Dewey, 091532 PAAGO, AGO 61

• Case Date: September 15, 1932
• Court: Pennsylvania

Honorable Philip H. Dewey AGO 61 Opinion No. 61 Pennsylvania Attorney General Opinions Opinions of the Attorney General September 15, 1932          State Aeronautics Commission — Appropriation — Cancellation — Licenses — Extraordinary Session of 1932. Act No. 50.          Act No. 50 of the Extraordinary Session of 1932, reduced the appropriation made to the State Aeronautics Commission by the General Appropriation Act of 1931, leaving no balance available for further activities of the Commission.          As no valid action can be taken by the Commission, there is no authority for the issuing of licenses under the Aeronautics Act of 1929, P. L. 724 as amended by the Act of 1931, P. L. 650.          Honorable Philip H. Dewey,          Secretary of Internal Affairs,          Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.          Sir: We have your letter of August 24, 1932, in which you inquire as to the effect of the cancellation of the remainder of the appropriation made by the Legislature in 1931 for the payment of the expenses of the State Aeronautics Commission. Particularly, you desire to be advised whether the duty of issuing licenses under the Aeronautics Act of April 25, 1929, P. L. 724, as amended by the Act of June 22, 1931, ' P. L. 650, devolves upon you.          Act No. 50 of the Special Session of 1932 is an amendment to the General Appropriation Act of 1931. So far as the State Aeronautics Commission is concerned, it reduced the commission's appropriation to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), which leaves no balance available for further activities of the commission.          The act did not repeal or modify in any way the Aeronautics Act of April 25, 1929, supra, or the amending Act of June 22, 1931, supra. It does not...