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

**the** President, **A**k,PLCollege, College Station, Texas
EeaC Hr. Angel18 Opinion **Ho. O-4267**  Rgt Am the teachers snd heads of verlous d6p6X'tUIent6 ln **A.** 60M. 'Collegeentitled t? expenses when attendingmeeting8 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 6anitarypraat 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 6aoz3gthe 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 bu6innS6sI.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 numbprrof 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 itsmeetings 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 oonduotedunder **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 relationsbetween these echo016 anffthe employers of **their graduates,**  with pparticular

reference to the **Sunotione of**  the 6Chool.6

in PrepaI'ingtFaine8Uorker6 of Various eorts.
Profeeaor ofJthO llepartmen$ ofAnlm6lEuusbandryto attendmeetfn& of 6hqep and goat raI6er6 at Del Rio, Texas, for the ynrrpotie of **assisting** thesemen in 6OUlC of their problems and tom gain from them knowledge of the current need6 from thiegroup 60 that instructionat **A.** & #. College can be of mo??epractical benefit to thie lnduetry.
The apeei8liatawho are employed a6 teacher6 in this department can be of great benefit to the sheep and goat raiser6 by ConferHng with them at the9.rmeetSriga and akthe 6&me time thie Cont6Ct **with the**  **cur** 

### Pentproblemsof this grartp will m6ke it **pO6sible** to ~tt~elateri616 in the come of study pr6s3tlcal

. zf IIiunotion 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;h16+d6r6 Of the ~M.6 **induBtZ=y** an&Woblems re'lat~tothe fieldof in6trwtlon, 60 that **A.** dhPl. aan better 6erv6 the SgrlcultUral findlive-at0ck IndwtrJrof 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

### tot&e the pC~61tiOXI kB Head of the Dears- of Indwtsial ZmgLneerlngat **the A.**  **b M.** 

l Theme&elriplip in the AtfW?~c6nSooiety0fMeckanlaal Engineers I6 made up ofmechaaical er@nmr6 f+romtxadustry 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 polJtlonthan 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 Asso**clntloti.for the**  **Adoancomcnt** of Science, **Tim Amerloen** **Ass3clatlon** for the Advancementof 8CieSlCG

include6 in f&6 membership 6Ome @,OOO laem- ‘bel'8, Which l3UllibW

embrace6 OUt6tWding 6&%&i6t6 of the United Skates. The Board of Dlreotorsof the **A.** b M. Coll.e&e has made an appropriationfor the College to have an exhlblt at thismeet%ng, and it is neoe666ry thnt somemembera 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 attachhereto a copy of our OpinionNo. O-1973, addressed to Honorable CLlffopdB. Jonem, -President of Texas !$whnologIoalCollege, and out Oplni!m ?!o. O-2084, addressed to EonarableHomer P. Ralney, Pros%dent of the university of Texas,which discuss and outline the condltlom un&?r which expcneeanay be pald in attendin&gatherings such 68 thosementioned 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 shallbe 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 "Statebusiness",within the **cont~3,atlon** of u&Id Apprap;riatm Bill, 16 left largely to the discretion 

### 0r the localboards in oantrol of Che v6rlou6 eduaatlti tnstitutions, These questione~mat pz%marTly bc detsraLinQd by the govemlnfsbodies of maid id6titUtiOIUZ. in th0 oplnwls, troples of nhbh Elm 

### canbe added,
It Is our opln?.tm that each of the six propersed trips aan be clamed as "Statebus%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 legallyd $a%Hr. E. L. Angel1 - 

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very way yours ATFORNEX amwui OP TEXAS 

## Bya/Q&Lii. Isarcua aeo.w.Barcus Amlstslnt

APPR@VJZX

Fx;B2, 1942 s/ tlrov*r

Sellers FxRRTxssI~m **ATTORNXX**

O-S,

Approved oplaicm CQmlRltC%%By a/mB Chairman o-4267