OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 
. Geo. L SbeppaL-6, Ltarch 20, 1939, paRe 2 

At Pace 14%. we rind thki rollorJne: 

The State Coa;ptro,lcr shslinot pay, and no State 

oflioer or ezpioyee of any of the depsrtzcnts or other 

agencies of the Corenment shell lnolude in his traveling 

expduoe ecoouuts any amounts for med.a end/or lodging 

inoarred w:th?n the oity of tom where such oifioer or 

such employee is stationed. Such amplgyees es are 

stationed away fro& their ~cain olfil~e or headquarters, 

who are not allowed traveling erpenaea where 80 etatb.m&d, ahnli be edlowed aaob axaaaaaa uben-oalled to 

adn ofYiaa.- -2~ oura) 

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Artl01~ 68Z3, Refiasd Civil Statutaa, aa amsmta6, rea6a - 

mrt a0 rollowar 

'%!he traiYelfU6 and other neeeaaary expense8 in-' 

ourred by the varl~ otiioors, raaiatant6, dmpatfla, 

alerka an6 other unployeaa in the ~~50~8 4apartm4mt0, 

ln*tltotfom, boarua, ooml801ana or other auha7f01ona 

OS tha State Gorennaent, in the edtlve diaoha~e oi 

ShaLr duties shall be sooh aa am l paalflaslly Sire6 

and approprietsd by the Leglalatura in tha &mral 

a@propriatlon bills providing tar the axpeaaea of tha ' 

state Govsrnment from year to year. . .- 

Then om be no doubt of the 6uthorfty of the Baud to 

;ion.-Jir. Patterson et Fort North or elmwhere la the State. Ho 

anempl.oyaeoSthe Board,arulua llkMloebellevethattba 

rr Snpeniaor had the authority to nqulrs hla preacrrio8 in 

tin. Such powere wouid have to bo laplid to enable the Bmrd 

its org4uilaetion ta fun&ion. Artlals 6SSS provl6a.a that the 

maeo inaurred by suoh amployeea ‘#hall bo suoh aa are l peoiilaalrixsd an6 elpQ&priatsd,' and it la noteU that *auoh om@@yaoa aa 

l tatloned away tromth~lrmalnotfiae aahe8dquartera,whoara 

allowe6trsyel~expenseawhere ao .aktionad, ahallbedlowa6 

a expenses when called to their -in oftioe.* ,& the proSOUt 

WIOQ, the main office la in Austin an& 2he employee wao oslled 

thnt 0sr1a0. 

We have no doubt ea to the nead of ape~ial.tr&fng. Ua 

quite sum that regardless of thd preparation a msn may ham 

I throw outside souraeo, he woold til3.l need 8uoh apolal 

tmetlon in the ayates an8 method8 e@ployd by thls,partiM.ar 

ar+aent . In ismlliarizlag himself with auoh mattera, it 
.85 : 

Eon. Goa. 2. ::bs~yr.rd, Larch 20, 19379, Fere 3 

view thct ha we.3 In Lhr “nctlvc dirctxn-ce or his dutice” as provided in Article 6023. 

'n'e have iounC no case direotly bser:ng on the point. In 

Jefferson C.. V. Zefferson County Fiscal Court, 108 E. S. (2) 811, 

Iw. APPS.. the irpiicetioc is pleln that where a donre~ae has a 

direct and proxlmte oonnoctLon kltb the. dutisa of an orfloe neo-. 

eoaery expeoses may be eliomd. Ko think the instant case is 

alatlnguiabhble iron those cakes euoh as Sloith 7. Eoloticbiner, 

L.R.A. 1.919 E, p. 331, Scab ., and othera oited ln note on p. 332, 

Qenyln(; rei&burseL;cnt, when We instruction aouebt to be gained 

la oi onLy a (5enerel educational nnture. We think St should be prel umeQ tht'the inatru~tiou here im of,a apaoiel nature oaa~ntlel to 

the putiaul4w system in w*. 

It la our opinion that Yri Pattereon la enfltlad to bairaimburaed ror the above sxpenaea.. 

T&a Yary truly 

ATl!O~‘apIgau OY TElAs 

Glean FL l&aria 

Aaaletant 

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