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**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** 
tatd 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 eduoa**tloml system**  **of the**  **State of**  **Tsxae snd**  **as** such -.**Honoxuble**P. 0. Bolton. Psge 8



### baa rraponaIbIllty 

### ror proper partlolpstlon in any programror the Improvement or sauoatlon In Tssas, particularly whoa suoh proijcrsr Is uda or

### fIOIa1 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**  

### thisatafimoat olosely l

aaoaIsted with ths gonsrsl sduoatlonal **program** or 

### tba State, 

### andresponsible 

### 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 

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### TU train1 “f 0r kaoherr la 

### put or 

### thm rsrenti61 ro**spcmalb**

### lity of **the** 

### Collo(o. Tbo work 

### or thl8 

### portbmlu

o onfuonoe

related 

### 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 

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### tbrt this a*60 is oleuly ootorod 

### by your 

### Opinion

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### thr tnrol **hating baon**  **portorad** 

### In **aaeordaaoe**

### with tha rulS8 or 

### themud or 

### Dlnatora or the OollOgo, th0 Oxpmso thsrsor fr 

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### 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 aooomplish

### sent 0r a governmental **iunction;** It requires that the mans an4 method adopted should ba reason8bly 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

rnrrnuJED\