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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
*TTORNLI QLNLRAL
sonorablo Theophllur 8. Painter
Acting ?roridont
Th0 unlrerrity 0r Texar
Aurtin 12, Tox~r
Dear 8ir1 opinion ~0. 0-64
Re: Uhethsr und
rtated the
of the Waive
carefully cons1
rS@USBt a8 roll
Bpectftily re&sted
rove the iollovlng Orant-in-Aid
n payable from the nevly created
account:
“‘(1) $l,OOO’to Dr. J. R. Spell to
aaslat In the publlcatlon of blr asnurcrlpt
COBTE3PORARY SPNUSH-AUWUCAB ?IfXIOll by the
Dnlveralt~ of north Carolina Prssr. 500 copier
of the publication vlll be given to the Inrtl-
tutr ,
$00. Thsophllur 8. ?aiator - Page 2
,
“In the dlaaurolon o? thlr ltu the
quaatlon of thr 2osa2Ltz vba relaod, aad oon~o-
quently, your opinion la roqurrtod &a to rhothor
o r mo tZh. lo edo fIleguta 1 8 llthor1rod to
rrpw&d atat. fuadr for thlr purporrT
“The Board of Regont8 of The Unlvrrrlt~
of Trrar ruthorlaad tha lrtrbllahmont of tha In-
atitutr 0r Latin-mrioaa whdirr La 2940 •~ a
dlvlalan or bapartwnt in thr Unlvraalt~, an4 it
vu It flrat supported bf Wlerrl fuada, bovevrr,
it8 oporatloacll support nov come llmort exclualve-
II from tba Unlvrr~lty’a looal funbs,
“The Inrtituta provldea 06urrea of atudl
in both undorgradueto usd graduate vork on Utia-
Amsrlaur lffalra, oarrlra on rraoaruh and ukor
publio8tlon of utrrlal relating to auoh York, and
othor ou2tura2 lctlvltlrr bt the Ilnlvrrait~. It
VII latrbllohad baoruao of the &roving lntrreat in
Latin-Urarlom affrirr, and the fmt tlut l knov-
ladgr of the hiatorr, language, alturo, amI aoolal
inotitutlom of Latin Amrrlae la u rasot in a
proieaalonal or buaLnaaa chrber, partloularly vhen
an lntiaato knovledge of Latip-llrerlcoa countrlea
md peoplr la eaaentlal. lurtherroro, tho Inlctl-
tut* 0erveB to lmprovo the lnternatlonr). relrtlon-
ahlp and l brttar undrratudlag btvren tha peoplea
of thoaa oountrter and thla rtate &ad nation.
“Thla grant noopsnded Sor Dr. Bpell
10, in lilrot, a grant-ln-bid for the publlcatlon
of 43ranurcrlpt, In return for thlr grunt-ln-aid
the publiahor vlll glvo to tha Inatltutr the
atatad numbor of copira of the vork.”
Artlolea 2584 and 2585, Vornon’a Annotated Tcxaa
Clvll 8tatuta0, read a0 follov01
"Art. 2581. The gorernment of the
Unlvaraltp-
‘Pha gorornment OS the Onivoralty Or
Trxaa ahhall be mated in a Board of Regenta oom-
pored of nine prraona. They rhall rleot a ohalr-
m from tholr number rho ahall aowe at tha
. .
gore. Thoophilua 8. Wintar - Iage 3
plrrmuw ol the bobrd. The Itetr TrooauMr
aball be the truourrr of the Ualvrralty.
baud ahall h4vo the right to n&o and uao ih
oomon oral and mar dtrr the ouo at pleasure.”
#Art. 2585 - tovrrr
‘they &hall rotbblloh th8 drpartaento
ofl flrot-olaaa uaivoralt~, d0termS.m the
offlcrr and profoaaorohlpo, appolat b prealdent,
vho &hall, if ther think it advlaab~r, &loo
diaoharge the dutira of a profeaaor, appoint
the profaaoora and other offloara, fix their
roapoctlvr aal.rrlaa~ and thq ahall lnaot ouch
br-lava, ruler and ragulrtlona aa mf br
neoraorr~ for the auocrraful mumgommt and
gororrmant of the Unlvrralty~ thor &hall have
povrr to rrgulatr the aourao of inatruotlon
end prraoriba, b;l rad vith the advloa of the
profoaaora, the book8 and ~uthorltlro uoed ln
the arvaral dapartmento, ml to @or&or auah
degree8 md to grant auoh dl$lwaa la uv
usually oonfsrred end granted bf unvar81t1e8.”
Vlth respect to tha buthorltJ veatad in the
Board of lagonto of tha Uniraralty of Texro under the above
quotrd atatutoa, the Corriaalon of &patio of the btatr of
Tour la the oaoo of Polar v, JWmdlot, 55 8. Y, 2) 805,
opinion uloptad br tha 8uprur Court, ha0 dsolrra d I
%a Leglalature of thlo otbte having
lodged the povar vlth tha Board of Regent8 to
enact rulro and regulationa aa rar br nacrasar~
for the auccesaful mnagrment ~4 government of
the lJnireralt~, ther rho11 havo.povor to adopt
luah ruler a.nd to regulate tha courao of ln-
atructlon, and preaoribr, by md vlth thr advice
of the faculty, the booka and luthoritlaa used
in the aeverti department&. That authority
root8 vlth the Board of Regrnto and the faculty
aa provldsd for br atatutet and, if a change or
modiflcatlan la dealrod ln the rulra and regu-
lation&, it for the oonaideratlon
la 8 matter
of tha Leglalatura. The courta vi11 sot inter-
fore thorevlth in the abronoa of a clear shoving
Theophilua 8. ?&inter - rage 4
that ther have @ate4 lrbltnrlly oc have abuoad
the authorlt~ veoted in thou, Tb4 great ve1ght
of buthorltr lootaino thio bootPlao.’
Opialad lo, o-4167 of thlo department, a aopr
of vhlah lo Ln rour flloo, holda that under the general
~~;;ot~nfernd by Artlole P585, the Bocrrd of Regent8 poao-
or to latabllah a ?ubllo Relation8 Departrent
@ICIl Devep"opent Board and to ox&wail WlveraltJ fund8 for
aooh agenoloa oven though there veo no a tr tutolruthorltr
r
thonror.
oplnlon xo. O-62)9 of thlo dopartmnt, a oopy
or vhloh la in -your filer, hold8 that the Board Of Regent8
la luthoriaed to Mter Into a oontraot vhereby the Unlreralt~
vi11 be furnlahed certain data end lnfometlon conorml~
ltudento and eX-atudenta end par for oa8e out of UIJ unappro-
prleted balmoe of funda &veIleble to the board for auoh
purpose.
Under t4e feota otrted la your letter the
Inatltnte lo a dlvialom or da~rtment of the Unlverolt~ of
Texas end the Inatltute ~111 raoelvo 500 oopira of the pub-
llcation in eXohlmg0 for the 41000 grunt,
It lo our opinion that t&r Bou-4 or Regent0
haa the kuthorltr to rxpend Uulvaralt~ fund& for the purpose
atated In your letter out of my unappropriated bklence
0r funda lvelleble to the board for thla purp~ae.
rouro v4q UulJ
ATTomrxYoR%sRALO? TEXAS
Y8. J. Fmnh.g
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