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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS XmoraBla tIeor6s Ii. ZiJmp~ard Coa&%rollu d PuBlio ~iooounts t.: '

A4l#cin, T8xar

l8t in their oxpens* MieMe&, &a., m&at k

. This srt1el.e pro-

mlpplying ln- ~rovi~ioa ot thir ais0md, lwr shall oMan~cra0elI to any parson he Xureau of Labor Ztat- au or OaplO~~ rtioh ng any ptoririoa of t&Is fo xoaed I Be tbed not five hundrod’bolf.rs, or Be l~prfsoned la jail not to l xoaad aimty bays.* It is apparent that thl8 atflcle applies oalg te re- yortr nlattog to labor gtatiaties and doe6 not extend the Ea.?- Sidoatlal nature of reports 0tImr *otIvit5,as the BuFaeu of Labor Btatistior, suoh as bolbr iarpautlone. *2 while tkm traveliag we bollwr , t huvf ora,

l penw l roouta 0r ooplo~wm 0r the Burrru or hb0r statis- ttOa 8&0aU mt sot a2 the names of puoons interviewed lnfomation in ronnection with the per- nor rerwl obtained ioraanoo of 4utl.a f-he Taxas ?enal preuoribod by Title l.8 or Codes but PO to other dutla0 dalagatod to tfrs Bureau of Labor btatistloa, sach a8 boiler improtlon, tbo traru:iag ezpwme acoogntr OS t& agloywr of said Bureau rhoold oontala all inrorwthn foqairod 02her state D0purt:mnbo.

Thr general rider to the Dopartmntal A?propriutioa Bill (8. 8. 4H, irots, 44th Ia&) oontainr, aaaag others, rhe fOil6Wbg jWoviaioM ro~athg t0 travdiag 8XpMa AOOOIUtS: -(t) Tlu ioilorln~ rulu shall ba ob- all 8tato sployou in ronduin6

rutod oxpansr aoooants Before eny expenw their

l oaount aball paid iron appropricitloaa

ho raln ~4e for l xpwauf ; ttm?olh 4ulgnaWd po82 6f brty and all other tow58 visited a&4 tho objort OS ~oh rlrit and of

the p o01f10 l xpursu in8ur r.d.

.(W Tba MM of hotel, restaurant, %tt/b..dl& W X?J?&?&& bMA S’k Vk%Q.h. -0vLla

and iod&.Z~#j l r. pr00UYWb Ohall bo ~1VOll in *wry oa80 rhmro a~ luoelpt is ropulrsd wider thir A&. T&m ama of tha tranoportatioa -1

agoner i&806 and the OMt of the tfoket pUr-

ohud, with a 61 aab rmoaipt ror 2o6etBu tlu aam.” (K?rph&ola our8 7 By 8*otlon ll of lsrti0l.a 4344, ~i*vlurb Civil 9tatut.8, tbr Comptroiler ie r*pulrod to: *ru4lt tha olaiaa all parsone agalnot tha 6tat.e la oueea wbrre provialon for 2h8 t&mreoP has boon made Br unlsea

pvprnt 2& ark&it or say 8uoh claim ia othenrlu

ap00irm i~0rida4 ror.-

13W Boaorablo 000rg0 8. ShopprrQ, PaSo 3

To au41tw hao bow dorim in the opinion of tho Dollas Cow2 o? ClvlA @Halo in IUlllmo v. Towpkfno, 42 3. 9. (M) LO6 at p. 110 wotlag from city Of 8yhrCUO6 v. 110s000, 66 UlOO. lirp. ~14, 183 N. Y. 6. 403, 408, a0 roi- low81

“Tho manIn& of tbo ghraoa *to audit,* &a apyllod to olalmo agaloot tow, cltiso, ,or Bountloo, tmaM to bar, to examine an bo- lnoludos its count, ati, in Ua broador l emo adJmtrPrnt or allwanoo, dloallowmco or red-

ma&a s jrotioa 4 4lioo aad ‘audit,’ rorb tho ^[4] xoroloo of @A 3 olal discretion.” tho to aOmlaO, to ad oat, and oloar- as aa usad,

Ia or6or pro;)erIy 20 aublt a traveling oxpsnrr socount, ?ollW Pit be 8iTm ouffloloatly 1afOrMtlOn 8p~01r18 dotloa perrorad by tho l aployo@ 20 mnblr hlm to do- termlB~ what&r th. purpo8os r0r uhlah the 0xpO00.0 w0re lnoarr- d may properly bo ohargd to .tha particular appro?rlatlon. It lr our opinion iaay requas2 ed- tIu Comptroller by a 3tate

dltloool lnformotlon ao &a bualxmao transaotod eaplom OB partiolllar trip, when he ha8 reoooa 20 doubt tint

for a logltlnato purpooo wlth- State of th e l ~p r o p rlatlen out of nhlch P&o Uo not propared 20 say, homover, that u a matter or *wry trarollng sxptnao aocoun2 must out in minokot detail ovary aot puPor.wb the eaploy8o. nt Juot how oorplote mu02 Br the lnforaatlon ~0 to duties perrorxd lo no2 a matter about whlob wo arm lay down 8 set of rules which wlri govom all otro.0. The problsa la one wtich cnn solved only By steal oaoperatlon rb Co;nptrol:sr and other ktwsa State Dqmrtmonto, whamby P prd0KiOO my bs a~olve& that will aaaure th rulfi1lmont his tatutory duty of oupervlolon over all 8tato l xpendlturoo, and at sha t imo no2 enousbu the tho ofSrotlton*os of traveling aploysO0 by roqulring the.3 to make roporto, dotailod and volurntoou~ to in extent far bsjoti aBy uwrul yurpooo IhOtbr tbr four rr~sn00 aowuxtto, whloh you attached

to 70~ roqteot, are ma&o out ln Ouitlolent detail ta enable pu to smka propor audit of tha aooowta le a quoetlon r&ich .oannot by amwore& ,*O Q aOtter of law by this dopi?rtmnt, but

oPBt be dotormined by you in the naeonablc exsroise 3f your addnl8tratira dlsoretion along the llnce of the auggeetlona herelubovo made. 'iho Cour expsnae accounts are mturmd to you harewith.

Yours very truly