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&. Ceo. li. Acppard, FebruerF d$, 1939, Page 3
Article &X34, 3evhaU :ita.tutee, prorldee that such
glerk *6h?ll ~lro$lect ond pay iat th State T~~em.ry cl1 zostn .._
colluctod by hkx, ~6d6r such r@@klritiOn6 i6 the C&nptrOllar :~y ;:,'~
prosoriba,Ond 4bq jud+6 OS eaii Cowl; 6gprwe.* -:_._
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*rSa~h@:4t.mi&g en approprla$ion for the eupport and ‘,:a:
maiataaa?loti ,i+- .,
the bl$gn&e+ ,$$..
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August~~3l, L’ ,
or .ofricera or ;:t:s.
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robtbly In~th'e .S$ete Preairury; presaribing orrtaln
rules azd radtri~ctiafi~ raspdoting the l&penditures.of &.'::
approprlaticne nade hereia; l.uepending 611 laws ia
~ooonfliat hemwith; deolarfag tho laralility 0C aiqr
portion or ~this~.Adt shell not arrebt. en? ,o%.k.er portiai; -_,.
md deaMrfng 6i1 LaerSenoy.* 'Ai
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Ssatlon 4 or the Oenerel Proviaiona of 9hld Chapter 4,63,
round at pti~e tl69,,roe~s a6 rollonsr 't .:g
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“AU Cwiis ‘~$I&? to anf ‘ocurt fur whioh apyropria-
trio36 are ade~horein~ of to 6ny ,or the 61.sks, 0rri0628
or eia~~oyear, or my ouch court ~nhwher euoh r306 6re ..
r0r oiriaial or unorrlofsl.oopiecl or o~inione, oa?b9n
oo ier, or for other aeryiaee ok bOomant shell be. ,I’
ang tZt.goaltlcd at .the ~oloclq'of:Oi'& aanth L the Onae@
P,evcDma?ef??d 0r~tk3 Wite rroaiurp an4 *hell be oarrl@
aa- 6 Spa 61~ecoourit~la nela.ruad Zor,thr court Gepo~i~@;*:
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ki6 wuile, Mb nom or euoh reea shall b, rrtalno&~~ : ‘!,$ wrz.d’
or gild %c a&l .oltsks, olflocrrs or 6@0y60&
c o urata p lo yee
wh o se
la la r1s:
y protldsd ~~,herelzi, *, I
except prsera, &mlA file, with sU&aouxt tonthb
payroll, with the &i+troUer et the aoa o r leoh meth .? 5
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an aCridarlt'mhowlng
_ ._ that _ the
- ha6 mot retxlned u;y~owa- -. .:;:
: filed ror said pr&iloueiioath~w
3aotisna 5 (g) nnd 5 (1) of the General F-rovislone of
said Choptor 463, found at pagb l16B8, reed 03 ~%llo~s:
“(8) ~2a6h oiflcsr,~ igsntor’exploy:~e or a~court
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*(11 ~That port$oi~&f Qrcry appropriation .k& if :,.
Ytate funds ok Joan1 ~*iQeiptl made hernia whbhT ,is
untiifwndeb at the d&B@ of the fiscal JCE~ Tar whloh
the appropriation %a aitde ahall -l.wcdiat$ly revert to -i
&ad becomes a port of the Gonernl aovenuo Z%nd. It ii+
hereby proviM that-t& word *uncxps~?‘~d t arr ‘PSQ~ 10
thie Aot meirns *not disburdod aor acntrnotcd to be dia-
bursed.“’
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nbautmaty, ,a?~$ that when a$& sh6uM be the casi&& :peroon ahould
be at libarty, $0 aall on the alcirk ‘fQ8 a ShlJIlb“ti~, Without pey- ._
iCl(;60 0eA)S far ,ti.Te ant or oQrtlfylti# and 3ralitig, .+lld without
p6yin@ for tb6 wordn in an,unwa+ted Qertiffcata at,,tbe rats of 10 “‘+i;;;
oents psi- hundred. Purthsrztcwe, :wQ think that pub136 'pollop would -:y$
rtqulre kuah an intmrprstation +&at the sorb omfsdon 9.1 the oar tl- .;::,;:
Slaate should not deprive the Stats of itb Caa. ,- .’I A.< ‘,?JJ
In Scaohiag the above aoholueion upon the pro&ions or
Arti& 3924 alone, WJ db zot agree with tha oo~olu:~i6n ixprGase6
in oonfsrtiae opinion Ro. 27g7 ‘of ‘this 3epIrtnant, dated ?$eptQnbor’$<
28, 1929, written by X. Grady Chandler, hssistant, to D,,%
Stallrrorth, Ziow~vbr, w-c do not find it QbQe*sBry to otefmih 8uah ,2
opleion, in vies of %he .fact that. chapter MS, above quoted, hw ~. 1
.QxwQsaly br~ought auoh rues into the State ?P:aaury, orbn ii. .
Arti& S924 itself did not. The ‘Quoted prorlolonr o? Chapter 463 '.
.arc amply supported by the caption thereQf, l raat not rxlst$n6 .,"
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xlth rererenco to the bill oonlidored by Xr, Chandler. . q:;; ;:
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Son. Zeo. if. ;b+;pgard, Pnbruary 21, 1939, f~aec 4
iJo know of nothing YrhlOh,wciuld invafldete au& proviolona
BY thou8 xectionsd in said ch* tar 433, if hrticle 3, iiectlon 35
of the Conrtltutlon.of T$ua,, Pa aatlrrled. ;1,
The 0treot or sebtloa 4 and Seoticns 6 (g) and (1) of .":-
cbptcr 4fi3, is ls r0iiw8: (lf Certtiln fee0 - mna'o~ a!lich mai
have been n&de auoh for.the first time - are required to be,de- :
poolted Plcnthly in the 3tata Trcwury, whuro the same la scb up kr.~.
R ~pedial m3iotmt; (2) 0erki.n 0rri05rs Or0 paid out .or suof: ruoaf'~"
and, (3) any belanoe la plaood in the General iieyenue Fund. ::::~
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iiuoh feee,.along with othw 6~; 6x.8 thus appropriated :$L.:
by said Chapter 463 to the suppert of the Judioierr. The one *&I~:-.:
general purpose oi the Aot, the tlaanolnq oi the judlolary,1s thas'
aaoonpliehOd,',~d we do not beli8ve there 1s any impingWcnt upon :t,,
Plrtlcle 3, .%otlon 35, ~f.ths~Con8t&tLtlbn, requiring that a bill T;:.:
shall oontaln 6ut ormeubjeot. 3 i:
iuotatlon irl a~.folfowa from the oplnlon of the Coznla- '$'
rion or kppoala In altter vs. Bexar County, 11 2. Y. (Ed) l(
‘It is, of court, a general~rule that liberal
~oonatructian will be Indulged. 50’au to aid oonfor~noe
or a title to co~~a~ltutlonhl ~equlreaent.8; e. g., Lf
5.0 the oaption a yurpoae be but generally stRtsd th0t
givos.sui~lolent notloe'that ~til related and ino&nt@
mattais iqy har~:attsntlon in +a body of ~the sots :A::;
statemnte of the ultimata bbjdl5t ~111 laalude wa?olB#
ptppresenoe of~Uatn:llz cipprtipriete to rohlevement 0i:$h0
Jahnmon re. kiartin;‘lS Tex. 33.~12 2. d. Jars'.,
~~~Ob~lclb ** I E 0. lie ,Ry. go*, loo TOI. 534, ;::&,:~: ~:: I~_
lOi 3; k#. 1OBO; Id. K, k T.'By.,Coe vi State, 192 TaXi ;~~
133,-113 & ~% 916. Likewlso, the tna-aubJeat .%nhlb&,@on
(section-56, 'art. 31 is observed If th4 two thi3!38ha*0 :j-
mtuti zrslsrnncy of individual rellsraaW to aoooqll8.hoLent
of a general piipoae.* $1
The eme r-ule wee exprPssea in the oe8e it 3tuard vi;
Thocnpaon, ;ibl 2. ii. 277, as rollowat
Vhla pro'vlalon Or the,conatitutlon, or ritlllar
ones, are to be round fn many, 0r not all, of Our
state CoaatltLtions; end hae frequently be.0 the Subject i
of the J~dI01al lnvoshlgation and aarutlnJ.~ The OoWta
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of bonstruotfea here, f&Ita appliortion the mist:
liberal loxgtwotlua Ma been givea by tha Supmaa Court
01.thSta is ts .la
, looor4nao0 with the ~im‘enl mrrmt ot
authority, to Mko ths whole law oonatltatlonal wro the
part objeotod to a8.intrinp;iq thla pro*laJon ef *ha Oon-
atuftution could W~qsnridrred 8a ap.oroprldteZ$ aosseoted '
alth or subsl&lsr~to thr mrln objaot of the sot as expressed