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837
OFFICE OF THE.ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Kooorable F. C. 3oltoa
Aoting President
Agricultural and Eeotanloal College
or Texas
Collage Station, Texas
rear sir:
onirrenoe of Ec?;ool
ore and Tea&era
2, 1944, raeda 8s
rollowa:
ta td Conp-
aooounta of ssreral
& !i. College cover-
&dance on the aid-
dalniatratora and
he State Superintend-
The aooountr bear the
nt’of the College and the
The Sta to
i 0r th090
rrseatsd to
that tbs expense ~3 incurred in
the transaotloa of *Stste business’, and that it
naa definitely the responsibility and duty of the
A. k EL. College to send oertsln membere of Its -.
stair to the oonferenoe. The Agricultural and
‘ureohanloal College of Texaa is part of the eduoa-
tloml system of the State of Tsxae snd as such
Honoxuble P. 0. Bolton. Psge 8
baa rraponaIbIllty ror proper partlolpstlon in
any program ror the Improvement or sauoatlon In
Tssas, particularly whoa suoh proijcrsr Is uda or-
fIOIa1 bJ balng pmasntoa as tha orrlolal program
or our State Department or E6uoatIon in Tans.
This rosponsIbilIt~ or Eha Collags wsuld nko it
naooaauy for
thoaa wmberr of this atafimoat
olosely laaoaIsted with ths gonsrsl sduoatlonal
program or tba State, and responsible tor ths
r0dti00 ana 00nau0t or outioula ror trmining
tosohera, to bo rully ii3r0ma oono*m1ng suoh
psogu; and to tht ena, to attend such OQIL-
r0r=000 aa tbls.
*Thin was a aonfueneo not only oi lohool
ldmlnl#taWOr~, but OS ‘TwBhw TU TMlnuS.'
train1 0r kaoherr la put or thm rsrenti61 ro-
spcmalb “f lity of the Collo(o. Tbo work or thl8
p o r tb mlu no e lspooial1y to tin
o o nfuo related
Inalurion 0s rtarlals in our pablto lohool our-
rloula rolatIn& to auoh
raw relations war s.rv!z”% a*~::tz;“2!*
ph8i8 on thd wtia w,&itati rdlriaatlon or
prnotiors OD ths put oi teaahu-tnlniag instl-
tutiolu, 8na nd t0 b4~0 th0 00dmSti0n or
both dminlstrators and teaobn in lotual Ohargo
or lnatrurtlon.
-wa tea tbrt this a*60 is oleuly ootorod
by your OpinionWo. O-ub'l, and tht thr tnrol
hating baon portorad In aaeordaaoe with tha rulS8
or the mud or Dlnatora or the OollOgo, th0 Ox-
pmso thsrsor fr pmapuly oharasabls lpinrt stat*
tar.
*Th fa
e di~itIu8lS
wh e ss.xp WSe
lOOOU5ta
a l-0
Involvd sro;
‘Th b.@n 0r the Sob001 or Arta 8nb so1snos, undo=
rhoss l
uporvision wurses In Wuoatlon 8r* alvoa.
-Tha 8ad 0f th8 Dogartiment or~Agriaultura1 Mua&-
Mon.
Ifonorable r’. C. Bolton, Faye 3
“The Xead of the 2e,psrtnont of Agronorag, undsr
whose euperrfsion the College offers oourses la
soil oonservatioa,
“I wculd sppreolate ycur opinion oi the
natter.R
Aa you know, the ourrent appropriation bill permits
the payment of trarelll~ erpsnses of State offioiala and ea-
ployses on17 when such expsneer am incurred while trsvsllIn&
on “State busineaa.* As we sald in our Cpinlon Ho. O-4167:
W93tate business* signifies the aooomplish-
sent 0r a governmental iunction; It requires
that the mans an4 method adopted should ba rea-
son8 bly nsoessary; it Implies that the particular
govsrnmental function lnvolrsd be one direotly en-
trusted to the Inetltutlon or dsartment assuming
its aooo?Pplishmemt.w
Is our Cpialon No. O-4%$7, sddreseed to your Colle&o,
we pointed out that the governing boards of tbr various aduca-
tlonal institutions porssss oonslderable discretion with respeot
to the seleotloa of the mans snd methods by whlob the functions
of their instftutions are to be aoooapllabed, and that their
choice or a wrticular menns or method will not ba questioned
by tbe oourts or by this department unless it 1s clearly sh0.m
that this aisoretlon has booa abueed.
Tested by these standards, we feel that ths facts
statsd in your letter reveal that the faaulty mmbera mentlomd
therein were on State business while attending the mid-winter
oonference of Sohool AdEinfstrmt,ors and ‘leaobers Trainers. It
ID our opinion that the srpense aooounts under oonridaratlon
should be a;prored.
Trusting that the foregoing satisfsotori~y nnswer8
your inquiry, we are
Yours very truly
r nrrnuJED\