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, *1 _.... 4. 97 *-..:..- ,., . 3 ‘; OFFICE OF THE ATI’ORNEV GENERAL OF TEXAS .i AUSTIN
This Opinion *2 . 98 ’ I. i
. under t& provision8 of thlo hot unm18 it 8hul.l. bo providing fop the annual support of Ifs sahoois by vo%ln& leopinG md obilootini: . . for the ourrunt sahool year a looal mnintonnnoe . .
..’ mhool tcyol not lots8 than Plfty Conte (50$).
. on the ono hundred dollam of property vhlua-
tlon in the ontiM distriot. The proportf r’ valuntiona &all not bo J.ess t!! said prop- -
. . srtr la mluod for stata an6 oounty purpooon. The lnoomo lawn nuch mlintonance tax ln exam?8
‘. OS the roquirod Fiftp Centa (508) mnlntennnoe . . . . ..tar mot first bo usod to retire lndobtetlncea, ' y lf any, in the local and Equilication (Rurul the ~lndobtodneee in Aid) aohool funds. hftor .~ those fundn,. ii .any, has ‘beon rotircd the iu-
oom from this malntonanoe tax in oxoea5 of tt10 : .requlred Fifty Oonto (506) mnintonanoo tWr my :, be used at tho diacrotlon of the locnl aohool
-:,authorltiae OS the dlntriot for any lauful oc:~ooX . . purpoaoI Any or all xdxatenanoe tax above Fifty’
’ Contr’ (5Oj) may not be included in the oaloulA-
tlon of noed for aid but &all be reported in
‘~I tho In&et. If the inoams from the ~malntenanoe Cegte (to ) 1f1 not‘ ~npont 90 pro- tax hove Fifty. ~’ scrlbod horoin,.lt e:mll k a inoludod au roooiptr
- In the budi;at. In ardor to oompl~ with %ho .tOmr .’ of this motion, it 8hall be necssmw$ for suoh' i :,
school dlatriots applying for any t pa bf aid ’
~.authorlEod under the torn8 of this A ot, to ra-
port all valuationa rithln such dlotriotr in-‘ ~ .,' oludin(: all ooaeolldatod dlrtriota and aumcxad
_, distrtoto and fillwe to mport all euch vplua- ~‘_ from rooolviqj : tions ehall prevent euah diatriot .,*ny type of kid authorinsd UpdOr th.ia Aat.’ PI-O- .- vlded that tha tax provialona and other lnhlbl- ‘,_ tlona provided in ~aalcl Aob shall not apply to the aohool whore ,the Alabama Indiana attended
rohool in Polk oountg, !?O%aQ." It, thorQ la l Qohool dirtrlot
Ai we undwkund in P&k county, !hxar, the Jnalall viuprae distriot, SW alo Ahbaa . .
Xionoanbti & A\ WOod8, Dclplct #8
. . . ..I Dullan eoi&.aatIoe to attend. Thii dlstriot ,Is supported to .a larp oxtent by the Foodoral Owornnmnt. Thor0 is no taxable property In thro dintrlotJ aonaequoritly, tAoA*e can Xt 18, tii%reSor0, 0tvloU bo no tnx loviad by the diotrlot.
that the "8ChOCif" refere to the Indian VUlrgo Souool and only to said SOhOO1, -. . We undoratand t!ut thozo are around 80 ~~ho~&s~Ios in the distrlot. Ita t?lcrefOre, oom8 Within the EO-600 SChO- lastlo 1ImItatlon rat out ln Sootlon 1 of hrtiole
I. Uo think that the word8 "other lnhibltlona" arc diroatly modlf’lsd by t.ho aorda which irxmdiately precede the ammj nmoly, “tax
rovIaIonth* In othor words, nother Inhlbltions~ rof~r to &* ..o tax reQulrmnt,a and tlub other requirrmnts rslqted thorn- to: I.e., ropart of. valllelhlln, eto.
An wbtii~r l&IbItlons” appears in Dootlon 2, it oould eofm t&Cre~oro, that any axceptlon provided for t!lorein would be &ted to t.%:;dt: motion. In thlo lnatanoe, if uo I;avo *other irbititiona* & broader applioatlon than the one -rtatod above.
tha reeult rould bo 8omo~Mng luddlnlto and va@o and unaus- coptlhle. to my olaar Wbanln&.
Our intorprototion is consistent aIth the gonoral,pur- pose of the Aot: to aid dlstriots .neodins the same and to OQVtii&S tho OdWotiOna~ ikO%litioS. hrt~ClC 6 prOvidC8 tiU&t no aid shall be aton unlseo'lt CM bo shown that cuoh old 1s ~aotually noodcd aa shokn by the approved budset snd aotual oxgondlturea and that the fund8 are boIq urod a8 approvod.a
An lntorprotation of *oth@ Inhlbltlons” other thM the one we have annaunaod z&I&t lnvolvo the quostl% at d&s- orItslnatIoa if aid not aotunl.4 norded 1~8 grented.
Your cseoond queution m&da l a ~011088~ “(2 Article 8, neation 2 rtrtos in part that UOhOO who re l p plloatlona fo r state l ld ure l nonorable L. A? Toodr, paeo #d ear for
fil6d lPt6r than October L6t of eeoh
'rrhlah aid 18 acrkod, ohall be lnolIn,II, 6 for I
any type of ald.~f QUiXTIONt Dooe thlo state-
'.'~mnt nnik6 6uoh InolI&IbIllty definltr l d.posi-
tloa beyond any doolrlon or l otlon on the part
of the Dopu'tment or any oth6r body? .’ Seation 0 of Artlole 8 providea In full a. ~ollowm~
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“Sadon 8. FIIJX DAl'LS. All applioationi for any tppe of aid authorlzad horeIn, exoept
tuition aid, 6hall be on file aith the Potato nopartmont of Eduoatlon in Austin not later than‘ Ootobor lot of ooch mholaotio yoaiior which aid io aekod.' School6 who60 egplIoatlon6 for etnte * aid &XVI 1'1104 later ~ZUUI Ootober 1st of each yonr for whloh aid la aokod, ahtall bo Inoll-lbls for any typo of &id.* ma-i8 wG=d--
It la a pxid. m&o OS slatutory oonntruotion tilat statutory provialonn vhiah ar6 afflmatlvoly worded and mm6ly' sot forth the time or atot%0 for ths proper or orderly oonduot Dut th6 mm6 is not true *her6 or busIneee are. not mendoto nuch provision8 ‘are no@Ave y rordod, or are followed by word8 "9
of IImitation, &owing thati ouoh tLns or mode io 6xolu~L~o.
In tho loadislE on60 oi City oi Uvalde Y# ~~~rn~y, 145 8. V. 311, a statute, uhioh provided that the city ommI1 "uhnll, on or before tho fLr6t day of Jnnuary , . , fix t'3a salary and fees of ofrloo of the nnyor . l . ", wa4 under con- ,’ The aalraq- of tho 6xayos had noti bmn fixad until aidoration. The qiostlon va8 whothor the statute va6 mdatorg or April. diroctorp -whothor th6 order in April fixing tlxo mlnry vao Th6 oowt hold, in effeot, that Vtiero A etatutory offootIvo. ' provision I6 in aEimativa rord6, It do*. not neaaasarlly moan t&t the mode or tInu, maCloned in 10 10 exolu;usivd, and that e6 t&a provlolon under oouoId6ratio&yma in Affinnntlve mrd8, tha Ipw) ma mere4 dlreotoryw :, ;.I ( ,;
103. But the oourt made A iurthor hold- whloh we” think Ir eapooI~lly applloabld bore. The mm0 otatute pro~ldlng ior tho fixing of the nayor 1 o salary &JO provided that ‘tha oom- psnsatlon ao ertabllshod &-ml1 not be ohnneod durw the tow (lCmph~-~ for nhIoh o&&d offloor shall beTeotod or appolntod.* Th5, OOw?b held Fegrrrdit16 thi8 j~~i6iOnl l ;# eugpiied$. Vhnt pmooislon la negatively uprerrad, &d
mua! qeoenrarlly be mawMary.'
Bee alno the uatm OS Fez-r18 Prear Brlok Cob Y* ‘RAwkim, ll6 8. 1. 60, vheroln A elmilar rulo wan umounord: /f / :/
"The Aot under oonoldemtion doem not prorldo .:, that a failure to oboorve its dirootiono with re* @ird to the t&no A etatotlont of faotr eiull ba :” I .
presented . . . 6h~ll forfeit Any right) nor is il?.
ltr phraseology suah that the desI&nation of tho .’ CImo x1thI.n whIoh. mob prreentatlon shall be mdA met be ~corialderod A&I A limitation of the over udge in approvlnrg A& dIredin& & 0 Eta*-
of nuoh i prsnb to O rifew -. , ,.. _~ AndrromtheopltlIonor theoourtlnthe5me~orame8 Yq maon, lQ6 8. W* 660, vo quot. the f0110uIng:
a 1 “A olausc la dlrootory wtmn the pravleion
oontalna more mattor of dlrootlon And no moro;
but not 80 whon follonod by words of posltlvo pro- hIbItIon.m Bladon Y* PhIladolphlo, GO Paa 4661
Pear00 v~,'klorrIo, 2 Ad. & El. 064 'Prohibitory words oan mrely lf evob be dIrootoryr Thore i@ but 6ne way to obey tho oommpnd “thou shAlt not,’
whioh Ian to abstgia Altogrtlnm, from doing the
aat forbIddon.* " _,, . .
Thu8,'t.h.&mnrrZL~oin rrll-e&,abllahodthat l tatu..
tory provi8lona afflavativoly uordod~and setting forth tha time :
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l *6 in whloh an l ot is to bo dorm am usually dlreotor$j but whore the provlalon 16 nogtitlvely worded OF oontains noga- tivo words restralnlng the doin& OS the aot after such t;l.mo, the rovielon lurumdato , Rob the ceosnt oaae of Wwkowalq . to Hewnlan ot el., 7 sup* Qt.), la6 8. v. (2d) 000, as- et a!
fllwllng thle rulr* thora prlnol 10s to LIootlon 2, Art10 ,
How, lrt w appl 018 8 of the rural aid b L 1. Beotlon ii does not e&ply read8 gApplloatlon shall be oa Silo by Ootobet lot.m It g0.a moh Surthbr axid 18 ouoh 8trmger, for it reada:
‘All applloatianrr Sor any type OS aid author- ieod herein, exoopt tuition aid, ahall be on fllo with the State Dopnrtrnont OS Eduoatlon In Auntln .HOT later thnn Ootobor lot OS eaoh ooholaetlo~,
yaar SOP vhloh rid ia aakod. SohOOla those ap- plloatlons ror rtatr old are filed later than 1' Ootobor lat oS s&oh year for rhloh aid 18 aekod, mu ~6 1m~10mic for m;f w 0r aan Obfpha- 618 OurI.) " _/ .-
This provl&n is oloarl in noZatlv0 l-we. Pr& vision in mh& that tho applloat 1 om ehall bo filsd not lotor ~8~0 not ~lefibd liven 80, the Le&latum than Ootobor late with ,this alone, for it added the provlolon bat sohoolo whom .~ applloatloxu, am S&led late? than Ootob@r tit #hall ba lneli$l-
blo for any kind of aid.
This irovldon la not on1 in noGatlvo worda, but it also oontalns a pooltlto prohibit 1 on or limitation. The pro-. vision is, therefore, naandntory. You areC therefore, advised that aeotion 8 mkoo the inoll~blllty porltlte and definite bay0nd any dooirrion 0r notion on the part 0r tbA Departm0nt 0r Eduoatloxa or any othbr body.
Tha trgldaturb haa in thb lalnarti and moat porlt%va a &rlaltb;dbtermlna tit on that Ootober lot le the vo’rdo ,, ‘.
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fioaorrblo L, A. Woo&, ~afr 47
doadl%ne for the rfSootlvo illin Or all applioatlons Sor aid cxoopt tuition aid4 Any oonolue P on other than the ono whloh wo have roaohed would be, in offoot, hOld.liqi that tho ~;is- &aturs 1s pouorl~oo to cot a time rlthin whioh appllantlonr The abourdlty of nuoh a oonolualon ia api'arent. maat be filed. OpMon No. O-l06 dealt with a rlmilar provision ln the . .
1937 rural aid bill. OrLth rerpoot to the 1943 Aot, any hold- ing ln that oplnlon vhloh mar be lnoonristont with the view at&ted ln thl8 oplnlon la hereby expre8oly ovomuled, aad 8ald ~Opi.nlon X?o..O-106 is modified l o o o rdlnglyr
Your~hlrd question road8 a8 Sollor8~ "(Sj brtlolr 6 provldor for tho dutler of tho + State fiuporlntandont, but it al80 indlcateatht x the Le~iolablve Aooountant 18 to Pot oonourront-, 4, Quiis~I9cr Doen thin Lodslatlvo Aocountant
appointed by the Lo&ilatlvo Co.mlttoo to aot in llou of 'acrid Conrjitteo hav8 the oo;lotltutlonal ,~ poror OS admlnlntratlon in the dlstrlbutlon of the mcmoy,q or does oald Aaoountant have the Suno-,
tlon OS l p oet-audito r only and i8 tu a&it the
dltrtzlbutlon of tim furldo by the &tat@ cupwin-
tendontt XS.four annwor la ln the aSfln~tlv0, what apooirlo rckninlstratlv~ Sunotlonr dooa the '~ Conetltutlonpermlb the Zeglslatura to asolgn
euah enploped Legl8latlve Aooountant named la the Aott? '.I~
Thl8 qummtlon recpiron eoriow oonrideratlon ln view of our Opinion No; O-&XQ, whoreia it wa8,held that tha part or tha 1041rural aid bilkpurporting to lmpoee on the Joint Logialatlvo Advlrrory Uoxmlttoo tht~'authority to admlnlrter tho Zaa wu un- oonotltutional beoauae of Motion 1 of b'tlole II, OonrWtutlon 0r Tbxar, wuoh pryyb8 a8 ~ollow8,8 '. / I..
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104 Ronorable LO A* Wooda, ~0~4 #O
f ., [*] [*] "The powora of. the Govornmcnt of the state OS Texae shall bo dlvldod into tho tllroo.dlr- ~: tinot dopartmonto, oaoh of vhlah ohall bc con-
fldod to a ooparato hod of maglotraoy, $0~Rltr
ttioo vihloh aro logiala .lvo to on01 thooa n:llah are oxocutlvo to another, ana th~so w’hlah aro
judicial to anothor; and no poraon, or oolloo-
tloa of porclono, bolng of ona of those dopnrt- mant3 ahull exoraiso any powor properly &tnohod to olthar 0S~ti-m othoro, oxoopt in the U&anooe h3rcln oxpreaslg. pormlttedru ;’
It ma’ *tnted~‘& o&loxl Ho+ &4609i
7. of tho 6ovornmcnt to II&CO tho law5t it le the nS’t lo the Sunctlkn of the loglaZAt.lve branch function .-~f tho oxooutiva branch OS tho covorne mant to addxalotor and oxoaute t&w0 In lam. the statute under oorroldoratlon, the Loglalnturo
of the Stat! of. !@xon has- u@ort+on not $ly t;b doolnre that the lnrr ~bnll bo, shlch lo aloarlg
lta.prorogativo, but has also unQorta!mn to clotho ,.. a portion of tho tiomborsktp of the Lct~l5laturira, tho Joint Logiclativa Advlnory Conilrlttoo, with the authority to osocuto nnd ndmlnlntor tho J.av paaood by tho Lo&lelntw?o. Under hrtlolo 28 sootloa 1, of tho Conetltution OS tho’ Stat0 of Yoxns, tbo Logiolature 1s poaorloon ta olo~th0 ltnolf; or a .,
portion of lta momborn, with cxooutlvo authority.”
fn tl+o Aot under ooneldoratlon provlaior~ :la mado Sor tti appolatment aS M offlcor by tho Joint Lo&latlvo Co;?nltteo. Such officer 1s to be knor;n ao Lo~inlatlvo Aoaoudont, and oor- taln dutlos are npooiflocl In t.ha Aot for Nn to porfom. t!oet of thooa dutlon wore covorod ln tho 1241 Act, but FOIW to bo porformod by the, Cozxnlttoo. Buoh lo not the caao hero, howovorj and Lb Ibooms to un that the only conQtltutloMl qua5~t;ioa lnvolvod *9 ia the validity of th6 moati of nppointmant of t.l2 La&Gativo AcaountMt - whothor ouch appolntmont may bo mnda by a lazie- letlvo commlttcq or whothor tho porror of appolntanont 18 funda- ma&ally excautive and, thoroforo, undor Soction 1 of kctlclo II of tho Conatltutl.on oannot be oxerolood by-the Laggiolnture, ’ Soationa 1 ana ‘z of Article 12 of tho rurai aid bill ~.‘: j
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“Section 1. Thoro irr homby oroated a Joint
Leiiiolativo comdttoo oomPoaoa of floe (6) mm-
bore of tho Sonata, appoiittod by the Pr&idont
of tho sonate, and five (6) mamborn of tho HOUBO of Roproaontativos, nppolntod by the Spoakor of
the Houso of Aoprosontntivoa, a majority of whloB . a quorum for tho purp050 Of dis-
ohnll aonstitute obnr~lr& any duty imposed upon eaid con;?littoo. ‘_ t .‘.I Snld oonamlttdo Bhall promptly or&an&o ald coloot ’ !
from Its mombsrohip A d~lrmw, a vloe chairnan ~‘~ Md A oocrotnrg, &all ooto as A unit on all prop+!. . : ooitions aoming boforo it for oonoldoration nnd t shall koop n pormnnont rooord of its procoodin~o~ ,: The members of onid oocnittoo ohall rocoivo no
aompsnnation for the~aarv1co.s porfornod under tho provleiono of thin Aat, but onoh ahall rei
ooivo his notual and noooonary exponoo8 *cwk-oa : .‘. ln the dlaohago of hls duties aa euah mombor.” ‘~
“Cootion 2. ~s’l&.l.n thirty (30) dagn after the ; ~. appointment of thle ~oommittoo; it ~1~111 moot find appoint n Lo&latlvo Accountant to pori%XXi?T . 5, dutioa oat fort%Tnis Aot. Said Lo,;lolntlvo ”
,. Aocountant alla11 bo appo%ntod Md hold office for
A period of two (2) yoara or until hia auccrJr,sor ... ia. appolntod and qualifloa. The Joint T,o.+lntiva ~’ Comdttoo, or a majority of tho momborahlp th5roof, “.’ :, 1
oh11 oxoaute a wxltton appointment of tho poroon 80 appolntod, aa ouoh Let6glalativo Aaoountant and oause the wum 60.~ be fllod + the off500 of iho
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nonoraile. Le Al. Woodo &GO #IO ;, ’ ., . .
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“. .* ‘. ‘* Lloaratary of Btntob All vacanalca Zn the office
.oS the Lo~lalatlvo ACCZOW~M~ shall ba flllod”by
the oomuittoo or A majority of the mc~boroh~~
thoroof.n (znphan10 W.pplIed.) .*
: PI0 OFQ OS tho opinion that tho appolntmnt of A Lotin- &xtivo AOOOLUltMt by tho Joint Lo&slativo Conmittoe; (18 out- :. lInod In Soatlon f2 above& Is oonatItutIo!aal.
The .gmer& rule rolativo to tha powor af appolntnont is etato6 ln l2 0. Ybr Wi437, as follawzii u I) G 0 By tho great malght OS authority hoa-
. over, tho po~or of uppointmnt IP, hold mt to bo s per a0 an exocutivo funotion, and unloan tho ap-
pofntmont or partiaular offioora is, by the con- .” ’ --
stitution, oxproooXy oonfcrrrad 03 tho oxocutivo. ’ .. dopartnont or forbiddon to tim 1oL;iolaturo the 3,attor may, by statute, v6at the powor of appoint*:‘. 3 !
mnt in ito dioctiotlon. T&J 0rWmry~ conatltotiofi- ” al, dlstributivo olauso provldirq for tho coz~plote i l
aoparation of ~ovormontaf poTor ho8 &morally boon hold 1nmSficiont to voat the appointin& * ‘:. ,, ,. &mm? aololy in the exooutiveen
Tho Duprmae’ Court. of &u-yland In the case of ‘EIaj-a-or, C1;cr of Soltlmoro V* Stat0 ox rol. Board of Po1ks of DaltIn.wo, Lt.
lEargland, 370, 74 Am, Do01 672, had boSoPo it t!m oonotitution- ality of M Act .oS the L@nlatum Wuwoin cortuln costinaiunore W6 quota tho Sollo~lng from wore appointed by the Loi;ialnturo. . _
the Oplnlon of. the’ court t
.’ .’ \ ‘.’ “It ia oontondod that, tho parer of-appolnt- ‘1
mont boiw au lntriMi& OxeOUtiVO i’Unat%on, the ,nnning of the oomdsaloruwn in the law wm in ,.
violation OS tha sixth artiolo of the doalmotion . : . . . .’ ‘. i *11 I.07 I ETonornmJ L* AC IWda, pago #ti
-. I. I. * * ; ; i i of rl@x~, @that *t.ho lo~lalotivo, of rl@x~, @that *t.ho lo~lalotivo, ox6cutivtj, and ox6cutivtj, and judtoial pow&a of ovornmont, owht to bo for- judtoial pow&a of ovornmont, owht to bo for- !‘; I !‘; I f f ever aonarato and d stinot from onoh other. nnd ever aonarato and d stinot from onoh other. nnd ‘ ‘ .no porsin oxoroiolh- the ~funotionn 0S mono OS t&d .’ dopartmonta ahallaeouma bti diaolmrgo tho dutiorr . of say other. 1 : “iTo em not iwopawod to admit that the polyor .a. . . of appolntmont to 0Sfico ie a Sunotion .intrlnol- tally o;cnoutlvo, in the Bono0 Ln whioh V?O under- : stand the pooitlon to havo boon t&on; namely, that it is inhoront in, and noososarily bolon;a
to, the cxaout$.vo dopartm~nt~“a 0 Q 81 . . 15 quoted from tho opinion of the ~~ And’tha foilonin ; 54 PI 3492 n O?xh3 v* Coznpeon, Bupromo Court of Oregon i., : . a o 0 e But thin ldontioal quootion has twioo boon hold advoraoly to rolatorlo oontontion by . Wa court, and can thoroforo no londor be co- ’ carded &a on opon onoI l3Q:;s ve I~c~rldo, 17 Or. I .
640, 21 Pac. 078; EddO ve Kin&aid, 29 Orr 537, 1:. ): i . 41 Pad. 166, 656. The oSSoct of thone docipiona ..~ -- in that the Sundanontn2 Zni~ oft the otate, 80 fnr aa It rolatoe to the lo~lulature,, id a limitntlon, and not 81 grant of powor, and, th;(s bolnf: 00, tho ~lo~iolativo anoombly wny oxarclna anp of IA0 pcxore i of fovoroi@y not prohlbitod, and that tho appoint+ 4 mont of persons to o~Tflco ie within .tho dozzAn.of I tho 1wiiw.U~ dopartmont (Poop10 ve IfurBut, 24. hllch. 44)~ or, as lo onid by ?Srrr ChloS Jilntico &n-ray ln Pooplo Y. Latx~don, 0 Cal, 1; c’l’ho pocor ‘.
to fill an office io political and this po~or lo ’ ~ oxorclaod in coAmmon by tho 10~ I alaturoo, tho cov- fwnore,. and ot!ior oxoout~v~ 0fSloors of avo otnto in the union, unions It han boon oxprouoly w th-. ” ~ drawn by tho organlo law of the f8tato.t LtrI Juatioo Lord,‘ln Stata v* Goorgo, 22 Or: 143, 20 Pao* 366, conmont~ upon tho powore of tho t~ovural dopart-.~ menta of 8ttato0 may01 !WhSJe our oonntitutlpn.‘. ‘1
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; i l ’ aoparatoe the ponora of eovornmont into throo . dlotlnot dopnrtnonta, and prohlblts any of I . . thorn Srom oxorololn;: any pouoro ooilrldod to
the othor it dooa not unclortako to doolaro what uhali bo oonoldorod lo&latlvo, e~cu- G . tfvo, or judloial aota.* . .:
nJJo<hf&xndlng aomo aontrarloty OS Judl- : .-iv clal nttoranco in relation to tho poxor of a .
: le&latlvo body to oppoinb.pcrnona to ofSlco my bo found to oxlot, wo tUnkl under a eon- atltutlon like ourob whloh doos not prohibit
ouah appointmontn, tho rule announood in Dims .: .~ ve MoDrldo, rmpm, 58 founded in roason and un-
rasalfablo upon prlnolpler*
c, : ‘.: The oimilarlty botwoon tho oonotitutional provloloa’ of tho8o atatos to oura la np~artint, and it le our opinion’ !r, that tho same rooult aould bo roaohod by our oourtu. Thea conoluolon la largely roached from a study OS our oonstltu- i tlonal provfoiono.-tlaon8olvos~ = I I ’ .‘- . ..‘!a.~, :. . :‘ . :.:; .(
(ieotlon 10 OS Artloio III, Conotltutl&n of Toxae, pro- .-. . ; -~.~ vfdee’ fn part a0 SoIlowf4t i ‘.I.. .~. ;e ! ,
* 9 c) e ynj no mombor ok olther EOUPO dhall, .‘. L. durim tho ton for which ho lo eloctod, bo : 1 ’ ” ollglblo to any off100 or plaoo, tiio agpolnt- wnt Co which may bo nado, in who10 or in ynrt, i
a by olthor brancja OS the Loalalaturo; nnrl no
mombor of eithar Iiouao ahall voto So?? any otlatrr ’ for ang off100 whntovor, which !auy bo momlaor filled by a vote of the La&Iaturo, exoept in ’ :.. .’ ouoh anoo8. ~9 ax-0 in thla Qono$ltutlon, providedrw ‘: .~ ‘.>’ ;
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Cur Conatliution awl statutoa aontnin provlalcno for tin0 joint action of tho Covernor sod tho 3onnLo in r,v.Mni; ‘aer- taln appolntnonts, Ooe Artialo 4, Saotion 12, Comtitutlon of Texan (Vacanolas In otato and dlstriat ofCMooa)j drtlclo ,.‘. ‘~ . 5737. (Adjutant Gonernl); ~2007 (A J: ?.f a:id ZnU’nlvcreltg of ;:.::’ hdiolo Tcxm boerda)j .Artiolo 342 (Zankln~ Conmiaufotwr)~ Artlclo 601 ,:i (Board of Control) 8 Art&lo &Xi-6, P.Ce (L,iruo~ Coctrol Bonrd) ; Artiole GlGCb (IMoon l?oard)s hrtlclo 7470 (Doord of ;:ator En- ” nioeionara) J Artilole 7000 (Liventools ComlasLoo) 5 Artial6 43% ‘i (bieoFotQry ,*of state )*. Xighxag Codrrafon); hrtich 4GWa (Doard of ulouranao Corn- inooro)~ Artialo 3207o. (Comukmion for Blind); (. _ ArfAlo + J“. :., d. ;.~;; .”
. .’ . .’ t .‘~ t .‘~ .\TG hoid ia QppMons flo. O-1002 and .&3seo Wut Unnor .\TG hoid ia QppMons flo. O-1002 and .&3seo Wut Unnor 8oation 16 of ArticXo XIX aonfS.rmtibn of an appointment by the *’ * 1; 8oation 16 of ArticXo XIX aonfS.rmtibn of an appointment by the *’ * 1; Sonqte was part of the appolnizmut; Sonqte was part of the appolnizmut; ‘; ‘; * * 2 2 :. :. . . . . . .
Xt Lb ason8 thoroSor0, that the’ La6ielntura io outho+ ” 1:‘. ire% to oxeroise the power of appo5ntment and liaao boon doing .I .. . -. 80 fOl? Qllite 8ODle tb.0. *.,
In tho ease OS tiillor i.“ M Peso Count , lo& s.iP, (2d) .’ on otboa? grounds, 153 3e We (26 5 1000, tho aourb 1027, rovorsod ~oomldorod a atatuto mhioh, mong othar thingo, provided Sor a .~ board of oountg dovolojmlont. ‘Xlm hot oonfldcd the ap~ol.ntmnt ~~ of aaM bonrd to the Dirootor’o of the Chmbcr of Coxoroa, and it wan oloimod that thou foatura of the Act me in violation of ” XfJ Quot-ri tile Xo2low- ' a' Sootion 2, Article XX of t.he Constitution. ing from the oplnioa of the court8
by Cheptcr 37, Flat Called Soeo%on, 43d,Le3~o- Rtr Art. laturo, 1033, p. 113, Vornon~~ Ann. Civ. .842b. By the torno t!leroof the oommisaion of &no provided tar uoro oalootod nnd to bd ooloated as , &norablo tr A,’ Woods, po& 414 ii .l % :
follorw Chairmdn of tha Induotrlal hooidont 3ornrd, Prooidont of tho Judioinl. Council) thruo to, bo appointed by the Lloutonant Governor, throo ’ ’ 1 :. by tho.SpeakaP OS tho IIouao of Roprsoontn,tivso, : and one by tho Qovornor. A mombar of t!lat Gorr
mionlon had boon oppointcd by the Speakor OS LhhB ., ‘_ noueo . A ohort tlmo aftor tho wflolntmont the . Spcakor docrood the romOYs1 OS s&l nppointa0 ‘. ‘. - . and mndo anothar appotitmont, su.ch acbnaquont ,!
appolntoo taklw tha oath ond unGo+akln; to - I qualify. Quo %urranto proocod&a ~01-0 lnatl-
tutod by the Gtato n;;alnfit th0 lnnt a;polntcab The trial court owtainad the quo wwrento pro-
. . L.~ coodlnga, and, in oSfoct, ordorcd the Sir& ay-
pointao rolnatata& !i%o OMO ronohcd t&o Su~rcmo ’ ..Court on cortlSiod quootiona. DoronSiold V. S;t;at;o,
XX3 Tax*’ 667, 73 0. C’* 2d 03. T!IO judgwnt of tlto of tho prior a?poiAw, trial oourt nno in offact 4pprovod. tho quostlan of.tho vnlidity OS tho appointmrx& lXol.lZdoyl nns not din- It io two, [*] ouosod-only tho validity of lxlo attomptcd ro-
,moml tra3 lnvolvcd, it nn3 cloarlg and ; !iowvor, unoquivooally otatud timrat Holllday,:by hio ap- . . : polntmcnt by the Spa&sr OS the Ilouao, boaaw & i Stat0 offioore It 13 truo that thb Gpaakor of’ _. the Eouso in nn ofSlc6r of tho stnto; 1x3 roop3ot to tho Sunotioniq of tll~~lo~:i~~~tivo branch OS the ~ovornmonC, an oxbcutLt0 offlcar. uocavcr, ’ 1’
ha is in all roopoots’ an offioer OS tie lo&is- latlvo branch of the Covornmont, and h16 povrar ,~ and function In this case, it Is .‘. ;,’ lo au ouch.
true, tho optolntlng powor wa8 0~orairw-l by an0 .: oloctod by tho pcoplo, 9r rather by their rrspro- lioVOvCr, ho ‘#aa not olaotod n ith t3 60Xit8tiVOQ. oontomplation that ho ohald oxoroiao othnz* thnn
lo~ialotivo Sunolono, ha &X.%tod, the oourt did
not 6%ocune, but assumed the losnlity of Hol!Adayts, appointment . Dut the lo&Sty 0S hia appoint;nont VOB by the $ud@wnt vindioatod. cio do nob doom .
Doronfiold V* St&o, ouprc10 as oonolualto,horoO bu$ :- ,thl& thsrt ib:haa oonoldorablo bowin&. ...~_ ,
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. . u!i%~edivloion of eovornmntal powera into ‘. tlirco dcpartmonta 18 aomon to moot, if not all, of tho State Conotltutlo.*. Provloloa againat ’ th& ‘exorcioa by ‘on0 divlalon of potTar mtrustod to another la llkowlso ohAraotsrlotlo. : %I o&oral cmma in jurindlotions other t!>an ._ _
oura tho lo<g of ttm dolog:ntlon 6f tho poaor . . of noaiMtlon and a9pointmont to.nonofSicial bodies hao boen rooo@eod. 40 Corpun Juria,
pp~ 050, QGlj IloCuxdy ve Josoo~, 120 L!d. 310,
95 A, 371 In rc Ngor, 4G Cal. GGS; Ovorohlnar ’ PI 3tnto, MO Indr lG?,~~.GQ El, Ea 4ck1, tl.L.R+
748, 03 Ama St. Rope 1371 Btate ve So\mardo, 64
Okl. Cr+ 430, 02 Pr 2d 3241 Bradley v# Eonrd of ” : : Zotiw Adjuotmiat, 263 Ka:o~s~ 160, It0 31. E. 692. %
. nXn prlnclplo m can 80~ little difforonco in F .
oonSidi% tho powor of appolntmnt to an ofslao
othor ~than the ‘oxocutivo dopartmont and oonfldlqg
it. to,an utaoffio~nl body.” ,’
In vlow of the Sorcgolng you ara advloed that It io . l th0 opinion Of thii3 dCplWtr.ollt that th0 hl0dO Of hppOlllttlOllb ‘. OS tho Lo&olatlve Accountant, as act out in hrtiolo I2 OS the ruml aid bill ltr valid and oonotltutlomli
It 18 our furthor opinion that tho Constitutlvnnl ob- ootlono to tho Solnt Lo~lol.ntivo Adviaorg Comittao under tha J 041 Aot and dtacussod 5x1 Oplnlon Zio . O-4633 ora ml; ap~~11cnM.0 to tho Joint Lo~iolatlvo Comittoo crontod by t:m ;L’345 Aot, Iho ctutlcs inpoood on maid comlttoo by the WC3 Aot QLW oat ‘forth in Bootloran 2 and G of hrtlolo 12 OS tha ALat. Under l:ootlon 3 :“ Of Artiolo 12 th0 oom.ittOO 9.0 to appoint the Lo&lslativo Ac- 0ountAnt. seation 6 provldoo as Sollowe:
%iotion EL Bm~dlatoly after, the closa of eaoh year it ohnll bo tho duty of tho Lq$olritlvo fiscal Aooountant tr, m&c a detailed roport of blc work to *16 :~ &morable Lt .A@ Woodej‘ pc&3 8x0
! ‘, . . . i ;; L. ‘,. ‘.’ * the Joint La&olativo Oomaittao. The Joint Loz- ’ .iolativo comittoo ohull oonslbar euch roport and .. maka rccommndat$.onc baood Wmroon to the next re,lllar oosalon of tho Lcgielatura tharqaftorr ’ .., i -;. Snld OoWz&ttoc la aloo dlrcotod to otudg’ tho .: sohool laws in order that oam aald lavs may ba .” rdcodificd and mak0 raOommXIdatlOxu3 thcroon to tho next Lcjjlslaturc.” -, 1
It vau~ hold in OpMon No. 04009 that the pnrt of the 1041 Aot crcatiug the C;omittoc “for the purpoao of study- ’ lng tho oohool laws of WIO Dtato In ardor that onfd lam my
,bo rccodificd Is oloarly constttutional. Tcrroll v. King, 110 Fed, 237, 14 3. VI. (28) 7GG.” WC think that tho Act In provld- ; (; lq for the risking of rapOrtA to tho oomlttoc by the Loi;lsla- tlvo Accbuntant so that tho oomitteo J:IR~ mlcoIwconkmidntlvns to tha noxt. ro&ulm oosolon OS the La~lslatwa~~ls llkonloo con- stltutional, for the Lo~ialatws my sot on the banla of such rcoosunondat~ons ‘14 maklng aubeequont rural aid approprlntlons.
I You aalc &b&t tho admlnlstrat~ve dutics OS the La&v- lative hooountaut under the Act*. mc shall rmmarlce the dutloo ln the variouo provloiona of the ..’ a5 set forth OS the Acoountad Aot. , 9 :
Section 1 of hrtlclc 1 makas oartain dlstrictn ollgible ’ Sor aid for only ‘ona tcaohor unlcne (L goo~raphlcal bnrclcr in thho dintriot ncccssitatcs tha oporatlon of tr;o schools, nnuch Goo~raphiaa~ barrier to bo datormlnad by the Stata Tlopr?rtnont of &ducetlon and eubjoot to tho approvnl OS the Qgiolntivo ho-. (, ‘. oountant.” (rwhnnis suppllcd.) :. !.
.I .f%)otlon 4 OS Article I mlcoa ccrtain provisions roi;crd- ing tho avcrs~c daily attondanoa raqulrod of oohoolo com.inC nifh- in tha term of tha Aot;’ Tinis proviclon z-cads that tho raqulrod
arcantago of suoh attondanoo ulm3.l be bawd for tha cntlrc school : . . ? amp or) @ati the elactlon,oS the eohool aud with the npprovnl of * ~. .,,,’ ; .*, :, , ‘: . . ., . -, :- ! i. ‘,_. ” ,’ ‘. ; ._ ,(. .I : _, ~-~ I ,: .,, :, ,‘. a. ., .; . ‘. : , ,’ .( ,.
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.;.: ” fi.ay be baaed upon ihe $Yx& iour :thu I&olatlvo Aocounte@, months thereof.w (m*sle e~ppllod,) . :.
8ootlaa I of brtiolo J eeto forth tho tonohor-pupil ” quota fordng the bnola for the Grant of aalnrg aid. Frovlolon
is mudo for an acljuntmnt oi’ tho numbor of toaohoro upoq M in- aroaee of onrollmont under oortnin oondltiono~ such adjugtmont
. ..* la to bo mado by tho St&to Suporinton+nt end on tha w?;lrovol, of the ~O~iOhlt~QO Acooun”kintr .
. . . . Section 8 of Artiolo.6 providao that no transpsrtatlon ~aicl shell bo Grsutod, unbar the conditianu tharoti fwolflod, unloee tho bua routoo have bcon approved bp t!xo Gtatc Dopart- tlont ai Eduoation and oonfirmad by tho Lo&lslativo-Accountant; 4~ . . . .
% c .* ‘. * Dcotlon 3 of ecu& 8rtlol.o provides that “a nohool tho raquaatfn~ trenepartatlon aid on a otudont ‘who Lo nol; nn approv- I od echolnotlo. of his home dlstrlob, ohnll lint suoh students
soparstely on tho~eppllaation~ g%vin;; ouch informtion on nay ba ‘roquoatad by tho’Dopartmont of Eduoat,ion and tho Loi$slativo ho- .00untnntl,” ! .’ . ’ _~ .,
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: Artlolo 0 rcmls in part a8 follons~ “IC. eholl be tha ‘d&y or the stnto 6urxwintand- ont d,C Fubllo Inotruotian and the LoSicfintZva ho- ,,‘.’ countant, to ix&a suoh no lon and to rso?lro 5~011 t rulon and ra~ulatlone not inoonoistont with tho tg3na of thlu Aot aa nny bo nocoooary to awry out tho provioionn end intontions of th3e Aot, and for fho boat- intoroot of tho echoola ‘for whoeo bono?it thho iundo are appr0priatod.s
‘.’ Artiole 0 doala wLth the dlaburuomont oC’fundo under the Aott 8ootloa 1 of Artiolo 0 ran&a a0 followoi . . .~ . .’
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Honormblo Lo A. Woods, psc;o #.lQ
wm have alrudy montloned Geotioa 6 of Artlclu l2 with reopeot to the report of tha La&dat1re Aocoluitant to thm omlttu.
AdOx@ m Or th0 hot Id508 th0 l pjWOp rut%Oa WXd auoutioa OS th e funa. b~t.loa 1 of Artiora Ia states thmt the 8ciwy ia au00ated 814 upuxd~d ui3d.r the ~XVV~~~OXU o r tin Art by tha mato DeQal?tB6nt 0r Edua8tlon and wer the ~WUT~~OXX 0r th0 mgm8tm
A04t0tmknt.
8eetlon 9 of Article W mllood.mm the mmtq ud proc vi&m r0r thm 8mxmz-y 0r tao ~glma.atiw Aooountant. St ak
ride r0r tb0 truufer 0i w ~~~waded ban00 in UI 8x- p” outdan 8t the on& or the rsnro par of ttla bioxml~ l w o*e or tlxa state sqwaxltOndontof PubUo Inmeuma0!.lmnd tb mp- pwml 6s thm Lmglmlmtltm Aco0nntaIlt" to mny mll00Ptlotl OrOrt- ed br tb~ Amt.
we hate hrtdly revlewd tha vmrloum pratiriona rrlat- ing tm tb~ dutiom Or t.hO fs&l8tiYm Ao~Ountaati 3ia dutiO8 arm oonoemmd large4 with ohsokiag the work or the State m- partmat or Eduoatlon. Xoat of l wh w* 1m lnltimtsd br thm 8kt4 ap8rtmurt 8ad it8 orfldm, md thwt thm acticrr or thr .state Departant la mubriaat to OoarirsrtlQtl or rppmtal by the
Elmlmtln Aam~tmtant.
or 80urm0, thmrm mrm lnmtmmmm where the two authoritlmm l'w inmtimnmo, in Artlals 6 it ir amdo thm and wylmtloru. Ir th0 rdgia- d8temlamtlon@ rhinh would at- Of LD. l ~~llO8tiOo, mftmr thm UI
Stab Departuat, thob the two authori- tie8 ahwld at-t to work out rad ellainats ouy Um&pwwt or lnmanmlmtmnmy in p0llq.
Tblr la about u defhxite aa answer u w oan &we to the grtwral Qpa ot quutloa u&ad. Ir 8 l poal.fia qummtlon 8rlme8 thus ii you will mmk our ODiPiOZl a8 to 8Wh qtumtton, m wi.l i be &ad to adtlmm JOU.
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. &r fourth qu&bion roads (LB roilam a“ :: ..' I “(4) Artlolo 8 otatos in park, cnnd .tbo n&d- ' '. I, ln& imitrtiotin~ diatrlot nlli boSoli$bla ,'.. 1. for An 1 ktuch onlul aid a[f in nocoanary tn ou~g&mmt tha . . $tnto Avnl ALlo And 5x01 ?:~:nton~::~~o ?iEj?z,F ._ : I ', . -- IhA Ao?ioiAAtidA I'??OS til0 l3CIldiil& d iotriot atton&- .:. .:~.'
:,' :. .~~ '~ tiona~, tho tmnof~r of.tho ontiro ocholustio ar,nollsmnt or a .:
~oahool district umbloto ??AtntAin a sntisfnotory oohool t;o in .:~:.. :'.. aooroditod aohool of hi&or mnls.. kIm*~ Lao trAmSor is mdu ':
fo n ilchool dletvic$ not a ntato-aid aohool, the followirq pro-,. '; Vit¶iOn, QLOtOd from Artto 8, is~ApglioAblol : ! g ,,. .,..,
n i 5~ o If the roaolvlng school, la not a itnto ',.T '.: ! !" aid ecbool, the CCh3lAStf.C OOI~DUU rollo both rrh1t.b ,:.:: ., : :..I 'i I I ,, and colored shall bl oonbinod, the per capika ap- .~, ,
portiomucnt,shall bo imid direat to tho rooolv.in;?
oohool, all looal tnxoo of tho Dondin;: contr*actlw ~.. ‘.’ :. ” diotrlot oxoo?t those goi% to the intoroat And -:~ .; '.~ ~aititin~ fund ohz&. bo croditod to the roooivinl; . 1': :. '. .'-" ochool by tho thx eollaotor AQ oolloctod, and the ‘,.‘; oondlnj oontraotlng dlafrlot will bo olfgib2.o for ..: :.. ,. as nuoh salary aid oo Ia noooooory to aupp;lmont tho ,.~ _ .; ',. *...,' ._ ,. : :..; : I ,. .,” .,G 1. . ..I’ .: .- ‘. ‘,
. . fuad Local ?x&xtonapca Sund,n, Len 6 Otata Avnll.ablo the eoholnotloe frm the oondln,r, dlntrlot’ aLlaad- in(; aaahool. in the rocoivln;; dletriot, to oovnr the .n~provod ooot of lnntruotion por ooholaatio in the roooiving ooh901, provided thnt ouch ay-
vrovod cost ohnll not oxoood Lovon I!oltim md iWX Contja (t7.GO) por notit for SiwT (5) a.>n!.hz So? % i& aohool otudonta op Five L)ol~urn ($v..jUJ , .
r Slvo (6 nonthn fop eloi~ootory otu- . . il%y7th(2~iizcii ‘gh’hirt provision 1s idontloal to the 1041 provlc:lon ox- oopt for thu addit9on of the aorde “for flvo (3) ncntho” undia+ appcnr tilat th0 total ooorod above. At Slrab i;lnco it H3ultl coat of InotruotZvn 10 l.Lz~itod to $37.50 for hlCh oohool otu- dent8 and $25.00 Sor olomcntmp otudento. i3ut FO nm oonvinood t?lat this naa mot tho Lntent OS the Lo~loLaixro. On the other hand ~0 thlnlc- that ouch nrmmto o:oro lntondod to bo ltititotiono on tho mount OS the ap~~ovod oost toanrd u;hioh aid could bo @xntad undor Artlola & OS oouruo aid may ba L’rantad only if and to the a+tont that neod lo shown. opinion HO. OG237. :~
/’ .. : . t; The 1041 hot oonta.lnod the 47rEO k7d $3.03 &iiC~tLPilO, but did not oontaln the five ~montho ltiLta\;ion. Tno Si;;croa of -: @7.5C1 So? &L&J achDo1 stuzlontu md $25.00 for olwwntar~ otudonto
two UIO msxlmum amunta (on a monthly bnoin of <s7,53 nnil $5.00 :., reopootivoly) toward whloh aid nny bo granted USidor the bl11. I
S70 &avo nrrlvod at this cozoluolon, tlrat, from a oon- sldorotlon of the Act itcolf. A sltnilar linitatiod apgoaru in tix3 high 8ot~001 tul.tion &;rniah
Xoraovor n ahort tinb bc 01-o. tl~ ta~lrlaturo j:ascod tho *.’ rural aid bill, It paaaod IIo:NI~ D 11 lie, 257 rhlo~~, f cm311;: 0 t;Xar thkqga, rnlcod tho &&tit of tho*Stato por capita al;po~tlonaont to &?5.00. (CO0 4140 8OUOO Cl11 1:6* c56.) lr the * ‘l?lOrOfOiW, approved ooot OS inotruotion Sron all fund0 wmo l~itod to ; $ULGO SW olomontarJ otudonte and .tho mount OS ye onpi ta ap- portlonmont io $2&&O, t&on no 0’4 oould pocolbly bo gnutod
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f ; c for that' part of hrtiole for puoh atudonto; I) q&mI *b&5 providoo that.” tlw par capita a#poportlomnt hall be paid dlroot to tho roaoivit~ oobool. '
The 8rmo M$slaturo annctod both Xokm Gill Iio* 267 It knom tho provisions al: mid Youoo and tho rural da bI11.
‘Dill 110. .~257 whon the rural aid wao pas~od. It ia 5 ftinda- ‘. mnl;al opnoci of otatutor$ con5tructlon tha Lo&lcturo’ -: ., that _: :.i wXLJ, not bo ,pwounod to hnv5 CIono & vain and. foolish tilSn&
The omr@moy clnuno of Ibuao Bill Iio. 287 roads in ‘..’ part a5~follor7sr “Tllo Saot t?mt tho prooont la17 3Xx00 a m&b :' ‘mtn for the. par oapitn appohtiomuont uhloh 15 Ln oonfliat Mth in snXd lam, and tLo furthor tho formula proocribdd fact that .~ the ,publio uchools of tie Stc\to hnvo bocn unable to-retain their trninoa tonchore and oporato their school5 for the mInaimm of oix (0) xonth5, a8 roqutiod by tha ConstltuLlon of To;coo, aroato W OzZX?i~OllOy SI * 0,” Gootlon 2 of Artlclo 3 of the rum1 aid - bill provldon in pnrt I *.A11 ncl~ools of the nocrodltod olam
rooolvlng aid &hall provido a tom of’ approximtoljr nine (9) months, and nchools of tlio unacoro%itxM olaae ~1~11 provide a _. ’ : . . torn of a$proxlmntely ol.&$hti (0) inontho.” .Tho dlfl!aronoo be:.. twcion .tho gurp0505 of ‘tkc,‘two lawa 3.0 thus apparent, .-. .: In olow of the rorozolng yixi are advised that gour?
question 15 armored In tha nogativo*
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‘. : “(6) You will noto that the Aot malcos provi- “’ i., : aion for tonchoro Sor ro5idont 8ohObItlca '(sa~nry -. T :.
Aid , ptiovidoo tranoyortatlon for pupila aithor to 1 hair own oohool or to nnothor school (Tram- portation hid), and makoa p~~vislon for tuition to another school Vllon ti~eir @mlo 3.5 not offcrud in’ tho horn diotriob (M&I sohool Tuition). QWS- TIOHr Do05 the hot pomlt ‘,WQ &rantini: of oltlwr typoa of (sid to any dlotrlot oxoopt upon of*th55e .'$ ! .' I‘ a' ,, .( .' '& * '.. :. . . . . *23 : ’
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; i the bnals of approved budzotary nood ao provtd&d + . f ‘-for in the Aot, auoh approved bod&atftry nood to
bo dotormlnsd by tho autholrirod salary oohodulo
plus the $liU par tonahor for all other ourront . . * expenaeaY” t . . . : . . Ybu have told u8 thnt the question in ahlci you ard ;
lntoro~ atad ie uhothar nood muot bo ahown boforo aid la fzront+ cd. C’o think that the ansner to thl.o quO8tlon 18 plainly in -: -1’ ‘the offirrmtlvo, Soation.1, of Artlole 2 provldoe Ln.pnrtt .- ._ . . : ‘: “The total amount of approvod axpandlturoo L
. . labi tha total amount- of roaolpta nil1 bo tha . . ,~ i%i?nt of Salary Aid to tPhioh a sohool, al%k be’ .
oliglblo~ o * *) “.c (Bn~hasie rruppllod) . * .. . .‘.. !Pho granting of salary aid la to ba &de&. by ‘hrtiol6 S of ’ . .,
” the Act with rdapoot to tho toaohor-pupil quota and the oalary ’ . . .~’ ,- aohodulo and lon&h of torm~ i .’ ‘, .~ . . : ._ .~’ i ‘hticle~ k providoa that oortaln funUa ‘m-o to to wad. 4 ., :~ j i ’ *. .tO pay hlc;h aohooli tuition’ “not to oxaood Sovan Dollam and ..I -. :.,: 2: “‘:“.Pifty Contb (97.60) par pupi’l por month, and in no lnntanoo .;:.
gholl nue6 than flvo (0) months tuition bo paid for any ono pupll on the aontius pii Sozy any on0 aohool~yoarr~ * * *"(Emy . .: phfyio suppliiod). . . t;. . ’ , ., ‘: .
: I Artlolo 6 (Trnnapbrtatlon Ald) -road0 in part aa Sol- . . :. : lb&r . .‘. . .- .: . .’ , . :. !&hi’ &~onao. of suoh tr&p&rtation shall Lo ; paid on the ‘baoia bf budgetary mod 00 LnSlcntod ’ : I.,,_ “’ by approvod St&to aid applloatlon, out of the iTundo heroin allooatod.for tranaportati6n aid, : ‘~. : i
not to .oxcoaU Tao iullnro and Twon+five Ccnta * * .. . (:;U.ZS) par monLh par pupil for thooo atI;endlr~ i tho mont oonvonlont aoorodltod high aohool and
not mord tlmn One Vollnr nnd Seventy-five Conk-i ($1.76) por,month par pupil.fOr !$oao trano;lort- ’ ’ i ;;i;i)olonontary oohoolnl * (p. f, (EmplUinlo aup- ; .:. - *’
Se&ion 1 of Artiole 2 rWld6 in part as ~ollaws: 'T,'he up&ture dll lwlude mlarler of tuaharr (LI ddum5.no dbythesalwy-
stakdheroln,andajaulamofOneIiundrod
Eighty Dollar8 (8180) wr teacher per year
in raorodited schools and CQa Rundred Skty
Dollu-8 ($160) per teedor per mar in mw-
ared.ited sohoola for otfur ourrent expanew;
**en (wmphaaie~ rupplied)
Artlola 6 awq other thlqzr provides thatr that such mount of rLd been oompLled wl~axtd
a&aallrnm%edos shomnb tba approvsdbud- gOt + * * w (f&t#UUSiS Bupp 3Jbd)
We tbh& it ebar **aa.thwm pravlaionr that neob and bawd upon mob bo #ham before rid may be mnted, wt nee4 aid muy bw&rdied only to tha ataount of ~186% &own, but in no went in l %oe~r of ttu3 nvrfhr r amounts eat by th e Aot.