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**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** -.

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-1 will thankyou to adviocma the oarreot en6ww to mka to this lettor.r
& ami lntonsedthat et a regular meeti& the Board of Hq.ents of the 3tate Tesohero Collq~r cdoptad the followingreoolu.tlon:

"1:3OLVZD,That due to ths Snot that (I) **the kc**  **Houston** Stots **Toacbors** Oollefle .leengased ln*Luakilq piane ror t!w oontlnul¶tlon 41 a Ylold Liahool

in Puebla,LIeriao; (2) the **Southwest** Texas State Teaohors College ia plann&q to open a Field Sahool.inGuadslejrra, M0x100;thin lnlmmr; (3) the Gil Ross state TeaohersCollec,4

ia planning &,,qmn a Flold .SOhol.lnChihua@ua, Xexiao,,. (4) all thr Texas State t his s-r) end Tee&h IB OoUe1ge8 are **dfrfiatly** Interopted In t$b emhan@ of rbudonte.wiW~

Mexioor ?'THiXSFOiIiS,

BB IT **Hs~OLVZD~** ThaVths **Board** of Rqentcr OS ths Texas :;tato Teeohera Colle~s and the President8 OS these lwtltutlon8 ahall **hold. 8**  **meet-** dnrlng the Xastsr **.~ ._**  **.-** bolldays,1944, at Ylotorl+,~tiexlao,~ or lonn '_- . muiteblepleas in UIaxioo to confer ulth the 0irbiids **of the**  **Teaohm- Trrinlng**  xn*tltutloAi -. of MexIoo relative to the problem@ irrdloeted.?. ~ WI em also lnfommd:thet plans ma now la **pro&rosa** for the opening of a **Field** Yohool by, **the** north **Tsxxw** 8tate TaaoberaCollege at Xorella,WX~OO~aml.by. 

### the 8tOpllcln:F. ' Austin Stato Tssehetr Qollego~af~Bin.Luis Poto81,~Ybxfoe.~

The operationof those FLeld sehoolahra been delrarfbeb.by Mr. Xarmon~Lowmn, **Presldont** or the Sm **Houston** State Taaohorr colle$#J,

88 f011ows: "The oolls~o studonts intweeted in the 'field sob001 ro&ter ond pay the fee8 on our CeapUa prior t0 pObIF to IIbex~Oo jwt (18 OUr regular students aetrioulste. our lastruotor8 aooocPpsny thorn to Idexlcor The ?dexloan'oftlolals-.

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furnish ua clasaroomafrea of charge. Thla **auazmr** we pleu to off4r Cpanish itcnguace, Mexican nusfo, IXM Latin Americenhistory
**kidit tba**  otudents raoelve ragultlr oollaqb juat aa In the 0896 bf resident St&- -dents

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lnstitutiona00nduot fheb. 

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lndapendently

of the Y!exiogn

col-, lot?-* 96 ara~grentadthe 'free use of theI+ raoilltiaa. The propoood trip 1s to **0rranp.e** gor the free uw 02' these L&exlo&n

frroilitles ~ **end** LLnfer

into dlaoossjonsrelative to l$vltqqaartera for atudonto ahd the like

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. **Art.** 2649 (6) v.b.Cs., pr.ovidca in port'~a'~fdilors~

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### *& boordsha$l'emeteacbpar iu'Aust&, ; : on .#s firat Xonday in May, os'$s so?n thqmaafter as.prsotloab;le, far the Granaeetlonof - , ... ;- bualnasapcrtair;lug to tbe affaira of tha St&a normal eohools,~endat such ot.ber times:~

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58 n.mjorit# of th6 membera of. ..'.< $: the board deem neoersary for ths Walter6 of SOid 00118&a.

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ln Xoxioo were to be a *boaQmaa'meatix&P of the ty&e aooered by the above Artfale,se~ser%Oaaly doubt whether ouah meatlug oould la&ally be?'held,,sinoe alause? auoh as "and et auoh &her t&as and plaoes aa a'meJor$t~'iir the board shall doam neoesaLtryn havo generally **bean** limlt& aa If they **read** *'at

such other pleoq ~ithlu the 2tate.* Bee bw.wlou~h VS. soott, lee xd c. 865, 109 3. '3.788. 

### Xowavar, it appears that the proposed *moktf.ng is net in fsct a bualneaa aeetlng of the 

### type oonte;lplate+ in Artiole Z647 (6), but ratner that it la in the nature of a.joint oonferanoebatweon the board and the presidents on tha ona hbnd and the Mexioan offiaialaon the other. eluded &II

this *metln@ The taot that tha presidents era tiatrengthaosour belief that the &atherIn(: is not a buaiueoo aeetiu[! of tbo board of the type m&wehended by Artlols Eat9 (6).

Gubseotio~ (6) of the Ocnoral Provialona of the Educationalkppro riatlon Bill, 8. B. 33, dote of the 48th Legislature,R. S., P49, prooidee in part 618r0ii0ns:.

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. . . frotravelingcxponeseshall,,be 12ourredby board members, **heeds** or lnetitutlons, or by any employeeof any of the schools,
or other s~enoles named herein, lnelde or out- : side of the bounderleaoi ths Potato of Texas, orocpt'for3tste busiinesa

. . . im The lcglslatureaof Texas have never undertaken‘to define w8tnte buslnese"as that term hoe been employed in oontorte elmllar tc the% above. In peneral the governmentof the verlcufi

eduoatlonal lnstltutlone ha&been entrusted to~the respeotlreboarda of recents, end t6 suoh boards have been deleeated brood and oomprehanslre p&era. It IS manifest, that tihe boards are in a superlarpositloh tc know anb undoretenb,a& to aooompllsh,the auooessful msna~ment **and** govemumnt oi.their lni4t.1tut10nfJ.The presumptioni8 ~1~~9s in favor of, the re.s6anablenessand le<y of that rhloh they **do. As**  vies seSd.by the CommUoion cf Aqcals ln the ease oi Folqy ~6. Benedlot, 56 S. **X.** (26) **805,** the oourtewill not lnteriere therewltb ln.the abaenoeof ISclear fthcwiap. that they hove aoted arbltrsrll9or have abused the authority rested In them." Thi8 departmenthar always ooneidered Itself rostralkied, aa are the courts,.$aoverturnin& the deliborateand'consldered act8 OS tbo8e entro8ted **with,** and peoullsrlyequip ed for, the rdminlrtrotlon~ot~the .varlow State oduoatlonal% stltut~cns. In our 

### oplnlon 100. O-1196 we atstedr -'
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W*3tatelaburlness*,a8 relater to the au- ., thority of 6 depsrtmontto inour traroline.oxpcnsas to be paid by the 3tats, seems to embody at l908t tbs r0ii0ag elements: "1. A reasonable,oubstantlal, and **dlreat** rela;lon between the business to be transaoted on the tslp and the aoaompliahmant of tkm funotlons of ~ovurnment entrusted tc the partloular dspartment~ "i?. A rea6ouable,rub,atantial, and dfreot relationship

between the methcd by uhloh the partlaularbusiness ti intended to aooompllah the funo tlon of ~otsrnmont entruetodto *the-. ;
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**dapstment ,**  !x~il

tho poicara

Franted the de- ~~rtmnt by 1~2 for t&a sooompliahmt?nt 4f such sunotlo.u3* ._. ,,. ,’ ~,....I.,
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*Of o&e, a* between trctwo airtrimiiii;‘. i there rauet

necessarilybe dome tone of doubt, *here the Judmnt of,the.dsppsr.ta~t’be~aa;’ .,,I,.. 

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nenotionab::thoir"oiiloUl-o$bhr) : :>: "_: beoorio.tbir

onl~iprrotlosblr.or~~rlon’~b~~~~ 1 ? ; ..-: %hloh ths guastlan :wbether the’State*sbutiQesrs Is lnvol~ed.Jnthe **prwtiaular** trip **;ik6y .~**  **, ,-i;;r.**  be deter&md.+j 1' i:--. : :

Lo..' ',- AOtln$ on these prinolp1e~~%&! dspertmenthas ruled **that thd**  head of a otete oduoati.eniX %itZti&lon:‘iv’aU

‘on’BiS‘iiat.e*s ,busiaess rhile aitwdi.nga’ mestlngqtiAtlanki’r~.Oo~gis;‘bS”‘th4. SoWixwn’Ao~o2~tlon of Qolle~es~an48soaadrrf,‘Eohaolis~(‘bp~ion Ko. &2084), ttct tiho head of a State sohool OS enp.inooripgnao on StatoVa businesswh$.ls attend&g:,&

### meting .&I Kew YO?k Oity dl tb herlo6n Zoofoty of MochanlaalEnogtneera (Opinionlao. C=4fS7),that tha had of the husbandrydepartauntof e L$+tts .~ohocl eras on :;ti:?.e*s

bualncssahlle atten&a 2x1 Td~onti, Canada, an Inter-&erioan ounfareno!, for the d+iry industq (Opinion

no. c-4755), that a professor of adf.xhsl husbandry’in a date schoolwan on State's buslneaewh21e ettending the Merioan kopal Livestock Show (Cpinian100. O-1195),and *iat a professor in the .:tete University ivas

on Sta‘tWa businesswhile ottending in Pnn Fmnoleoo a n~ca+~~ of.ths Adult fduoatlon .:ootlon

OP. -319 W!:tlonal

YduOr?.tlou

jrs~oclation.

(Opinlon.!TW-; 1 O-4337). I

The prgoned~oonferenoe **lo for.**  the **purposes of**  **dls** ousslnp,

tho problem OS the exohrn~e of studentswfth lLex200
.ana OS the ~stabl2stmmnt and cont2nuauaeof Eurxner Nield Schoolsart. m3E4 (e)-eptcffl~ally euthor2zea thz ~ovsrnk~~ boerde oi tho varioussducsticnal 2nstitutlonsto exempt oortnin students, fro3 ot&r mtiont: af the ;:mricm oontinuntatrim the payxnnt of tuition ffizs. T& F,Cr;snoy clause of this leplslGt2on -(:ots 19cJ, 47th j.::~.,

I!..s., p. 3? ch. 9 (2) express08a ls~islatfvs

belici' tkst "by +mi&q $h;:ifm2l2t2ea Ot the-.

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&UCC~~GII~ InstitutlJnS of thfit COWltry tt ZtUdantS 0: oiikr mtJcnS, e mutual respx3t on6 understen@?np of th9 wople of tlir oountrg a@ of the other natione of the oontlnmt liill

ke fostered." nt80r0r ae the proposed oonfer.~nce

robtcs to a di:;&xuionof WI exchenm of students xltl; ls;oxlco,

tin feel that it oloorly is state business.
Jn vicn of the broad wi-8 posmmsed by,the lkard **cf !lo~ente**  **ova the**  ourrlol;la of tim &ete feaohoi‘s Collegea end t&i 1atituCewith wkloh the oourtrc hew intnrpretedthese poxnrs, we arc unable to soy that travollng**exgensos** inour:-ed ln oonneotion

alth the establishingOIp mein~ain$n&&-the sumor Field :iohoola are not lnourre&I~~ conmotion @tl?.. **SiBto business.**  **7- ~.**  **. ”**  **y.**

**._** ~.Conseguentlp, you ardij?sE#peotrul3J adri.ie$

thai ?ierronts

amy bo is+ed In jxyxmht of traveling: expensea inourrcd in oomeotloa with the aonterenosl bote tllsouessd.
mustIn& thtbt

the r0+0w answer% your inquiry, 33 are Yours iory.truly : 'kl'TCfWtY.

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OF '2j;L.S By T /*i It. Dean ?loorheed

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