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OFFICE OF THE ATl-ORNEY GENERAL OF ‘FlxAg , AUSTIN

Ifonorable ,F.

C. Dolton,Actln6 President A&cwaltural dc

%e&mleal iW.le~e college Btatlcn,Taxas

pear Dr. Solton:

ccntractsat

ited Strtqa borgwskt. As 64~ t+hWresponaibilltles and the indlvldwla eonoerned,~
u%.t, ould also be increased. we for your eonaSdemtl.on, the follorlng quertfont

"Stan 255 of Semte .Bil.l SN, 45th Le&il&ure,
covera the position of Phfea8or @n&Head of Deps.Ttment

of z2.actriceS

33XgloRer~, eSLd

oaPriae a aal.arg of 4,000 for n$ne aaenths. The Snaividual - who fills s2

his positionhas been given the addiMona1 responsibility of Dire&or of the naval tralnlngprogrrrm.Approx$mately fifty per cant 

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of his time Is devoted to his dutlee as Director of the Neval Training S&o01 and the other fIf.ty

par oent 14 divided between the Amay Speaiallced Training Progrem and hia dutier a4 ProSeerorend Head OS Deputment of Eleotrioal8ngIneerIng. The rf~lary would be alleaatedbetween -de iran the Governmentand State~opproprlatlone In l - oordanoe with the time devoted to eaoh.
"mder the genera prorirfoaa or the Siret paregmphoi Subseotlon.8, OS the approprIatlon8

bill $0~ the ouvrent blenuiwn, la the raly of tU4 employee limited to 4 total of $4,400 for nine months, or may the Board of Direotorepay 0 highel ealary,paytng the eupplementSrozn fedenl Sunds, tom &ve reaognitlonto the sddltlonal duties and reeponsib~lities which hrve been placed upon the individual. aa 4 reeu& of the~'waP trainingprog?e

In response to requert by teLephon4,you advised tfut the ~war

trainingprog~em aontmota aah the Uolle&e bar with the Onited Stat44 Government,~ont&plate end provide 

### for the flrroia by the CoUe$p of epocitied inatruotlon OP ~89 of the various brenohee of the, timed services coveredby the oontracte. For thi.4. eemioe, the Inetitutioa is paid by the Wted~Statea a mm bawd-upon the Rrmber of
men tivolved,an6 upon'aort experJ.eneo OS the institutionIn the inetruotlonof regulax studenta.

Beeidee the 2L3rd itear of appropriatkm for $he Agrioultural6,

M44haniealCollas6 aontrinti In Benate BIU. 333, **Chapter** 999, Aota Forty-eighth&egIeleture, proVid.ing

for payment of a nine-monthasPlary ot~~,Qoo.oo fol? the poe1t10n of Profeaeorand Head .of Departments

of EleotrioalRnginaering, the followingpmviaione of 'the A& govern the question submitted:

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"Se0ti01l

1. (a) That all balonoes in the Instltutional

funds of the several S,tatoInstltutions nemrd in this **Aot,** at the 01054 **OS** the fIeaal.year

ending **August** Sl, 1945, includI%
b8l4no45 In kl34i.r revolving fund4 at that time, and **the entiti**  iaoome **to** ,sald funda during each of the two fleoal years ending August 31, 1944, and **August** $1. 1846, uhioh **are,not** otherwireappropriatedfor either or both of said tiacal year4 are hereby appropriated

### for the support, m4inlm35n44~ operation,and Wprovement of said State Instltutlosae dur 9 454h of the said ri5- oal years. r4rp4etIv4ly.

'OEh'EBAL

PWVISIONS. The expenditure. of the appropriation8 heroin zaad.e and l uthorlsedwhether fr0m the State Oeneral Revenue P, loaal Iuetitutional fwds 

### or w 

### otherxwoeipts and funds whatsoever, except bequest5 and gifts, shall be subjeot to the follovingprtwI5ldnaa

"Sub54otion (2). sa1arj ProQl.5son5. Ro 55l5q **appropriated** herein ssPl3 be supplaeanted out OS student fee iun&a, domitory -13, or looal funds, except out of the Pure Feed Fund at the Agrloulturn1 and YeOhUlioalColl464 Or out of funds r4- oeived from the hrited States Government or Its agenuies,tieas 60 ordered by the governirgboard of the Institutionto which such salary or aalories apply, at a regular meeting with at least a majority of tho membere of such board present, and.auch order rhall~beentered In the minutes of the proceedings of arid board and shall set forth fully the reasom .thereior. Ha full tlm inatruetional ralarg as Item&ad herein shall be adjustsd to exoeed an amount above the maximum hill prot?eeaor~s salary
as herein Itemised to be appropriatedfrom the O4n4ralRe~4nu4 Bund of the State for t!m partlow lar Institutionto whioh said salary or salarias

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HOnorableF. C. Bolton,page #4

apply, unle~r the amxImum mlarj I8 bei= re

### celveaIn whloh ca8e such adjustmat may be made not to exceed ten (10) 

### per oent above 8uoh mxbujn salary BC reoelvod. It I8 furtherprovided tkmt w.qapn8atlon for oorr4rponden44 and/or l xtonalon teaqhingM providedhereIn and OOL**p6II8atiOIt flY68**  **beQUestS and**  **g.ift8, Ud3e8**  **80** l-ted by the donor, **8h4ll** b6 l xoluded from the

**84w lkUitatioll8**  **Of t-8**  **p4l ’**  **4@ ‘**  **4&Ih.** TM **X ’**  **4t8 OS**  the **84klq** paid **QZI eqpfOjn4**  **Of 4~3**  **inetitution** newed hereInfor 8ertrIoer **during a**  **mzammr ee88ion**  **8h4u not**  excoed **th6 8alWy**  **lWte paId**  **the OIUplOy30**  **Soti the**  **84lU4 Or**  **8inlbr liWViOO8**  during **the loa**  **84s8lon** of that inetitutlon.

*ml1 tisis

emplgeer on 

### twelve (lS)'xuonShe b&818 **ma r404iV4**  **not BIOFO**  **thur WO**  **Ht3tdF.d 8nd**  (#~6O.OD)

DollaPa ,far

oorreapondkee oourbe extonhan~

### centertiwching,md may not be ppid additional

mon4j for 8-r 84hoO1 teaching, 8Ild irJT tfiu eiSI91~7488 CR) 4 Xl&M (9) lECUlthS

b88iS
aar be paid for oo~oepondenao and/ok 

### extenslqm center teeoll%q oz 8ullllmF 8-1 or other 8emIoea during the lwmalxlln~ three (8) months of the f$8- oal ysar, but may not r4oeiv4 more than Tw4 IiMdred cad Fifty ($250.00) Dollar8 per annum for oorrospoaden44oourse teaohiogduring ths tiecal **Soar** and/or erten8lonoenter oork durlae, the re$Qnr nine (9)month8 8eririon*

%'hen any yddltional**4aqby408** other than those employed to fill the posItIon ltamisadher&in am employed,and **42-4** to be pnid out of said apy?qxiation8 or any other funds, suoh emylorees &all not be paid **larger** amour&e than those provided herain
**for SiIIIihr**  **pC8itiOII6** iu su4h **in8titUtfoUa or**  **agcn Oi48**  and in the svsnt there are no ekailar **poeftioti8** within such inatitutfone th4n 8uOh additional401- plo~oes shall not **be** paid **l.+rger amounts**  than those provided for 6lmlla.r posftionlr

in other State inat%-- tutlons~deparQaent4or Pgenoiee~,n



## a”DonorableF. C. **Bolton, page**  **#6**

"Subsection11. **Uihlaletlo** or **2xtramaral ::a**  **pnrtla3nt.** The general provisionsmade in izla XCt Sfill **?.lOt &l,?ply**  **t0 Sthl3tiO**  **Or 3XtFhW.UI.31**  departments,

and as to these exoept~ii ~0vernIngboard shall mske .suah nOO848aZ7rulc3 and adju8tment3

a4 may be deemrrd advisable." **(xtaliOf3 OIS**  **’ B.**  **)**

Frown exsmInationof the itemisod appropriations 

### for pOSitIon8 at A. E:

H. college, it I8 obvlow that the PppropriatiVI3

Of &4,000 t0 06Ver nine IUOntha salary for the pOSItion wProf43sor

and Uead of Departm4nteof Elsotrloalml

### nearlqgI8 **a ‘** **full thm**  **Z.ntxtructIonal** ssdmyw within tho intentionof Eubseotion2 of the General Provisiona, supra..' The 8alCtq of a person ocoupyingthat poaltion,nniireceivIng the full sum appropriatedtherefor, may not **be** adjusted 80 as eta eroeed ten (l.0) per oent **above** 8uoh rnaxbnum salary **80 recqlved**  **”**
**,** exdluslv4, however, of (a) oompenscrtlon vhioh , I8 not In em488 of $250 "for corrsspond4noe oour3e teaching during the fiaoal year and/or extension center,work during the pegala nine **(9)** months ses8Ion;" 

### (b) of compensat;ionreoeivod **f+ttt b4qu86t8**  **Wd &Sts,**  "Wll48s SO liUtit4@ by the 

### dvnvr;w

and (0) excluaIv0of suppleamntatlon **from** furxia 0P athletioand extrsanural departanents,

for 3ervioes>erPormed In oonneotlon

with thooeaotivitles (our ;r&&ionXc. C-126).

The funds raceivod from the United states Ozvernment under the war-training contract3referred to clearly nre not bcqueats or gffts, hilt ars paid to the State a3 com?3nsatioa 

### for servicesrenderedby, the College. Supplwnentation of ealarieefrom such rocefpts, **therefore,** oennot **be** retied **as** within the gift or bequest exception to **the** limitations upon selary adjustmentin SubsectIon2. Nor **do we**  **believe that**  the funds are theae of ~extremural clepartemints,"

wIthIn the meaninix of Subsection11 OP th& General Provieiona. The function8 performedby the institution under the contract8are those of educationaltmdniaa~and instruction, whereas the itemised appropriations

for the n&xtrsmura3 Divisions" contained In the bill are to cover tkc co& of non-tsaohiw functiona;e.g., researchand experImentaticn, field and erteneian 3ervioe4, forest servioe,etc. In view of that fact, and that the Legislaturemade speolfio,it4znIsed appropriationsfor all of theHonorableIt. 6; Bolton,page #6

servicesreaognlaedas extramuraldepartments, unless the war-training

programsbe so considered, we are of the opinion that the Lapd.ature did not intend that the tens Wextramural department8 embraoe tile war-training

progrcmu,May of whioh
were In operationdurlw the leglslatloesession and of *Ioh the members doubtlesswere aognlrant. Use of the fund8 received from the United States Qoverment under the above mentionedwar-trainingcontractswith your institution, 1s theretore subjeat, In our oplnlon, to the limitationsof the General Provisionsof Chapter 399, eupra; and in oonsequezlce, we are furthm of the opinion that the ulary of a person occupying the position OS Professorand **Head** of Depnrtzaent ot glectrloal Engineering

may not be adjusted out of **such funds**  **ao es**  to inorease the mount payable to a sum in excess of ten per oent dune the xaaduum salary 80 ltsmilced.

This opinion does not have reference to eotablishment OS positionsother than those provided for by I-tem&sedappropriation In Chapter 399, supra? the limitations presorlbedupon ralarle8of positlonenot ltemlsedare contained In the fourth paragraphof SubaeotLoaS, aupra, end are discussed in oux OpinionHo. O-5440, oopp of thieh Is enclosed.