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*1 OFFICE OF-I-HE ATTORNEYGENERALOFTEXAS

AUSTIN

April 8, l.9~ *2 ur.~,clnna L. Johnson, A&n% 8, 1939, Page 2

*Bssistance Foml, in Savor of the helm3 or legalrepwaen- tatives of the deceased, or 5x1 favor Op the person or per- sons owning the burial account (prooi' of tbe existence a&l justice of such account to be made to said Cemptroller under oath in such fom as he nay Pequire)~ said warrant te be used for the purpose of pwlng the burial expenses ef the dC%OCaSed.

XECTSOH 2. The fact that a pziatnumber of the persons reeeivlng benefit under the Texas Old Age Assistance Law mrsott8d.m . . . ..:.

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*regulations as zay be deeziczl by the Legislature expedient, for old-age assistance and for the payment of same not to exceed Fifteen Dollars ($16) par month each to actual bana fide citizens of T-s who are over the age of sixty-fim (85) years; pr~id~~~;~g z;mbs u%%nal, fmd nd babUXla1 drunkaM ihUQUH,lUld?lO~ Pate OS any state-supported inst*tution, while euch inmate, shall be eli@ble for such old-age assistance pmvide% further that the requirements for length of L3 t of actual res%denceiaSexassball

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e&lolI.far old-age ~aasl

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ie am3 also of the oplnlon that l&se Bill .Be. 060 ala tin- 0&t1tutlonal under ArtlolS a, 8eotlon .a$, at tho 0oIl8t1tiltloIl > of the Btate of T@ixas, rhiuh reds a6 f0llOVs: ._ 'X0 bill, (exe6 genwal apgcopdet&5nWlls, uhieh'

nay einbraoe the trar ous eubjeots an& soaounts~ for eml P onqmountofvhlchmou3ys areappre&at~)sIudlo0n- tain more t&an We isubjeat, lrfiich s&U1 be eqPesse&:ia its title. But 3s asly edb ject 8hall be mbmawi in an *4 &lx-. X~,claM L.'JoLnson, A&l '8, lQ38, Pa@2 4

'act, which shall not be expressed in tho title, such act shall bo void only as to so much thereof, as shall not be so express&i.*

The title of House Bill No. 960 does not exp%ss the gub- ject of the bill. The title states that the act propties Par an Old A& ;gFl Fund, whereas no suoh fu+ is provided for in the body of

There 1s ll~ notice given XXI the title to the bill that the billilpmvides for a diyersion of part of the Texas Old Age As- sistanoe Fund for the gqazent of the burial cxpcnses of persons rho ~~~~~~~OldAgeAsslstanae rells. EClnoethispmvlsionem-

tieoftheblll audnoreat3ona8lenotieethere- T of IS c;Iven in the itle, the bill 88 alear da v%ola~~oP Artiela

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Texashemxl~gcmfldeilfor,andforr pzrposeofdetrsJingtheex 88 of W r and est8bliehe(l .a slm@al

A~t$a'~~iisharelryOreat lhasvry of the *ate at Texas, to be kept. by the State Z-ream separate and apart from all othf3r f%mds, axxi to be .WOWZI ae'the *Texas Old A@3 Aaskstanue Fund*, and for the plrrpoees above set out ther3 Is hwo- .necessary,~fti the fieoal year endin Au2W.i 31, 1937.

mmi.dedthatlfthefurrdis lnautfLoient to pay all grants in full, the 8800 shall bQ m pro rata based ont+eemount grsllGedtOeaehree+e*.w

since the !Cw Old Age Assietance FLma is created ati established by statute as a spc+.al Fred to prohile Piaancial aid to ag3d oit~lzens, its d%vem3lon to the difTerent plrpse of the of burial costs would + a tiolation of Article VIII, psgmont quoteaabwe. Sectlon7s