a tiMton oontraot with the Commle-
elonor or Agriculture all euoh oonditiona and
terms as may be aotcrmlnoa by the Oomelasloncr.
IIIaabltlon thereto oaoh kcdpcr shall be required
Eon. J. B. MaoDonald,Commleeloncr, -0 4
to _-.
enter into a bona dth two or l0r0 m0a ana
~eu.frl0lcntlurctlce, payable to the state or
Tcxae, upon the approval of the Oonmleeloncr or
Agrioulture, oonaltloncd th a t luoh oarctakcr
shall in good relth, rood, water, oarc ror ana
properly handle euoh calmcle. Buch bond to )e
in the sum or not lose then the merket value or
Bald anlmcl or anlmale as dctcrrpincabr the oom-
miseloncr or Agrloulturc.
“!fhC CamniBBiOllCr Or &riOUltUm i8 henby
dlrcoted to oontraotwlth luoh k c c p c rcre carc-
takcr~to tcrmlnatc on Jal~l or laoh year luoh
~oontraoteto be terminablebcforcthat time uhcn
in the opinion or.the Ommleeloner or Agrloultulr,
or his ycnte, suoh anlaal~ are not bolng prop-
erly cparcaror as provia in the terns 0r euoh-
.oontraoteand no lease shall oxtcnd for c pcrlod
to 0x0004 on0 year.
cTh0 oontraot h0rcinabcv0~~~via0a $cr
~8kal.lin addition to the rorieimr Bsnin rot
forth ln6ludc one Whloh w r11 pcmrlt the eec of
suoh jaok or 8talllon br mid ecrctekcr ior the
purposes bq whloh ho mey bc a88lgncd in tid
eontraot ana la no wont ehcll the keeper or
aarctakcr mekc a ecnloc OhargO ot mrc than.
Ten Dollars (#lo) ror caoh roai -4 euoh oarc-
tabr or keeper shall personally bc llab~~~ for
.urCrMaB in gWMt@Cing a rOBd Ma in 90
~crcnt ehalL the State of Texas be llablo dlrcot-
ly or indin0tip thcrcror. ha it le expecsely
pro+l&ea thet the Thirty Dollars (#30) paid 08'
heroin provided ehcll be all the demand or olaim
that the State or Texas e,haU, have a&net euoh
kccpcr or oarctakcr for rendering the lcnloce
heroin provlaca.and the lua or iume heroin pro-
via04 as a ohargc ror breeding roes ehall be
the only oompcneatlon said keeper or ecrctakcr
may olalm 0r or rromthe Stat0 or Texas therc-
rori
‘SOO. 5. The honey acriv0a fri3mthe liae-
ins of the cnlmale hereinabove aantloncd ahan
be dopoeltcd by the Commleeloner of Agrioulture
Hon. J. ld.MoDoncld, Gommiaelo~~, pcgc 5
in the State Trcceury wharc it shall be act up
as a fispcolaliraox ana Stallfon suna’ to cc plod
‘by the oommiea~oncr to pay the 8alarice or two
@1 oompctcnt 8~ rvxeore et not so cxocca
nghtccn lWnarcapiouare m per year ccoh
Tar ea~ar~c8 ana uno mall rcoci~c tnc aotual
ana ncoc8sary travcUztg cxpcnece wnllc away
?rom Auetin ze the pcrronucnoc or tnclr auMd di8tin8t Ola8808 Or apprOpri4tiOM Iwda
rrom +hwg. reooipt8,and apeelal iirnd8”.
Therr'two 88-b aEd di8tinOt 8la88@8 lr. d8-
8OribOd ln language upon whloh we cannot lmprovr ln the
ro.$lcnriag
paragraph of the opinion:
We are thus ootironted rlth.tho problem
of whOthor the Leglalature intended thr."ll&ta-
tlon 0r Paynb3ntrmOlaurreto apply only to tho8e
fn8tMOO8 where It ha8 by the OpOolal rider ap- ,.
pen686 to the pnrtloular departmental approprla-
tlon lppropriatedthO 0. ~plur in the 8pOolal
rttha't0the 8380and bon&t 0r the partloular
drpartmnt, or, on the ether hand, wor8 the Word8
*8xt38pti8 0thOmirO proria06* Intended to llir-
lmte th8ae 8pOOiriO appropriation8 or th8 r~rplu8
from thy ap$lloatlon or the *Limitation oi .
Hon. J. E. HOWMId, OOmmi88iOMr, page 1s
Payments" olawe, and wa8 the olau8e, thereron,
intonaea a8 e oonditional lp roprlatlon or tho8r
8UrQilU~S uhioh might 8Xi8t in 8~Oi.d fund8
ln lnetanoer rhere the hgl8latur8 had b
to the partioular departmntal l
ppropriat
-68 no lrrort to plaoe auoh 8urplu8r8 at the
di8pO8al Or th0 partiOdar dep%rtLaMt?”
It- b8 Ob88rYOdthat th8 8tIrpitU3intAO
Jaok-Stallion Fund orrakd nnaer Eou80 Bill 1po.12 or
the Forty-ilfth kglrlature ran8 with* the rint ola*sl-
rloation 8lnoe it 18 appropriatedto the de aa benerlt
0r the Jaok St8lllon Dlrlrlon by th8 8p8alal r'.derap- .
p8nded to th8 D8partmnt or Agr1oultu.m l pproprlatlon.
Th8 qu88tlon a8 to whrther the "Llmltatlon ot
m~nt8”Ola U80
lppliO8 t0 thi8 8la88 Or 8oFfiU8 18
M8WONd in Opinion m. o-imi i8 rOiiOW8:
"* * * It WOIdd 8USI t0 b0 BIMirO8t
that the 4gi8iatur0 aid not m-6 that the
U8&tatlon 0r Paym8nttr'olawe 8h0ala apply to
ruoh 8 plu8ee a8 mn d0rmt8ly appropriated
%:by the % gl8lature to the we of a partloular
departm8nt by.*peolalrider to th8 departmental
lpproprlatlon. To hoid otherwlti, 80tilab8 t0 _
8ay that the bgl8latur8 intOn to oreatr an
4b8IXd Urd Bd8OhiOYOU8 8itUatiOn OalOUhtiY8 tO
lmpalr materially the runotlons of 8tate &worn-
zmnt, aad to re8ult lu gr8at lnooaY0nlenor in
It8 ldmlni8tr8tlon.w
Jt 18, therefore, our opinion that the balanod
0r the4Jao'k-stallion
F~a.approprlated in a lump 8um to
the bonrtlt and u8e 0r th8 Deparlmnt 0r Agriculture 18
not rubjeot to the *Llmltatlon 0r Paymnts* olau8e -6
the Jaok Stallion Division 18 not obliged to obtain th8
approval or the Slmltatlon or wym8ntrw Board to legl-
timate expenditures 0r money8 ln 8ald 8urplu8e8.
TAO r1na.lqueetion to be 8II8WNd 183 ror what
porgoeee are the money8 fn the 1temiZed lump 8um appro-
priation, oon8lrtlng or a rurplur ln the Jaok Stallion
Fund, uuavallable?
Eon. J. f. HoDonald,~Commi8,8loner,page 14
ni the rh8t plaoe, the balanoo or tb road
Oannot be U8Od r0r 8upplOmentlzg tin38pOOiiiO itmu
ror whloh a aerinite 8~ ha8 bO*n appropriated, 1 . l.,
item 64-b (an in8peotor at l8twt86 8alax-y or $1800)
and 64-o (rwt, heat, light, postage, t8lephone, prlnt-
lng 8upplles -6 Oontlngent $lO5O.~annually). An lx-
pm388 prohibltlon to thl8 lrr0Ot 18~oontalned I.0thO
motion ot th8 00neral ILlbr co tha D8partmental Ap-
proprlatlon Bill h0aaea "Salary and Other proYi8ioM"
a8 r0ii088:
herein provided
w(b) me lppc6prlatlon8
UN t0 be OOMtNOd a8 th8 MLirum 8UM t0 be
appropriated to and ror th8 oereral purposer
named hOnla, -6 th8 amount8are intoadO to
oover and ahall oover the lntlrO oorrtor the re-
8pOOtiYO itOlll8 8d th0 8u <il BOt be 8Uppb-
gmntea rr0m any other 8ouroe; a nd, lx o epat8
Oth Oti80 prOVid86, a 0Oth elrXpOndit~O8 8hau
b8 z!adO,nor 8hall any other obligation8 be in-
O-2-06 by any department or thi8 stat0, pr0viaea
:horrver that nothing herein 8hall prevent any
dopartm0at head rr00 paybig1088 than the PuLLI-
mum amount 8et rorth hOrein ror any ralaried
QO8itiOIl8."
se004dly, any portion 0r thb 8urphi may not
be a806 ror wtrareling lxpm8ew. mob lxpeaditure~ i8
prohlbltrd la tbs &moral Rider under wTraYellng xx-
pM80", a8 rOiiO88:
w.(a)It i8 provided that no exp8naitun
rhall be made ror traveling axpenses by any da-
partment 0r thi8 State in lXOO8S or the amouat
or money itemlud horein ror 8aid purpose.* * *=
Itbm6C6 - wTravellng Expen8e" - under th8
Jaok Stallion ltemlzsd appropriation In the Gmeral
DOpartmentdl Appropriation%ll ha8 beeh.retoedby thi
Governor. oiYing lrr8Ot t0 thi8 W&O, 88 haY0 the 8EW
situation a8 if the Leg181ature had amde no approprla-
tlon ror traveling expenre8 ror th8 J&Ok Stallion Dlri-
8lon. ThO lb0ve quoted prOYlsl6a Of the Genetie Rider
to the Departmental Approprlatlon Bill 18 an absolute
.
AOn. Ji i. MoDonald,Commhdoner, page 15
prohIbitionagalnrt the ixprndltur8of a greater amount
than that 8p8olfloallyalla6 uhloh amount lcithlr In
8tanOO 18 nil. For rea8min.gwhloh nil1 8upport thl8.
con8truOtlonroe opinlon~goi O-1159 or thl8 depart2nent
by Hon. Cacll Cammaok, Isrlrtant Attorney General.
In oonelu8lonin anmr to YOollr 8pOOiriO ln-
quiz-y it 18 our opiniontbtthe lr r 00 0tr the Oovemor~r .
veto 18 to lllmiuate the 8p8OifiO item8 64a, (Bookkewer)
and 64-d (Trrrellx p en8e)under the rpeolal Jack Stallion
r frfmthe General DepartmentalAppropriationRill,
. .) Senate RiQ 4z7 0r th8 Forty-8ixth&giclhtUN
but that the lump 8~m approprlatlon ln ths 8peolal r iau
0r *any twr and/or balloOe8” 0r the ~Jaok Stallion
Sp8oLal Fund, which -8 not ret006 br the Oovernor, 80pla _
be availableto th8 Jack-StallionDiYiriOn or the D8-
pm-nt or Agrloiltur8rorth8 auploymentor aeor88ary
p8r8onnel and ths p4yeent or 8uch q8larlrs aa other ex-
pa808 a8 are lnourredin the enforoement or the prod-
#loa of th8 ~Jaok~stalllonAOt, H. 8. Ho. 18 oi the Forty-.
fifth ~gi8latUn, with the eXpr888 8xOeption Of tNYel-
p~Q011888 Mb t& lUppi81~d.T.& tff rIUidSiOr 8p3Ou10
.
Tru8tlagthatthe above fullyan8wer8 th8 in-
quiry in your letter, we are
Youre’ very truly
A’f’NhEYQEHERALOFTEXAS
aJr(Simed)Dlok Stout
Dick Stout
A88i8tant
DSrOB
APPROVED Aug. 51, 19s9
(sign8a) c0ma 0. y~ann
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
APPROVED
OPmIoIi COW
BY B:W. B.
OHkIRW~