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OFFICE   OF THE ATI’ORNEY     GENERAL       OF TEXAS

                    AUSTIN
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haok           bi    8ootioA            190   mmadaoe         roqullw       tllo      sta t0
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l# 194s?




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       rbore       quoted        rmquired          the     Owptroller       in    adVmce
       0r~0h s~kur 0r tb0 ~gi~i8t~0     to 08thit0
       fwd.8t3mt~dl.l
                   k lailahle     for rppruyriatioti
       dur- lwh Sorrinn-prrd
                           for the suooemding bi-
       umlum.            Ourquortioll~                   will the Coaptrollerbs
       F&                t&&O            iAt       OOAA%blWt%OA         th0 total           OUt-
                                        wmmto    in dekrmbhg    the net
       omunt of uoh                    that mill bo rv8Uabl.a Sor appro-
       priation r 0r a 0
                       lAo u o edlAg
                                 blomlumt IA0tb .r
       wr68, dll thenota8imlnt~vallablo r00wpOph
       rtloxa bo the grooo ratl.dQmtodrovonuefor the
       OUOOdiAg bkrrnirrr bO8 th0 t0a.a UWUXIt Oi VW-
       r&At8 out8tadlng and unpaid thet rera i8ouod
       prioz to tha aate or luoh lotlMtm?




       WAld be av~le,                          to-at:          (10,000,000.00,
                                                                             or
       oouldhadl8regu-dallpxw~o~l8nud*uranto
       rad oertlfy #86,000 000&O u l&a net amount avail-
       ab&o SQF          rpproprdonta
                wplywgt0               the   queotion8         8ubPrZttrd    In     th0      rorOt;oing
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toopuate we                   'ouhbulo                  rlwagd artorJukuary1,104b.
Ph.   people,        b      uloptkrg         tb.    WWdMAt,          .+idOAtlJ         had that JSIW-
                            thuwlu           the oMa&ont            wul6   Urw              A0 purpoom
                                               be
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ia adopttng it   would do a wolooo thlqe        !Phat the       laturo
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            or   tha   afrta   0r   Nobruh    that
                                                “m    bOAdo,   o*   other ovidonoee
            or lndebtedneo~, oo luu*d,        ohall bo valid unl808 the 8a~8
            &sll hue endorord timwon a oortifloato                olgaadby tho Sac-
            r o t8r Ja nd Alldlto r o r at&o,  Oh o r lAg tb o lSM 18 i8sued pur-
            ouont to law,".-8 not oolf-omting,               but required 106ia-
            latlotlto 0        ltintolieot, ti It uu olaimod that them
            bein& AO ouoh ""I e@alatiorr, the pxwlrlo~ remained IA abeymoe.
            !i?heGuprwamUourt of Nobmoka in lto opinion,saidg "This
            rule aom      to bo fairly deduoibk irgl~ the authorltiosr that
            ii Use oowtltutlonalpcov?oloa, llthor dlroctly-or by lmpll-
            uatlon, Smpooos 8 duty A~AA 8~ ofSlo*ror oftloers,              no legis-
            latlon lo ~aeesary to requfkw tho porioImaMo of that duty.'

                       In reply to your ioootu3quutlon vm #Ink tho carp-
             trollor will aeoormr14g-  hvo to ti    Into ooA8lderatioa the
             tOkl O+Otrroding Wl%AtO, iA dOtOWiAiA&J th8 Mb -t         Or
             orah th8t rillba avri&able for S&QriS~%lLtiOA$~ oth.~%80, It
             woAld ba imjworlblota'pl8oo th8 6tate 011 8 'umh baslo. If
    .        the antlolpatodro~enueafix the blmnlum beginning Juuaary 1,
            .1046, should b8 lotlwatrd at (36,000,000 ond the m(;lslatwo
             should appropriate #66,Q00,000 the out8tuxUwuarrMt.r     would
             heooa8arlly hew %o bo przd.Ln the ardor or their.roLl8tratlon
             8~d at the end or tho blwnlum them would Lo gutatmdl~      OS-
             pt?oaa+ely the 1)omo:luu0uAt of runat    am in the boginni~,
             and tho State mnald not.be 0A.a orih.brsl8. Tho fl~a~olal
             oltuatloti would not be #magod.
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                                                           Vary   truly yours
                                                      AT'LOWX     QiwmAL   OF TEXM
