OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

opimtoe lo. 0-68?6 

lto: ubatbar a rob01 wfotorla 

ryuplgwlfo oia mhool 

boor6 w8ber u8l 

Yaw rrq\urt tar op 

cuwfull~ ooorldomd by tbir 6 

your raqwrt ti f011avr~ 

06 to rou by Mr. Chlldnrr 

olboati mmbor 

lumber by pupila uxl taachorr 

Ia the board violating 

'0. ?h%r ew rob001 born a baud rmber 

vho mw 0 g:rooory atom. I8 1t 8 vlo&tlam 

oftbr lov ?or Uw rohoelcr?*k~a )OpUrObse 

groaorier fraa thlr m? 
Hon. T. II. Trlmble - ?yr 2 

'3. A wmber of the board of this rohool 

ovns the burrs opmrated by thL8 sobool. TNr 

board mmbor do88 not oontllrot rlth th8 sohool 

In questloa but the ooatnot 18 in the 8m of 

another p8rty and the ron8t for the us8 0r the 

burss is paid the other pa&r. Is there 8 lav 

rlolatIon in this Oa88t” 

Articles 432, 433 and 435, Texas hwl Code, red es 

rollovsr 

Artlolo 432. “Nopotin” 

"Ho offloer of this Stat8 or ant offlosr 

of 8q dirtriot, oouatq, elty, pr8oI8ot, 8ohool 

dlrtrlat, or other mmlolpal 8~bdIri~ia a? tN8 

btat8, or uy offI68r or wmhor of 88.7 Nat*, 

district, oounty, oltq, rohool dlstrlot or otbar 

munIoIpal board, or judge of any oourt, oroated 

b7 or undrr authority o? an7 (Ionoral or sp8olal 

lav of this State, or ~7 wmbor of ths Lagislatur8, r-11 rppdat, or rot8 ror, or ooaflm 

the 8ppolntmBt to aBy O??h38, poritioa, oh*- 

mhlp, 88ploym8Bt or duty, of amy porlom mlatrd 

vithl.8 th8 socad degne bt affinity or vltbln the 

third d8grae b7 consuqulmlty to the person 80 

8ppointing or so voting, 0~ to any other wmber of 

an7 such board, the Isglslrture, or tmut Of vhlch such 

person so appointing or rating may be 8 umber, vhen 

the 8818~~, fees, or compensrtioa of such 8ppoFntes 

is to be p8lcl for, directly or indlrectl~, out o? or 

from public funds or fees OS oifico o? ml kind or 

character vhatsoever. 

p. 149" 

Acts 1909, p. s5, Acts 1915, 

Article 433. Oiflc8~1 included 

“The l.nhIbitlons sot forth in this 18~ ah11 

apply to and inelude ths Ootemor, Llrutonmt 

Ooveraor, Speaker of the Xiouse of Repr8seatatIve8, 

Railroad Commlssloasrs, hmd of departmats of the 

State government, judges and members o? any and 

all Boards and court8 established by or under the 
I(-. T. W. Trirbls - 

authority or w 

8Ut0, WBbOm Of Lbr ~giSimW#, Up?#, 

OOSaSSiUSSF891 WOO?dOJW~ ti6O~dwrkF8 

Of #Oh001 bOOrd8 Of ~OOrpO?Okd OitiSS ud 

tOWIS, PUbuO SOhOO1 tFWtO88, OttiOO?8 ti 

~rkP# OfbOUdS Sf'UI1IOW Oft&B 8ut8 IhiVSF8ity Wd Of it8 SO+O?d bmOh88, 8d Of t.b8 

~0riOU8 8UtS OCiW4tiOWi iIiStitUtiUSI8 Md Of Lb 

WIOUS 8t.W l iO~S)ur7 iWtitUuOIi8, ud Of 

th. &lOritr8tiWiOS. ?blS Oa-WtiSU 8&llmOt 

b8 bid t0 •XO~UII~ r- th8 0p0mtia d l rr00t 

Of tN8 &V Uqr PO-olr uOiodOd ahi ik 108~ 

#~p~O~i#i~#. AOtS lw, 0. 66.” 

ArtIol8 435 8&llwtapp?ovoaeoomt 

‘BO OfflOSP or otlmr p8FSa l.aollldod vlthla 

thotNM pro0064 art1810 rbll appmw amy 

l oeount or dr ev or l uthoorlsa tb &wing of any 

varrmt or order to pay in 

~asatiO8 Of ruoh i#li(rIb ZI 

tile-, fee or ca8 OffiOSr OI POl'SQI, 

k80W4 him t0 b8 SO i#~@ibls. ’ 

Uo quota r- Opiria lo. 04761 0r thl8 dopartmt 

OS ?OihVSl 

% i8 l 88ttSX' Of C- kZloV18dgr tbt 

SChoO1 CrtStW'iW U’O &UinOd gOIPSlUl1y ill 

the 8ChOolm throughout tbs stat8 O? t8~88 Ud 

tha United Slates. In tb CallI Of 8088Wll St 

a1 v. mrrov, et al, 34 8. v. (2) 654, tlw El 

i'SSO Court of Civil Appe818 held the follovWI, 

"'The cafetorla is a nocossary c~nvo~l~n~o, 

aad 1s not obaoxious to aar constltutlorul or sututory lnhIbItIon, and, 18 

think, l ?8a#atkablS 8~8~~188 Of tb dimontlosury povsr coaforr8d upw ths 

board 01 tl'USt808. Ooodrrin V. b&001 

Dlstrlct Ha. 1, Clt and County of Denver et al. (C.C.A.J. 32 P. (2d) 586, 

5? A.L . ii . 92.' 
Eon. T. Il. Trlmblo - -8 4 

'b ZhiS OWOOt:a VS l SS\PI tht th# #S&O1 

aiSt?iOt i8 OPSF8tw th0 afStOFi4 ?O? tb@ 8006 

Of it8 BtUdSDtS, w 18 Wt OpWwBg a 88.88 

a8 l W-t%1 8 l St&b~Shunt OF l bWh888 rO? 

P--lu7 a-. In QUP OpINon it vould be k- 

?- 

thm suthorlty o? the se-1 barb to wtor 

DtO priV~L# bwIa.ss. u0, thOF O?O?@ , l 88UBS 

thBt th8 OhrgOS ~58 iOr food SsmOdm WaSUSably ti. t0 QOIO? tb, OOStS O? th8 SU d tb8 

~toaaass or t&n 84rotorIA. 

“8iB~ m board O? tFUStO88 Of u i8dOpU-, 

dent School dirtriOt WJ @8i8- l SOhW1 

OtiOtO?i& it 18 OU? OpiBi= t&t tb, nSpaol1- 

bII.Itt fol, tb8 p*opr? OpO?&la ?dW80? ud ?Aw 

l JCpOaditm Of f1Ad8 mliud thO?O?WpFOpSriJ 

F88tS With SlASh bOWd.* 

ID CODBOOzi~ vIth tb ft?8t fJU88ti~ W hv8 b#m 

#iVUh r&S ?WthW iD?OWtiOD t&t t& Vi?0 Or th0 tFWk8 18 

Nmd iB tb #Oh001 WOtOPb b8 8 OOa Ol’~nitS’888; t&t On8 

Of th0 UMhW iJLt& 8&001~08 tb, SOhO M?@tO~~ 

Md 18 paid only hi8 ?O&'UbP SabF7 l 8 l tOMbr l 8 Other 

t#Mbn in tb SChOO1I th t8Mh.r rtra -08 tb aeSt#ria 

18 th0 qSZ4t Of tb board Of tI'UStO.8 - i8 tie? tbir 

supervlsIai; that no iadspmdeat COntFmctOr nl~tloasNp 8xlet.s 

bstv88a the school bocrrd m4 the t#acImr vho -08 th8 

CSfOtSFiA @J&d tht th0 fFUSLO8’S Vi?8 18 bid Out Of th8 rUEid 

collrcted from th8 school childma for paywat of th8Ir lunohes. 

Under the i8cts stltsd, vs hold the hiring of the trustee's 

vlfr to be unlavful and ve ancvor your first questloa In the 

l fricative. 

In eoxumcLlm vlth the second question ve hsvv 

bsoa giVOB the fUrthW imfOrYtiOU tbt t& tUChOr VhO Maages 

the 88?8tarl8 (U q#llt of th8 4OhoOl board Md und#r U&m 

SU$WViSibIXb of the hoard) buy8 gro88ri88 for the 08f8uri8 

diIWtly fm the g143C817 #to?8 OVWd by 0~10 Of ths mbsr8 Of 

the school board. Ue hold Ws to be un1avful under the 

facts awLed, and anw4r your second quertioa ln the aftinsative. See l uthorltlot cited la OPlAiOll l9. 0-1314 Of this 

department, a copy of' vhlcb 1s enclmcd hpreulth f~,r y?ur 

lnforwtioa. 
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Ulth nS.rrnee to the thhd ~u.atlon, Ve hr. b.en 

lnfomd th8t tha aaatnct v8a ord- but hv. not ken #lv.n 

d.ta l1 .d lafomtlon l to the rpsolflc tern thorrof, md 

la the l b a r a ao f r ruoh lnfo mtlo n vo c a nnopt 8rr o n the @ ir d- _ 

q uemtlaad o n rer~otfully doollna to MDVO~ am. 

I 

Vary tluly yourr 

ATTORREY OBllgRAL OF TEXAS