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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS \-.. 

AUSTIN 

mmorable C. R. csme8s 

stete hattar ana lrftiaibnl~p v~pert 

huctln; 'Patar 

A 

Pear slrz. 
~onsmblo U.8. Usma@, Ps@. 8 

=(S) Xi your aaewbf 8e CsestIe8 1. Is La 

the negative, weuld It be lees1 f6r the Bssd 

to pay an AssIstant~eoro8ary a salary of )8,000.00 

per par rroi th88a rtrnas, ii st40h 8~10~ usfe 

m3f;mrlaea fir 1~ the prevalllng approprlatIon 

"(4) Xi yeur aaswer to wsstien 1 18 ia tbs 

nsgstilre, would the apesfsl prorlsIons gQ~Srn1~ 

trcrtellng l xpaasos under ths pmelllsg appropriotlon bill apply to the expense 80000st of the 

AssLstant-Seeretem *ia r-s thsss rui?- 

IBs Xxulsstlon Fee, tba Re-exsmfmaflon hr(Jsslor), 

ena thh, Rr-sxsslnmtlon fse (?!a11 or lFlml) srs sutbsrlssd 

bf Art. #Ml; the Rulproo8l tse is arthorlud by Art. 4Wor 

srd the Psrtlal xssm$nstIon mm (funior) md Psrtlsl mmlsutloa Fse (?Issl) a r e l utbarlm4 by Arh 480% PO these 

ises the pr~rlslens or Art. WDL quote& bo;low, spplp 

*The fund ‘re~llmed r- the *forawl& rses aball 

be sppllsd ibat to the payment Of nsssssrry szpsnsu of the bomd 0r exealnen; aa7 muinl~ 

funds shell be spplled by the order or the besrl UB 

oonpsssstlsg Prbsm ot tbo bear8 1, prpp0rt1011 to 

their I&on.* 

ft is OBly "'pcrbllo pbllles" rbish srs witkin tb+ 

pmrIrIoss of Oonst. Art. 8, woo 6 roqulrlng l p roprl8$108 

by the Le,gislWirs as 8utborlty iOr their apeml f ttkre or 

disburssaeat. Lfkd8e OQIY 'publls ii&b&~* BOO& b!@ aspocltsQ In ths Stste Tmssutl~ Wblle the sutbsrlty to 

oollsst the a3~e-ssentlone6 fess is spoairloall~ oonterrsd 

upsn the BosrQ by the Le&lsturo, tbe fees am nst~osl1eotsQ ror the Stats, bat for the porssssl benefit at the 

i.sdlrIQosl msmbsrs of tbs &mid. The Beard nsabers sre 

eoapeasste4 fox their senloos and rslmbonaQ for La&&r 

expenses by the fees nhieb they are l ~8brlaed bf Art. MOE, 

80 oolleet cad retain. 3Inoe tbsss be8 are not caltseted 

for tbo ~tsts, they are not *pub118 mnlssw, nood ast be 

taxnsd twax to the Sate Treacrwer and a0 not ropaira l 

bfeanlsl approprlatlon as a 00naitien preoddaat to their 

expen41tOrsq 

As to these fsss, your guemtlona me amwere 

aa roii+3wsr 
. . . .- 

Q*;i’Z 

1. Buoh ises nee4 tmt be dqnwlt# In tbe ateta 

~aoryr 

8. Ro answer reaulrod. 

s. The Bo8rd msy p8f sn Asslstant+3soret*~ s sslsrf 

at #I!,OOO.OO per year from sueb fbes, slaos no l pprsprlatlon d 

th8 r8n f8 ne0088arf~ 

1, Ws+ella6 sxpesse llmltstlsns under tha eummt 

l ppraprIrtIan bill do not spply to the Baaril in the srpsdltors 

OS these fees~ 

Tl~s lmt thru fess lists4 msst be Uutt with saprately 

in tais oplnlsn. 

ft 18 a rrolll8r principle of lsw shat the rl*b of s 

pub110 orflosr ts ohsrge s tse. for MS s~~loss YJ mt rest ln 

Implloa8~on, but mart be l xpresslf oosferzsu by 1s~. %a otfleer 

rt mot slslm or resoh 8nr money withmat a law l morlti~ him 

te ao w, asa elearlr ilxlsig the mount fo wbleh ho 1s entttlod." 

s4 Tea Jur. 811: aimfort T* ROblnwa, 118 lm. 84, 844 88. 

6G91 )bOtaazmu Uo. v. Boggeee, 1W Tm. 04, lS9 R.'(I* SO68 Rsllma 1. Qarpboll, S9 Tax. W: St8t.o v. Weore, 89 Tn. SB9, %slos 

v. B8#rris Go. [Mr. Ap 

See slss @es. 118, Pub P 1% plos+ 84 T. J. 0, btt. 

.) l?Bl,B.Xr 6ll, mfYlm.& LPO dl*W,.~4lT. 

Vt~tutes presedblm fsss for:pabllo otilbm UT 

sttiotlt ooastmdt ,sad bonoe s ri@t to ises WY nst~rssl la 

~liOatf8B.” 8& Ti J. m.8 m. f$$t,y Ot Rod$al*, 118 

Ter. 199, MO i9.W. ES& 

*An officer 10 not eattFle4 to tooefte, for thr 

periomuee o? hi@ olflelsl duties, my eompaaration other 

Shsn rooh so is provided or petitteU by Is*.* Omsb~ County 

Cattle 60. v* mftexmtt, Mr. Appp.1 aa saw. aa 

A peblle offleer Is not l ntltfstl te oollest, Soot 

renlsu he 1s authorIs& or rrpulretl te reader ln his ofllelal 

eapaolty, any eaapematlon or $00 other thsn sush so asy be pmride4 by law. If tlmlsw l tborlms of m+Ulres the oftleer to 

rmaer sw%sla semloes and does not provide s Se4 tbevefor, 

the affloar Iurt rsoder eush smloes wIthout sh8rige. 

It a publle efiieer ool.lssts ?eaa aat euthorlscr(l by 

law for senlam~ be Is X%psireU or saUlerlss4 ts mr&er la his 

oftlola~ sspsolty, ha rust reoonat rsr sash tseg t@ the ss+ 

l relmtY hs regresentmt theugh be PY bs eMwrlss& by law 
Bon@rrrbh C. R. Uereur, PWJ. 4 

fo ro$aia a6 hi8 wepenee6ion tu6 prwided fey by lew, ho emm* reteln Ieer for offlol~f l *nlo*8 d&h ?M ie not outhErid br low to ehnrge Ond r&elm. iaFreE+t 00. 'I. l?0@~6, 101 

'Nx. ass, 138 3.E. 110; me0ee CO. v* AM Cnrr15@Oa* et 01, 

(8oM* A&q).) 00% yet reporte4. 

A6 te 6errloee wbleh 8 pub118 offloor le neither 

ngrtfred nor euthorld by low to ron4er ln hle oirlafel oagmolty, 

ho eteada (IO a private eltlxen, and ha UJ eontrrot a8 eat 9rlrate 

el8lrwa, to be eea&wasnted thorefw. 8iorrLs v. Kerll~, 79 Tax. 

147, 1S 38. EtVl Crosby Coanty t?bttLo Co. t. YeDarmttr Nil 9.11. 

86s; 8.3. v. Mosby, 10 8. Ct. ML9, 188 rt&. 895, 88 L. 83. Mb. 

8umuh oorpensatlon, of eouree. 18 aoll4mted end say be rclte~lJied 

by the oifioer in bie private mpeoity. The feregoln@ rule, 

howewm, la 8abjeet to tka tollorin(l qwllflaetloa: Thom& the 

btfioer be neither re@reU nor rlrtheris~ by l&r to ma&or 8 

reniee la his o?tlofel oagboitj, yet ii ho giree l altlma to 

onbere~n~! in any abnner that he l l utherlsul or avqrdra6 to 

rmder euaoh l enleo in &lo offioL ir rrrmolty and thmt tlio I.aw 

l uth c r 1 0s 606 requlns Us to oolloot e f8a fez euah l *nlms 

tba mono t-hue eollaete4 from tbo oltlsen 18 (Iawe& .eLfuted 

uader 80 I or of offlee end tha effiaer ie mqui.re4 to l eoouat for 

lt to the 8etereigntf he repreeente. Rwlpg re nee5tob to tba 

ait thet he re satltled to render the 8em P oe an& 6meaa 

tbe tee by aathority of low l a the qent of the eweNl@I, the 

offioer la not psdtte0 to prefit by his *raa&ml $on8uot, be% 

lb rkrppd, ba e~ab~rt hla l werelgaL, to l emrt that b hail no 

batborlty ta oolleot the f- for tbo #o+erel86 bat oelleetod it 

la hle eapr,olty es l private olt%meb Ihu be. t+ tlreaer (Arlc.) 

46 9. (a) 11Sg 99 A. to It. 648 6nd o*uo olte4 in the eaaetatlen 

ttmrete. 

*Tt1*1. cut6 prov1dr1 

*T&e board mey proeatlbe tolw ngrtlrtlone and 

by-lbwe, la hammy with the prcnleffma of thlr title, 

for it0 om pro666415g6 6aQ ~oremaant io* th6 6x6+ 

hutlon of eppliamt* for th* praoBloe at aed%ein* 

6nd eb6tetrlee~* 

Thle mle-meklmg wrer dcu not eanfer alitbtlt~ to 

08ar8e I000 net proride for by t&0 atatotee, 00~~~000 lb, eU0r 

the 3~~4 te enlarge lk eathorltp or furledlotloa to a to 

The powor extend8 only te the e&ab2hahmeot @,i rogaletioae; net inaonsleteat with tha lew, but ISI h8rrosy therewith, ,~ 
fmaoraS10 C. IT. Cavnau, Pq* 5 

for the administration of the powers enQ doties eonierretl by 

the law upon the f?oaFQ - tha pawer to 

dot&la by which the pro*lrlons of the P 

xvrldo the prees&rel 

l w abell go ereeutml. 

-ial et al Y. RlaharsoL, et l l, 146 !?.V. (8) 806. 

The stetutee Torrraine, the 3aoa~I authorire tbe leea- 

-0 of liaencer for tha prestlee of mdlelne. They 40 net pmride exprssely for the lsawnee of a dup3Joete lloenecr in eeme 

tlse orl&ml has been lost or demtroya6. No feo la rorlde4 

for laeaffroe of a 4tiplleato l.leeaee. The duplleete P ioen8a8 

et0 Ieeu& end a fee aolleeted therofor under l rule l 4opted 

by tbe ?Jomd. 

Binee ths lnw epeoi?ioally ooatuzplater tho lo#aena4 

at writtea eertifloatcr erlbenoln6 that llo*aae te pmotlae 

aedioine in this State baa boon granted bl thb Board, it lo oar 

optalbn that in the l xe%olee of the mloyimklrq power tbo Rae* 

le wathmb6d ta proride for t&a Issueno* of duplio8te l%een*ea 

te mpleoo orl@ml orrtitlastu lest or deet~~ed~ The atatate~ 

rotb4rlslrq im foe therefor, hwwtr, the Doer(L imd no 1*601 

l utltotlty ta fix urd eolloot one bJ rule. IWin. o6lleetod eaob 

ieu for eenieor rendare in It8 offloial oej+w a ty for whloh 

tbo litw l athorlsoe 80 fee to be aolloettd, t&to monlre thaa 

eollbated oaanot be le~ftally retelasd aad oxpond& by #a Beard, 

kt doul& be turned over tq the state Tr:(~muw. Tnrrunt Co. 

vr Butl*rj Ipoeeee County ** Currlagton, alted above.. Blnoe 

tlk6be ho8 hve not beon a$ 

f 

roprlatod 

Bo a r d, they a r e no t l vellrb 

?oT l xp*ndlture by tb@ 

e to the Board for any purpeao~ 

The wMettlealetlea Fenit PoeP o$llooted by the 

l& mati xe ehnr guontid fbe es purpoxt8d l ~tbority of a rule adopt& 

bJrth& b&y. The permit* purport te authmltb ~roepe+tt+* 

#Uloel etudenta to take ooureos in naddiolmo in rr6diael eollegee, 

graQuate, and be a6mittaQ te exanhatlon far lieenee bf the ?oati. 

‘1118 etetutsa nelthcr srprerely aor by trpllortloa eutberlse or 

require tbe RoaxQ to r0p;ulat.e th4 0tWeslon of 6taaeate to modloal eollagsa. In lnsufng thee8 pamltr end oolleotlng a fee 

therefor, it hart undertekra to do SOS and is so dalng it h8e 

euoWds6 it0 leufal authsrlty. The only eoaoera of the Barn*, 

under thr lo;+,, la to dettnnine, b’hon en ep@.leent for llosa8e 

preseatm hlrasalfar eraninetlaa, whether he Is u gmdunf6 of 

0 vaputclbla me51081 sohool m l e deiind by the statute. The 

tee for $ttelT&lng thla feat km ubreosd wfthia the $8S&8 

ezuafnetlon fee prorldet? bT law. The !!bard laoks the power to 

enlame ltr jerlsQletlon cad inarearme lte fee8 bf lleenelfq okdentr to mtrlaulste in aedloal eollegee. 
pumablo C. A. Cavnua, Fr(r5 6 

It aeea8 alear that tb* P8ar4, In provl4lng fer 5n4 

155alng autrlanlation p5rmlta 5nd oheygltag a too tbarotor, 

r*p~*ei!iteU to the appllosntr for etxeb gsralta that the nom4 

ms bl law authorlmtd to regulate the ad5la5lsa ot studeate 

w udlorl aoll5ges an4 to ohnrpe th5 tee5 prctaorlbed by it8 

m&e tor th6 laruenoo of perzuita for tb5t purpose. ho tees 

thw 5olle5teb wore oolle5t54 ua4er color ot otftse, and aanQot be ratalned by the 305r4. Tb.7 ahoul4 be turned over to 

tbc mate Truaarer. 

The Vmdorawent NV 15 aallesto4 under mle of 

the psoOrd. Ihe tae 16 r0r ewioralae, or reooawn4ln~ the 

hyaioirno 

P 

lloe~aed by the Board In thlm state tor liornaing 

a another Ctota rlthoot eXMin8tlan. 'Ihe Board la twither 

8~t~~;O.d QOf lWqUit& by l ta8Ute tQ fQFQiSk aUOh 6QdO?Wm5ata. Buffloient irat are not &van uo to amble 01 to 

&tarmirm whether there teea were ooll55to6 by the 9a5rd mw 

b5r5 55 prlvat* oltlram or under solor of ottioo. It the 

no*rd in oolleatlng OWh tsea 414 not &v5 the L-iti56M~tet 

whm the l enioaa were ren4omod to undontmd In any una6r 

th*t the law crutberised or r*gaired tha Board in ita oiileirl 

upeitl to r a Qd8mr 6h l erviou mad to Oh a r a 60 toe therotor, 

then iaes votb oollrroted In their @rata aapaoltiu and may 

80 ntdnadg lt the oontsaq be true, the teea wre oollseM4 

uu8er oolor of effloa 5n4 &haul4 be turned over TV the 8tato 

1Tru5M.r. 910 mere toot8 that th5 Kurd nubara r)em l ok& 

te tunish awh endoruaients bsaaue~ of their otflol8l pooltion8, tb a tf hey l igneit the l QdQnemQt8 otttei8lly, or that 

they srtabliehd by rul5 or order a tee for ruoh l ervloo, bou 

Qot 88trbll8R that they lapre8eata4 to the oitlsuu in any 

aanmf that the law wthorlaad then to randsr susb aenlou 

offlolrl.1~ an4 to oall5ot a tee theroter. Moaby v. U.S., oit& 

ab0vo. 

Va trust that the tore~olag oonatltutu a l utfl5155t 

Mower ta year qn5atioar. 

wbura vezy WalT