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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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BononbloEallH.Logrs,llrabs , 

8~~Bowd0fCoatro1 

Awtin, fua8 

opinion x0. o-7446 

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the irota uhiah hare 

a8nt 18 nov aployd am Prinoipal of the 

Blg~nd~HiCl;h&hool~tLiring8ton,tarar m&a 

rahoolbelng in the Big Smkd~ Indesmdeutbool 

Dietriot o? Pope County. Tha amoluwmto inaulent to 

the po8itloa OS bw drltor Sor the 1uU.m Reremtlon 

am obtained frana ?ederalCow~rnmentO~nttothe 

rariou8 Indian Tribea, and ve in thir offlao hare 

derlgnetal rwh monlee &a ?dexml In&tin FunAl. 
Honombl*ml1B.Logea -Peg.2 

Theme aonioe aw mei~ed fra the Idhal Q5wavaent 

l ndmthemaf'terd~poeltedln thovea4ouelooal 

E;, and omllaery ahooke an dam agafnet the 

. 

"Paw6 the l tandpolnt of expedlenay thie appliaant 

aotid fill tha poeitlon of bum d&yor n 

boaauee him dutlee am a bum drlrer v5ul.d T 

8d8purtOlf 

egln wry 

early in tha mornln2 and upon the niLflUImt of him 

du~aeabur~lr~iortherorningnnr,~r~ 

than be at the eohool of vbiah he 18 the Prlnelpal. 

In the aftern5one after him dutioe am prinolpal wea5qploted, ho 55uld gatbr the etWente that he vae 

trameportlngand thormmo~nturn totho In&tin 

Reeemtlan." 

2h0 fti8t qtt88ti0n h0n t0 b a8knnit-d 18 

vhothor the employrent of a ppinoljml am 8 hue drlwr for 

trener0rr1ng the ehll4lnn to and fra an Indiaa Roromtfoa 

voultl Y10lato the proYlelone of the c5netltutlon of mxae 

prohibit1 

eaoluneat Y 

the holding of aoro than one olyll ofY?loe of 

Artlale XVI, Seatlou 40) and ale0 t-bat prohfbltlng the aaaountlag offiaere of the State fzwm dreving a 

varraat upon the Trueury in fkvor of 0 

K 

pereoa vho holde 

at the eeae Wee any other off100 or porn tl5n of honor, 

tmet, or prolit (nrtfole XVI, Seat100 33). The eppliaatlon of theme pro~ielone am they epeolflaally rolrte to 

the employment of a tcbaohor or prinolp&t of a e5hool am a 

bw driver vse dealded in a preriouely leewd 5 lnlan of 

thle dopsrwent, Ro. O-4982, dated Deoa&er 2, P 942, frcm 

vhlah tha Solloving is quoted: 

ted ue nov exealne the general lrrv to eee it thaPe 18 

angn~;elnh.tbltion to a pereou~e eerriiag in both 

section 40 0r Artialo nrr, C5netitutlon 

of Toxae, &ohiblte the holding of more than one air11 

orflae of emolument. Howwr, 8 85hool toaahor 18 an 

eupl5pe, not a pub115 offlaer. H8rtln 'I. Pleher 

291 Paa. 276; Nooty Y+ Belle, 2 

L. R. 1347 3 Leqnel Y l Johwoa, 

11. W. 358, 75 b. 

2 zi Paa. 8592 Clune Y. 

sahool Dletrlat, 166 H. Y. 11, 6 A. L. R. 736r Hoath 

Y. Johneon, 15 S. Rr 980 btate ox rel. Levellen y. 

2kuith, 69 R. Y. 114~ 56 b. S. 382~ 37 Tex. Jw. lOJ5b 

oplnlone lb. o-371, Ilo. o-4020, x0. o-4669, Ho. 0 7 . 

neither 18 a hue driver a publla oiflaer. Opinion Ro. 

O-4957. It follows that the aonetltutional provlelon 

prohibltlnR double offlab holdiwj 18 not l ppllaablo and 

in lteel~ would not preyeat one smreonte holding both 

the poeltlone under aoneideration. 
HoaorableHallH.L5gaa -Page3 

"aeotf5n 33 of Artiolo XVI, conetltutson of Taxer, 

prohibit8 the a555tmUng offloore of thlr State fra 

dmvlxq or pyino a warmtat upon the twaeury in fbyor 

of any perroa for ulary or oargmeatlon am agent, 

o ffloor l , ppofatw, vho hold8 at the eua tin uy 

other offlae or poeltloa of honor, truet or profit 

l R a wever , a m the Sta te aaaountlng o ffio er n 

neither drw nor gtw a vumnt upon the trueury irr 

fawr of l lthor the mhaoltowher or tbobum drl~er. 

thle l e5tl5u 18 laeppllaable. 

“The ~rfawaaae of the dutlee atkohed to oaoh of 

theme p5eltloae would nweeurfly take pla58 at 

dlfforemt timoe~ that la, the hue drlter~e dutlee are 

mrfomed before the ocmaenaslleut of and after the 

aloee of tha rohool day a8 Bwh. 8ee Artlale 2906, 

Rorieed Clrll 8tatutoe. Then la, thmef5n, 110 55nfllot am to the time 0r perfoxmwo of the reepeatl*s 

duti~e,mdr~rur.errmi~tlanoft~re~ti~o etetutbe vo ara unable to dleawn any lnoon8letmay or 

lnaamg&lblllty botvoen the dutiee of one poeltloa 

and thorn* of the othw.” 

It 18 olear,then, that the employment of tha applloant for the poeltlon in queetlon vould not bo in tloletlon 

of the m%wfelone of the Ooaetitutlon rulatlng to duel 

wgloymeute, but alnob the abwo altd oplniou wte leewd 

from thie offlam. a nev eahool eid bill 9188 l naoted in 1945 

(Senate Bill 167, 49th Le l latuw, 1945). In am auah am 

thie leet alted aot a5nte I? ne l p5alfla prorielone relating 

to the aploymat of toaohen and prlnolpale am bum drivera, 

it l hould be here notul that ordlne&ly the payment of an 

additional eUary for bun drlrlllg etioee k, a prlnalpal, 

or a teaohor alma perfwal 

hlblted by thle l ot (8ea Op 7

edalnietr8tlva dutlee, 18 ppo19w. 

nion Ro. O-6797, dated Hay 16, 

Hwowr in a later oplnloa (lV0. O-7396, dated 

Ootober 7, l$?Mj It vae held t&t the prohlbltlone of the 

rat &Id not ext6md to the omplo 

c 

ent of 8 prinolpkl or 

a teaalter perfomlng admlnletra te dutlee, em~loJbis by B 

eeprete oontreating e4gpn5y to th4t oontraatl~ for and 

paying tuahore * ealariee. Certainly, in regard to the 

oaploymathora llrqwetlo~, tha prohlbltlons of t-ho a.ot 

do not 8pply for the meoa tint in Artlola I, Swatlou 2, 

paregreph 3 thereof, the urhool for the Alabama Ind3.ene 

attendilrg l ahool In Polk County 18 epeolflaslly exempted 

am rollwe: 
Hoaorableliell X.Logur -P-a 4 

“Protidal that the tax provlelone 8ad other 

in Polk Cowty, Taxam.” (hphaete ad&d) 

All of the fore olng ooneidorml, it rry bo ooaaluded that the 4mployaem f of the prlnolpel of the Big 

Scaly Rlgh bahool at Wvlngetosa, Te.x-88, a8 @e drlwr of 

a rohoolbue tmnefcn*)lngobildren toub frim the-- 

Couehatti IndieuReer~tloole aaitherlario3.atf5aof 

:a& g8Ututional paotielon or ef thm tenr of the eohool 

. 

Aaowdl 

Oontrelheem a 

y, yuu aw adrleed that the Board of 

ty t5 ooatxuot rltb Uw 8pplloe8t for 

the wloyaentla qxm*Moa. 

mare very truly 

ATToRRx 8mxuL O? 'wtw