OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Ronorab 10 F. bf. Lav, Praaldsnt
Boera of m0at0r6 0f
A~rioultural h Ydoimnl or1 College
Yirrt Bstional Bank
Houston. Texas
to t&s person
by it ns
aooh if
or the holder of
on Is auoh that
iaabl6 msdlcnlly
Ootlaga oi Taoa his writtan
Fredam oi tha College, giving
his ron*On thrrdor, and such
an rooepted .by ths Board.
oh 66 he had rrrtad the Coll&~a
for otar thirty years, rightson year8 of
whioh oonstituts(i hi8 tori6 in the Orrsidenoy,
the Board ot Dlraotors thereafter orested
thr ‘position of Frosiasnt mwitu6. of the
Collee,e and slsotsd his to that poaitloa.
tie Board also thrraafter orderra ~that ha
be paid $12,000,00 for one year and half
or said amount the rroond year..’
Ronor3bl4 ?. x. L-W, ! T\rC 2
*In licht of the 4bors it will be ap~col~tad
if you will advise th4 Ronrd promptly on ths
followlnp qu~stlonrt
“(1) Is thn 9oard of Diraotora rlutk-vrlztd by
law to tireqto the position of Treaidrult Qacritua
ena pay a sslsry to the pqraoa aw&nated by it
aa suoh if the health of the holder oi ruoh
position fr such that lt la lnadvirsble madlaally
for hlm to p4rtorm any sortioe for thr Collagc~
“(2) Furthar in tha avant thnt he ehould
rap,0111his health to euoh an extont tbot frost
n aabio!tl 6tendpolnt he ooula ronaar so90
eervloo to the Oollcga, would it, be 14~1 for
him to be paid a salary a3 Froeldent QnarLtua
althcuch ho 614 not potform any aorvioe for
tha Coll4gc7
‘(3) Xn tha sv*nt you should be of the
. oplnlon that ths Board of Dlreotora is authorlzoa
by law to pay euch a salary ln rlth6r or both
oi such oontlnq,snois8 nnmed, aboro, then plceas
adtlae whether or not thaio ore any llmitatlone na
to the amount of such rrlsry aa msy b4 laflully
paid.
The Lagfsletur4 her rested the control rnd
mensgamant of the Agrloultural and Hsohenioal Collree
la tha Board or Dl?4OtOFa thereof, and by Artlol4 2613,
R.C.R. 1925 hhs provide&
Vhr BOera of Dirsotorr ia ohargcd with the
duties and ompoworad to do and psrtorm the act8
hrralnaftsr act forth aa followar
“1. The board ahsll, ‘~whenneoaaaary, appoint
thr prcaidant and protoarora gt tho oollege end
suoh other ofi~oorr 08, from ttno to time, they
may think prqar to ksap tha ooll4ga ln auooerriul
oper&lon, wd a~ iran tlma to time abolish rny
oftioc twit is in ttlrlr JuQaent unn40e8nary.m
Vndir tha quota8 atstutory prorlsiana the
Eostd oi Dlrsatore ot the ~~rlcultu~al Ynd. :%ch:n~til
Collc~s lr empomrcd to eatqblieh th% posltlon or
Izesldmt hcrl,tua, rnd to drtlae the fuaOtlom ¶nd
dutlns thereof.
‘=he pwcr
of pub110 0rrmr8 to owtraot r0r
the Ctkte fouudbd upon and be ln all ‘Ita aspsots
aurt be
p. mlcrrrd by law,
cl$her cxpremly CT by necessary Lnpli-
. cation. Ft. ~:orth$%trklt Club 1. .Shepperd, 125 Tox, 339,
j.'. 8) 0. K. (2) 660; f%at-r- Py. F;aCland Clinic fioepitsl, 138
Tex. 393, 159-S. 7. (2) 105. The extent of these poworr
mast be dotermlaed ir’MI thr sstsrs~ lawa panting then,
:I and preclariblng tbe llaitrtlonr upon their rxeroiae.
Wad*; cleotlon 45 of Artlola 3 of our Constitution
it 16 provided that;
*Ho drbt shall bo oreeted by or on behalf of
the Stete, rxoept to ou ply oanual drfloienoles
ot revenue, repel inr4s P on, aupprser lnrurreotlon,
defend the State in WM. or pay exlrtlne: debt;
and t&$ debt oraacrd to rupply drfloicirolca in
the revenue, shall never exossd In the aflgrocate
et my one t l&as two hmdrsd thousand dollera. n
ft 1s lttlod by the ddolricma 6f our Court8
thet 8n obll(Zstlon 4naurrrd for rhrtloea rendcrsd 02
for goods turnl8hod ‘acnatltutrd e Cdebt* wlthln the
Qxaxtitutional prcshlbltlon where, at the time the
obllgntloa ir orested there lr no log~rlatlto eppro-
prlstioa rffrotirc to suthmize its p’lymcnt frcrm
ourlvnt tund8. tstp v, Wi*loon, 71 Tar,, 291, 9 S. :0.
155; Ft. North<3? ~+mlrj?Club v.. Shspprra, aupra;
Bloholr v. strto 11~~0x0 cit. App. 32 Yi. &j2
(drror ~refuredli F,k 5s 1. Rn~denmn, 1 2 J 3: ti 1020 (Tax.
Cir. APE:. Frror ‘cat ursd) .
fn order thst no prohibkted lndobtednnss be
o&ted agalnrt the State throu&h oontraots of sap10 -
mont +a by thr Board ot Mreotor8 in fillln~: parit i one
l8tablirhed wldar ArtiOlO thrrsforo, it-lb nuooenory
that aut!lorlty for &he proposaa rxpaaditure be found
ln ourrdt a ~~r o p r ir tio a r f
IIoAoreblo F. ii. Law,
I
The ourrsnt
ep roFrlation bill rot for the
8UrpOrt of A. &. 1:. CO1 r 6&6 (S. B. 333, Gh. 399, Act8
48th l.i~lrleture~meker no prOtie10~ by ~l~colflo 1tc.n
of appropriation ~for the poeltlon df me814nnt Fmerltue. 9~.
!botlon 1 of the Aot however, suthorlxas sxpcndlture
of fund8 darlosd from vrrlous load 8ouraas “ror tha
rupport, mintmanor, opration mnd lnprovcmsnt” or
tha Inatitutloa, but, by p%reernph 4 of the Oenersl Tro-
tIrion8 OS thg Act the suthorlty for,rxpandlbura of
ruch fuadr for ~O~hiOIU!J other than thorr ltenlzed 18
doflaed end llnlted er9 follomr *
?:YheAmy eddltlcnal rsployeoe rJt,hsr thnA
those amployed to tlll the poaltlona ltanized
herein nrs saployed, rnd arc to br pia cut of
8aid Approprl¶tIoA8 ot aAy other funds, suoh
elnployc.ea ehill no8 be paid larger mounts tnon
those prorldsd heraln for slmll~r porltlom ln
auoh lnntltutIon8 or sgenolea mnQ ja tbo event
them are no rii~ll8r po8ltiona uPthin such ln-
8tltutlons then ruoh ed4ltlonal omplqesr
rhell not bo ~3113Isrgsr amooAtl than thoot
~rotfacd for siniler posltIon8 IA other State
loetitutlona, departmanta or e@noie8."
In Vi6W of the llmltt4tio5a a~nsldsred above,
theroforc, the ooapeneatloA payeble to a pereou holding
the porltlon or Irarldsnt 5oorlt~8 uould be drponddnt
upon the dutleo whloh are discnw~d by this yrraon
hOldlAg 6UOh ~08~t~Oil. Otherrlse stated it 18 not the
aYm.0 or tltle ettnohad to poeition8 l8tebllehed by the
.ROard of DlreOtOr8 whioh oOAtrOl8 the WJCa~A8etIf.TA whloh
armyettach thereto. It.18 rrther the dutlrr embreood
by th! QO8itiOA.RU OCmikymUwith itOmi%sd pO8itfOA8
ltecrill~e elmilar funotloA8 whioh govarns rolary) thot
ir, whether the porltioa eetrbllshed 18 IA.feot 00%~
'.pareble to thst of t'rofwmor ot Botany, to that oi
trofr8sor Of l&yhgrIos or to that Of h*silrtant Auditor.
(Our oplnlon Yo. O-54401
Fe think It obvious tbmt it we8 not WithlA
the ooattipletloa or Artlola 2613 that t&are ehoulU be
mole then ona posit,ion Of lY@iddnnt Of the ‘IA8titUtiOn,
" and th?t 1 t wr.~ ~1 that the oGGtPilJ.?.3tiOG Or tlic A .progrl-
atloa ;ot Ch. 399 tat there ehou2C ba snothsr par r tlon
bo similar in tha, eooye of ltr tlutlas -t&l thvsa 01’ the
rtaildeat’r WSloo aa to authorlzs papsent af the msie
salary as the crsxUrius ssl.sry suthorlzsd to br, ~4sl4 to the
STeeldent of the Sohool. !Iirthcr, It ~6 polntcd out in
our Cplaion O-1433 that nhlh the kosrd ot klrcotore has
autborlt~ to sst~blleh the Fooltion oi Vhe-irerldcrt
undrr Mtlala 2613, thr provfslon cf the eppvopriatioa’
. kot arm&tin& ruppleseatatlon of the arlrry or the Yiae-
Prar P dult to an rnouat rqusl to 60% of the ralory euthor-
lecu r0v *cbr heda6nt, thr authority to pciy 4~~33 tin ~80
~llmlted to one palthh
Thare lrr no porltion othrr than that of
Fresldmb or the lnrtitutlon wlthln those ltenlzed wl thin
the a:proprlctlvn ior A. k Y. College osrrylng of author-
lzlne 0 salary o? 512,000 p4r ennui. Fhr Donra ot 3lrootor.e
tharaC0r4 rxoaaded Its pmr.rs in stt ytiag ta steoh 30
errs8 a 8atry to the position ot Fmr dent.%asritur,
whetepr the nature ot tha autisr nhloh it u*c ooatcnplatatl .
that poslthn kC;Uld001er.
i&or gusstlvaa a0 not dailno tha dc~t!sc lnolaont
to fihe porltlcwr wlth whloh thay are onaoarned, but, cc
raeed lae.ulra, rlrat whsthsr ths~Eoara ti nlreotors soy
pey 3 rrhry to a pnrroa a6 werldeat %orit:!o ii
tha haelth of tha mplopee In ruah 8~9 t0 Tender it “ncdiCally
insdvlsable* for Mm to pistrom say tmvloo for tho aohool,
and maon4ly, whebhar, ii suoh a pnrson ehould m&da his
health, whsther it w-ml4 be lapel to p-y hi% (I salezy
slthwsh ho did not pe?fmJ elIy me’ViOa for the eOllfl,eO.
E’hetbsc nv not it 1s laaavlmblo l 6 asdiaal n&tar Zcr
tha peraon’.to prirforai duclce ix tha Ststa hen a0 basrlae
upon Wo le;;cllLp ot paylw h$ic for nWvloe8 aotually
. parforaadl lt he lc raot dleahergar the dutlea or ble
ax loymnt end ha hws lqp14 bara q hs %y be
. pa Pd rsgardlrm or tho strtr ot beeI
Thd Bomre of iJlrrotor,rr’doae not &evo the p~of,
however,to setnblirh ra%uaerrtlvq posItloae whloh oontm-
plate thp parfoxunor ol no nsrvioca for the c\ol~ee.s; that,
wa ttilnk 13 na obvloua oorollery 0: the llslt2Son that
the DonrA my not attacki to posltio::r lt setablloha8, more
ooa wmat1c.a then 16 pr0vlaad ior I~t4elzeb posltlvtm or
ale T 2ar autlsa. ?:or oaa auah aotioa be aurtalnrd a8 a
.
Ronorabl~ F. ?. X.NY rs~e 6
pFotirlon for rctiriarst
of pareanael* the ~otlrod p?+-
8c:lbodby the Toaohcr F’stlremnt Aot tch. ~70, tots
Lsth- La+, ae as~.ldsd; fut 29224, V.&C.%) ia ax-
olualvo, and by ncorssnrp, lnfarrnoc denis th? povw
to the P.osrd of rjirsotorr to ratabllsk mother or ad-
ditlonrl 8ystm or method.
776 rrflrst ttmt we are unsbla to 1:lte
date($oorloal clnewor8to the ~lurrtlom (Iubtitted, but bhslr
form prevent8 II rcrly in that form. If #&a abovr
ObrsrTetlonrdo not oo?m the prOblQfA8rhioh JOU have
in mind, we Mm11 be plaa~~odto adrlre you it&her in
reiaranoo therato upon requmt.
Vary truly torn,
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