...rT”sRNliWnTNIY,.c j December 8, 1949 !

Hon. noyne L. Kelly opinionRO. v-956. Rxecntlve Direotor Board for Texas State Re: The agency veatedwith Hoapitala~

and Special Schools authority to appoint Austlp, ,Texaa: the Superlptendent of the, Confde‘$ateWorn&n's DearSlr:z : Home.

: We hu0te from your InqUlry ai3folJ&s: "Rticently

we have had On8 of our Sypei-lnt8nd8nts.Q~f

9 State Instltutlon-topaaa @way; namQ+,'Kti.:Sus$e ha18 Butler of the COn$8d-. ~eratbWoman's Horn& here in Austin. "Therehaa‘been some dlacusalon backwarda and foruard~betweenthe Oo.vernor'a Office,Mr. Claud Qllmbr, ChalFman of this Board,.myaelf and i$plicaats':for this position +a.to who waa to make the appolntment'to this vacanoy. The ~C+ove~or~;a.Offloe HaagaCO8pt8d the status of XoltseBlll,1,.5lst Leglalature, ~vhioh,aeems to glVe the power of appol@imen$ of,thlapoai- ~tlon'tothis Board. 9ar. Claud Gilm8r and I are not S.&e of this atatua ao we would like an opinion ~from your *partmentat, an early aat? concerning the.~law.

governing the.appointment of the Superintedcletit

of~theTe%aa ConfederateWomen's Home.at Juatln, Texas. Seotlon l'of Art&l;, 3&74b,Vernon's Civil Statutes (H.B.l,,slatLeg.) prOvid8a for the creation ,of the Bdard for Texas Stat8 Hoapltala and Special Schools. Sbotlon 3 reads In part:

"The term 'TexasState Hospltala and Special Schools'
. . i shall mean The Austin State Hospital, Austin Stat8 School, Austin State Sohdol Fati Colony, The confederate Hoioef0$women, Th8 T8Xaa cOnfed8rat8 Hom8 'par Men, The Texas Blind, Deaf and Orphan.

Hon. Moyue L. Kelly, page 2 (V-956)

School, The Texas Sohool for th8 Blind, the T8XaS School for the Deaf, and the State Dairy and Hog Fang, all located In or adiacent to the City of Austin,Texas . . . Emphasls added) Section 2 of Article 3175b provIdea in part: I

. .Effective September 1, 1949, the aontiol and management of, and all rlghts,privileges,pow8rs, ana duties incident thereto

. . .which are now Vested In and 8X8YFCiS8d by the State Board of Control shall be tpsnsferred to, vested in, and exeraiaedby the & rd for Texas State Hospitals and Speola'l s;~ools. Provid a h tht'h B rd -control ahallec&t~~e~~ hard &rizas8S for such Institutions
. . .n (Bmphasis added) At the time House Bill.1 was enacted, the ConfederateHome forWomen was ag eleemosynary lnatltutlon subject to the powers of the Stat8 Board of Control under Article 3219V.C.S. This statuteprOVid8S In part:

"

. . .The Board shall eppolnt a superintendent for the ConfederateWoman's Home, with the approval of the GOV8rnOr.' By virtue of the unaeraoorfja provisions of Section 2 of Article 3174b, oonalaered In connection with ~rtlole 3219, the authority to appoint the superintendent of the ConfederateHome for Women la vested In the Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools, subject to the approval of the Governor.

In its opln$onao- v-929, this OffIC8held that the State Board of Control Is the appointing authority as to the superintendentsof th8 Texas Sohobl for th8 Blind and the Texas School for the Deaf. But that holding was requitidby the provisions of House Bill 370, 51st Legislature,which was enacted later than House Blll.1. House Bill 370 has no relevancywith respect to the appolntment of the superintendent for the Confederate Home forWomen. SUMMARY

The Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Sahools.1~ Vestedwith the authority..

Hon. Moyne L. Kelly, page 3, (V-956)

to eppolnt the auperlntendent of the confederate Home forWomen, subjeat to ;$h8approval of the Governor. Art.3174b, 3ec.2 and Art.3219,V.C.S. Poura very truly, AlTORlWZYGENRRALOFTEXAS

CEO:mw Chester E. 0111s0u Assistant

APPROVED

ATTORNEY GZRRRAL