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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS t c AUSTIN
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sonorable Cbarley Lockhert, Pag0 2
In oux apl.nLcm No. O-1332 vo held f&sat euoh otai- tinplat 4xp%nsa fknde rpcjr be uuea aw tile pryalait 4f omplogse%4 Jn additial to thooa oboes solrriell 4r4 expremly St.#&z@fl. nelace, the 4Oproplatlai for caatingaat 4xpenbM My be UBBd ti th&t W t0 JMlj #OBKWlO t0 ~Z+OPltZ thes4 64FViU46. 4&S- loa ~4 held that under the krm of prneprph (b) of the title "salary and other prcylsicam" ba the weral rldcr to the ape propriatlanbillmvbuwreumia ptovxaedforapwtlaulu Ltaa of expense, that sea is all that ir intasded to be wul-
PIL*Ytver, ve &o not b4lioy4 twt th4 lut mnticmad bald& le bppllarble here is t&w a'ow~o that ealy the mm of $360.00 m year ie to be e-den tn payl.tq the me*re+nger-porter for his pxt tlmm employmat. In othe v4rd4, as v4 imderrtand your lettex, him mlary fm the pwfoammcre o? th444 aemi443 ia not bafng incrers4& ox snpploaeut&. on the oth0r hand, it i8 oux mdnr4hmUng t&t you r&ply rl4h to pay th0 mm% lmn to perform aamaar BOxviO8B rt tllmr not 6OYemdbyhlS px6s0nt~leyYlI0nt. fn~ro~~theeaploy- laent end paylmxlt whloh Ton propore Is not soxbM4m by m gnph (b) of tb title aislmy m& other pwvisiano" in the pramrat dap4rtnt4at4l approprl8tim bill.
fnour opiaiarNo. 05607vo held tbatanoym, .8x, ~0~0 and t-t 8p4citbiiat in 04 0r th4 8t4t.4 4i~yasl?l institntlaas oould not hold the mam pemititm ia awther nn&br S54titm 33 of Article l6, 4f the &tat4 inatltutian atate OanetLtutrca vUoh pmtiderrr "The aGeountsIlg OfflOem of thla ate4 4lmlY. neither &4v aor pey 4 varrentupeathe Tmaaury in favor of any pwwm, fox 8alU'Y GX G~MtifXl aS wt. OffiC0X 6l' 4ml;ltO4, whc holAB at th0 sups time Bny othex off144 ox posit&en of hcmr, tru~ats or profit, vndea this state or the IJhited statea, eraapt m pretrotib- od In thls CenBtitutl6n:
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~amrable Char147 L&kbIbrt, P4@ 3
The ~~xogrlatim o? $360.00 per year is explunsly for p8xt tiars 46xplo76mnt. Wethinkltwas oontes@atedttblrt 4 detlnite psrt of the day should bs set aside for tIw mssasn- g4r-porter to s4rve. It is oot4d that the mm l pproprlrt4d 16 oae-half the amount 46~6317 wmwxriated in ottwr parts or the sill ror a ml tirae appioy46 mr0nning sirliu 64~~1046. youxootlan in requlringhiatovorkintho~e~Ooll6 sad CI- llerlng h&a of 6n7 duties under that 4nplo)aant in the mmings The rsseuger-poxter le wlea no oblige is mtlml7 proper. tiom to 641994 ok hold himself in ~44dln46s to serve \mdor his 4nrplo7mmt8s swhmess4ng4r-porter during the urmlngs. His vorking rt o&l tmes fn the momlqgs vi11 not oarfllot tith his rrtemoai duties. Vlth 6pwl?lc r4rereno4 to the Quotbd aeo- tial or th4 state Ccn6tltutlm, V4 slsp 886lme tImt his mgulm aftemoaa 46Iglo7mt oar6tltut46 him 6aj *4ppOm44" 0r th4 06. f3ugrPt OS 8 po6itida OS . . . p0rit. The problbltlat IS l @nrt the holw of mor4 t&n a14 suoh gocritlar. In his vouldbeb4anrgszrt, offlcer orappointn, tkm w~vark holder or a positiori 0r ham, trust Or pr0rity Th4 asuvst of thotae to vhioh he ~0uld appromh vould b4 the ocoupat of a *positiaa* or prorit. And, v4 do not belleve tbrt tbo 4asu61 4aplo7lsaat of the msa rt lmegulu intervals voulu oa%stitut* hi61 the holder of8 "poaltlat." fhetermdanotes ~tl4ast8oae d4gr44 of p4x-mamoy ox regularity, vbloh v4 mWWsad do46 not exlmt hezw. FrQE the o&a0 or lcxelgh Y. BeaX& or Cho64a 40 A. 625, by tkw Rw Jersey Suprcrw Couxt, ~4 ~9old4~4, teat8 017 th064 perrosa ‘TIyt atrtute vho hold 'an oiY'ia4 or 'a poaltlaa;" aad vo think Iv”
to the vlrvr h4xwtoiozu 4xp#684U of t&se term (Iavis v. Jer64? 1 Ilf. J. r,nv, 240, 1.7 Atl. 112; Stcrvrrt Y.
cit7, Borrd ll.J. Sup.) 38 Atl. 8421, the applayrat o? 7
,tho a+4lirtordldnotpl444himln elth4r4aofYlo4 ox 8 poatlaa, vlthln the purYl0v or thet iwtute. '.' He vea to vork b7 the tley ol7, and the 6orvlaH to.' be rendered byhlmverio ms~el7 suahes, ia tlmllpe oihls trade,migbtbe dlxwted ?romtiastotlms by his superiors."
mm 16 8birr0~nt6mmti~ r~061th0 604~ltih~hioh ve v4re ccnoerned in opinlcn fo. o-2607. ~4 mover roux ques- tion la the r??Mmtlwr. our optnlam might be diff4r4nt if his
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