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*1 589 . ' OFFICEOFIHEA'LTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS

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Boao.?a~lo Char. Ml. ,Cartner, Chlrf

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3eptamb.r 18, 1 i&r F. L. that r the Wlahlta Pa118

Farm and Dairy ihp@r- a8lre rake a a purporr of qolbathg Uiahita Palla~Gtat* iforpltal, upon tbs r0110wlag artmeat 10 rush ~ropowd trip I&. A. T. Brattoa oao

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73) Kr. A. T. arattoa la not an oilploy** or the 'irlahlta Falla Stat.0 Hospltel la the Parr and Dairy ~tlpe~lwr for St&b dorrrd or Control and tha 'slohlta ?alls stota iiobpltal la aa loetltution andrr tha ~urisdlation

trlr drpartfmat Control and 88 ouoh the &lry lnduotry of oald %lohita

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Pall8 State !iospital la under the aatlvr super- vldon of Gr. Brattoa, will the r.lohlta Ball8 Stat. Iiospltal bo psmnitted to pay Xr. i3rattoa’r travrling erpeares in the aattsr out-of-State to in attached letter,w

In reply to your first queirtlon, you are advlsed the purpose proposed trip, to-wit, the purchase thut ol dairy cattle the :;lohIta Balls Stat. Hoepltal, a elremosyaary Institution, la clearly the aacoiapllsh- Stat8 mat of Stat@ buslnetm.

In aaawor to your smond question, we dlroat your the glB!Wrti rider attMtiOa t0 the fOmWink3 prOViSiOn appended to Ekwm Bill Ho. 256 , Dot8 the 46th Legislature, in whIoh act them appears the appropriation mado for the Wlehlta Pall6 State Eoiorrpltalr

“%xaept as herein otherwlsr provided, no money ehall be expended for travel ezpenser except speaIrIoallg appropriated for said purpose; provided this limitation ahall not apply to travel and transportatloa expenses or patients, lmatee and Alabam-Courhattl Indiana, of Indian Rerervatloa and lnetltutlonal em- ployeer’ In conmotion with patientr, inmates, pupils and Alabeur-Couahattl

inaludlng returning esaapaa, transrrrr, paroles, and plaocameata of lnaatee and patient8 and traneportatlon travel expentm of aonvaylng Indians to and rroa Unit&d Btates Indian hosr pit&a In OklahoiPa and other hoapltals

ollalas in Texas, oi Board of Codtrol enployesr, whose salaries are paid fronr lnatItutlonal funds, and of institutional euprrlntennbeatr agrnt,, whrrrln speaiiio amounts omittrd troa the itemized approprlatlonri ruoh tram1 and tran8portatlon

expenree may be paid fros support and zmiatsnanoe ap- and/or local instltutlonal funda.” propriations This portion ot the msnrral rider, just quoted, clearly prohIbIt8 the paymnt of ths travsllng xpenree in- curred ,by !&. Towaaend in oonmotloa with the propored trip and zmlntsaanoo or local funds oi the Inati- tution, unless it aan be said that the payant or mch travel- Ini+ ~xp~~norr is authorized In the proviso.

59% Hon. Chae. if. Caetner, Page 3

The proviso in OrrOot otlpulatee that where specirfa amunto are omitted iroa the Itesized appropriations, traveling expen8et3, travel and tranrportatloa expense8 my be paid frown support and mlntenanoe appropriation end/or lnstltutlonal fund8 in the following instanceat

Travel and transportation expen8e8 of patienta,

Imater, andl*Alabam-Coushattl Indiana. Travel and transportation expenree of Indian t. Rerenatloa and In8tItutlonal employerr in conneo- tion with patients, lmbate8, pupils and Alabajla-Coushattl including returning escapee, traa8ier8, parolee, and plaorment8 of Imte8 and patlentr and transportation and travel expense ot conveying Indian8 to and fmm the United State6 Indlan,hospItale in Oklahoma end other hospl- tale or ollnI0e In Texas.

Travel aad tranrportatloa expenses of Board of Contro13&nployees who86 ealariea tire paid from instltu- tional r ifada.

4. Travel and transportation expenre8 of iastltu- tlonal superintendent8 agent.

It is apparent expense8 to be In connection with the proposed trip do not fall, incurred so rar a8 Xr. Townsend la concerned, wlthln any of the oate- gorles znentloned la the porlso. It follow8 that such travel- ing expeness incurred by Ur. Townsend cannot be paid from support and salntsnance or rrom the local funds of the Wichita Falls State iioepital.

In reply your third quertlon, you advleed that the traveling expenaee incurred in connection with the proposed trip by your .2&r. Bratton could not be paid iron the and ~lntenancr or rropo3L the local Institutional fundo oi the #icblta Falle State Hospital, un- leaa they roll within the category mmtioned in the provlro Off

v~ravel xpen8e8 or Board 0r Contml erqployees whose ealarles are paid from Inatltutloaal ruad8, I) . . .

The aharaoter of employee to la thin por- tion of the provlre quite evidently hae reference to tho8e esployeas or the State Board or Control ror which prOVIsiOn Is 8ade by way or appropriation in that pm&Ion of the

Hon. Cham. W. Castner, Pago 4 paragraph sntitled (b) under “revolving fund institutional remelpts~, In the general rider appended to the aot above to, whloh reads as f ollowr :

‘There Is also appropriated to the State Board or Control out or any inatitutlonal

receipts or funds suoh amurlta as my be neooa- rrpsnsea ror ealariee eary for or a 0hibirr 0r the Dlvleion or ileemosynary 690 provided ror in mtiole Inrtitutfonr the Revlaed Civil Ytatutrr 1925, and other nsoresary help; * * **

It mm98 that Ur. Bratton Ie not amployrd by the stats Board of Control under thi8 provision, that hi8 position ir oarrled in the approprlatlon mdo to the Stat. Board oi Control, by the d@partaental bill

passed by the 46th h@StatUre, Out ot the genrral fund 0r the otats. Since trarelinng rrpeneee of’ i&r. Bratton for the purpose recited in your letter do not fall nithln the proviso above quoted, It iollowe,tbat the nlchita Ballrr State Hospital oannot pay Xr. Bratton out of state travml- Ing expenses In the matter rsterred out of and and .naIntsnanoe aparopriatlon tunda of the Insti- Slnoe th6rr is no other appropriation avallablr tution. to the VilchIta Fall8 State Borpital out ot which Mr. Bratton’s trafellng expeaaea could conoelvably be gaid we need not the querrtlon whether, ii xr. Bratton Is not one dlsoum the cmployeea Control paid n-00 InatitutIoaal fund8 of the partloular elsemoeynary Instltutlon, his travel- Log axpensss oould be paid In any rvont by the Wiohita Balls State iiospital of aay appropriation available to It. rsry truly

Yours ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS Richard W. Fairchild Aaristnnt