OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

GROVER SELLERS 

ATTORNEY GENLRAL 

8eaordblo Penrose lletoalto 

CRalrawb 8en8te Coritteo 

Dear 3en8tnc Mote8lfor 

l , Ther e a r e no w p endla g bororo 

r e ner o nl. b ill l pmtpeolng to alotm ln 8dsptlon, ml the mOthed 

4ioo in tbo puroh@so and ‘dtmtrloreas* St la dorimble that the 

teglmlatoro l oqulro ~impmrtl8~ inPotyniatitm 

oonoemlnu tho oftloiono7 end ocn6sm4lbllit7 of tbs l dminlmtaytlro mefhodr nor'pre 

rsribed by law8 md aotmwnln~ tho sorts 

an4 uao of text booka, and mah othor da48 

an ma7 bo noediul to 8erlat the LsgirZaturo 

la dotemfning nhother to aonttnuo or to 

ahnnge preeanf Iavn and prorleionn roYatlng to tho ‘purohsse, diatributlon and ueo 

of Preo tostbooke in the. pub110 rahoolo ot 

this state; now, thoreforo 
325 ” 

Sm*tor Penroclo Yeto*\? - mg0 a 

g'lerol+ed~b~ fhe Bawk al the $tafe 

or fix.81 

l '8ootloa 1. That the tleufeaant @net-nor be, 8nd’bo 1s hereby 8utborirod 40 appoint 

l ooaodttoe al flm Yemboro of tbe llen*to 40 

dt 8t uob tlmo and pl8oo* between thl~ date 

a nd the da toe f 4 h e l dfourmmt of 4he ROIJP1.r~ Serdoa of tba Pertt-•lg?btb Logid8tar0, 

a m m87 te r ig o eunlttee mw no eo wa r l y nd 

p upor a nd to lsquln lnto 8a y ethel r r fBl?# 

and l otirltiss et govommentaI dopar4wnt~, 

ln*tlttl4lonri piwwn8, flM* or oorpomtlou* 

of wImtevor kind aW oh*rr;ekr, l * rrrah wtltitlom 1~ On7 waf aftoat 4bo dttlrtloa rbwo wt 

torth, 8nd All bore 8uthority to lnviimtl~t* 

*ad lnqulro in40 moh nttora* 

l ë8eo .that %. a8ld;#oamltt*o mhell bwr 

tWpov*r to t0lulI1*t. it* own rulolroi proo+ 

duro and wldmmo~ and ta provide for it* om 

IunII% or mootlOg, ,No*rslag,'ulu *d ouraamt. 

Ppovlaod, aouwo~r' tb8f tt4e .tyttlOl 0 ! wldeaoq 

to’be tol1W.d ibill jta priatleoll~ 4bo w 

am f'atfowd in tbo oeart#~~f~ tbi*'Ita4o, *ad 

tba o&ttM im -ea4bori8aQ’ to hold oxooutlro 

se8dono, within its d180ntloar.mab thon the 

soenltte+.m*y W~gwornod by tbo rwlo* of o?ldomoe:sp~llubls 40 8n7 grand jury tnquiry in 

thlr strt0. 

"880. 8. 3'i.t tbo'iiijoclt~ o? the w 

barrblp of,the eo#1~&4480 shrrll ha*0 +oror to 

l*ane’ pweov~e: ior ~4n*owa .,io rn7’ plmo la 

ml* !748ts, and td ao#J~l tholr atteltdrmoor 

mail prodaoe aI\ boaan 8nd reedrdnr arid upon' 

dlmobedlenae o? an7 aubpoanm the aal@ oomml4tee nhdf havo tbo prior to i8m10 attachment* uhldr MJ ?e addrqabau to lend ~rvat by 

ol4IWr the mwgowt-at-•rbrppalaf~b~ 88ld 

ottmlftw OT my l hoeltf or *a7 oonstable ot 

thie ltate; and eald 'denodttee ahalt ha+0 

authority te alto for WI48mPt *a7 en* dir 

eboylag aald prooamm *nd to~pynid\ for nueh 

oontsapf in the l amo arnneti 8~ prwlded tar 

by @am-al law. Said ooral44o* shall h*ro 

power to laspboh 8nd m*kO Oopfoa of an7 hooks, 

reoord*, or fllee and any 8nd 811 other ln- 
son844r Panromo metemlfe - paw 3 

atruments and daatmmn48 fnwtinent to tho ntfor under lnic*tlgtlon.b* mid aommltfeo, 

mnd uh811 alno have power ta oxmmfno and 

l udf t t.he bonkn of any pernon, fWm,. or owpnUon having Ueollngu rlth departments 

a&;:gtutloms under ~nve6tfg8tloa br 88ld 

. ma oomitteo aball hmve poser 

tc l dmlnlrtor~oath~ and l ??ln*4lcma~mad'?lx 

fho baud8 a? rttaaiiod rltnorwu; urd the mmmlttea shall. tither have l II t&o pworo 

neooswry la ordim 40 8eoompllsh the purp*o* 

tar whloh 3%48 rppelntede Tbreo Y(Mlbem of 

woh acmmttteo eh.811 aanmtltute * quomm tar 

the tr8nsaotloa o? o??Ial*t podae*s~ 

l tR 4 0. 4 . The wltno8w8 l ttendlnt uhdor 

proaers nhall bo sI?orod tba sane tilorgo and 

per dlom me 1s 8Ilwed wltneurrer betoro any 

grand Jury in ,thIm B48te~ 

•~'Claa. (I* $8id eesmd4tcM rhmtl be*6 mwor 8Nd ruthorlt7 ta, 4wpId7 8nd wnpeaute a11 

aee*reary lnaie,utlgdQr~; l odlfor*~ 01oH~o~ 

l tsno&r8phermi ma ,pay ether. uraermry a- .., ” ~ 

ptone8r ad. lt *ha11 bo the d884t of uald 

aowtlt4oe to mtke and keep 8 roeor&o? fte 

lavortl~4¶onr~ I 

"800. 6.. 

_'. .~ 

'Tl'it'iild anm&tso ma7 88i1 

apmt the Attems~.Qaaer*lt* pepaMment,.AuQltin& Dopmrtmont# and 811 other dsp8rtmmfr tar 

8mslut8noa mud 8dvloe; and lt ehmll bo tbo 

duty OC the Attaruef Bemer81t a Doprrtamat to 

rbadea- OpimlOnBr. glV0 O~UIIB~I 8M l @mimkneO 

to eald e~lttoa -on mquoet o?:ohmim8a or 

Ycmbsra of Mid eerslttro~ 

."Soo.- 0. That iald sore1 4400 8&i rubalt 8 report in writing ta this t~lrJal84uro 

at the wr’fleat praotlorblo tlmov l nd.nka 

mah reaomasndrtlo,~* as it may oboeae te make. 

The aolapmmttloo and otpwwm~~ hrrela prwldo& 

tar Inalaent to the work of mob ootmlttmb 

rhalt ha paid out of tho 8ppr4prlrtloa for 

aflum~ and per dfw and oonflngem4 fund o? 

the Forty-eighth LegIa1mture *ml au4 ot my 

Fund athervi~e appropriated bv erld wwlon 

of said T.e~IaIature for au6h pU*pQsOp Upon 

ffmstor Penro80 U*toslfO - pap3 R 

'1 have 0slled tho Comltt& tagother cb inre8tlgsts the dlfi0r0n00r tbst hsr0 sri80s b0tweea 

the Roard of Remtats of the Ihlvornit~ of T~XQQ 

and the Pmddoat o? ths URl~er8lt? and tho raoulty, 

with tbe l&s a? brrtmmlsin~ what le@sIstion, it 

anyt may be we&ml to deflM more alttsr1y the praFOmtiT.8, QUtbOtit~r WI8 <iQQ Of th 8OQFd Of 

Rqemtm and tbo sdmialmtrstlre sWloor0 aud tbo 

Faouf tt of the uid Unirord tyt snd ta prevent, l? 

pomihllo, a wonmttod or dlaamsgents over cmfliatiag sathot4tl: mad te dstomino 8hsthsr or not 

uM.ltlonsl legl8lstion mm7 be nsoe8Qsry ts further 

dotine tbe duties l nb quslithstioas at the Nsmbor8 

of thm Board SC Re@mtr and the Romldont; and to 

l tu~~fhe-rlrimsbillty of uob leljslstiau a0 msy 

be ooaesurf t4 $tromoto the ~O~fSre at tba fJnivordty, the largeat ssh001 ln Pus88 to the 0ud that 

it-7 bosom l unlrerdt~ of the ilr8t alams as 

ordniaed by MO Conrtitatba of the Btsto of Texs8* 

•The~suthor¶tj oi this COmdtteer usdm tbo 

l orerrid reeolotiour, to inre8tig8te tbeae and Mlstsd rtfera baa bssn qoo8tSoaodf sad ws dodn 

~rp*#*pfo)lnlo8rrtocrbetb8rornat~acla *amdlstel~ proMed t0 lm08tlRsto th0 mtter8 &foresaSd md0r authority of the R0Qolutianr ss 8ot tort& 

b0Nitt.Q 

If 18 80sdsrla to 8sJ tbQt sll publia offlow la 

this state arm slothed ritb m@b pewer8 on17 88 are tbonierrml 

upon them by law, either Up~raly or by n4ee8~8ry impliOStl6?8. 

It;therofora beeawm neoomury tor urn ta eandder no8olutions 

Roe0 3S md 103 quoted by yea, to d0tenaine mother or aat tho 

Powfw a? your Oommitttmt wader tho8o Resolutlons~ 1noludQQ tbe 

p8rtlanlar t?wert4gatloar kpalreU sboat in the 0onaludlng partlan 0C your letterr 

A rs80lutlon by the Bansk,liko 8 bill When mPQti 

im to ht. OanQtrueQ llberslly with Q view tQ oCreotalate the 

mvo80 or the body ps8dng it. 

Csllhe a bill, sQ otmtrsdl8tinpulsbed frem a roaaluti@Q, homvsr, the inrsrti~stion la not OtUbSrrQQQOd by the OonQtlttlt3onal mquiremnt at title 

Ssotion Wi 0P Artlo’le fxl of’ the Constitution, dQOlEr- 

*a& that, ‘ffo bill (eraopt ~noral Qppropriatian bills, which 
329 

MT embrsw tbo'rsrloum enbjsstm and soaountmr for and o n l oooont of W8laR mo neare 

~m l p$wapristsd) shall ooataln mars 

than one subjeot, whish #b&11 b e etpror so d in Its title l l l ë, 

awlSto* to biflm only sad not to IW8dUtbnQ. 60 tbstr our 

1nqUiW 18 ill thQt WmOt SQrt’OWOd QO 88. t0 Of idS&tS SSy 

qU88tiOll Of 8OQStitUtiOSS~~ t&lidftt. 

/ : : ‘. 

‘r)lO dSPQO~8t~O hIStUr0 Or 8 IWOxUtiOn 

lm lta emsotinf olsaw~ ‘Do it Resslvsd;‘. wsr. 

any other term used8 it would oes8a to bo a rowlotloa.~ - state I* ~lomdenlerr I %a+ SSb lo 

4s. .' 

60 t?lSt, WS Sfb to QSDQtrPS FSQO~UtlOil8 i. S~rhOl., 

g:tln& t4 tbo %hores#? olsu~o their proper wmddarstlon 1s 

di88O+eriSg thb matStar% iiItWtion. &MI& ~pOrtioU8~ bowror, 

bare no lepll~ oaatrelliag sffeet.orer ether port%oam. 

In &ml* 7. ISin& 14 6*. WV ,(a) ‘TM, tir. jaetlse 

UrsenwoedB far the Suprsms~ Court, nid:. 

, 

“lbe’ sutborlty Of SSSh bSW8S t0 iS fS~81&- 

tire @OmIttoe of 1 

sfflmd la Caafey*o~ % 

ulry md into~tlptlom lm 

anmtltutlonsl tlmltatiem . 

(8th Sd.1 at p* ollb whore the author ayr: 

l ‘Baoh ~OUIM mu&t sloc bo rllored to proooml in its owa T&Y in the oollootloe of 

suob lnfornstlon am Qw 8Oom lmpartsnt to a 

praper dlmobsrge o?. its fUnOtiOn8~snd *bonOVOr it $8 doomad~dorlroble that WftaeQSe8 

l Rould bs ast~laed~ tb6 pawor and sutbority 

t0 do U 18 VOW yWO~r1~ rofwrod to 8 OOQImlttw, with 8ny powore abort of fla81 lo&- 

lstlre or Judlslsl sotlan 8~ ny nw neoommm or l xpedlont tn the partteulsr CQM.‘~ 

%‘fIO Ju*tioo, QpUflh~ Ipore eenaretel~, further #aidI 

SW 0 l . Tb e 6WSfe and thd flo tr r 0 a n sq a r - 

ate b o tlie~, charged with dutiemr uO@t of 8hiOb 

sra to be pwforwd by eroh hauss aopsrstoltr 

despite the tWt that the OOItCNWl’SUOQ Ot bibttl 

houQea 18 rSqu¶lBlt. to wsst 1&W@ or oertsln 

n8alutlonQ. In doelsrln~, in eeotlon 11 of 

srtlale 9, that *eseb houre wrlf dotenlne the 
330 

rn'laa of lta am prooeedIn~:r,' the ConAtltutIon 

plainly dologAtoe to oabh howe tho ol~oioe et 

methods fati the asat l dv~ntageeua ma .C It. .' 

Funct9onA In’ the ~~eroIa@ af’the Statabg ‘teRIr 

latire pewerr* *hiah &frg C@ooatel detlnea aa 'authority under tba COaatItutIan tam~ke lawa and to alter aad repeal tbm.' CooleT' Coaatl tut1ou.1 

LImItat~ea8 Wb Ed.) pm IRB- Bwin8 md abolae 

oi awtbudsr 'baoh heuae la full7 l titborlred ta appointi aaaaitteea fo-make lw*8tIptlon8 l td amdu0.t lnqolrIea a* sather 1Memfiod ritb rosjmot'to the operafi?a ot mba%.tIn~ lava and 

the noed tur their IrpPevemaut~ altoratiolr, et 

PepeAl. YoCuYlwob v. YarflaM, 4 Whaat, 4OR, 

4 Le Ed* NIQe Not oaly doer the ConmtI~tutIon, 

la tha.~graat oC~tlmrUla-mkIng ptwai, 8uahmIte 

either bouae tcnnm ,meb oos#tteee 80 it tit 

doom aeooae~ti or proper.Tor purpose8 at Inved~l- 

.gatIon and ingulryr 8bem leaking to tba dlsohe~e 

ot my ZegStirte tunotion or duty ot au& hauee, 

bwt the Conatitntton Roea furtbor and rkea oonAIderAtIon bT a Wmmittea A aandltlm~praaedent 

to the maOtmast of &my 18s. lleotlen S?b artid e 

.n. 

;sIrio. 8AOh'hO&e ooniIuua8 In aaIrt4moe~tita~ 

the 'end of a ls~a~r~ivo meadon, ma detmmlned~ 

: 

by Fergaaon VO MAddoXI 114 Tex* 93, 93, 96, 243 

80 We 888, And ala8.~~.oh~ houae la latested with 

Independent reaponalbiYItIen and sluMoar and I# 

the 8010 Judw at Its om ruler ot pro8edufeb *e 

,tbInk -the pavar of'eaeb hours a~ of the tegirlatnra aagmot ba denied to. name oomltteo. to alt, 

either during l eaalona of the Lelr_islature or In 

l-OSOss. tar the Pu~OnA Ot gathering IntOPAlAtiOD 

oonsl’dered reqoi alto or hblpful to mll~btenod of ‘, 

etticlant legIsl.tlan~m 

The 08~8 ai’ XoOraIn v. FAUf!hAherty tU.8.) ‘Ii LAW Bd. 

1580, 18 qnoted ~a fOlloWS8 

, .@A IAgi~iYAtive body oannot 1efffdate wIsaly~ 

or affootiraly In the Ahaenr,o of jnf'omation roapsotina the oondltionn rhiuh thA ‘lef$rlAtinn Is 

intmdiid to atfeat or.ahanpet And where the leg$A- 

~Atiro~hody doAe not itself PAaA8eR tbS ~qU~,a~t~'- 

. . InScmatIon -- rh%Ah not lnPrequ&nt?f 1.8, t&e;- 
Seaitor Penmae Xetarlfe - pago 8 

meonroe avast be bad te othora who do pomgteae 

it* ibrperionae bra tmgbt that mere requaata 

tar mob IaSorslltIea eltea wa tm8talYIng, and 

81s~ Chat lnrormation rbiab Is roluntarred ia 

no’t ~Iwhys aoo*xate or oompleter so none mema 

OP a~mpul @Inn are eaeetM81 to obtain rhet la 

neodeh bll tbia vaa Crwo beioro and when the 

t%~.titUttOU U8. krllhd Atld 8dopt.d. Ii9 thAt 

parlad the power ot 1agUiry -- rltb antoralsg 

preeeea -- warn reptied ad c#larored aa a neoeaar# a nd l pproptiate l ttribote ot the parer te 

tO&.bk;, indbsd, IA6 tW.tba A8 i3JhQPitlS iU 

it* 2bt1r there is mmple ramst for thtnklal, 

l S we’$o, that the oonatltutioaal proildaaa 

vhiab. eomit the legIalatIrs Putration to t.be 

two beurea are infsndod ta Inaluda this attrlbate to the aad that the hmation my la ettaetlrel? exePolaed.‘” 

;r% TInis dspartmant Ime ~jvttn mnnt opinions uphold the c 

+8Yldltrr irkl aonatmin~ tn rariotts rOApsObA~ lOd.8lAfIvO reaAlotlena app~infin2: aumaittees uf inTestll;rtIan In aid and furtheranaa of tbe¶r logialatlre dufiou, among rhidk Are OpIalwa 

yOs* O-98, 0-9Si+, &@2&~ &fkti‘ +80@? And @-6%%e~ easta or A11 

at wblcla may hi holptW to ‘romp aapiea of rttieh epiaiona we 

band you hemwIth. 

After a oaretul study or the tara rsaolutlwn tegetber, 

it is tba OplSlOn Of tbia df#paPfwnf thrf yOUP hWIittOe does 

here fall gutbority to lmaka tt4 hSVOsti.i$AtiAAS A+WtiOn+d ia four 

Inquiry with reepeot to the lintrorrltY OF ‘&xx@ and the Regenta- 

~mitlant oontro+ersy tbAt hoa re6ently ~rirnou~ 

Ye are ooa~tralatd to thio 6oa4luaIon by the sennIdsr~- 

t.Ion of the two, reaaIatie?tr AS a vhole, AUQ arpeoially by that 

Portion at aoaolutloa So* tOSr daslArln& l Resol+ad b? tba Senate 

et Texan, that thiA CoapittAs be oontlnuod a ttel r djoarnment or 

the f,eglnl~ture, and that It be dfreatod to @tardy l ??d inteatigto 

the aftuatioa a~) to free toxtbeokr, ma mcb other rattera rtfeot1~ the gohoof a of 7tut~a an ln its rladam It maf see fit, and 

m*ke ¶tx reocmmendatiosa therem te the nert 

the Le~is~ature.w ,. ; 

ltar, andonbtedly, tbe t~IvoraItY’of Taram la Inaluded 

in t.ho bmaQ larrpage *the WhOOf Of ?OXAA*. ladsod, It 9s the hjHuat, greatart, sad in many raspaatst the sort ImportAnt la&Itut*On at the mny schoola of Texas. It Is to the who01 II o? 

Texan What t.hs iTonrtltutlon Is to tke mote of the T,el[infature -- 
@8llatOr- P8lWO88 Mdetatklf8 - PflS 9 

the eupreme component port- mlaterer dt8Otil ihe C?nirornlty 

of Texas atroote in woe degree 8'1817 leaner State institution 

end publio tree eohool in the Stat8 -- srery nolrool . 

AmiUr our COne?UeiOn lff eeWItuiktod hy th8 nxpreslr 

power ctanhwrsd by Resolution X0* 35 as foYlorrt 

l e * * and to laquiF@ into any other 8Cfslrs 

and aatlrltlea of goTermoant81 deprtmentsr lnmtitutSons, perwno# tirmr or oorpor 8tlo nrof , whatever lriad and eharaoter, 06 iuoh aatJrltleu In onf 

way Rrf8Ot t.hb SitUat~fNl 8hOTO #Of forth, and 

shall b a r s l uthotittj ta lnrontlgate oad lnqufra lnto each matterm* 

The Comlttee having begun bnt not hrtlna rialabed 

l its trsk W88 by R8sOtUtiOll NOa 103 ooatinoed over rlth aI1 

the poWers'COttf8fied by Rmootutian Roe 36~ and In edditlon 

theP8tO the hlrtb8r power to imertigate ‘muah other nmttbra 

8floOtin~ the eahool LI Of Texan et8 III ita WindOte it IW7 108 

tit*. 

Trurting that what ~8 hare I& fmftiaientlY answer8 

your inquiry, -8 l r 8 

?ery truY7 yours