OPFICL OF THE AlTORNEY OENRRAL OF TRXM 

AU8TlN 

QUUDC.YII(N 

r-n .mHonorable Alox Jplu 

OoaatT littorar 

Olllorplo ooaa 1 f 

~rodorlrksburg, Tour 

Dou Sltr 

thr Solootlro 

wa8 Utrr the 

l otlto rorrlro 

dlrtrlot for tha 

ato of l o nmeno a mof o nt tho 

9 1914, tho board of trwteoa dgno& 

kuohod to *A’@” quortionmin to tho 

tim a8 a toaohor and that 

hir on i.n ruoh oapooity 

“A* rtatom that ho was rorballjr promlrod l aploymmnt 

for 1941~194S wad that hlr father lnformd two of tho tnutoor 

during tho last put of August that *Aa rould roturn within 

two rook& aftor Soptedor 9, IOU, to tako upnhl# job. 
Ilonorablo hlox Tua6, R6o 6 

a0 quota from your lottor u fbllourt 

"The moordr or tho Loo&l Boar4 d1001000 

that the dlrohrge wm rwommoado4 on Augaot llth, 

lS& Ho lthu l olooteo nor hi8 father (WO th 

tnw000 this l p 00iLfOmti08 r i0 ~glii hi8 •~- 

tua1 dlrohu6,o ma rotura 4ftu the truotoer hd 

l atorod late tiu oontnot with Hr. Oar&or, Pho 

Looal Hoard ala not 00 notigy l uoh trlutooo until 

rrtor tho Oardnor oontnot had boon l otuslu m40. 

Tho trutoor know prior to tho (ludtter oontraot 

that l oleotoe wao l 00klng dlrobargo.a , 

Art1010 t760, Rovlood Clrll Statutoo, gorrmo tho 

omploy0kont of to8oh0r8 ror oommon ooh001 dlotrloto. mm 

oourt la tho oaoo or yihlt@ v* Pertor, l t U., TO S. w. (2@) 

am! .ha th0 r0iloriry t0 Oy 00~0m* thil 8tOtut0t 

“The mod. ii urploylng toaohen by truotoor 

or ooanoa l o h o o ai0trl0t0, l 80 dlotlngulohablo rroa 

inh p endo dlotrloto, nt is preporlbod br utlol0 

6760 R.S.’ whloh provlaert ‘Truotoos of a dir 

trlot ihali me& l o o ntr tk owith to toaohem to toaoh 

the pub110 l o&olo of tliirlr tllotrlot, but tho oomponratloa to a toaohu, undrr a writton oontraot 

l o M&O, shall be l pprorod by tho oountf ruporintondoat bororo tha l 0ho01 lo taught, statin that 

tha toaohor will teaoh ouoh l 0h001 for tho tlmo 

@ad money 8p00iri0d la tho l ontnot.’ 

c 

Xto anly l ooontial is that it l hull 

be sak iy*thb tnutoor with th0 toaohor in writ 

lng, stating that tho tmaohor will,tuoh ouoh 

rohool for the tlmo and mx~ey l poolfloil In the 

oolttlmot. . , ," 

TJ on tho basis of tho faoto a s l tat0d epovr, wo 

are OS ths op r nlon that no oontruot botwout “A” and tho boar4 

of truotooi wu l ntor0d into whloh would meet the roquir00i0nto 

of Art1010 t760. 

Wa will now turn to an l xamlnatlon of tho Solootltr 

Training and Son100 Aot ltooli (V,S.O.A,, 60 A pe 

f 

( ( 6Ol-616). 

sution sOa pr~rldoo ror the loouanoo 0r a l ort floato or 

ratloraoto~ l orvioo lr the man lnduotod l 0mplotoo hi8 trainlng to tho oatiofaotl0n of the Amy. Suboootion ()I) et Sootlon 608 prorldoo ia put as iollows: 
Bononblo. 

in 

Alox Jug, Pa80 6 

“(b) Ia tho l uo oi my l uoh puaon who, ’ 

ora!? to p0rr0m 8uoh.+aia(~ aa4 l 0~i00, 

uam irrt or low01 a pooitua, 0th~ than l 

tompon~ position, ia thr up107 l r q e 

? 

lopr d who (1) noolroo rush oortlrloeo, 

a) 18 still quallflod to porrorm tha autie8 

l i ouoh pooltlon, and (3) ralroo applloatlon 

Sor nomployment within r0rtr &a70 aftor ho lo 

rollorod from ouoh tralnlng and l onloo-- 

-9 . . 

"to) ii OUOh pOSiti6n W80 In th0 l mp lOr 

et any Stat0 or polltloal oubdlrlolon therrOr, it 10 he-by dOOiU8d t0 b0 the 08~00 

of the Corrgrooo that l uoh person should bo 

rootorod to l uoh position or to a pqoitloa 

of llko l utlo r itl tatuo, y, and pay. 

I 

a 

. . .“, 

The l ot l p00iri00 that lo th o l aIloo of Congr.go 

that l uoh por8on should bo nltorod to l uo~ltlon, l to. 

Wo do not think that tho oohool dlotrlot lo ooiq#llod to 

do anything undrr this provlolon. What It rhould do and 

what it must do l ra two dltioront thiryr. Porhapo the board 

rhould have lnoortod a pro~lrlon In its oontraot with *B* 

tbttOo;rrOOt that tho oontraot would oomo to an l nd ii -A” 

. But th a n wa s no l uoh prorlolon. 

IIa full7 l pproolata thr sit lon of a ooldler upon 

hi0 aioohargo rrom the Ary and roe 1x0 that rrsy dirrwb 

tier l atrrent hfr at t&t time. r 

Hownor it lo the duty or 

this doputmont to Into rot tho law as 

guldod, not br what wo 3 

i t lo,, and wa must bo 

Ink the la should bo; but by what 

the law l otually lo. 

In rlon of the forrgolng dloouoolon and authorltlro 

it lo tha opinion et this department that the board of truoteas is not roqulrod to dloohargo *Be and ro-employ *A*. In 
fart; thm board 0r truatorr l 0taa not low 40 80, uoumlng, 

.f oop~mo, that the rontraot with 'B" uot8 tha otatutov 

roquiraanto . 

AFTRO7BD OCT 83, 1941 

r/ Urot8r solloro 

Br 

8/ Uurgo W. Sparks 

Aooloto.nt 

FIHST ASSISTANT . 

ATTORWIK UENHBAL 

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