HonorableA. P. ?restwood

County faUltor &ii2 cGzz

.
Dear Sirr opinion O-190 lie: Whether tSO.00 allowe 60 **County** 5uperlntendentsfor 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 ellowedGnmty 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"'it travellug and bar expeaae of dose oover offios

lxpeme 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 

### theirrupeative eountlbs,oontains the followingralo**rant** pxwinlous pertaining60 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 eohoolaOaaIng under the supervision

or the oounty sohool maperlntendent

. . .The oounty board of trustee6may make auoh rurther **prori** 

### slon ea it deem neoe,saary ror orrloe and traveling 'expense8 ior the county maperlntendent

and any aeslstanths 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 *aploymentof a oompetentataaistant ior the county superintendent who shall,%n addition to Us other duties, aot 

### aa attendanceorrioer;

. . .* The ftetlaed

Civil Statute8 or 1911, &W.ole Z9S8, hot8 Or 1907, oontalnedthe follOwi.ug provlalonr



### -. . .that the 

### countyruperintendent ahallbe allowed eny sum not to exoeeQ One Hundred Dollars per year 

### ror stsmpi,,



### 8tatlonary,

expressageand 

### prlntlng

ta be paid 

### by the 

### Camnlaalonem* Court out or the oounty general **fund.**

**. .**  **”** &IO travelingexperuewao thus allowed,and auoh expense of orfioe was rertrloteato suoh olseslrlOatlons 89 rlmllar to the ltmms Hated.

By the Aot@ of 1920, Third Called Seaalon, Chapter 67, 

### the Legislatureevidently seeing that 

### this $100.00 

### per year l

xpeueeWM 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 aions read substantially the mama as nov i 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 amendmentaa oolltalned

la Artlole Q700,.

to the Aots of 1907, Artlol~ BIZR) 

### Rmiaed Clrll Statutes, 1911, the aounty tntateea are dlreoted to m&e an annual allowanoeout 0r thm **State** and oounty availablenulls 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 Loglelatureintended to ~oontlne

auoh srponseto traveling**expense,** or to reatriot 

### suoh expense to thoee ltuus formerly enumerated, 

### l trlotly speakin stsmpe and the 1fgf~e~4-;y~ht~ $Ggyswe

aoastrue the antlre'Aotto allow reaaonebleand neoial ary expenses inaurre4in the legal and **proper~~oonbot** of the ofrloe or County Superlntenden$. Thie TIOW i8 **6upported also**  **by** the provlelon in the atatutawhich liepits the amount of 8uoh expenditures made by **the** Cou&ty Superintendent, end with any aeellrtant., if any, whloh provides 9hat expenditureafor offloe and travellng 

### expenses shall not axoeed Three Hundred-%llara,*

. . . (undemoor6 ours).

Our attentionis also Oe.lled to the followlug 

### *orda of the Oaptlonof the bill enaotea in 1980 at the 

### ThirdCalled 

### 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,pm

### tidingfor QfriOe aad **tmTeli!I&** OXpansem;...W We 

### thinkthe language oontalnedin Art1010 Q900 1s oloar as to the llmlt that 0811 be set 

### aalde**by** the county trustees and expendedby the County **Superin** tend&,, whether suoh **OOTem** stationaryaa 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 expenditureato 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 laourredwhile **tMTeliI@ and**  purely OfZioe expense,

It la, **therefore,** the oplnlon or this depart**meut** that any mm, not to oxoeed Three HundredDollarsHonorableA. P. Prestuood, Xay 2.5,

1939, Page 4

per annum, ellowod ES l xponaes under the prorlelonaof Artiole 8700, devisedCivil Statutes, 1925, would oovmr and lnoludeboth **tmTelbg** and oirloe expense.

Trusting the ebOTe ammra your question,we reMill

Yours Tery truly

**BY**

APPROVED: