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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY **GENERAL** OF TEXAS **AUSTIN**



### quests **the opinioli**  8 whloh may be oonu&g grior npproathe **Attorney Oem.raX,,**  **rips lRYolYing**  **txav** the 

### Hiate, OQ the part eduoational inetituCollege upon the.an!iual meeting or the Amerioan Asaooiation **0r** University **women** at Topeka, xansae, may bo approved and paid by the State Comptroller.I

Honorable S. **A.** Bill, Pago E

There Is no requirement In HOUSO Bill m, ‘apse, that tbo approval of the State Conptroller, t& Attoiney General, or other 8tate 

### ofrloer,shall be -6 prior **to** the making 

### of any trip**by** 

### emplo~ems of 

### tb atate eduoatlonal inrtitutlons of higher loamking, lml&.I5g the prmldent, ln~olring traveli5g expenres payableby the State, otherrise allowable. Or ooume, the state oomptrolhm, 

### berore paymentof any olai.8 

### rm a5y *a fund8 is made, mu8t nooeasarlly approve auoh, and ny, i5 detsrmiPlng the question of pcryment,oeoure the o~iz&aa 0r the **Attorwby** 

### Genera&a8 to the legality or such jeymnt . The tinal approval, however, **resta** not apoa the **abeenoe** 

### or etlstenoe of a prior approval beiora the aDense8 are lnourred, but upon the legality or tb e.Uin itrelr.

By way ot parenthesfe, we me~ntlo5 that nrk **prior** approval 18 required in Oertsiininstanoes mdu the Departmental Appropriation Bill 

### pertaining toUquzaaat~ or Itate, whioh, 

### of oourse,ha8no applioatlon tom in8tltutlon.

There are eertaln requIremMt8 In House 3U.l 255, 8tlpa, a8 to the Rppt'OYalOi trip8 and expensss **br** t3e goveming olflOial8 0r the instltutlo58, with rhiekN am 8Ilre you RM familiar and oonoerning whioh you m 5o viaW-Y. ror oxample,~yNo.

### travelingexpenses hall k ixourred

### by any employee 0r any **0r** the 80hools, or othsr agenole6 named herein, outeide of the bOU5darie6 of fb State of Texas, exoept ror State business, a5d u-5 l 9m advanoe written oonsent oi the 8ohool*8 Board of Kege5ta 

### or DireOtOrs." A& again, The expanroa or Regeetts, **prerldenta,** and Auditor8 of those State edmatiomi tytltution8 and.agenoiee 8hould be approved by the Ccm~trollrr oi the State, Prealdent of the goveining board, Frtside5t
or the Uollege or Inetltution and'college Auditor krsr8 payment irom either State **or** Looal funds.*

With reference to your **eeoond qwstlon,**  m qaote as iollows from your oo5mu.nioatlonr

-would your ruling with rerarence to attendanoe at the **Southern** Aesooiation of Colleg88 

### and Seeondery Sohools at Atlanta, Geow, be applloable 

### aleo to **our** attendanos of the Gnual iaaetlnget the Amerioan Assoaiatios Or Dnlyerrlty **Women** at Topeka, Kansas? This organization, too, IS a atandardiziingage5cK; la2'Bohorable J.A. Hill, Page 9

we have been aaewiate msmbers tar 8oms riftean 

### Jears. Stxaqtwo 

### ormore pare ago m applied 

### ior full msabership in this organization, and have reason to:be&ieve that our application will be a@proved 

### eltZher ,this year or next, @ravided
weean send our repreeeatatlve to oonrer with the officers of that organization about 

### ourinstitution.and ita program. I should like to send otv Dean of **Woman** to that **meet$ng.w**

In reply.to ourrequest **for.** additlonal:iuformahx~tauohing.t3& 

### func~lonand slgaifloenoe of the **hater** lain lssoole~l~~~of~Unive~sity Women, we were, under date of Xay 20, idvised~by you as followsr

-or your information, the AmerloamAaso

### oiatlonofUniteraWiy **Women** Is, as the#ium inn

### plies,a~nation-wide 

### organizatibn whioW&eks **to pr.amotk** 

**.Wie standards**  **for** the **eduoation or**  

### womun,and..%-pro&U aongenlal lacal and 8tqt.e 

### units fork

gpduet&s'of~reoogniaed oollegas and universities, The preelffent of the Texas branch of'that as8oclatlol~'fa&:Aana Irlon Powell, +?ofessor at Hi8tWy,tiorth 'km58 State Teacher8 College, Dento& Tsrae; **and** there are local branoh in .8haost**every** town in~Texss.

eV+omengraduatea~or a recognized instSt.utlon
are eligible 

### rorma&srshlp in these local orgsn12at10lls. Graduateisof institutions which are uot accredite~dby the Uaerloan Assool&tion of University Wlomsnare not eligible to membership in the looaX A.Ad7.W. organizations. Eaturally
our girls desire'to have the same recognfitiouas graduate8 of~other 'first class institutions, and rallura.to .gaIaadmlgslon to any local uuit 13, omiPdem3djeckind **0r,~mm3ctian upon**  **the** ailsllcant*s.alas 

### nrerter,~; S!heaelocal unita are not-~ only soola2 but higbly~cultural orgsnlzatlons, aud undertake quite a.good number of educational projsots, suoh as the establishment of 'soholarships and loan funds-at institutions of higher learning.

'Y?he~ larger organ&cstion sets up certain atandards~whiOh~mu& be met by an Institution

### &faze it 

### oa+ be moqsgaiaod **by** 

### the national body.



### Theso stsndarde haye 

### to 40 ulth 

### suah things a@the eaholrslrahipof the tam&y, the cjorplfl;ory faailitieee, 

### th4nurdhal BBPeor 

### students, the saolal ,pmae ml ~arbut3 c~thsriaatcma that have to 0with the quality af workwhloh a oouege ar uQi* versity 

### maydo.” St is OUT

wxle.rat8nding, also, that 

### the oolleges.and UII~Y~~E~~~OS-EUVI 00t~bem Or the km0ax~1 ASSOO~~~~JI or univezslty mmen uo not pay dub theawto end have 00 valoe in or 

### ofiliobal a%Sihatiti with such Assoodiok Rather, the Assswiatian 

### is :lna8gcndent of t&8sohoole, &!mrely8ettlng up, 0% itselr, oerbain azbitrapp stawlarda touw the sahools 

### whfohare determinatzvs of thhsctlfSibiJ.ity or .~tos 

### therem r0r 

### nerabershlp:in tha looukunlts~ol the~basooiatloa.

prola than8 

### raacrts,weare unable &tar aaraful oonsiderati& 

### to.peeraeivve whsrain theatten&mas **by** 

### the Dean ot Somenof your institution upon the annual mWLng of the Amrloq hseoaistion of 

### Uaiooraity Wmi atTopeka,Kanaaa, would hrvs 

### auaha reasonable substantial or dlreat relntion to the %unetlan ai epvwnmnt entrusted to ymr institution ae~to constitute atate business. St appearsthat therooognition oi your institution by this association, -withthe advantagee pointed out by you, is not predlwated upon attenCanoe at its annuakPsetlngs by a repreoentativs, but only ugm~the minda.rb?l EIaintained by the ~Ohoolr 3x6 fu3ly a~jmalate ymr dosire to aohteve **for the**  **graduatea of**  **tho** 

### sohool this advaatfqp?~ to then after grmlu6tio.n and 3ur 

### waXi0r that 

### the likelihood of the aohool@e **b8w reoo$r~**  

### f**sad by~tha**  

### q+saooi.a#on w1l.l ba Fseat-sr Lf the Ban of Woman ie 

### present

zt’this aaetinz to urgs tho ap proval 

### 0ryour Sast1tution. ~otwlthstanbi~ whioh, the iaot

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