Rice Developwmt &en and in brisk it. provfUeo for the leqy and oolleotlon.or .a tax ana the expenaiture ..thereof in the prcuaotlon or, snles and advort~sb~ or Tears rioo ana rioo pXVhIOt6 #U&d rOr rS802mh in' EIib t%?WiOpEiOnt ,Of nOW U808 ror rlao ana rioe produoto. The AOt lwc%viaes tar a rlae develop- QOILt OcDnaiSsiOn OOQOtU3a Or ri'oe prOOXIi3, t0 be QpPOintOd by #a Cond8sbncr..or Boara of AgFioultura with t&o advioo arrd oonsoat or tha licnate. &I Saotion 6 OS the Aot it ie pro- viae4 that the tax 8hell be remittea alraot to tho woe De- .

_. VelOpIWlt 0CEXd58iOn. hur 4LLOl'Bp t0 ~Ul'firot QuBStioII, . therefore :D that the Toxe8 Rloe DovuWpmont Owamlnn%oa %a authord to raaoloe l’nntln 8OarUlnS under the provla~o~ or

the Aot. Xt is uotob howeyor that Seotlon ll 02 the Act ex- prossly praviat3i that such Texas Rloe Developmnt comlo8io~ ohall not oonotitute a separate or nor Stete agenoy but Is * a. part 61' tho Ds$nrtnant 02 A&aulture.

Ae noted abova, the aolleotl& eve to be made .by

tho.COmlsoionor or Agrlaulture thrOu& tho Rio0 DevelOpmmt Board. The Aot itee1.i ooat8lM no 0X9W88 prov%aloM as to the-mathoa o? hea4lintj the Monet after it hm 'bean oollootea. Ih Seotfon lo ft is provitled that: wl rUa8 ooneotod hareunder or horebyapproprfated to the Texan Rloo Develop- mmat coFsDinol.on for the purpose of oerr$ln~ out the provl- SiOll5 Of thi8 Aat.” But tile us0 or SUOh lantpage a8 that l.a lGekiag em appropriation bee never been teIcen%o moen that the austodg- of the fund8 80 Bppr0pmti8a le. tadreby ohnagea rrm the State ~Txvaeurer to the Department 'to whioh the epp+prla- tfOR 18 leadO+ The.~~noys a8n be depositad with the Btste Troaaurer ana ~614 out'upon w&manta drawn by the ccmptroller snd yet the appropriation be given ?rta Tull meeting. Kor there aqnather provlslane in the Aot whiola two neoeB- ara SkW11y. inaon8istent with the bati* Of thO50 fUId8 in the SQUO mumor thot othor noneye aOlleotoa by the Stats aro he&lea in the abnenoe ot opooial prooi8ion8. Ye wm.54 nota in portfouler thht this Aot oontafne no prov~oion for the bonding ai the Texas Rise lkvolopwmt Coml8sIOa, or any ap-' pointeo theroof, 58 thd pornanant OUStOdllD or theSO' runas. Our amwar to your boooad, third and tOUZ%h QUMtlOM, there- roro, io (IA arrimativo one. .

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It is not eboolutel$ naoosasry under tha etatuta,

Al-t. i+335, R8Vi883d civil %tetUtOS, iOr the head OS the de- p5rtmant to 5Im ololrs ana ecoounta. It is nooessary that the 5GU8 ba aQned by tho.head Or the dopartiaont Or other parson roagonalble ror Incuxdng the ixpendlture. On this point t&e roquilwnent OS th8 COnptrolbr 8hOultl be 08aer.. talnad and oaxiplle6 with.

IOUr8 very truly AmRovm OCT 30;194l ATTORNEY tyNERAL OP TEZAS (sigiea) Groves 3eZlers

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BY 8. H. 8. .oxAIma' ‘.