OFFICE OF THE AYTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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oeunty Irtterney )
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uo me your 1ett
for a logal opiaion the t
pal. roarhir ddi-
lbeaa%ziuM&greel$
l#nth,in addition to
1 board hare the author-
oipalof theirMb001
supt.of a pofeot aa8
$100.00 perlTtonth,in
8 regular salyr
opinion oi this tlopartlmntthbt your in-
IL 2.stail0
Qtey should be anmfersd an UN arthlatl?o.
non. tI
1y pub110 nnan%Ci~l COqORdOns, a mOI'OOpQCii'icallj
u n the authority OS Mdams
authority of &bnm v*
ve Tulles,300 So 1. Ml, af-
fGw3d
fiked 41 13.1. (2) 21, whorein
wherein It is aaictt.
'In artid 2227, it is proVid@d, in
effort, that vetsto cud oounty available*
school 'f'uds shall be used esoluelrely
for the paymnt oC teoohero' arulsuper-
lnteudonts* salaries, ret6 for takbg
the scholastic oen3ua, and inttwest on
money borrwti' for those ymrposes. that
loco1 ScbOOl funIt derive5 from WLtrict
taxes' and all other local sources may be
us&. for the ubove onusmated yuqoses,
uml 'for -hasing applianoes arc sup-
plies, for the piaymnt of irmwunce pro-
m.iu133,janitors and ether ezaployees,for
buying school sites, buying, building erdl
r~p0lrd.n;;and raxtlug school houses, an3
for other ~rposss necessary iu th" con-
duct of the public schools to be dctw-
I&IO& by the board of trustsos, the oc-
counts unl vouchers for county distrl.cfs
to bo appr0vOa by tbc oounty suyerlnten-
dents provided, that 'Jhznthe state avail-
able school fund in any city or district
ir;sufficiant to r;ajxitu.ln tho schools
thereof In any year for ft 1eLooot eight
months, ani;leave a sur~*zus,such sur-
plus my be erponGed for the purposes
wntionti herein.'
'ThB Wfact or those statutwy pro-
tlsions is to authorizethe trustees to
expend W.m school Sun-33dorivod from lo-
cal sources, un?!tho surplus from the
state and county available school fun&s,
for any and all ths pu.rposoaenmerated,
ani for such other purposas as 3.nthe clis-
cxeticn of the board of trustees nay be
roasonabl~ necessary in the zaintenance
snd ojxsratlonof the schools.*
In @lng this opinion TB have taken into oon-
sideration your further advice that the ilutiesof the
*sponsor SuporhtaTld~nt~ pert&n to bookkeeping, super-
vising purchases, koop%ng records, hiring labor, and the
from
like, and that the services are to be perf+orrneil
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menn until niw O*alock in the morrdng, and &~IJIfour
ant11 sir o@clOck in the afternoon, 8s well aa on
Saarly pad on other who01 holidays. Ia other
ho renioe~ ot the Sponsor SUperlnfondent
mill h DO wlsa Interfere with the servloes o? a
lioeneed engineer, who is to have dlreot supervisIon
of rtructuml work in complianeo rith our statuter
govemIng such matters.
Trusting thattble ~Illhave ansreredyour
inquiry satisfactorily,we are
Very truly yours
ATTORNZY GiZK?W& OF TDI
Ocii &or
AasL3tunt