OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
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OFaowse, wherethereiss sped.f%citaasd"
trwoling expense,no reel questionla presantti. But
it fo f'urtherths rule WB sbovrnbymany oplnlonsfrom
thlsaopartgent,that jatheabsenee of such speail%a
Qnumsr&tionof trarQl* expenses#WhQre ttmr'o Se 8
spoaiiic apwopriotion Pox-a comprehensivewpose,
or a4mtAngentItems, trsveling
suah as ~A~~3ellsni3oue
expensessay be anb BP8 at~tborical
to be psriaout oi
such appropriation.Xnoth0rm3r%s,suuhonappm~-
tlon, thouepgoners1to 0 aegreo La yet spedfle
onaughathout a furtbQrQmuuQra~lanof WQry a6naQtv-
able item of sddeaellaneous
or oont%n@mt nature.(f%e
aonferenooopinionNo. 3089 8aQQrassoQ
ta youmolP).
Urder the head of Pgiafensnoecrrdndsoell~,
-&Pr tS.onaat~wUew Porthetextbo~kPdleum%-
v!e on) iten 1, as folioue:
cQvu.nmily,nnQQr the rule abwo enneunaad,thS.euould be
ezt ta wthorbe the paywbent~oi trweiang axpmm
. 1thssbeonru1edby thfadepertment,howar~,
th a l
tsina Qth e rues
e no a approp%Mdms fo rtr a vel-
lng QX~QIIS~S,we be&we 0 statenoard of 3uucrt1on
hi anthorlseQtoaxpalsueh portionofthotexttwkfnn&
as naybenocc~esor~rPortriwelingerrtpaxw~&~inths plrshase
and ct.i~tribtxtion
of textbooke.* (set aontereme opM011
no. 3091 edQrQosQQto your-w uadsr date of wwdmr 7,
1939). Wo seeno ressonto depsrf f’ram thiatrultng.The
reasonsfor such millng,32 any am n&sQ in atldltion to
those giren ia opioionWo, 3091, will be state&in mnneet-
ion with aw tUsouanion83fyour next question. f80that
travel* Qtpenea%%a 0onngat~0nrlth the pweharrean&
dietrtbutlonottaxtbookssheuldbe pe&Xfrom the text-
bOOkfandaoBXkot fras3thecoOnflng;gnt iana,
Wa wl.llmnraanslderthsleatterpm+scsnbedin
your SQCOn&qnuoeti~on* Y!horets no speai.f%o mtntfonof
the item oPfr6lg(htenxtewtextbooksp&mEmshsedbyt?b$
DO6t-Qin the maintQnana0SnQ md.s0Q11aaeons approp&f&%fm
quotoaabW6" it +illbe mm them is the ex-
pressDientian Of t o nlUsQQtextboeI,csp Itss o ur
oplnim thef t&a i&B@ of Fm&btonnawta9tboaks ohml~
imwUef~rgeR.Sbeppard- Fuga 3
a@ pala out of the textaoekf+twlatldnot out Of the 100th
tIngent Qxpenw flml abwe qilofed. lass oonoludon Is
b&upon the lnterpretstfon
of tba Aottnaarmeotlm
with the Constitutionatxlgeneraletatutoe gwamniry
the purcrhaseand d.lstribut1on
of textboskl3r
The Constittation
(ArtialeTr fkwtfon3) makea
If the QtltyOf the stat0Rolml ef EdaeottOtt %e se$
agiiQoaEaff~wt8mountoutofoaidtszta
me textbooks for the use of childmmatto d-z%
pobllafree sahboole of fhts state.*
'l!he6tstoBoarilofrebucut;iunishae-
byampw~aaditleauleit84altyta~
ease books frc4Ilthe aQntr6ctorsof text-
books used in the lie IV60 sohoola&
this stat0 antIto CG tt%lmtesalw ulthsut
other cant to the m*ls Otto such
ssh001e8%thSJI this 3fateinthe-
~w~pon the aatditlow htwdnafter set
"The etatesorrolof RltloILti49
l&all
wqIlararraa the Fee&e superlntamdeat
onJulyf*s+teieaubfeaParepor?ioeto
the hmds neaoswryfor the purabase
aad
dle~bu~on of (a) otherneaewaryex-
panses of seboolbooke for tho re&Lar
school sessionof talefellowilqyew,
and sddmardof EUuaationsbsllhsvs
the power to sat a from the atailoble
scboolfima the ese""
iplafed
smllnttvith38
per sent dXtPtiona1,this edditimal sum
tobs usad tx,mcrsti@r~W@nd6scn.n6UWai-
tilessaruedbyutnt8unlinare~ in eaholrcr-
f;ta stWe or byottususlCrnaunf@rWw
p~~pw.3n) expanuesann samal aonQ%tiana~
A rider to this agqro@&ion ihalorwt
286
aludlugnwt8xtbook80rob~ rdlany
other ~xpwsw aanwatob theawl&, shall
be paid outotthe State TextbookiQmd.~
Froxuthese statutoryprwfsians, nnd f%am th8t
part af theapprap~irrtlon ottrelatinE:tothsDepartmmtt
af riklu6atlon, that the itim of'f'rdght
it is our op3.1120~
on nw textbooks ia mmt detlnitely8 ied rother 88
a prt of t&8 WSt aab QiStd.bRtlOaor=tarfboor]cothanan
aaOlMngenf~xpn6e~ MdfwthS.ere8ompapentaf8uoh
froi&htabouldbe irom the textbook fund anti wt
P
fro19 tbe iwntlmgsm oxpowe item or futaQ#
lm expreme WRmll Qf ‘UWQ t8xtbookE~ in the
paintwnnae ord~&~~ellaneamftemebwo gaotaddawnot
argus again& thi6 comluelon,butrather if fators eaah
(3QI101umionr
If the tagirlatnm had oomtwplated that
frr anueutextbooks ehouldbs wxusidemdae a cop
lt!iaoetl&Wlytouldbrne~~
GiifmUj, moei ulatithadlttwdY&l
he m&&U' oi fF3 gbt8r It-6odmaisn C#'
frelghfs on now textbooks, thar8Pore, argues that mush
trsightanoe\rt~~o~w~rnowpFoperlgoorse~~
the head of ppahue ami dls~alltion of twtbooks, anb,
#8r8fora,be payablecut of the textbivokSua%*