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*1 ,” -_ 347 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN GROVER SELLERS
ATTORNEY GENERAL
ibnorablo Ckwrgr H. Sheppard
Comptroller of Publfo Aooountr
Auetin, Terar
Dear Sir:
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In item of We are In I request oi resent date reading aa foil
izod issue war- doeaarod nlio, or ior the funeral of an employee an oifielrl or the Le gielature who 18 not an l leoteb member tharati? d. Mesrager oi oongratulatlons or oondol- en008 to meabrrr ai the Legislature
or to Stat0 offioialr?
Honorable George 13, Sheppard, pa@ 8
at thr Govenor* roorptlon or at the C40vernor18 lnaugtwatlont 'f. Ylonr orrorlnga, oo&gratulator~ ma80 .8a6e8, merra6.8 of oon&oluhor any person rho 18 not a mxaber of the ktgl8- latura or.who 1s a private lnditldual?W Swtioa S oi Artfolo b ot *ho Torar Conrtitutioa pro- 3des as roUow8; ;;,,. :.
,h *Taxer shall bo lerl and oolleoted by general laws and pub110 purpose8 ~nly.~ 3 of the Texas Constitution pro- Yeotion 51 of atiole
rides, in part, as iollow8: *%%o Legf8laturo shall hare ao powe-r to mak8 any grant authorize the making of any grant of money MJ individual, assoolatloa o? ln- dltlduala, munlolpal other oorporatfoar whatso- over’, l * *w 1.6 of the Texae Constitution seotlon 6 of nrtlsle pro-
via08 a8 r0iim8t dndlridaal Ilb ippropriatlon pu~porer #hall k made. A retWar atatewnt, andor oath an aoooant oi the rooolpts aad armdlturer oi ail pub110 noney ahall be publl8hed annuall~r, In 8uoh mannor a8 8hll be prraaribod bt law.* 8. w. (ra).
laturo La *3 18 MlLifeSt Oortain Uponditul'oS “It that
mu6t b. mad. by th0 StatS, in the Way Of lS#iSbtiV@ l ponoos, or ths grant 0s logl8letlre power 00ula aeror be l r re0t~iiy exorol8o4. wo 0~8 would quer- tion leg.iSlatirO diSbUrSWWIt.8 fol’ oonriortabls am- srmt#ly halls end committoo room, or for clarka, statlonriy, eta. Within tb 84~0 ea%rgory of logitii- nate l xpon8es 0s the Le gislature 0s l lthor hous oomos roimbursoimnt to members for aotual axpmeer roaumably inoarrod h 0rd.r ~tfoa’a doti. do- volvlag on daly l athoziro8 ooaaitteea of the La&- laturo, or,& l lther ~bauu;whon r+eh l oadttn aro oallod to,oth8r points than the oapital,
momberm whra aallod the oapital othUwl8o than during th0 SOSSiOM Of th8 hWi8&bIUhw In Torrell. Cbmatroller. v. Middleton. 187 S. W. 367,
3713, (writ error Qenled) the Court ln ooa8trulag the protlslono or ,,rticle 16, Seotfon 8 of'the Conati~ution of State Of Texas, relative to an appropriation for the Govwnor’s Yonslon, la dofin- lng tho dirroronoo ln appropriating e0noy for porpoerr and ~~rp08e8, statmd as fOiiOW8Z
wCon81doring the oiroua8tmors under which the conrontlon met, tho et118 rou&ht k, bo remedied tho ends to bo. eocoapll8hod, es roll as tho porcronnol oanuot r.aSOMbly of the nu(Pbor8, be hold It ever ontorod the mind of aey e&ember that th& Ooternor, under the gulae of mi.ntainin& the QOternor*s 8finslon, rould be rotod grOOOrlo8 meintein hi8 houaohold, would be voted food and oero 0s the Covornor~a horeoa, garolin, end ropelrs for his l utombils would bo toted Ub08o.a car48 Ma JWintSa intitetiOM (0 hi8 SOOid tunoti@no, and +$OfS, @oat, rogotablrs, and fruits for hi8 tabls.
*Oloerly tho ltonu for whloh the oomptrollor sought aa a08 red I to 188~ state unrrents, and rr0r uhlqh l otloa ho was rOStniMd, wore for rlrato end OSO$, Ma JLOt, iOr th0 pUbi 1 0 good, Uia lndlVld~l QW the epproprlat on mado thut pw~oro by the Iagls- latw wag dlrootly ln tho taco 0s art1010 16, soa- whloh OmWLdS thet '118 tlon 6, of the Coastitutiea, appropriation privet0 indltl&ual perp0808 shall be mad..' The artialos named wore oloarly not for thr
,’ Bbnorablo Q8orge ii. ahOQQUd, QagO 4
QorOInor in hi8 offioial OapaOlty, but for hi8 lndlvld- . . - - - - -0 --- o--o. -0 ual 8atl8faatlon gratification. No governmental No govora.mont~ 0a. r-------- or OffiClal object would bo obtained by feeding and ild bo obtained br toodinn MA ShOO14J hi8 hOr8.8, by XSQaiting end fWa7hing gemllno - --- - ------ ,,--.A0 for hi8 automobile, by fu+~h# grooOrlo8 or other laht+e grOOOrlO8 or other 1kUlArf.S him 00n8um.
In our Oplnlon No. O-714, dated May 1, 19259, you were above quoted rovlslons of the Conatltutlon Would .‘+dvisod QaaptroUor P maim warrant la payaont 0s Wore1 not peralt the OXQOnSOS 0s l janitor who we8 on thr ppyroll the State Sonata at the tlpU Of hi8 death. In aon8ldoratloa of Sal& eeonstitutioaal provi8ion8
authorities above referred to, 18 the opinion Of this dOQm- ment that you aro aot authmlzod 188ue warrants COVOrlng the Item8 or sxQonse sot out in detail in your request.
Yours very truly TFXM A~~!fE?fGEttERd.,OF