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*1 I/ c -. R . OFFICE OF THE ASTORNEY GEIYERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN . .

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liar-orsbho Coke Btevsnaoti

GovcrnoP of Tcxae

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The: em0 86fl§iOIl of tha EnzO Loglolatuzw pacaod the fOl- loving Concurrent Reeolution 8

%mm CORC~~E~~ RESOUITIOX I?& ‘V6E2A3 The State ti&tnmt of Eoalth hto bscn cellcd~Gi% e;rme apecl.cena from sdl3ct~3c+u, ox62Ul3 Xoaorable Cake Stevenson, pa&o 2

vator Revage taxiplot for Fedora1 RetGrVatiCnt,’

provide OrthotoUdiue writer teeth& eeta, eugplg teat- 1x1~ matoriale to local laboratories cooperating with

Draft Boards; and

“UHRRF’, The’ State Departneht of I3oalthfat boon requefz~c&~p Surgeons, Foot Quarternsstert, Draft

Boarde, 1ndustr:el plant zaana&~~ante, Eefense CormaLa-

elan, tinr end Envy Departzzentz, to supply moordo, opiniona, data, eurvey reporta and COD- -. .~ etatietics,

munioable dleeoee mpofts; and

-%EG!W,S, Additional laboratory and office t~RC6 is ~acoeaery to efficdently moot all of them defenee’-

demmCo; and

“;:mBAS, X10ute Resolution 110. of the Rat-

10M3. cCOngi?OES, luKwLl ot tk% ‘Wtilitl.03 Bill' mires ml

agqqzintiion for various health and eanitarg mode

tuch a8 hospitals, hearth cU.iiloe, vnter, trcwaee, echo01

. . and hlgbvay impPOV6mOnttj nov, thercfore,,be it

‘RESOLVED, By the Senata and the House of Rep~e- tentative8 comurrln~ that tho State Health Officer

be directed to tie application to the Federal Wcrke

Agcnoy for funds with which to pro~icb Wilding in

order that the laboratory, clinical and health dofens:

needs my bo 6ffiCientJ.y test.

It is to be ootod that the Resolution mdke~ no approprla- tion to erect cm contribute tot’ard the erection of the building

mcntloncd thorolnt in fnot, such Resolution could not, conetitu-

tionally, opp~op~late fmds from the Troa~i~y for such pu’pone, for

appropriationn can only be nado by law (Constitutloa, hrtlcle ‘III,

Section 6) and no lav can be paaued ezccpt 131l.l (Constltutloa,

Arti010 1x1, Section 30). Th8 Resolution, hovevep, does not pur-

port to op?poprlate or authorize an eqxmditure of funds fra it oxprcaely dQ?octe the State i:eaLth Officer to m&e

Traacurg;

appllcotiou to the Fedora1 Uorko A@mcy for fun&3 to provlds tho nado nocosL-ary by iocreatod dommde upon the

bullding dexrlbed,

St&to fkalth l?qartmnt by Federal Qenaiea, a4 a result of ,a pro-

&rem of hltloAol q3fense.

Froa your lettap, it eppoora that the State Realth Offi-~ Qer filed m appllmtioa with the Bedoral tlorlro Agency, oalling for

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~Bcnorable Coke Stevenson, pa&3 .~' .

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the erect& of bulldi.ng.Po&'sto~lea in hidght, vith ~a baee-

tc$;;, Et a total Ectinrrted coat of.(430&5?0, not i.uGludlizg the

. ht tho suaaatlon of t.2~ Focleral IJorks Agency, the plans

wre revj.aed, oltilnatlr~ the fowth floor, and tho oetlmted

eont 10 nov i;272,Go5, vhich inaludea tha Iand valued at $60,000

'to bo Pvxn~ehed by the State of Zexse.' The State is oallod upon

to fur&ah $137,5CO; the r'oderal grant 1s to be $235,105. St la

roposod that the State owned land, valued at $60,000

B 37,502 appvopriation above aet out, bo ogpfled toward the .(337,-

500 to bo fwtished by tho State, and thst +Ae Oovemor app~ovc ~oflaisnoy vurrante for $40,000 to make, up the balance.

.I -&tlclo.&351, Revised~ Ststutss, PovLdear

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:“hll hoade of depfxrt?mIta, mmmagere of State in- atitutions or Other parsona zrm?usted'wlth the power cr duty of oontraatlrL< ITO> su@tes, or in my nan-

nor pJ.edgIr~g the credit of the )?tate for any deficlency~’

that my a~ieo under the& nauagerzent OP control, ohelz, at lcaet thirty days before such dcflclenoy shall OCL ., cur, m&e out a mom estW.~te of the a:fiount heceeaa2y

to cover such deficicucy until the Pieetlng of the next

Lcgielaturci .Suoh estti&te ehel2 bo imiiediately filed

with the Governor, vho shall thereupon carefully exasine

the sama and app%=ove or diisa3;prove the aam In whole

CP In pare.. k"?an euch deficioaoy claim, or any gart

thereof, hae been so approved by the Governor he shall _

*. and itom thereof appvvcd and the item disapproved,

.and fllc awns with the C=;:rtrollezj and the saw shs2.l to drav his d3ficioncy

be autiaoriiq fc~r Lb Cmptroller for so much thereof as my b$ apRrovedj but

wmxut

no clcltc, or say part tharaof, shall be alloved or was-

cruet:! d.ravn thmafor by the Co:npt:;oLler, or paid by

the ‘i!reaw~~e~, uzlaes swh estl.m:nto has been fo qprov- If there is a def'icioficy npproprinfro;l

8d ai~d filed.

~~oufficlect to mat such alains, then a i!.%?zant~ ehall

be dram therefor and the E~XQ shell be I;aldt but, If

~thore is no suohappmprIat5or~, or if such approtPlla-

tlcn be so eAmst3d that it is act sufflcicA to png

. such deficiency clalq then Q doflciencg trawaat ehal.1

iseuo thcpkfor; and cuch c~dx eha?Ll ro:?z%ain uI?pald VZI- tll provision bo mde thersfor at eme swal@n of the

~glslctwo thuranfter. Tto pl?O\*iDiCIlS of thie til'tlch3 shall not apply to fees axed duea for vhLch the Steto ; \

. . . . . flfi2cd at once but mxit bo p~oviciod in this iwtiole.’

Eonokablo Coke etevcsnson, page 4 _.

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may be l.lable under the general lava. When an7 lnjqq

or d6xaga chall ocow to any public pFopertp frcm flood,

storlrr OL* any mavoi2cble ceuee!, the oatlrzate nay be

to qproued by the Qovo~nor a8 ._

!Phie d&rtment has winfzietcntl~ held' that i&s%? tmn bs no-@af~cl~noy allovmao w&w Artlale 4351, Revised Civil Stat-

.utes, unlors thare hes been provldsb the Legleleture a epecl-

lla appraprlation fox+ the p’u.?poso for vhFch ths doflcicnsy ollov-

encco is rcqueetod, awl that ape-,iPio approprit;ticm Is insufficient

aCcoclplirjb that purpose. Se0 our GpLnlon O-2118, copy of which

io at t&checL

We h&O Ilk&firm ho16 that the dofhiency contokqlated by the etatutc doss oot ex&st whcro the epeoirio appropriGtlon

upon which it is eought to be founded is expreaaly doaigncd to

Z5d.t the expenditure for the pur~oao to the mount cxproaely ap-

pro,wlated thorefor by the UlgioLnture, ae in the cam of an op-

proprletlon to erect a btilMl.ng, which ia constmm$ aa, authorlz&g

the erection of 0 btilding et e cozt not Tao exceed th:, ewi ex-

presoly proviilcd therefor by tke le&l.rlnti~o appropriation. See

,ollP opialcn o-211&3. ~,

.‘. ‘. Both of them rule% pyealude the leeuonod .of def;talmcy

wrrante In the ln.stant ccsc. Biret, tho dofiolencry warrmte are

@ought fop the erectiw ol a cor~lote thee rto~y btilGtig;- the

up~opHatio~~ provided by cha Lc;,f,islcturo la Pm ‘m kltitioz to thSrd atory to pp,i’sent lebor&tory bu5.1dlng.Y Them la no ap- roprioticn mde by tha Lcgielet.we for the oroetlon of a complete

fi ullding, or to be apylled toxaH. tho erection of aozplete build- Second, the chorector of the approprietlon nnde by the Legie- m.

lcture in this czwe ie ouch es to rofleot the intent OS the J&&e-

lnture to lti&t the eqmW.turs fop tho “addition to the third

story to presnt laboratory building’ to the mimunt ozp~easly ep-

prOpFi&tCd for thEit plrr]pCSe kg tb? ~3~iEhtUN?. '&3 lICiW~ Of this ep>rccrintion So euch that the lipf%ciQnCy Conte~Pletea by

AI?tl.c19 23Q rrlnuot oxinf, for th3 S%to E’m~d of Emlth la not

“i.ztrwted vith tne povar or duty of oo~trectln~’ for an expmdl-

ture p-enter by the Logle- thm t&9 mnou.cC cxpxz3L y,cpproy;rioted ~OCLWO for the purpore of erecting the “odclltion to the tNrd etoz$’

of the pwsent buildixq.

Youra very truly