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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Ronorabh 3. Stanley :::right, Member 

Tsxar Board of Cblropraotlo Exmnlnarr 

Llttlofleld Bulldiq 

Austin, Texar 

Dear Sir: 

shar oourtm. 

14, 1944, read8 aa, 

raduata o ourad 

stituta ha ooadee, wlttl respeot to the rlllds 

eaeurer ah011 keep the same in 

rund to bo uted in paying the 

expsaaso of the Board, whloh may 

xpeaser lnourrsd for the adranoement and l duoation of all liosnaeer uodsr 

this Act .---' 

vonrlderin& the above, lt is the desire Or tha 

Board to atxduct s four-dry Post Graduate and 
Honorable J. Stanley +‘right, Page 2 

refresher 0our80 sane time betorr the expfratlan of the ourrsut lioense year. It la the 

desire of the l3oaTd to bring to Texas at leaat : 

tour nationally-knwn eduoators to give lsctur~a 

and demonatmtlrr work to tha lioe~ae~sa. To 

obtain these asn, it will be neoesaarg for tba 

Board to agree to pay eaab of them at least 

$100.00 pet day, plus aotual travallng sxpensea 

incurred by these aon. It will ala0 bs nreeaaary 

for tba Board to rant a hall or auditorium and 

incur orrtaln nearaaary expenses uaual and ouatomary for putting on a alas8 auah aa the above 

mmtlonad. Of Oourme, it la to be uH*ratood 

tbat if the required aduoatora oan be brought 

herb without ooat or lass ohergo, the Board 

would naturally take the benefit Of ths saving. 

The question la asked merely so that the Bard 

may know that it haa authority to oonduot ruoh 

an education oourae and pay ror aane out or the 

Chiropraotio Fund. 

‘Qlaatlon 3 : Is the Board authorlzod, under the 

Aot, to giro reimrher aouraoa auoh as above roferrad to and ii so, la tho- Board entitled to &my 

the fee and traveling expenses of the dootora 

brought hera, together with the lnoidental oxpensea for oonduating the eourae? 

“Ii “,uertlOn 1 is aarwered In tha arrlrmative, 

please answer “,ueatlon II. 

*Question 11: If the Board oonduota a Foat 

Oraduato or rsrreahrr oourae, will it bo allowed to ahargi a reasonable and uniform tee 

ror auob oourae?n 

Yoction 8 of thm ArtlclB 4512a V. A. C. 5. partially 

quoted iB your lotter as Seotlon 8 or the Chiropraotio Act. pro- 

. tidea that aa a prorequialta to a renewal Of thair lioon~as a11 

ohiropraotora mat *attend 80110 Fost Cmbuate oourse aat~afaotory 

to tha Board and/or at least ona four-day or aora eduoational r+ 

treeher aourae or institute as oonduoted by the Board under the 
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Ronorabls J. Stanley ‘n’rlght, Fage 3 

rules Or the Board and/or the Texas State CbirOpraOtda Aasoaiation Inoorpomted.” In addition, as you state, tk Aot authorizes tha funds oi the Board to ba expendad, inter alia, ror the 

Wluoatlon oi all lloenarsa under this Aot.' In OUF opinion 

thaao proYiaioBa aonfor upon tha Board the power to opamto a 

post graduate or refreshor ocurae or the typo outlined In your 

latter and to expend the funds oi the Board thomfor. Conaaquently, your first quratlon la answered in tha aWmatirr. 

Apart from that portion Of th# Aot whloh ruthorlrea 

tha expenditure of the runda of the Board for tM l duoatlon of 

llaenaees, the Ad oontafna no protlalon with reapeat to the 

nuthod by whiab thu exponaaa oi the refresher Qoumea are to be 

mat. The Aot aowhore spaoirioally authorizer a fee to bo ohrrged 

ror auoh oouraea; and, we terl, the authority to ohargo auoh a 

ire may tit bo implied iron any portion of the Aat. As wa8 said 

by our Su rmr Court in Fort Worth Cavalry Club v. Sheppard, 83 

S. ‘dl. (2d T 

, 

660: 

-All publio orricoa and orrlcers are oroaturea 

0r law. The powers and duties 0r pub110 oftloera 

ore defined and limited by law. By bdng dofined 

and limited by law, we mean tha aat of a pablio 

otfieer mat br expressly authorized by law, or 

impllad therefrom. 2Z R. C. L., p. 553, 1114.” 

In aooordanoe with this prinoiplr, wo answer parr 

aroond question in the nrgatirr. 

Trusting thst the foregoing fully answers your inqulrlsr, we are 

Yours vary truly 

A’,TOilPIn CXMRAL CF TXXAs 

7n \ n r? By CM----W 

R. Clan Moorhead -~ 

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