**OFFICE OF**  THE **ATTORNEYGENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

Board of Blreotorr Tsrar Oollego of Art* a IIulwtr+w rln(lrvllle,

fexu AttontionI notmrt 0. Lomardt Oentlemenr

lmre look up the sot ohmgthlr rohool in 1929 UlA the mud **Of DiMOtOM**  ud d8 a8v membwm 8hould take OSfn 1929 the 41rt kglrl8ture ahal& the n8m8 and **organltatlon** of the 8outh Texu @tat* Tmoherr Oollege. A&r ;1929, hht **bgi8latUF8,** R8@lbl' Ikrritm, p. 627, Ohapter 286. The rohool **Va8** renamed,Th8 %XB8 **0011.68 OS**  **h-t8 urd**  **fndW** tl'ie8.Board **Ot WMOtOP8,**  -0 2

tioa to the but108 of hi8 afflae. B8ah aenber’of the 

### Board 8u take the ooadltutloa8d oath of offloe.. %he 8ald BoU'd of dire~toF8 8hol1 =08t iOr~th0fti8t ttU &ftOr the p&88- ~II@of thi8 rot st 

### the t-0 8ad plaoe de8%@8ted by the Oovo rno r,l8 8009 after their appolatIOat **U** pO88iblO. .They8h8ll orgullseby eleotlag l PM8ldeat oi'88ldbouvLoi dlreoW:,:" 8& other otti0.M **U** they arrJ de-

. They dull 8dOOt a m8ldeat ror the 001106e **U** 8OOa **U** 088lb;, ztz: OrgsalUtlOn of the 88ld Lard

. 8hill.3.~hi8.t.~ Or Orf%ti,.dU h&i S-W
.. md de,%~'hiD dutier. The Worldeat of the Oollege -1 b8 th8 l xeautlve oittoer t0~ th. bosrd oi diMOtOP8 sad 8hll Vork uadw tholr dlreatloar. Bo 8~.reo08mnd the plm orgsalmtlon, sad the appointrunt 

### or e@oyeer of 8tid Colb60 and &all h&T. th. ooo&mratlolt

of 88ld b0Ud of diMOtOr8 &ad rhall b8 rorpoorlblo to uld bawd for the 8flOrti

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Ol- !ege.= (Underroorlng 01~8) aeotion 

### 5 readr, in part:

,Board of Dlraatorr,page ;j

"Uhqlag the Jtuaqement of the South 'PO=8 8trtO ~U8hO~8 cO~860. 

### At the bO&lning Of the 8tlhOO1Y.u. &kRttIdQ fil'8ti?~ -tOPthe &I888860

Of thi8 bill. the OontrOl and maM3ement of the South Texa8 State Teaoherr mlege rhall be diverted out o? the Board of Regent8 of the Tour State TOaOhOr8 College and iuvertod in the bomd of Dlrratorr of tie Tera8 **do ’** **ZlOg0 Of**  **h ’** **t8 Slkd**  **IndU8triO8 88**  **WO aiklnl8ter**  **the** to the law of d8°UId the proTirloa8 of the ht.
. . (Underroorlngourr) .I
The Aot, effeotlrenlnetr day8 

### aftersdjoummont, beoaaw lav au June 12, 1929.

On July 

### 7, 1941, aOremmr OQaniel appolnted throo nev member8 to the Board. Tour quertion 18, wh4n do there nev member8 take o?floe? 8nd vixen do their torm8 expire? A8 ve raid in opinion lie. O-2805; "It hn8 long been th8 ad+100 Of thi8 Offloe that

### vhero the 

### bglrlature?ixe8 the length or a term o? 0rfi00, but do08 not prorcrlbe the date for the begiauiag or the endof the term ;_. ,.I.> /- ln.gof the torn, the bo

date8 fPOl8

th8 -tit8Of : 

### .Repol't

iad o$lalolu or the Att ~Ow~=t. 

### 1914-16,

?ago 7361 Rof T0ll8 Of tii0



### ortand Cp Attornq Oonoral, 192 

### -26, 

### rage344~Report and Opinions of the Attorney General, 19x32, ?%gO8 364 slid3703 n8pOrt md opinion8 Of **the Attome**  Oenerel, 1932-35, ?ager 328, 568, 

### 506; Royrton v. 

### Orlffln, 42 

### 40x.566122 R.C.L. 

### 550.m And ln 

### 56 Corpur Jurlr at page 

### 966, it 18 provided: “The genereal

rule 18 that,vhero no tlm0 18 fixed by the Con8tltution or rtatutes, the term boginr, in the o&re of eleotl+e oifloerr, on the day of eleotlon, and, in the oa8e of

### Board of Blreot~oM, pag. 4

appolntlroo??loer8 

### on the date 

### of appolatBeat. lkrtit.18 OBirVh.F. the COMtittltiOa or 8tatUtO frill t0 prororlbe WhUi the teF8 of offloo 8hrll begin thrt it begla8 0a oleo

### tlon

### or

l ppolatkeat.’ The reoordr of the **Ueoretary** of 8txte **reveal** the flrrtalae **umber8** vere appointedby tie **Ooreraor** for the followlag term8 ~qly 

### 3, 1929 (8ee latter **dated** fir 

### 3, **lg29,** ?rorGtyeranrbm WaoaJ to Boaoreble J8ae Y. JW8llm, 2earetq of mati):

::::: Name

**noberg, R** **.1. worthu~gu8**  **8..** 8toaer Nr8. W. R. L. **Fore,** &am Boone, -8. 6ordoa Olll, laaar xlllam, 0. Y. SpOOIkt8,

Itr8:L. J. La8d*r, Ed. a. It Vlti b8 aotod that ti O? th. aigbd it!&. rir- 

### .beri of ?imBoud

**vu0** 

### l ppolateb 011

Bar 3 the 

### e??ebtlredate of theA&t i 1929, ar prior,to Jlpiu 3R,.hg. 

### ~aba8eqlieat~,'. '. ve mar not app%~ the general awl0 

### that~Irhea 

### the tlu of be6iallb6 OC eZtdia# 18 not 8tat.d a t.m -8 irOB th0 &4tO Of the fiF8t anOintMat.

I? th. &618l&\PO in UWta m$@ u HO. 

### 893 muiiferted it8 intent it 18 our **dutt to**  ?OlfOV 

### that **inton** tioa. The **general** rule **that** 

### tom8 Vlll Pus 8t ooa8eout~ve latervalr from the date of the fb8t appointmUd 18 

### applloablo OtiJVhSn the &6i8htUM hU aOt 8JBOO%?kOd Oth8FdlO. Air8tdbd in &Om 1. JtdlO&, 86 Ark. 

### 555, m II. Y. 9901

"The tOX'U

bO6in8 aOt ZWOO88U1lr OX&th. date of appointment, **iut** ?rosrthe tiu fiud br the lumakerr for it to be&la.'Board of Dirootorr, p86e 

### 5

: The oa8e held that under the olratnrtanoerthe **term** of the trurtee8 of Ilrkarrclar gtate Charitableb8titutioar began on the effootlve date **of an**  **Aot** oreatlng **a aev**  board of truateer. In our **oa8e** there are three pO88ibilitiO81 ,The term8 of Dlreotorr of the **Toxu** College o? Art8 1 Indurtrlol mayrun from polnti12tJNa~ 3 - (2) June 12 aot of 1929; **or** the date of the til'8t ap-

- the effeotire dnte of the 

### (3) ISeptember

1. 8eotlon 

### 5, previously quoted, prorider IA.& the ooatrol and mmagemeat of the old South Texu &ate 

### Tea&err College **rhall pa88**  from the 

### Board of Regents 

### of the Turr gtate Teacher8 College to the net Board at the begladng of the 8Ohooiyear, 8eptembor 1 **after** the parrago of ~the bill. &'tOr OarO?Ul ooaridorrtion it 18 our Opinion,and **you are**  **80** advlred, that the latent of the kgirlatrrreEmi- 'fe8ted.l.n

gootion 5 of the &t creating the TeXar Oollbge of kt8 & &dU8tl'ie8 18 that tw tOl'R8 Of the OC&iIIAlti8 mm- .berq.beganon t+p$enber 1, 19@3, an4 ea4,ed, aooor$$g to the 'leiigth

Of **t&fir** appOb&tiat8 in **8Ub8OqUOnt JOhPr**  **on th0**  **318t ”** 

**.** day of AugUrt,

The.tom8 of all vho.hav8 and vlll ruoaeedthemllkovlre vi11 begin on September 1 of the fear and end - 

### 6 **p-8** later - on Augurt 318t. ft 18 illOgiOa1 to a88WO that the term8 of the Mreotor8 rhould begin **at** a **tine** 

### prior**to the**  **date** on vhloh the7 may legally **a88ume** the dutler of their offloe.

It 18 therefore our opipion 6ad you are rOopOOtfully advl8ed that the term8 of the aev 

### member8 appointedw the Oovernor to the Board of MreOtOr8 of the Fe=8 CollegeBoard of **Dlreotora,** page 

### 6

of &t8 & IInh8trler will **bogla** on #optemb8r~tt rrrd thAt u t0 @ll dtMOtOMhi~8 tOndrutili& this mu, 

### &#Wt fl8t u be the explrrtloadate of tholr 

### term of offloe.

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