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Honorable &. A. Bundy e page 4
In the case of Lightfoot, Attorney General v.
Lane, Comptroller, 140 S* W* 89, the Supreme Court order-
ed a writ of mandamus to issue against . P. Lane, Comp-
troller of Public Accounts, commanding him to issue and
deliver to Jewel P. Lightfoot, Attorney General, a war-
rant upon the Treasurer of the State of Texas for salary
due him saying, however, 'The warrant could not be paid
until appropriation should be made if not theretofore
made,. Implicit in this holding of the Lightfoot case is
the further one that the necessary appropriation for pay-
ment could and should be mpde.
The appropriation of Senate Bill 118 is in no
sense in violation of the provision of the Constitution
first above quoted.
Very truly yours
ATTORNEY GENERAL U l T
By
Ocie peer
Assistant
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APPROVED
OPINION
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