OFFICE OF-I-HE ATTORNEYGENERALOFTEXAS
AUSTIN
April 8, l.9~
ur.~,clnna L. Johnson, A&n% 8, 1939, Page 2
*BssistanceFoml, in Savor of the helm3 or legalrepwaen-
tatives of the deceased, or 5x1favor Op the person or per-
sons owning the burial account (prooi'of tbe existencea&l
justice of such account to be made to said Cemptrollerunder
oath in such fom as he nay Pequire)~ said warrant te be
used for the purpose of pwlng the burial expenses ef the
dC%OCaSed.
XECTSOH 2. The fact that a pziatnumber of the persons
reeeivlngbenefit under the Texas Old Age AssistanceLaw
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*regulationsas zay be deeziczlby the Legislatureexpedient,
for old-age assistanceand for the payment of same not to
exceed Fifteen Dollars ($16) par month each to actual bana
fide citizens of T-s who are over the age of sixty-fim
(85) years; pr~id~~~;~g z;mbs u%%nal, fmd nd
babUXla1 drunkaM ihUQUH,lUld?lO~
Pate OS any state-supported inst*tution, while euch inmate,
shall be eli@ble for such old-age assistance pmvide%
further that the requirementsfor length of tL3 of actual
res%denceiaSexassball
dnring the a=3 (9)
e&lolI.far old-age ~aasl
ptPl#a@late4p
=Jym*. .
ie am3 also of the oplnlon that l&se Bill .Be. 060 ala tin-
0&t1tutlonal under ArtlolS a, 8eotlon .a$, at tho 0oIl8t1tiltloIl
of the Btate of T@ixas,rhiuh reds a6 f0llOVs: ._ >
'X0 bill, (exe6 genwal apgcopdet&5nWlls, uhieh'
nay einbraoethe trarPous eubjeots an& soaounts~ for eml
onqmountofvhlchmou3ys areappre&at~)sIudlo0n-
tain more t&an We isubjeat, lrfiich s&U1 be eqPesse&:ia
its title. But 3s aslyedb ject 8hall be mbmawi in an
&lx-.
X~,claML.'JoLnson,A&l '8,lQ38, Pa@2 4
'act, which shall not be expressedin tho title, such
act shall bo void only as to so much thereof, as shall
not be so express&i.*
The title of House Bill No. 960 does not exp%ss the gub-
ject of the bill. The title states that the act proptiesPar an Old
A& ;gFl Fund, whereas no suoh fu+ is providedfor in the body of
There 1s ll~notice given XXIthe title to the bill that
the billilpmvidesfor a diyersion of part of the Texas Old Age As-
sistanoeFund for the gqazent of the burial cxpcnses of personsrho
~~~~~~~OldAgeAsslstanae rells. EClnoethispmvlsionem-
tieoftheblll audnoreat3ona8lenotieethere-
T itle, the bill 88 alear da v%ola~~oP
of IS c;Iven in the Artiela
sD f33aw 36,0r the amiutw.Omr
Texashemxl~gcmfldeilfor,andforr
pzrposeofdetrsJingtheex 88 of W
A~t$a'~~iisharelryOreat r and est8bliehe(l .a slm@al
lhasvry of the *ate at Texas, to be kept.
by the State Z-ream separate and apart from all othf3r
f%mds, axxito be .WOWZIae'the *Texas Old A@3 Aaskstanue
Fund*, and for the plrrpoeesabove set out ther3 Is hwo-
.necessary,~fti the fieoal year endin Au2W.i 31, 1937.
mmi.dedthatlfthefurrdis lnautfLoientto pay all
grants in full, the 8800 shall bQ m pro rata based
ont+eemount grsllGedtOeaehree+e*.w
since the !Cw Old Age AssietanceFLma is created ati
establishedby statute as a spc+.al Fred to prohile Piaancial aid
to ag3d oit~lzens, its d%vem3lon to the difTerent plrpse of the
psgmont of burial costs would + a tiolation of Article VIII,
Sectlon7s quoteaabwe.