Honorable A. P. ?restwood 

County faUltor 

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Dear Sirr opinion O-190 

lie: Whether tSO.00 allowe 60 

County 5uperlntendents for 

expewes under Artiole 8700, 

Hevine Civil Statutes, 

1988,ooven only traveling 

and oar expeano, or both 

traveling l rpenae and oftloe 

expense. 

your roquent r0r an opinion rr0rn this depertmant by latter of Yay 16, read8 am follow: 

*iteiering to Artiale BOO0 LC.9. 

1QSS relative to Salary bnd Rxperme 

ellowed Gnmty superintendent. 

me county superintendent 0r 

smith county ia allowed rm the 

State end County Atailable tiU 

fSO.00 per month for expwaes. 

WCll you please give m8 a rul- 

.$ng uhether or not thlr, ooveml o 

travellug and bar expeaae of dose "'it 

oover o ffio s l xpeme ae wall.' 

Artiole e700, Berind civil Statutes of 198% 

xhloh 6ekmlne8 the anausl salary to be paid the CoUaty 

Buparlnteadsnt8, band on the 8oholastlo poplatlon of 

their rupeative eountlbs, oontains the following ralorant pxwinlous pertaining 60 the expensea or the County 

Superlntendentsr 

Inmakingthe annual 
Honorabh A. P. Prertuood, May es, 1939, Page Q 

sohoole, the oounty sohool trustees 

shall el8o make an annual ellowanor 

out ot the State a.d county arellable funds for mlary and expenses 

0r the orrioe or the oountp superlntendent, end the same ah~llbe pmrated to the eohoola OaaIng under the 

supervision or the oounty sohool maperlntendent . . .The oounty board of 

trustee6 may make auoh rurther prorislon ea it deem neoe,saary ror orrloe 

and traveling 'expense8 ior the county 

maperlntendent and any aeslstant hs 

may hare; provided that erpenbiturea 

ror orrloe and traveling expenses 

ahall not exoeed three hundred dollars per mama, and the county board 

of trustees amy make 9rovlslon for 

the *aployment of a oompetent ataaistant ior the county superintendent who 

shall, %n addition to Us other duties, aot aa attendance orrioer; . . .* 

The ftetlaed Civil Statute8 or 1911, &W.ole 

Z9S8, hot8 Or 1907, oontalned the follOwi.ug provlalonr 

-. . .that the county ruperintendent 

ahall be allowed eny sum not to exoeeQ One Hundred Dollars per year ror 

stsmpi,, 8tatlonary, expressage and 

prlntlng ta be paid by the Camnlaalonem* Court out or the oounty general 

fund. . .” 

&IO traveling experue wao thus allowed, and auoh expense 

of orfioe was rertrlotea to suoh olseslrlOatlons 89 

rlmllar to the ltmms Hated. 

By the Aot@ of 1920, Third Called Seaalon, 

Chapter 67, the Legislature evidently seeing that this 

$100.00 per year l xpeuee WM Inadequate, +d that the 

County superintenawt wan put to quite an expezise ln 

going frm oae l ohool to another In hia oouuty, amended 

Art1014 E7SS 

expense prov i aions read substantially the mama as nov 

Retimed CIrIl Statutes, 1911, making auoh 

appear in the Aot8 or 1923, our present Article 8700, 

Revised Civil Statutes, 192S. 
. . 

Honorable A. P. ?restwood, May 83, 1939, Page b 

It will be noted that sinoe the amendment aa 

oolltalned la Artlole Q700,. to the Aots of 1907, Artlol~ 

BIZR) Rmiaed Clrll Statutes, 1911, the aounty tntateea 

are d lreoted to m&e an annual allowanoe out 0r thm 

State and oounty available nulls for salary and expenses 

or the orrio 0r tba County Superintendent. TboLeglala&U% no doubt intended for the vmrds "expenaea"ot the 

offloeW to be siren a liberal and broad meaning. It 

does not appear, hover, that ths Loglelature intended 

to ~oontlne auoh srponse to traveling expense, or to reatriot suoh expense to thoee ltuus formerly enumerated, 

l trlotly speakin 

stsmpe and the 1 

fgf~e~4-;y~ht~ $Ggyswe 

aoastrue the antlre'Aot to allow reaaoneble and neoial ary expenses inaurre4 in the legal and proper~~oonbot 

of the ofrloe or County Superlntenden$. Thie TIOW i8 

6upported also by the provlelon in the atatuta which 

liepits the amount of 8uoh expenditures made by the 

Cou&ty Superintendent, end with any aeellrtant., ifany, 

whloh provides 9hat expenditurea for offloe and travellng expenses shall not axoeed Three Hundred-%llara,* 

. . . (undemoor6 ours). 

Our attention is also Oe.lled to the followlug 

*orda of the Oaptlon of the bill enaotea in 1980 at the 

Third Called Sea81on, Chapter 37, whioh reed: 

"An Aot to ameod Xrtiole Q7SS8, . . . 

relating, 60 the nliwles or said 

OQUXI~J Superintendents of pub110 inl truotlon, lnoreaalng the aalariea 

or aald county Superlntendente, pmtiding for QfriOe aad tmTeli!I& OXpansem;...W 

We think the language oontalned in Art1010 

Q900 1s oloar as to the llmlt that 0811 be set aalde by 

the county trustees and expended by the County Superintend&,, whether suoh OOTem stationary aa stumps or 

l xponmes of tmTo1, or uhether he has an assistant or 

notr Reading the Aot as b whole, lt is evident that 

tha pmrlalon llaltlng expenditurea to Three Hundred 

Dollar8 per mmuo fbr otfloe and travellng.expenaea, applies to the term ~expeuaea or the orrloe or the county 

Superint.and.uW without dlstlngulkhlng batrrsen exponw 

laourred while tMTeliI@ and purely OfZioe expense, 

It la, therefore, the oplnlon or this departmeut that any mm, not to oxoeed Three Hundred Dollars 
Honorable A. P. Prestuood, Xay 2.5, 1939, Page 4 

per annum, ellowod ES l xponaes under the prorlelona of Artiole 8700, devised Civil Statutes, 1925, would oovmr and 

lnolude both tmTelbg and oirloe expense. 

Trusting the ebOTe ammra your question, we reMill 

Yours Tery truly 

BY 

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