OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
fionorableT. U, Xalton, Prea~dsnt
*rfeul.tural& Xe6henloal College
Coll3gr Station, Texas
Dear Sir:
We are pleaded your letter of re-
sent date uhloh rude am
Oeneral'I Opin-
280.a@ of tha
several quor-
Texna, 68 low bidder
its ballaingr,lm&d
thi8 ooatraetorbe
of offloe ‘before pay-
State appropriatedfuntlr?
culd ,thlsoantraotorand me-
red to execute the 08th Of OffiaO
could bs mule fromlooal fund8?
root employsee of the Colle(le,rhatkmr
working for an hour, month, or par, have progerlll
exeoutad the oath of ofl'lae. We am not oartaln
regardl~ lndl~idua18,gmrtaershlpo, o(PIZ?mnle~,
or oorporatlona,who nay ?ro~?tim* to time have
oontraotswith the Collep~ dirootlp or through
the Stete Board of Control, to iurnieh rugplias
or do repair or oonstruotionwork.
*Your oplaion will be appnafated.H
44
*‘?&aton end after the date thi8 A& be-
aotmt ul?eatlve, tm publia ?uada may be paid
tc any peraon.aa a t&ohm, Wtruotor, rigit-
1~ lmtruotor, or othrr a~laym in, ror or
oonnwotedrlth any tax-m&ppotte&lhool, ool-
few, univerdt~ or other tex-rupportad in-
43trtutlonof le8tiag ia thl# St&e, unloa8 and
uatll 4-h raon ahell bmr t&en the oath of
offioe requr xed to be takeribl’maben of the
Lqglaleturren4 all ohher dfloera, ea pror%ded
la Axtlele ?L?I,8~otioa 1, a0 amended by uaettd-
mentadopfed Hevember B, 19S9yo.m
We ltwt ootutxuotha lengurgo *OF other rpplo eo
%a, far or aonrws~d with anr tw-aupporlad s~bmol, 001Pam,
unl**x85ty-,in the ligkt of the f8eta reoibod in your
Lotte.
The aas00 are maw which involve the qpr*tion of
whether a psrmottlo en omployoe or aa ia4openUonteontxeotor.
lronntion tka fellowlagt Y8ao v* Ikrombo, IS& U. 13. 8801
xttd6 ampattpv. 8hg~, 84 8, w. trral7891 mfudl V. fmtmy
mlott Ia& oo., U 8. Fi. (MI QS1)1 bhrfhrid Oamrulty Qa. v.
lkwneUy, SO 8. W. (Sd) 888: Wutharra Suxety Co,, v. @mu&~.,
a4 + ,wi;.
(261 7.
na~employ~ 2.~ kwad in 8060 4egro0, et lout, bo
th e
dutlu o ia ler vo aa t~
0otttxaoQr imb o und
o nly
to pro-
6~80, or eauee to br praUuoed, 8 aortain nttult.
&n %JMl.pottaM~
ecattr~otox
OcLnrp~0y?%tl&s to?‘<,
work and aoomplimh the oeabmpXate6 ?ooult +Mtwt thw wm-
6nt or th e o o ntx a eto
a nlnp
s~lo yemtttot
u a 0 w.
The term *employe8wltulle8t*8 8p o mc h ut
ind $ 0
wa l# 4 a l na ttta ed%
wo r k fo r dooltiod up o n k y o h s o m-
x x e & l,y
pl.oyer; an fadepedleat aontraot~~a&me8 to do a dab far l
oortain 0ontraot psi00 and paarea~ea bwlephuIeao* 0r 00ttml
over the date&la.
Tkr .Wplo*r’ Is 0150 ugloyrd to pwfoxm poxwonel
eervloea; e irmt$!wtor wgagss to 40 a ~~tbulu thin@.
plambls T. 0. V;alton,Pr*8Ident,Pega $
hi0 prinoipal ia the work, (18an entirety, to be prio~ed.
mo omtmator ia abliead to follaort;tewill af the amploper
6~ ea TV the result of the work, JU$ a# to the meaM and
~a& neousary to aohieve the re8ult.
In &southernSurety Gompany v. Shoai&e, lupm, by
the gornriaoion
or Appealr, It *a6 saidr
Supreme Gourt,inGutut~
fy~ttr v. I. R.B. Go.,
to ooatrol so to tk matutor In whioh the no* IO
to be done, or the men8 by rhi#b it i8 amxx@Iahh-
08.
*'Iherule is adsnirebljr stated In Street on
Porsoaal Injtwleo, 1 fill and 12, thuor *Xo bettor
test OM be applied Chrn to 8~ that the relation
of mostar and seCtant exi&o whore the raater re-
telttao r lxereloeo t&h,power of oantrol in dl-
ree6Ieg, not meroly the end mu&b to be &oamt-
pli8had bg the amploymnt of onOther, but aa well
She mea8 and 4eteIlo of Ito lOooqpliabaent; not
ottly*hat rhallbe 40~0, but ham it shall be &me.**
&Averting to t&e Saoto dbtmrlbbd la your nquut
lott8r, It fe apparent that the oontrmeto Qooorlbed do n6t
npmseat an **arployee* relationship,but indioa%e an tide-
ndbnt oontraotor reletbonohlpbetwoaa the Gollegs an4
G 4X00 to wkmm the oontnota are mardti. The Colh~ge 5s sot
aploying the Lyc3IokWofing G-pew aa a lemant, or e&oyoo,
to repair th8 M0r in que8tIon, but 18 .aw*rdingxioontraot
to thb GoQpehy. si~ll.uly, the Gollem Is not aployIn(a 8am
B; Eutherford to,aove orrteln buildt&#m aa the employ80 or
oervwtt of We Gelloge, ma4 alreotly &lar the 6eteileU di-
notion of the College, but baa ewerbed to iiuthsrftmda @on-
Braot to 60 this pertloularthing.
It Is thtmerore t&a oploion or thla 4bparEQIRt that
neither the offloern or aplo9oeo or the Lydiok iborfng Cam-
patty,ear &IQ 5. %uthsrfotior his oetployeeo, would bo xequlmd
to exeoute the Wth of offiee required by Sextsta Bill f?o.38
o? t&8 Party-8svamth Lagialeture,wder'ths Taotn of your
Inquiry.
Yoourrvery truly
W
ATT!XNXY GE2NERAB