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*1 6% OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Hon. H. d. Eartee, Seorotery
Stat8 Bosrd ot Bnrbor Exotiners
hUl+)iU, T8X88
Dear Sir:
Tbi8 will soknow
Aa$ust Sf8, 1939. ml8 lulloulag
lottert
IL08 In the E?arBep Ylml, a 00 to aover t&e d8rioioaey nt Set, INid for the fhKt#iT0118r t0 pay tats of raots par &84X% Obo opinioa On the fOllOi& qU8etiafWI "(1) Ii Dspartment dm~ld tSl0 elalas lot msl~riee and other arp8ns8~ inousrad durir~& this tisoal year against mid maaunt of &W.60 prior to the reoeipt of the balmwe of tha, da- riaienop olaias by the Oomptrallsr, Qan t&s Ocm- ptrollor rpprove them olelas to bc, pal6 gut OS this z*raainlna, bslanoe?
“(2) Inamauch aa obllgatlon ma In- curred durln~ the fiscal year 1935-37 and ap- propriated during the? year 193cj-39, said appro- priation bill not nentioning whsn or fro&.rh8t funds lt should be paid, can the balanoo of this defiei8noy cl&t be paid froze the revmu received by this Departmant during the fiscal yoar 1939-407"
The d8fiOienCy bill Of the 46th LegIal8tUr8, above referred to, apprOpriata@ VOUt Of moneys in the .State TroaSurp not otherwise appropriated to pay th8 ds- fIoI8noy grant88 by the Governor," *Barber Lxaminere -- Tr8v81 ~X"rpeIlE88 -- $600.00"
All fee0 an& other r808Ipts 00118Ot8d by th8
Stat8 Barber Bonrd and daposIt8C In the Stat8 Board Of Barber Ex8nfn8r*o Fund, during and for the fiEoa1 ysare ending August 31, 19SS, and Au&at 91, 1939, 18s~ trans- fers to the General Fund as provided by statute 8nd th6 appropriation bill togather wfth 8ny balrao8a on hand, were appropriated in the Departmntal Appropriation Bill Of the 45th L8gi614tUre, R8guhr S86SiOn, for th8 payment Of VariOUa 8XDenditUr8a for aalarlss and other sxpensoa it8UiZ8d and authorized therein in th8 total eun Oi $BB,&?O.OO for eaoh yeer of the biennium.
Your 18tter stat88 that your iMpartim8nt has
not spsat its entir8 appropriation for the biennium, but ha8 merely eXhaUat8d its oeeh balanos.
Sin08 ths $%%7.50 oa6h balanoe in the State
Board of Barbsr Hraminers Fund, aet aaid by the Comptro- ller to pay the dsfioisnay appropriation, had already been woth8mIse approprIateda by the 45th Legielature for tha payment of oertafn ourrent erpsnsee of the Depart- ment for t&e bi8nniUSS of 1937-39, 'ths Conptrollsr should not h5vs set aside this $E99,50 for th8 payment of the d8fiOi8nOy appropriation, but should approve valid 018im6 for current expens8a wIthIn the appropriatloa ma&e.by the 45thT.8gieleturs during the bI8ZUXiIU3 of 193769, to be p8ld out of this rsmaIaing.ba~anoe.
AnawerIng your seoond qusstfon, YOU nr8 advised that, in ,vlew of aonelrtent Legleletlve pmotioe to direot that epproprietlone ehall be paid out of d8aignat8d apeOla1 funds when intending that this ehall be >ha manner and method of pem%ot, and t0 dir8Ot payR!3Ot Out Of th8 G8n8ral *3 Ron. N. f. Zartez, Page 3.
Revenue Fund by use of the words “approprleted out of any moneys in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated,” this der~oiency appropriation in to be regarded as [8] direction to pay out of the General Rereme Fund, and there iS Xl0 18pfslatiVQ authority for its JXQ’fWlt Out Of speolal runds.
Trusting that this sufficiently answers your
Inquiry, we beg to resialn VQrJr tl-dj
YOUr8 ATTORI'fRYIOXRAL OFTXXAS R. W. Falrohild * AsSiStaflt APafY& .. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF 'pm6
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