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*1 443 OFFICE OF THE AYTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
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Honorable Cborge B. Sheppard
Qoqptro~l~r OS Fublfo Aoooonts
Aurtin, Texas
Dear 81rr
-rietion, for the Parka Board.
nlpt of your Letter d t0
the requ888 fmdt88e 88 Parke ‘Board, anaweree request that this department h suoh opinion, whether rooa r the efnount or 8xp8neitur88 Tsllng expanse appt-oprl~tlon atlon ior the State Z’arks Boer&.
It follow8 that in suoh an inetaL?oe, where ths
traveling oxpenae appropriation has been ohargesb wlth thlr expenditure, such approprletlon has been &hsr~ed with t‘b* paymdt of an ftsn of expense fat whioh it in mot evailable.
It is our opfnlon that-in suoh an Instance the COmptrOll8r not only may, but muat, oorreat this error by char&l6 the *2 Honorable ikwrm B. 8heppar4, Page 8
pro et appropriation out of whloh the expenditure i8 law- rul P y to be paickwlth the item, end ellminet&ng the charge made, improperly, af;ainst the appro~riatlon not evellable for the partfoular expenditure.
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ENCLOSURE
VEDSEP 13, 1940 ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS r
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