i%r. 2. L. Angell, Assistant to 

the President, A k,PL College, 

College Station, Texas 

EeaC Hr. Angel18 Opinion Ho. O-4267 

Rgt Am the teachers snd heads of 

verlous d6p6X'tUIent6 ln A. 60 M. 

'College entitled t? expenses 

when attending meeting8 or 

gatherings In connection with 

and ln line with thelr dutlee? 

Thie i6 In r&ply Co your letter of D%c%mber 10, 1941, 

which reads as follt#t61 

"X should like tz get an opirdon on whether A. Elt Irl. 

College can ?egally allow travel eXpense on the following txi6e8t 

'1. Profe66or of &irxLcipal end Sanltery Engineering t0 go to 

Austin to attend a meeting of' the Texsa Public Health 

Association to aonfer with &h&6 yup concez'n~ the problems deal- with 6anitary praat ce6 ln lkxaa. 

The Texas Public Eealth Aasoaistion ia an orgrmitation 

made up of medloal health oft’icers, public health ISUP666, 

sanltarlan6, and sanitary inspector8. It6 VIEPOWS a%%! 

to improve the public health by lncreaaing the efficitnoy 

of health worker@ ~lployed by the cltiea, aounties and 

the state1 to di66erainate health infonastloka 6aoz3g the 

general public snd gmernmental Off'iCia16$ te coadueb 

and enaourage research projects in publia health, It 

aacompll6h66 these alms pr@etpelly by mean6 OS an annual meeting at +hloh the principal bu6innS6s I.6 the holdingofco~~&teemieetiag6inwhichn@'W &=6'X3dUre6aad 

awn? prodeote are d3.scus6ed and paet izccompliahments are 

PevZewed . 

In the aepartraent of Municipal and Saaitery Em~i~tWing 

we have a numbprr of teaachers who ar0 experts in tile 

field, and it fa felt that slnoe the Tex%n Public Eiaa>$h 

Association is public ln abwmctar and its meetings We 

for the rganerrsl welfare of tihe people of %X&S6 that We 

should <~W me% for Bn iXQ%X't t0 66Bi8t theg! in 

f2d.r wac. 

“2. Dean of the School of &?ts &Id Salesmax to attend the 

!&stars Pars~nml. Conference at the University of Texas, 
“4. 

“5. 

E. L. Angel1 - P6ge 2 --copp--- o-4267 

TheT43xasPemKJnnel 

the auspices of the' 

Confmence is oonduoted under 

Unlvereity of %6x66._ Its w . ._ _ - 

bernhlp indudes repre6entatlve8 OS School6 of IEn- 

$ine@r~, Buuslne66 Adniitmtlon, Muoation and 

personnel offloers frm %%a6 2nduetrles. Xta purpow la the cultivation of better relations between 

these echo016 anff the employers of their graduates, 

with pparticular reference to the Sunotione of the 

6Chool.6 in PrepaI'ing tFaine8 Uorker6 of Various 

eorts. 

Profeeaor ofJthO llepartmen$ ofAnlm6lEuusbandryto 

attend meetfn& of 6hqep and goat raI6er6 at Del Rio, 

Texas, for the ynrrpotie of assisting these men in 

6OUlC of their problems and tom gain from them knowledge of the current need6 from thie group 60 that 

instruction at A. & #. College can be of mo??e practical benefit to thie lnduetry. 

The apeei8liata who are employed a6 teacher6 in this 

department can be of great benefit to the sheep and 

goat raiser6 by ConferHng with them at the9.r meetSriga and akthe 6&me time thie Cont6Ct with the curPent problems of this grartp will m6ke it pO6sible to 

~tt~elateri616 in the come of study pr6s3tlcal 

. 

zf II iunotion of' the 6tlIts 10 to foster .IndUstry and 

agrlcult~re, then 6hould A. 8s M. pay expenses of its 

experte tq a6sist, 88 abov6 3?0qumteddl 

Dan oft&¶ saho01~0f &?&U.ltUreto go to Luring end 

San Antonio for a oonftie ultb the offiofalrr of 

the Lulling Foundation and wlt;h 16+d6r6 Of the ~M.6 

induBtZ=y an&Woblems re'lat~tothe fieldof in6trwtlon, 60 that A. dh Pl. aan better 6erv6 the SgrlcultUral find live-at0ck IndwtrJr of the state. 

The Dean of' the Sahoel of S@lneerlng to go to Hew 

York City to attend HntlenalHee~ing OS the American 

Soalety of Xeehzu1ic61 EngiMars for the purpow of 

eonferrlngwithntembenr ofthatywqr to fLndan 

outrta!xd~ 6Uin to t&e the pC~61tiOXI kB Head of the 

Dears- of Indwtsial ZmgLneerlng at the A. b M. 

l 

Theme&elriplip in the AtfW?~c6nSooiety 0fMeckanlaal 

Engineers I6 made up of mechaaical er@nmr6 f+rom txadustry and te8~ChsF6 Of %eOhaniCal ~inee~ing fX'Om 

college6. 

TheDean of the Sahool oZ'3h@ne6rl~rro~ldb8v6 m 

opportunity to Znte-Pvieu a @at number of men who 

6m leadere, in this field and 66cxwe a better m6n 

for this polJtlon than Lp he attempted to emp$loy him 

through corre~ondenco alone. 
m.6.L.Angezl- P6Se 3 o-4267 

“6. Frofe?haar of the Department of ~~rtiouuure to go to 

Dallas, 'PQxae to aaslst in supervising the A. & M. 

College exhibit for the meetlna; of the American Assoclntloti.for the Adoancomcnt of Science, 

Tim Amerloen Ass3clatlon for the Advancement of 

8CieSlCG include6 in f&6 membership 6Ome @,OOO laem- 

‘bel'8, Which l3UllibW embrace6 OUt6tWding 6&%&i6t6 

of the United Skates. The Board of Dlreotors of 

the A. b M. Coll.e&e has made an appropriation for 

the College to have an exhlblt at this meet%ng, and 

it is neoe666ry thnt some membera of the College 

staff aas%st in .sett%ng up the exhibit and 6up@rv~slng such an exhlblt durQ-g the time of the meetlng." 

We attach hereto a copy of our Opinion No. O-1973, addressed to 

Honorable CLlffopd B. Jonem, -President of Texas !$whnologIoal College, 

and out Oplni!m ?!o. O-2084, addressed to Eonarable Homer P. Ralney, 

Pros%dent of the university of Texas, which discuss and outline the 

condltlom un&?r which expcneea nay be pald in attendin& gatherings 

such 68 those mentioned in your letter. 

Subsection 6 of the general provislonns contained in the Eduaatkmal 

Appropr&atlon Bill, a8 passed by the Legislature ia 1941, reads ln part 

a6 fO11OU6: 

"~otfp1yallug~enms shall be Incurred 

by Ward members, heada, of instltuticm6, or by any 

tpuployee of any of the 8ohoo18, or other agenciee 

named h&r&n, ~fmaide OF outside of the bo#&Wie6 of 

the State of Tim’aa, except far State bvairmas, end 

no travel rphalf. be perfarteed outside the Stata exC@@ ryroin thU &dV&llWd Wdtt0ll COlWInt Of ths Saboo1'6 

B3ard et Regents or DirecOurtb" 

As to what 16 "State business", within the cont~3,atlon 

of u&Id Apprap;riatm Bill, 16 left largely to the discretion 0r the 

local boards in oantrol of Che v6rlou6 eduaatlti tnstitutions, These 

questione~mat pz%marTly bc detsraLinQd by the govemlnfs bodies of maid 

id6titUtiOIUZ. 

in th0 oplnwls, troples of nhbh Elm 

can be added, 

It Is our opln?.tm that each of the six propersed trips 

aan be clamed as "State bus%ne~s" and if the )&nacting Boarct of A.Cldvl. 

Co~&g;6$ecido6 that each or all o& said proposed trip6 am "State 

then the traveling expenses referred toin your letter taxi 

legally d $a% 
Hr. E. L. Angel1 - Page 4 

very way yours 

ATFORNEX amwui OP TEXAS 

By a/Q&L ii. Isarcua 

aeo. w. Barcus 

Amlstslnt 

APPR@VJZX Fx;B 2, 1942 

s/ tlrov*r Sellers 

FxRRTxssI~m 

ATTORNXX O-S, 

Approved oplaicm CQmlRltC%% By a/mB Chairman 

o-4267