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 fndWtl'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 ~th0 fti8t ttU &ftOr the p&88- 

~II@ of thi8 rot st the t-0 8ad plaoe de8%@8ted by the Oo vo r no r , l 8 8009 after their appolatIOat U pO88iblO. .They 8h8ll orgullse by 

eleotlag l P M 8ldea t oi'88ld bouvLoi 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 

8flOr28UW ti 6UO~t M d 8000.8Of 8tid 1 l 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?~ 

-tOP the &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 WOaiklnl8ter the 

to the law 

of d8°UId the proTirloa8 of the ht. . . 

(Underroorlng ourr) 

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The Aot, effeotlre nlnetr day8 after sdjoummont, 

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.g of the torn, the bo 

date8 fPOl8 th8 -tit8 Of 

: .Repol't iad o$lalolu or the Att 

~Ow~=t. 

1914-16, ?ago 7361 Ro f ort and T0ll8 Cp Of tii0 

Attornq Oonoral, 192 -26, rage 344~ Report 

and Opinions of the Attorney General, 19x32, ?%gO8 364 slid 3703 n8pOrt md opinion8 Of 

the Attome Oenerel, 1932-35, ?ager 328, 568, 

506; Royrton v. Orlffln, 42 40x. 5661 22 

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 

appolntlro o??loer8 on the date of appolatBeat. lkrt it.18 OBir Vh.F. the COMtittltiOa 

or 8tatUtO frill t0 prororlbe WhUi the teF8 

of offloo 8hrll begin thrt it begla8 0a oleotlon or l ppolatkeat. ’ 

The reoordr of the Ueoretary of 8txte reveal the 

flrrt alae umber8 vere appointed by tie Ooreraor for the 

followlag term8 ~qly 3, 1929 (8ee latter dated fir 3, lg29, 

?ror Gtyeranrbm 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- 

.b eorf i ?imBo ud vu0 l ppolateb 011 Bar 3 

the e??ebtlre date of the A&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 intontioa. The general rule that tom8 Vlll Pus 8t ooa8eout~ve 

latervalr from the date of the fb8t appointmUd 18 applloablo 

OtiJ VhSn the &6i8htUM hU aOt 8JBOO%?kOd Oth8FdlO. 

Air 8tdbd in &Om 1. JtdlO&, 86 Ark. 555, m 

II. Y. 9901 

"The tOX'U bO6in8 aOt ZWOO88U1lr OX& th. 

date of appointment, iut ?rosr the tiu fiud 

br the lumakerr for it to be&la.' 
Board of Dirootorr, p86e 5 

: 

The oa8e held that under the olratnrtanoer the term 

of the trurtee8 of Ilrkarrclar gtate Charitable b8titutioar 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 

may run 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 

8Ohooi year, 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 kgirlatrrre Emi- 

'fe8ted.l.n gootion 5 of the &t creating the TeXar Oollbge of 

kt8 & &dU8tl'ie8 18 that tw tOl'R8 Of the OC&iIIAl ti8 mm- 

.berq.began on 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 ruoaeed them llkovlre 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 appointed w 

the Oovernor to the Board of MreOtOr8 of the Fe=8 College 
Board 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 explrrtloa date of tholr term of offloe. 

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