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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 oourad

stituta ha ooa**dee,** wlttl respeot tothe rlllds

eaeurer ah011keep the samein rundto bouted 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 sfour-dry Post Graduate andHonorable J. Stanley +‘right, Page 2

refresher **0our80 sane**  time betorr the expfratlan of the ourrsut lioense year. It la the desire of the l3oaTdto bring to Texas at leaat : tour nationally-knwn eduoators to give lsctur~a anddemonatmtlrr work to tha lioe~ae~sa. To obtain these asn, itwill 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 

### ahall orauditorium and **incur orrtaln**  nearaaary **expenses** uaual and oua

### tomary for putting ona alas8 auah aa the above mmtlonad. OfOourme, 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 Ofths saving. The **question** la asked merely so that the Bard mayknow 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 

### auohas 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 

### “,uertlOn1 

### is aarwered In tha 

### arrlrmative, please answer “,ueatlon II. *Question 11: If the Board **oonduota** aFoat Oraduato or rsrreahrr oourae, will it bo allowed to ahargi 

### areasonable anduniform tee ror auob oourae?n Yoction 8 of thmArtlclB 4512a V. A. C. 5. partially quoted iB your lotter as Seotlon 8 or the Chiropraotio Act. pro-

. tidea that aa aprorequialta to a renewal Ofthair 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 Aasoaia**  **tion** Inoorpomted.” Inaddition, 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 upontha 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 Ofth# Aot whloh ruthorlrea tha expenditure of the 

### runda of 

### the Boardfor tM l duoatlon of llaenaees, the Ad oontafna no protlalon with reapeat to the nuthod bywhiab thu exponaaa oi the refresher Qoumea are to be mat. The Aot aowhore spaoirioally authorizer 

### afee to **bo** ohrrged ror auoh oouraea; and, weterl, the authority to ohargo auoh a ire maytit 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.(2dT ,

660: -All publio 

### orricoa and orrlcers are oroaturea 0rlaw. The powers and **duties** 

### 0rpub110 oftloera ore defined and limited by law. Bybdng dofined and limited **by**law, wemean tha aat of apablio otfieer mat br expressly authorized **by** law, or impllad therefrom. 2ZR. C. L., p. 553, 1114.” 

### In aooordanoe with this prinoiplr, woanswer parr **aroond**question in the nrgatirr.

Trusting thst the foregoing fully answers your inqulrlsr, we 

### are **Yours**vary truly A’,TOilPInCXMRALCFTXXAs 

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