OFFICE OF THE APRNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable Clifford B. 3oones, President
Texae PmArmlogleal College
Lubbcwk, Texas
A
Dear Slrt
\ Yonr letter of'th
ot thlCUspar,tmentupon~the
your appp~latit% for the
singIn paultrynwia' who Is
four tJlxld6ilts. <
tisal exgl?a~Blalia to
atlon lntq a mtatenos
We am ot th,i opiztfon .that the ~expression
uns not 80 intendba, but waal rathw, lntenU@.tq tinter authority
UPOR the go-rer~ingC~board
at the OoU.ege, in I$&;di~aretion, to
maploy row studencs~ aRd ay than out of the ibeJnriL~r than
a single p0ult~jBWi If, P,IIthe dluaretlOn~ofthe board, it
&muld be thonghta&vls~blr. Ws rQLtard,iQ 3.~ &snitiaant that
the L@.elaturB~~~~d zhe laiagulu wp~ultrpman*mthsr thti the
2n this Item. Zn other Item8 folLuwed by
Ijlural*poultrysLdia~"~
pasenthetlaaleqamsaim~cn in the educatiOna appprlatfon bill,
whem the intent of the I,egisl&turr is alearly to rsqx%iret&e
breaking down of the ,iteminto parts, the plural Is unlforlllly wed,
Honorable Clifford B. Jonea, President,page 2
tollowed bj a numeral In pare&he&a to lndlaate the number of
positions ambraaed in the plural designation,1. 0.: Unlreralty
of Texas,appropriation,Item 16, .YBesearohassistants (J,;,"'
,f$n 18 "StatlbtloaPclerks (3) ,* Item 42 qesearch teohnologlsts
."
The use of the efngular "poultryman"in this item must
be deemed to be intentionaland some meaning attributedto It,
.: if possible. The only expmatlon whloh ooaurs to ua la that
stated above - that the word *poultryman*me intended to
authorize the hiring of a single individualto do the work, and
the pareXIth8tieal Your etude&r" was Intended as an alternate
authority to break the Item darn into four parts for the emplog-
ment or rour students, Instead or the single individual. suoh
oonstruatlongives meaning to both the singular wpoultxymanR
and the pareuthetioal. Your studente,Rand doee.not +&hute
oontrollingetteot to either. It is llkewlrreaonslstentwith
the leglslatlvepolicy of oommltting to the managing boarda
of the respeotfve eduo&tlonalinstitutions a discretion to
operate the Institutionain euoh manner a.cI to lnsure,the
maxlmtamor effioluioyand eeoncmy.
Your8 very truly
..j
ATTORNXY GENHzALOFTlFxlls
By&, W. FAlRCHIiJl
RwF:ej
APPROVRD JAW. 2, 1942
‘(Slgned)GBRAD0. MANN
ATTOFNEY GENERALOF TEXAS
APPROV?iDOPINIOIVCOMMITTEE
BY B.%B. chainnan~
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion