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Relating, third, to your inquiry as to whether a contract can be let for a wooden water tank, under the appropriation to erect a steel tank, it is my opinion that the board cannot let such con- tract. The appropriation is specific and for a specific purpose, to wit: a steel water tank, and to use the appropriation for any other would be to divert it from the purpose for which it was made. Some one, on behalf of this same institution, inquired of me whether the appropriation for a 200-horsepower engine and two boilers of 200 horsepower each and one dynamo, $10,000, cannot be used to purchase two engines and, as I remember, two dynamos. These appropriations are specific, and it is my opinion that the appropriation must be followed strictly. FEEBLE-MINDED YOUTH, SCHOOL FOR-APPROPRIATION OF 1907. May 15, 1907. Hon. John C. Billheimer, Auditor of State, Indianapolis, Indiana: Dear Sir-It is my opinion that the specific appropriation for the School for the Feeble-Minded Youth at Pt. Wayne, Indiana, appearing on page 668 of the acts of the general assembly of 1907, except as otherwise provided, is immediately available for the purposes specified in such appropriation. BOARD OF STATE CHARITIES-DUTIES AND AUTHORITY CONCERNING STATE SCHOOLS FOR DEAF AND FOR BLIND. May 16, 1907. Hon. A. W. Butler, Secretary Board of State Charities, Indianap- olis, Indiana: Dear Sr-I am in receipt of your recent communication ask- ing what are the duties and authority of the board of state chari- ties concerning the state schools for the deaf and for the blind, in view of the act of 1907 (chapter 98, section 2), which reads: "Said schools for the deaf and for the blind shall not be regarded nor classed as benevolent or charitable institu- tions, but as educational institutions of the state conducted wholly as such." The act creating the board of state charities directs that it "shall investigate the whole system of public charities and correc-