OFFICE OF THE ATTORNN GENERAL OF TEXAS 

A.USTlN 
Or SUOh t&tiOn Vt8 in Out4r-8mO inStit&itlona rhfch cotmspend to the inst$tutlons 3x1 

whloh l-0~8 sakes gkuvl8leii for &alto 8tudents) 

and those in a asate 8qpportod Institution for 

E8groee in TewM; (a?) the dlsr4reM~ in travel 

oost for one muad trip for eaahuwdkd; and (25)' 

asmall 

r 

Wentaga addltbn to uemr .lnoi&ntal 

lM r ea se l x pMM . ~Ib M .thMO ttee h a ve 

l uthoritytodeterq@e~ lu thlsmanner? 

-4.' The Ctittee UrtLolpateu $bat them 

ulll be a few appliaants oi exasptional aedt 

as.a*idenoed by their aoademia raaord and premt 5erv100 to their raoe, who eannot BOOare 

the Swther tmlnlng theyae8d with ne greater 

aid than an award deteinrd ab iadloirtsd abg~a. 

Ifthe fuMap&roprlated pexmit8,oan the Corn-- 

mittes siake supplementary awsrds in such uase8P~ 

Itspr 1OZ of the apiroprLat&oa f&r tka pnirii 

Vbw &ate Iformgl ~&id Ind~trhl blleg+s;~H, 8. ,a& 888, 

.Xe+yulxth SegblatrUr, m* am ialhwts:. 

~lo&&holar~hfp aid ti ajaai%lXed 

li6gm 6tadents who have be8n 

*idents 0r mxwq rsJn than 

e&ght year8 sor,gradnate and 

p+tm~ional 8tudy in appxwed ocilleg~ or anlwmitlee 

outside OS Ten&a; oshools and 

student8 to be aelsot+d by a. 

uomlttes oompobed oi the dean 

of the.graduate 4chool5 of A. 

8 Y. College, university or 

Texas, and the Wan-of Ssm 

Eo~t.ox~State Toaeheqs Colloge . . . . . . . . ;*.i...*.*.*.*.# e5,coc.oc 8 eb,ooo.oo*- 

It was no donbt aOntsaplated and~lntandsd br,the 

tigi8latun3 that the propar sapenlelon and ada&nSstration 

0r tha approprtstion 55t out above weuld neo588arily rsquim a aorta&n +kmnt of i+aaideneal exp~~ee 'of the ,Mtare 

SpanFioma in your first que5tfon. Eowlrer, vie hqve been 

unable t5 rind any speaiiie appropriation to'mebt the 44dt 

or prioung toritut, postage, noaw3ary expum08 in attend- 

* me0tlags,~ eta. In the qbsenae or the 8pealria alloooation or IIoney8 to defray these reasonable.and neesss~ 
‘fllr..T; D. FIrno-, m&e 23 

expen8ee; ~the lmposltlon oC. the duty to properly admlui8- 

kr and dloburae the fund would aarrynlth it ty impliaatloa th5 porrr to pay aaeh e@en505 a8 are reasonabl$ 

neaoooary to aoapmpllah the .purposo iorlmleh the appropriation in item 102 was made. 

Elth mrm0n00 to your aeaond, tbiid dr0mh 

queotlo~; tho aot provides no diramtion to.the-ooatalttee 

or~limftatienupon themhtoduaedbylt in deterninln& 

the aatonnt rhieh should b5 awarded for ?aoh lndlvldual 

oaholorahlplorwhenaad howaaoh payments shoaldbomado. 

Apparontly, the Legieilature in seleatlug .the m5mber5 of 

tlu oommfttee to.admlnlotar this aoholarahfp aid fund, 

attamptod to eelsot individuals, who from their ergmlenoe 

and rioa dioaretion oould determUm que5tJ;ons or this aa- 

~tum and formulate imsh, pollolea as would oeaure ths 

greatut baneiit to the state in keeping with t+m purp55e 

0r the approprlatlon, 

In aaewr to your first q~estlon it is our opinion that under the nording or the:Aet auoh Inoldental ox- 

'poauo as am riaeooablo and ndmoear'y to- thb proper admfnlotration of the abom mentioned 5ppro~tioB MY lm p&d 

-2ran 5uah faad. 

In onowr to yo& obond qaostlon, it. IO ot& 

opinion thot the iirpitat+o!m In the AOt upon ~stakixw tha 

l wordaom ouoh that they ayiy ly3 paid to students I5 advaua5 to proride aid Iu ma&lng such expendlturea,'~ka@r 

the direotlon of~the 6onsaittse. 

It le our apldon, ln answer to your bird a&d. 

rourth queetlone, that the aommlttecl *y under the wording 

of the Aot, fix the mount of each individual award in 

the manuer suggested by yourquestion, or by some other 

formula ii oou5ldered~deelrable by the committee, and that 

ouppiementary awards may~be'made within the j&&ment of 

the oommlttee. 

You have not ralsed,the question and we thewfore &o not oonelder or expmas an opinion cotioerning the 

validity oi the above appropriation. 

very truly yours 

:ATTO@EYGIZNm OF TEUS 

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