OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
OcnA‘Dc. MINI1
.-“.slumu
Honomblo Loo
66oretary Of
Unlr6nlty or
Juastln, TUM
Donr Mr. Hay&erl
0r hl ~s&.tO Bill
hereby lidtad to th6 aan
th0rh6d rot 0mplo~o08 or the
partmatr and thr Carptroller and
looel d$#bu&ria& oifi0.r ahall m&r@
Ho trarollng uponu~ &all bo ln-
our& by any mm&dO~OOOf say Of the
lohoolm, or other agenalrr m&ad honia,
outaide 0r the bouadariu 0r the aete or
TUM uoept ror 8tatr bualnu8, ~4 upon
the &MO. written oonunt Of the &ohool*a
Hoaomblo Lao C. Bayno@, Page 8
Board of Ragat or Dlrootora. The provl-
alons of this ast with roiuoaor to travel-
ing rxpenses shall not apply to tha hoads
of the InatItutIona aaamd in tbla hot nor
the rmbers of boards rho do not Mooife
an annual or aonthly salary. The term
'raIntananso* may Inolude traveling lx-
penae*.~
You nqueat our oplnlon aa to whether or not the
Daan of the KedIoal Sohool of the Unlvaralty ot Tour la the
haad of an Institution, as that turn Is uoad In Subssotloa
(6).
The Serentesnth kglalatura, at it8 Rewlar SssaIon,
wtabllshed the UnIrrraIt~ Of Taxaa anb prorldod for thm
looatlon of the Unlvarslty of Tore8 and the Medlosl Dspart-
ment, theroof to be datarmlnod by a rota of the pmoplr at an
6leotIon to be ~held on the rimt Tueatlay 0r~ September, 18&l.
The Governor was authorized and instruoted to @sue the aeoes-
sary proolamatlon orderlag the aleotlon to be held on the
date above mentioned and further proridbd the Mnner oi noml-
nating the names, or, that Is to 8aJ, the plaoaa or dirrrront
looslltlss In thin Stata. On July e9, 1.881, the Clovsrnor:
issued 8 proolamstlon oalllag for thr elootion oa Bsptubsr
6, 1881, In whIoh appaarod the a8888 or plaoos pnparod to ba
voted upon;rlth spao~al and partloulu nieroaoo ior the
looation or a Yedloal Departmant oi thr Unlreralty of Texas.
Mtsr said eleotion war held In the manner and on the data
shore mentions& the tots8 wars osnvasssd and u a result It
wu shown that the Mealoal Dopartrsat or the Unlvorslt~ 0r
Texas was selooted to ba looated at Galroston, and the bore-
tary of State and the Qorernor by proolamatlon doolarsd the
r08ults or luoh llaotloa.
Teohnloally It Is true that thm YstlIoal Braneh oi
the Unlvoralty or Texas Is only a branoh.oi suoh Unlrsralty
but it wiii be saea rr0lp the roregoing that 8u6h ybai0al
Branoh haA Its origin in a 8aanu oonsirt*st with sonsldora-
tIon a s a lparate Inetitutloa. ?wthwmore, II, bellen
.that It la ooemmlr looked upon aa aa inatltutlon rithin
it80ir..
Under the uRu.Lea and Regulations' promulgated b7
the Board oi Rage&a Of the UaItersIty of Texas for the
.
Honorable Leo C. Baynor, Pago 8
government or the Universityof Tuu ana its Btanohes oem-
Ing uaaer Its jurIsaIotlon, sots our Ie Chapter t, Seotlon 2,
the duti08 ~a qualirioatfons 0r the Doan 0r tho m0ai0ti
Sohool, Oalrostcn, and reads In part as rollwir
‘600. 8. TX2 D&&4 OF TIiZ COLLE6ESOR
SCHOOIS, OF THE KEDICALBRANCR,CNf; OF TIE
DIVISIO# OF EZTZNSION.--The Deans of tho
roveral Colloges ana Sahoois shall be quail-
floa ror profoesbrlal-rank end shall attend
to the faithful aed proapt exeoutlon of all
rogulatlons and routine aSfootIng their Col-
logos or Sohoole, primary jurlediotlon over
general ltuaont life and oonduot rost.Isng
with the Doan oi Student Life at the Main
University and With the Deae of tho Moaloal
Branch at-the Yodloal Braeoh. xxx
-The dean 0r the ysai0al Branoh ahall
be qudiri0a for professorial rank and
shall be Dean oi oaoh Ccllogo and Sohool at
Galveston and ehall represent the Presldont
In appropriates autton durIn& the lattorts
absohoe. Ko shall lxeouto all the ml.8
aed pogulatlous of the UnlroreItP lpplloablo
to the Modloal Breneh whleh hare boon ap-
proved by the Board 0r Regents. HO shall
deal with the sdxIssIon 0r stuaonts to the
MedianI Branoh aed their natrloulatlon.
80 8hdi 8tuaf th0 ma8 0r th0 ~sf110al
Branoh, plan ior Its irprovuoat md uke
roocmmondatloas ta the Xedioal ?aoulty with
a rim to oorrelatIng its ocursos 0r In-
struction. Be shall suponiso tho prepa-
ration of the oatalogue material of the
liodloal Branoh, the sohedulo of oxamina-
tlons, the 8Oheaule Of hours on the rooter,
and the sohodulo ot rccss ror olasses. Ho
shall servo ao Dean or Student Llfo at
Otinaton. Ho shall make an annual report
to the Presldost on er botoro 8orombor 1 or
eaoh fisoal year* lie shall be a member ox
orrioio ma tb proeldIhg orfloor of the
Exeoutlro Comalttoo and the John Soalr Ccl-
leg0 0r Nursing ConmIttoe, Be shall a08ig-
nato the student eligible’ for the Isabella
Eonsrablo Leo 0. Haynor, Psgo 4
BraokonrItlgrS0holuahip and shall r0-
001~0 applIeatIona r0r loans rr0i8 the
Isabella Braokonrlago &an Funa.xxx*
The ItsmIzatlon of apgeoprIatlone for the Unlrersit~
of Texas oomn0n~o8 on page 981, General and Sp0oIe.l Laws, 1937.
On page 1000 00nrnonoos the ItonIcatlon 0r approprlatIons for
-The Unlrersltp of Texas - Modloal Branoh”. The term la&
enolosea in quotation appears in the a??roprlstlon bill In
oapltal lottsrs In the 8anio attitude as do th0 h0adlnga tor .
the ap~roprlation8 ror aoparate Institutions. On page 100s
we find an appropriation OS ~6,000.00 per yerr ror the Desn
or the Yedloal Branoh.
Sootlone 1 and 2 of Art1010 2654-8, Revised Civil
Statutes regulate the ooll0otlon of tuition snd isee in State
In0tItutlons and S0Otlon 3 of Bald Article Z654-0 read6 as
fOllOWb:
9300. 3; The word8 ‘State oduoal.
tlonal Inetitutlons~ ai used ln this
k0t 8hall inoiud0 the rollowinr, and any
branoh thereof: The University of Teraa;
tiiT~a~oultural and ,MeohanIoal College
; the rarioue State teachers*
oollegsa at Tsxas; the Collage or In-
dustrlal nrts of Texas; the John Tarlo-
ton Agrloultural Colleg0 or Texas; the
North Texas Agrloultural Coll0go; ths
?rairIo View State normal and Industrial
c0110g0; the Texas Toohnolo~loal Collsge;
ana any other State ldueatlonal lnstltu-
tlon either hor0toror0 provided ror or
hereafter to be provided iOr undsr the
law? of thla State.*
Conaldnlng all or the above raots, the manner in
wt,loh the Modloal Branch orlglnatod, Its looatlon separate
and apart from the Main UnlversItY, tha mtknrmr In whleb~ the
appropriation for the KedIoal Branoh was sot up In the ap-
propriation bill for the ourrent blanulum, thn duties of the
Denn of the Eedloal Branoh and the light in whfoh the Yedi-
oal Sohool Is generally looked upon, we bolioro that it was
the Intention or the LogIelaturO that the D0an or the tt0ai-
oal Brsnoh should be oon8IdoFsd as the head Of an Inst$tu-
I
.
Eonorablo Loo C. Ba)~es, Page S
tlon within the waning of raid Subseotlon 6 and Our umwar
to your question, therefore, is in the affirmative.
fours rory tNlr
ATTOi-N3 OENElbL OF T!tXAS
G&FL
APPROVEUJUN
30, 1939
81fZh&Us-
ATTORNEYGENERAL
OF TEXAS