THEA-WORXEY GENERAL
OF TEXAS
AUWI-INIL ‘X&CA.H
nonerablo LA. hod8
stawat~aayrl&ondentor rub110 Iautmotloa
mu sm wnlen 190.4-4067
88s APPOlntuontof txwrollngwdltor by
nowd of Itduortlon.
h hW@ FOMiVOd YOtW 18thr Of mUlt dak in Which you ark
the opinionof thl8 depsrtment upon tha iollowSngquertlon,which wo
quot. h-cm your 18tt8rl
"%er tb St8to &8rd OS Eduortloabav8 lthority
to @alploy8a ludltor to go Into tb Mhool8 ud plclc
og toxtbooka rNeh ra ibility,it seems to 1~,2s
rlud w l & terpsonr Std. &qmrlntondont of Public
zffpn, without the ooment 0r the ittat sugwln-
The part Lngl8latura In its appropriationto the Board of
Eduaatlonprovid8dtlmnln the folloulagitem:
"4. Trwol~ auditor , . . . .42,700.00 $2,700.00F
Tkmbut108 of the travollng@udltoFw4 not @pooirlelddl
tbareroro,it W(LE
.,
. doterPla.6b tb Board that hir dutioa would oon#irtot going into the
publla rohoof a of thla 8tate md auditingtutbookr for the purpose of
iekiry m: book8 ubloh & ooruldu-8 88-e not needed in th who01 dlrtrlct
? ou wish to know whetbor the Bomd fm am~ouered to aumlau the auditorfor
the above ordond purposo8 without -you% wnmnt . - ~-
hrtiale#2866, 2870 28’&, %?876b, 8nd 2876h, RevisedCivil
stduter, ar 0 quoted roupMtlv*ly a1 follwnr
_"Art+e -2+6. -Thestrte Board _ _.or_&luoatfon10
heroray authoazee and empawema ana it 18 made It8 duty
to puraau book8 fram the oontnotorr of textbooks
used & pub114 irw rohoo3.a 02 this Skto lad to dimtrl-
buto the mma rlthout other ooat to the ~upllr attend-
ing such 8choolrwithin thS.8St* in the manna? and
upon the eondltlonaherelnaftorret cut."
m&ticl~ 2870. The pwohaure8nd dlrtributionof
tree textbooka for the Seato shell be under the manage-
non?,of the State 8uperlntendantof Publla Instruatlon,
mibjaot to the tqqmovalof the State Board OS Education.”
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Artlalr 2876a. l'eacbrsud rohool offloerrmust
tr
u to tin use, oar. and oondltlon of
as nay ho mquired by th loaal tmutoer
OF by the mate Wparhont or Sdwatlon. lb0 waxy r0r
anyeonthofany tuow os.mpl~eouho aoglodr t0
ulu muoh art lttheproportlmemy berltMlelduntll
To neolvoa ln l ooadltion utlsfaotory in
z iIEi%Lnt Wxtboolu #hall be aubjeatto irispea-
tienby w ~tororclg~t~uthorir~bythou~v~
0 of tluloaaltutbook aorvloe, or authorizedby
the
-7 tat0 SuprrlntWnt of hrblio In&motion, rub&tot
to the approvalofthe StateBoard of mmation, provided
thatlnspotorr ruthorlsedbythe State Departmmtos
Muaatlon mhall be thorn in lrrauploynuntarhigh
T
rchool lnspeotory,mral eahoo laspetetorr, oc inapeetor8
OS voo~tloaal eduoatlon.'
*&tlelo 2876b. Spooliierule8 as to the requleltlon,
dlat,lbutlwa, am. use md WsaI OS boortrmay be made
by ths 8tak Supe&ert&ant of Publla Instruotlon,subjeat
to tbs rgprovalof the &ate Board or Xduortlon~provided,
that maeh ruuM~;; zt conflletwith the terma of 8ald
eontmot. loyeeoftbe *ahoolonga&in
the dlrtrlbutlonof tutboo
78 underthlnlau as the agent
or employee of the State, er of any county or dlntrlot in
the State rhall, ln oonneotion with thla dlrtrlbutlon, 8ell
or dbtrlbute, or ia eny ry handle,any kind of school
fwnltum or ~pglier, mmh u da nkltove8,
8 blackboards,
crayon,u'asm, pen8 ink, pendlr, kblets, ato."
oxpens incurrsd by
*Artlola 2876h. All noeor~
tits 0rntlon ofthi Aot inoidenttoth0 enforoement0r
tNr !tu 8hall bo gald from the State Textbookfund heroin
pmrlded for upan Ills approvedby tho State Superlnten-
and rhall bo pald upon rarmnt8
dent of Publie Innrtruotloa,
drunbythe Cimptmller upontha Tres8ux-yof the State."
Ye am OS the oplnlonthat under Article 2876a, quoted above,
the ln8pection of textbooka is under the authority of the State SuPerLn-
tendent, 8ubjeot to the approval of the Board of Eduoation.
Xouever, uo am aleo of the opinion that the Board OS Education
may appoint a emon to cmplle data and report8 as to the condition and
use of textbooEs wNch ~111 aid the Board In the performance of its
duties in the purehare end distribution of textbooks. See Revised Civ:l
Rcaonblr LA. Wood8 R&a 3
8t8tUt.8, Title 49, Cbapt.2 168 &erlaan Book Co, v. mfi8, 253 S,ji,
8171 CharlU 8OTiblWC'S 8OM V. -8, 262, 8.w. 722.
Ik m Monned that board of Xduoatlonhas taken no
ths
lo tio n WhBt8OOVu. to wa r 01th.r
d the appolntaontor a porron to fill the
pOSiti@l Of tFamliX& &UditOF, 1tmir.d ia th0 ~rtition bill, or
the d#fiMtlon of hla dUtie8. ?W this S’
USon UO f’O.1 thSt we oan go
noturtherlnanawor JOW +OStiOXl th43llf8 b&V8 done above. Ii 8Uoh
lppolntaent 18 made th Omlppom to bo 8 oOnfllOt betwun th
dutkr of such appolntn and thaw of the in8poctors of the Departxeent
of Bduaatlon than upon 8uhl88lon of 8 requut themfor, wo will be
gE;l;;nsidor the authoritymb power OS the MSpOOtlVe 4gwal88 in
.
VOX-j’ tS'll~ yOW8
AttorneyWinera of Texas
ArPrlmEDocT29,1~1
I/ Orover Lkller8
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