OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
opimtoe lo. 0-68?6
lto: ubatbar a rob01 wfotorla
ryuplgwlfo oia mhool
boor6 w8ber u8l
Yaw rrq\urt tar op
cuwfull~ ooorldomd by tbir 6
your raqwrt ti f011avr~
06 to rou by Mr. Chlldnrr
olboati mmbor
lumber by pupila uxl taachorr
Ia the board violating
'0. ?h%r ew rob001 borna baud rmber
vho mw 0 g:rooory atom. I8 1t 8 vlo&tlam
oftbr lov ?or Uw rohoelcr?*k~a )OpUrObse
groaorier fraa thlr m?
Hon. T. II. Trlmble - ?yr 2
'3. A wmber of the board of this rohool
ovns the burrs opmrated by thL8 sobool. TNr
board mmbor do88 not oontllrot rlth th8 sohool
In questloa but the ooatnot 18 in the 8m of
another p8rty and the ron8t for the us8 0r the
burss is paid the other pa&r. Is there 8 lav
rlolatIon in this Oa88t”
Articles 432, 433 and 435, Texas hwl Code, red es
rollovsr
Artlolo 432. “Nopotin”
"Ho offloer of this Stat8 or ant offlosr
of 8q dirtriot, oouatq, elty, pr8oI8ot, 8ohool
dlrtrlat, or other mmlolpal 8~bdIri~ia a? tN8
btat8, or uy offI68r or wmhor of 88.7 Nat*,
district, oounty, oltq, rohool dlstrlot or otbar
munIoIpal board, or judge of any oourt, oroated
b7 or undrr authority o? an7 (Ionoral or sp8olal
lav of this State, or ~7 wmbor of ths Lagis-
latur8, r-11 rppdat, or rot8 ror, or ooaflm
the 8ppolntmBt to aBy O??h38, poritioa, oh*-
mhlp, 88ploym8Bt or duty, of amy porlom
mlatrd
vithl.8 th8 socad degne bt affinity
vltbln the or
third d8grae b7 consuqulmlty to the person 80
8ppointing or so voting, 0~ to any other wmber of
an7 such board, the Isglslrture, or tmut Of vhlch such
person so appointing or rating may be 8 umber, vhen
the 8818~~, fees, or compensrtioa of such 8ppoFntes
is to be p8lcl for, directly or indlrectl~, out o? or
from public funds or fees OS oifico o? ml kind or
character vhatsoever. Acts 1909, p. s5, Acts 1915,
p. 149"
Article 433. Oiflc8~1 included
“The l.nhIbitlons sot forth in this 18~ ah11
apply to and inelude ths Ootemor, Llrutonmt
Ooveraor, Speaker of the Xiouse of Repr8seatatIve8,
Railroad Commlssloasrs, hmd of departmats of the
State government, judges and members o? any and
all Boards and court8 established by or under the
I(-. T. W. Trirbls -
authority or w
8Ut0, WBbOm Of Lbr ~giSimW#, Up?#,
OOSaSSiUSSF891 WOO?dOJW~ ti6O~dwrkF8
Of #Oh001 bOOrd8 Of ~OOrpO?Okd OitiSS ud
tOWIS, PUbuO SOhOO1 tFWtO88, OttiOO?8 ti
~rkP# OfbOUdS Sf'UI1IOW Oft&B 8ut8 Ihi-
VSF8ity Wd Of it8 SO+O?d bmOh88, 8d Of t.b8
~0riOU8 8UtS OCiW4tiOWi iIiStitUtiUSI8 Md Of Lb
WIOUS 8t.W
l iO~S)ur7 iWtitUuOIi8, ud Of
th. &lOritr8tiWiOS. ?blS Oa-WtiSU 8&llmOt
b8 bid t0 •XO~UII~ r- th8 0p0mtia d lrr00t
Of tN8 &V Uqr PO-olr uOiodOd ahi ik 108~
#~p~O~i#i~#. AOtS lw, 0. 66.”
ArtIol8 435 8&llwtapp?ovoaeoomt
‘BO OfflOSP or otlmr p8FSa vlthla
l.aollldod
thotNM pro0064 art1810 rbll appmw amy
loeount or dr ev or luthoorlsa tb &wing of any
varrmt or order to pay in tile-, fee or ca-
~asatiO8 Of ruoh i#li(rIbZI8 OffiOSr OI POl'SQI,
k80W4 him t0 b8 SO i#~@ibls. ’
Uo quota r- Opiria lo. 04761 0r thl8 dopartmt
OS ?OihVSl
% i8 l 88ttSX' Of C- kZloV18dgr tbt
SChoO1 CrtStW'iW U’O &UinOd gOIPSlUl1y ill
the 8ChOolm throughout tbs stat8 O? t8~88 Ud
tha United Slates. In tb CallI Of 8088Wll St
a1 v. mrrov, et al, 34 8. v. (2) 654, tlw El
i'SSO Court of Civil Appe818 held the follov-
WI,
"'The cafetorla is a nocossary c~nvo~l~n~o,
aad 1s not obaoxious to aar constltu-
tlorul or sututory lnhIbItIon, and, 18
think, l ?8a#atkablS 8~8~~188 Of tb dim-
ontlosury povsr coaforr8d upw ths
board 01 tl'USt808. Ooodrrin V. b&001
Dlstrlct Ha. 1, Clt and County of Den-
ver et al. (C.C.A.J. 32 P. (2d) 586,
5? A.L . ii . 92.'
Eon. T. Il. Trlmblo - -8 4
'b ZhiS OWOOt:a VS lSS\PI tht th# #S&O1
aiSt?iOt i8 OPSF8tw th0 afStOFi4 ?O? tb@ 8006
Of it8 BtUdSDtS, w 18 Wt OpWwBg a 88.88
a8 l W-t%1 8 lSt&b~Shunt OF l bWh888 rO?
P--lu7 a-. In QUP OpINon it vould be k-
thm suthorlty o? the se-1 barb to wtor
?-DtO priV~L# bwIa.ss. u0,th OF O?O?@ ,l88UBS
thBt th8 OhrgOS ~58 iOr food SsmOdm WaSUS-
ably ti. t0 QOIO? tb, OOStS O? th8 SU d tb8
~toaaass or t&n 84rotorIA.
“8iB~ m board O? tFUStO88 Of u i8dOpU-,
dent School dirtriOt WJ @8i8- l SOhW1
OtiOtO?i& it 18 OU? OpiBi= tb, nSpaol1-
t&t
bII.Itt fol, tb8 p*opr? OpO?&la ?dW80? ud ?Aw
lJCpOaditm Of f1Ad8 mliud thO?O?WpFOpSriJ
F88tS With SlASh bOWd.*
ID CODBOOzi~ vIth tb ft?8t fJU88ti~ W hv8 b#m
#iVUh r&S ?WthW iD?OWtiOD t&t t& Vi?0 Or th0 tFWk8 18
Nmd iB tb #Oh001 WOtOPb b8 8 OOa Ol’~nitS’888; t&t On8
Of th0 UMhW iJLt& 8&001~08 tb, SOhO M?@tO~~
Md 18 paid only hi8 ?O&'UbP SabF7 l8 l tOM b r l8 Other
t#Mbn in tb SChOO1I th t8Mh.r rtra -08 tb aeSt#ria
18 th0 qSZ4t Of tb
board Of tI'UStO.8 - i8 tie? tbir
supervlsIai; no iadspmdeat
that COntFmctOr nl~tloasNp 8xlet.s
bstv88a the school bocrrd m4 the t#acImr vho -08 th8
CSfOtSFiA @J&d tht th0 fFUSLO8’S Vi?8 18 bid Out Of th8 rUEid
collrcted from th8 school childma for paywat of th8Ir lunohes.
Under the i8cts stltsd, vs hold the hiring of the trustee's
vlfr to be unlavful and ve ancvor your first questloa In the
lfricative.
In eoxumcLlm vlth the second question ve hsvv
bsoa giVOB
the fUrthW imfOrYtiOU tbt t& tUChOr VhO Maages
the 88?8tarl8 (U q#llt of th8 4OhoOl board Md und#r U&m
SU$WViSibIXb of the hoard) buy8 gro88ri88 for the 08f8uri8
diIWtly fm the g143C817 #to?8 OVWd by 0~10 Of ths mbsr8 Of
the school board. Ue hold Ws to be un1avful under the
facts awLed, and anw4r your second quertioa ln the aftinsa-
tive. See luthorltlot cited la OPlAiOll l9. 0-1314 Of this
department, a copy of'vhlcb 1s enclmcd hpreulth f~,r y?ur
lnforwtioa.
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Ulth nS.rrnee to the thhd ~u.atlon, Ve hr. b.en
lnfomd th8t tha aaatnct v8a ord- but hv. not ken #lv.n
d.ta l1 .d
lafomtlon l to the rpsolflc tern thorrof, md
la th elb a r a ao f
r ruoh lnfo mtlo n
vo c a nno pt8r ro n th e@ ir d-_
q uemtlo n rer~otfully doollna to MDVO~ am.
aad
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Vary tluly yourr
ATTORREY OBllgRALOF TEXAS