OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

IA AUSTIN 

Honorable 7. D. Looney 

county AuQitor 

Bon16 county 

Ho&on,' Texas 

Dear sir: 

Your r6puest for 

the ooUnty suparlntendent o 

and caxwtf~~U.y ooneidamd by 

the superint~dent~s letter 

soholaatics. The 3awie County Sahool BoarQ in 

regular session on Maroh 13, revised the oounty 

admiuistratlon $942: budget 80 as to include 
Honorable J. D. Loomy, Page 2 

an additional $200.00 for the salary of the 

bounty Superintendent. Ths question haa ariaon 

ae to whether this will be a legal expenditure. 

"The mperlntendent*s salary is set under 

Artlole 2700.1, Seotlon One, of the tievised 

Civil Statutes of Texas. Under the original 

vlumeration of 13,021 soholaetlos the salary 

me 53 400.00. 

of Bode Count 

I believe, and the County Baa&l 

the 3,040 aoho f astiae on the aupplamontary 

oomurs in thla ballet, t&t 

oenaua should ti oounted In the populatlan of 

Ba~ie County just aa If though they were taken 

orlglnally in Uaroh oi the pr*oadiag par. If 

thla ia oorroot then the salary oould be cl& 

at 83,600.00. This haa ken dam. 

“The point hae been raised that thla Ir 

a meam at providlag money for districta In 

distress beoausa of the Inormse In eaholaetlos 

due Co defenee plants, and it Is also aontanded that this money must be spent under a budgat 

Emed through the State Departrae& of E&ma- 

. This la cormot, but In this oaae no 

money whatsoever Is requirad aa an asaeaament 

againat the 3,046 ohildren who wore taken an 

the supplemeatary ~mnauo, Tha aouuty admIni* 

tmtlon bud& for 1941-1942 rill hare a balanco or $127.38 artier this Inormae ham boon 

taken oare of. The amount of the ooirntp adainiatration budget wh8 raised by making an 

aessrssrmnt of fiS# per aoholastio on the orlginal oensue roll ot 1.3 021. This wau dons under 

Arbiole 2827A of the &vised Civil Statute8 or 

Toxaa. You oan see rrom this that none or 

the laonsy allocated for these pupils enumerated 

In the eupplwentary aensus will bo In auy way 

afleoted by the salary of the oounty superintent¶ant, 

*In atior that we might have definite inrormation in regard to this matter tha Cwnty 

hoard ia asking you to aaoura an Attorney Genoral’s opI@xi upon this matt4mW 

Artiofe 2700-1, Vernon*a Annotated Tear air11 Statutas, rea4.a In part aa iOLl0wa: 
kionorable J. 3. Looney, Paga 3 

T380 ti.on 1. The ele#tIvo County juparintandente shell raoaive room the Available Yohool 

Vund of their tespaotlva oountles annuel &.ariaa baaed on tha aoholastlo population of suoh 

oountlee as foll.owa: 

*Population Aaount 

n 

42;OGo 15,000 

~15,001 to 30,000 

~,IOIiliO 

3,600.00 

. . . . . . . . 

"In making tha annual budgat ror county Adminl~tratlon axpanaas tha Oounty Sohool Truataaa 

ahall make allowanoe out of the Stat. Available Sohool 

Fund for salary and apcmaa8 at the ofrice or tha 

County Suparlntandent and the ape shell ba datermined by tho naidant soholaatio~@opulatIo or the 

Qoukty. It shall ba tha duty of:;tha County Board 

or Truataoa to tile the budget for oounty admlnlstratlon erpenea with the State Dapartmant of Bduaatlon on or barors SeptasAer rlrat oi' aaoh aoholastlo year, tha budget to be approved and oartlilad 

to by the Praaldant or the COtinty &e~'d or ~&AOatlon an& attested to by the County Superintendent. 

The compansatlon herein provldad for shall bs paid 

monthly upon tha ordar oi the Gwnty Johool Truat.t%s$ protldod that the salary iOr the month of 

.%ptambar shall not be paid until the Cmnty 

Suparlntandont presente a raceipt Srom the State 

Superlntandent ahming that he has mada all reports 

raqulradofhira. . . . .” 

Article 281fk, Vernon’s Annotetod Texes OIvIl Statutea, reads a8 followa: 

*seotioIl 1. It ia haraby provided that in 

ceses of unusual inoreasa of aoholastlc population of any school dirtriot oauesd by the 

looatlon tharaln or adjeoant thereto of capa, 

raaervations, btildlng or dan pro.jaota aponsand by federal Govermsent or state Govornmant 

owneraMp and whoaa areatiou l%aUltS in an uI1- 

usual lnorease in acholaatlc population in a 

s~h00i dfstriat ugon the oertiflud raqueat or 

the 00mty euperIntanc%ent 0r the oouuty In 

whioh auoh an unusual inorease SriSt8, the 
Honorable J. D. Looney, Pege 4 

State Superintendent of Pub110 Inatxuotion, 

at dlatrlot expense, ehall require a eupplemanta1 scholastic oeneus to be taken of the 

dlstriot involved. In the event that the 

cxsxus heroin authorlzsd shows a eubstantlal 

increase in soholastio population, the State 

3uimrlntencient of Publlo Instruotion may approve a aupplemontal oen~ue roll, adding 

the names of additional eli&ble sohelaatior, 

be taken not later t&m 34-h 15 of any fi& 

aal year, and shall lnolude only suoh soholastlos that are enpolled and are in aotual 

attendanoe; provided that for the year 194O19&i said sup &mental oenaus will be permitt& until 1 pril 22, and no adjuetmnt 3~ 

echolaetlo apportionment in a dlstriot entitled thereto &all be in an aniount more 

than that neoeseary for the eddltional ~xpenditures needed to oare for the neede of such 

dlatrlots and whfeh shall be approved by the 

State Uepartment of Bdueation. 

Wee. 2. only one supplemmtal 06!mU8 

annually in any one dietriot ehall be authorized by the &ate 3upsrintendent.W (!%aphasis oura) 

‘::e assume from your letter that the supplelllantal 

oensuB roll ana mended budget have been approved as the 

statute8 provide. U.pon that assumption and under the faotr 

stated, it is our opinion that the oOUnty superintendent’s 

mlary should be $3,600.00 per annum and that the $200.00 

inoreaf9e is lawful and proper. 

i4JF:GO 

Very truly your0 

BY COMMrrTE