Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Hononblr 6oorgr H. 8hoppm-d
Comptroller or mbllo Aocounts
Austin, tuar
Your lrtter of aawry
of this department upon
may pay trrre1ing xpena
tu bubitorr out of the
r1d.r found an MO 6 of bill passed w the 86th fr
of the 46th Legislature).
tha llmltatlan sot forth la the ing at th e l lxl of thls Aat, tvo aerlt of th* algarutte rtup tu am collootrd, aa provided by i8htUl-0, md all bdUlOO8 OP rrotto tu l nfo r cewnt fund on August 31, 1939, 18 hreby approprlatad to the of Slbllc Aacount8 for payment of Comptroller the items here:nbefore lIsted in the Cigarette Iax Enforcement XvLs:~x~ for each of the ears ending August 31, 1941, and kUJU8t 31, I: 19 1.
Bononblr 0.0~. IL 8h*ppnd, ?ago 2 liritBtiOn8 8et forth in
lhbjeot to the a99ear1a at ti Wld Of th18 the provt8lon8 -- -- _.. . . AOt, wy fOO8 OOlleOtWI rOP audit8 and OX-
uriMt:OM Bill S8 9l’OVidOd iOr ill aOU8S 755, SOotIon 8, pa88.d by the 44th tig181a- tUD8, h&W 80881oP, md w MCfntit8 in the 0% wotte Ukd raiy b&m008 theretO, ! l d to tu l ud1t tund are horrb7 rppropria the comptrolbr of Pub110 hoOount8 to be ured in making audit8 a8 provldod in raid' Act.’
The gamNl rider appurlag at the end of senate in plkl't a8 fOllOVSl Bill 527 9l!OVi&J8
“Except aa to field travel expense of the Highway Department, It 18 provlded~ that no expenditure shall be made for travel OX9OII8OS by UI~ drpwtmaat Of this atate %I tha amount of nomy ltmmlsed hem- *X0.88 of in iOr said 9ur9080. . .” ThO itM Of $36.000.00 $8, Of SOiW80, Ul aWOUnt Of - _. _ -. _ - _
The question roney ltODll804 neroin r9r tnvs11ag U9OPI.8. to be dotmmine4 18 VhethW or not the l ppropriatlan appear- rldor 'to be U8ti in nkm iQJ in the 89OOir1 &I Uldit8 provided in said hot*, t8 11bV180 available for tx'BY.1~ far as ruoh upenrr8 may be incurrod ln mak- ln OX9OIISO8, for in Xoure 8111 755, hotion 8, ing audit8 a8 rovided by the P 4th ~gi8lBtU2'0, Re@lhr &88loa, BUI eny 9888ed amenwIlts tbrroto.
The language of the spraial rider appropriate8 the fIllId referred to therein "to be Ured in making Udlt8 n8 provided upon their use othervlse. The payment or trarellng in raid without any lititatlon Act”, vhatroever expenses incurred in meklng audits provided for In 8ald Act is clear-~ ly the use of the fund8 appropriated for the exact purpose for vhlch the Legislature ha8 aade them available. The special rider 1s just aa much an “ften” of appropriation as the more spec’_flc provLsion “travel!ng expense . . . $1~,000.00”. The only distlnctlm between the tw-, :s tSet In other Vord8, the funds the me is bmader the,? the other. appropriated by the special rider are available any and all expenses vhJch may be lncur?ed ln making audits a8 pro- *3 I Honorable Ooorge H, 8heppard, ?age 3
vlded la tEe Act rotorred to, vhorea8, the )36,000.00 18 avrllable anly travollng expenror. It 18 the opinion Of thi8 department tht Odl Of 8Uoh itOM 18 4Ul "MWUllt of money ltmlsed hereia" for traveling expenses.
It fo1lov8 from vhat ha8 been said above that the fbld8 approprl8ttd by ths 8peOi&1 rider "to be Used ia making rudltr a8 provided for ia 8aid Act” m-0 avail- able for payrent of traveling x9en888 Incurred by your auditor8 la mklng the audit8 rovlded for ln lIou8s Bill 755, Section 8, 9a88eQ by the t 4th Leglrlature, Regular se88lOII, and in th8J amen&ment8 thereto.
ATTORHEY0ENERM.a OF TEXAS By R(%~&hild . . Asststant A??BovEDl JuluBry 14,
Oerald C. Mmna (8l@ed)
ATTORREY OERRML OF TEXAS