‘. 837 

OFFICE OF THE.ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Kooorable F. C. 3oltoa 

Aoting President 

Agricultural and Eeotanloal College 

or Texas 

Collage Station, Texas 

rear sir: 

onirrenoe of Ec?;ool 

ore and Tea&era 

rollowa: 

2, 1944, raeda 8s 

ta td Conpaooounta of ssreral 

& !i. College cover- 

&dance on the aiddalniatratora and 

he State Superintendnt’of 

The aooountr bear the 

the College and the 

The Sta to 

i 0r th090 

rrseatsd to 

that tbs expense ~3 incurred in 

the transaotloa of *Stste business’, and that it 

naa definitely the responsibility and duty of the 

A. k EL. College to send oertsln membere of Its 

stair to the oonferenoe. The Agricultural and 

‘ureohanloal College of Texaa is part of the eduoatloml system of the State of Tsxae snd as such 

-. 
Honoxuble P. 0. Bolton. Psge 8 

baa rraponaIbIllty ror proper partlolpstlon in 

any program ror the Improvement or sauoatlon In 

Tssas, particularly whoa suoh proijcrsr Is uda orfIOIa1 bJ balng pmasntoa as tha orrlolal program 

or our State Department or E6uoatIon in Tans. 

This rosponsIbilIt~ or Eha Collags wsuld nko it 

naooaauy for thoaa wmberr of this atafi moat 

olosely l aaoaIsted with ths gonsrsl sduoatlonal 

program or tba State, and responsible tor ths 

r0dti00 ana 00nau0t or outioula ror trmining 

tosohera, to bo rully ii3r0ma oono*m1ng suoh 

psogu; and to tht ena, to attend such OQILr0r=000 aa tbls. 

*Thin was a aonfueneo not only oi l ohool 

l dmlnl#taWOr~, but OS ‘TwBhw TMlnuS.' TU 

train1 

“f 

0r kaoherr la put or thm rsrenti61 rospcmalb lity of the Collo(o. Tbo work or thl8 

por tb mo o lu nfuo related no e l spooial1y to tin 

Inalurion 0s rtarlals in our pablto l ohool ourrloula rolatIn& to auoh 

raw relations war s.rv!z”% a*~::tz;“2!* 

ph8i8 on thd wtia w,&itati rdlriaatlon or 

prnotiors OD ths put oi teaahu-tnlniag instltutiolu, 8na nd t0 b4~0 th0 00dmSti0n or 

both dminlstrators and teaobn in l otual Ohargo 

or lnatrurtlon. 

-wa tea tbrt this a*60 is oleuly ootorod 

by your Opinion Wo. O-ub'l, and tht thr tnrol 

hating baon portorad In aaeordaaoe with tha rulS8 

or the mud or Dlnatora or the OollOgo, th0 Oxpmso thsrsor fr pmapuly oharasabls l pinrt stat* 

tar. 

*The fa di~itIuwhe8lS ss .xp WSl e OOOU5ta l-0 

Involvd sro; 

‘Th b.@n 0r the Sob001 or Arta 8nb so1snos, undo= 

rhoss l uporvision wurses In Wuoatlon 8r* alvoa. 

-Tha 8ad 0f th8 Dogartiment or~Agriaultura1 Mua&- 

Mon. 
Ifonorable r’. C. Bolton, Faye 3 

“The Xead of the 2e,psrtnont of Agronorag, undsr 

whose euperrfsion the College offers oourses la 

soil oonservatioa, 

“I wculd sppreolate ycur opinion oi the 

natter.R 

Aa you know, the ourrent appropriation bill permits 

the payment of trarelll~ erpsnses of State offioiala and eaployses on17 when such expsneer am incurred while trsvsllIn& 

on “State busineaa.* As we sald in our Cpinlon Ho. O-4167: 

W93tate business* signifies the aooomplishsent 0r a governmental iunction; It requires 

that the mans an4 method adopted should ba reason8 bly nsoessary; it Implies that the particular 

govsrnmental function lnvolrsd be one direotly entrusted to the Inetltutlon or dsartment assuming 

its aooo?Pplishmemt.w 

Is our Cpialon No. O-4%$7, sddreseed to your Colle&o, 

we pointed out that the governing boards of tbr various aducatlonal institutions porssss oonslderable discretion with respeot 

to the seleotloa of the mans snd methods by whlob the functions 

of their instftutions are to be aoooapllabed, and that their 

choice or a wrticular menns or method will not ba questioned 

by tbe oourts or by this department unless it 1s clearly sh0.m 

that this aisoretlon has booa abueed. 

Tested by these standards, we feel that ths facts 

statsd in your letter reveal that the faaulty mmbera mentlomd 

therein were on State business while attending the mid-winter 

oonference of Sohool AdEinfstrmt,ors and ‘leaobers Trainers. It 

ID our opinion that the srpense aooounts under oonridaratlon 

should be a;prored. 

Trusting that the foregoing satisfsotori~y nnswer8 

your inquiry, we are 

Yours very truly 

r nrrnuJED\