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Hon. Hall H Logan - Page 3 (V-656)
salaries of all State employees shall be, for the period
beginning September 1, 19.47, and ending August 31, 1949,
in such sums or amounts as may be provided for by the
Legislature in the general appropriation bills. The Act
suspends for the current biennium all laws and parts of
laws fixing salaries of all such employees,
In compliance with the foregoing constitution-
al and statutory provisions, the Legislature has fixed
the salaries and perquisites of all employees of the re-
spective eleemosynary institutions of the State in the
Eleemosynary Apprepriation Bill for the current biennium
(Acts 50th Leg., cho 330, pp. 566 through 616)a The ap-
propriations for the Wichita Falls State Hospital are
found therein at pages 585 through 589 and in the gener-
al riders attached thereto, pages 609 through 616. This
Bill also provides that certain employees shall, and oth-
ers may in the discretion of the Board, receive in addi-
tion to the salaries therein provided, certain perqui-
sites, such as housing, provisionsg utilities, room,
board, and laundry. But nowhere therein have we been
able to find any provision, either specifically or by im-
plication, authorizing the Beard to provide free trans-
portation, such as is contemplated here, to either the
officers or employees of the Hospital0
Therefore, in our opinion, it necessarily fol-
lows that the local funds of the institution may not be
legally expended for such purpose.
We are not to be understood as holding that the
Legislature may not provide free transportation for both
officers and employees of such institutions as a part of
their compensation for services rendered the State. Our
holding here is predicated on the fact it has not done soo
SUMMARY
The State Board of Control may not expend
local funds of the Wichita Falls State Hospi"
tal for the purchase and operation of a bus for
the purpose of furnishing free transportation
to employees of the Hospital to and from Wichita
Falls, the Legislature having made no provision
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-656, text, August 7, 1948; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth265475/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.