OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

fionorable T. U, Xalton, Prea~dsnt 

*rfeul.tural & Xe6henloal College 

Coll3gr Station, Texas 

Dear Sir: 

We are pleaded 

sent date uhloh rude am 

your letter of reOeneral ' I Opin280. a@ of tha 

several quorTexna, 68 low bidder 

its ballaingr, lm&d 

thi8 ooatraetor be 

of offloe ‘before payState appropriated funtlr? 

culd ,thls oantraotor and mered to execute the 08th Of OffiaO 

could bs mule fromlooal fund8? 

root employsee of the Colle(le, rhatkmr 

working for an hour, month, or par, have progerlll 

exeoutad the oath of ofl'lae. We am not oartaln 

regardl~ lndl~idua18, gmrtaershlpo, o(PIZ?mnle~, 

or oorporatlona, who nay ?ro~? tim* to time have 

oontraots with the Collep~ dirootlp or through 

the Stete Board of Control, to iurnieh rugplias 

or do repair or oonstruotion work. 

*Your oplaion will be appnafated.H 
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*‘?&at on end after the date thi8 A& beaotmt ul?eatlve, tm publia ?uada may be paid 

tc any peraon.aa a t&ohm, Wtruotor, rigit1~ lmtruotor, or othrr a~laym in, ror or 

oonnwoted rlth any tax-m&ppotte& l hool, oolfew, univerdt~ or other tex-rupportad in43trtutlon of le8tiag ia thl# St&e, unloa8 and 

uatll 4-h 

offioe r 

raon ahell bmr t&en the oath of 

requ xed to be takeri bl’maben of the 

Lqglaleturr en4 all ohher dfloera, ea pror%ded 

la Axtlele ?L?I, 8~otioa 1, a0 amended by uaettdment adopfed Hevember B, 19S9yo.m 

We ltwt ootutxuo tha lengurgo *OF other rpplo eo 

%a, far or aonrws~d with anr tw-aupporlad s~bmol, 001 P am, 

unl**x85ty-, in the ligkt of the f8eta reoibod in your 

Lotte. 

The aas00 are maw which involve the qpr*tion of 

whether a psrmott lo en omployoe or aa ia4openUont eontxeotor. 

lro nntion tka fellowlagt Y8ao v* Ikrombo, IS& U. 13. 8801 

xttd6 ampattpv. 

mlott Ia& oo., 

8hg~, 84 8, w. trral 7891 mfudl V. fmtmy 

U 8. Fi. (MI QS1)1 bhrfhrid Oamrulty Qa. v. 

lkwneUy, SO 8. W. (Sd) 888: Wutharra Suxety Co,, v. @mu&~., 

a4 + ,wi;. (261 7. 

na~employ~ 2.~ kwad in 8060 4egro0, et lout, bo 

the dutlu o i a l er vo aa t0otttxaoQr ~ im b o uno d nly to pro6~80, or eauee to br praUuoed, 8 aortain nttult. 

&n %JMl.pottaM~ ecattr~otox OcLn rp~0y?%tl&s to?‘<, 

work and aoomplimh the oeabmpXate6 ?ooult +Mtwt thw wm6nt or the o o ntx a ea tn l ons~ p lo yu emtttot a 0 w. 

The term *employe8w ltulle8t*8 8 p o mchuint d $ 0 

work for wa l # 4 a l na ttta ex d%xe& l,dooltiod y up o n k y o h s o mpl.oyer; an f adepedleat aontraot~~ a&me8 to do a dab far l 

oortain 0ontraot psi00 and paarea~ea bwlephuIeao* 0r 00ttml 

over the date&la. 

Tkr .Wplo*r’ Is 0150 ugloyrd to pwfoxm poxwonel 

eervloea; e irmt$!wtor wgagss to 40 a ~~tbulu thin@. 
plambls T. 0. V;alton, Pr*8Ident, Pega $ 

hi0 prinoipal ia the work, (18 an entirety, to be prio~ed. 

mo omtmator ia abliead to follaor t;te will af the amploper 

6~ ea TV the result of the work, JU$ a# to the meaM and 

~a& neousary to aohieve the re8ult. 

In &southern Surety Gompany v. Shoai&e, l upm, by 

the gornriaoion or Appealr, It *a6 saidr 

fy~ttr Supreme Gourt,inGutut~ v. I. R.B. Go., 

to ooatrol so to tk matutor In whioh the no* IO 

to be done, or the men8 by rhi#b it i8 amxx@Iahh08. 

*'Ihe rule is adsnirebljr stated In Street on 

Porsoaal Injtwleo, 1 fi ll and 12, thuor *Xo bettor 

test OM be applied Chrn to 8~ that the relation 

of mostar and seCtant exi&o whore the raater reteltta or l xereloeo t&h, power of oantrol in dlree6Ieg, not meroly the end mu&b to be &oamtpli8had bg the amploymnt of onOther, but aa well 

She mea8 and 4eteIlo of Ito l Oooqpliabaent; not 

ottly *hat rhallbe 40~0, but ham it shall be &me.** 

&Averting to t&e Saoto dbtmrlbbd la your nquut 

lott8r, It fe apparent that the oontrmeto Qooorlbed do n6t 

npmseat an **arployee* relationship, but indioa%e an tideG 

ndbnt oontraotor reletbonohlp betwoaa the Gollegs an4 

4X00 to wkmm the oontnota are mardti. The Colh~ge 5s sot 

aploying the Lyc3Iok Wofing G-pew aa a l emant, or e&oyoo, 

to repair th8 M0r in que8tIon, but 18 .aw*rding xi oontraot 

to thb GoQpehy. si~ll.uly, the Gollem Is not aployIn(a 8am 

B; Eutherford to, aove orrteln buildt&#m aa the employ80 or 

oervwtt of We Gelloge, ma4 alreotly &lar the 6eteileU dinotion of the College, but baa ewerbed to iiuthsrftmd a@onBraot to 60 this pertloular thing. 

It Is thtmerore t&a oploion or thla 4bparEQIRt that 

neither the offloern or aplo9oeo or the Lydiok iborfng Campatty, ear &IQ 5. %uthsrfoti or his oetployeeo, would bo xequlmd 

to exeoute the Wth of offiee required by Sextsta Bill f?o. 38 
o? t&8 Party-8svamth Lagialeture, wder'ths Taotn of your 

Inquiry. 

Yoourr very truly 

W 

ATT!XNXY GE2NERAB