THEA-WORXEY GENERAL 

OF TEXAS 

AUWI-IN IL ‘X&CA.H 

nonerablo LA. hod8 

stawat~aayrl&ondent or rub110 Iautmotloa 

mu sm wnlen 190.4-4067 

88s APPOlntuont of txwrollng wdltor by 

nowd of Itduortlon. 

h hW@ FOMiVOd YOtW 18thr Of mUlt dak in Which you ark 

the opinion of thl8 depsrtment upon tha iollowSng quertlon, which wo 

quot. h-cm your 18tt8rl 

"%er tb St8to &8rd OS Eduortloa bav8 l thority 

to @alploy 8a l udltor to go Into tb Mhool8 ud plclc 

og toxtbooka rNeh ra 

rlud w l & te rpson r 

ibility, it seems to 1~, 2s 

Std. &qmrlntondont of Public 

zffpn, without the ooment 0r the ittat sugwlnThe part Lngl8latura In its appropriation to the Board of 

Eduaatlon provid8d tlmnln the folloulag item: 

"4. Trwol~ auditor , . . . .42,700.00 $2,700.00F 

Tkm but108 of the travollng @udltoF w4 not @pooirlelddl tbareroro, it W(LE 

doterPla.6 b 

., .publla rohoo f 

tb Board that hir dutioa would oon#irt ot going into the 

a of thla 8tate md auditing tutbookr for the purpose of 

? 

iekiry m: book8 ubloh & ooruldu-8 88-e not needed in th who01 dlrtrlct 

ou wish to know whetbor the Bomd fm am~ouered to aumlau the auditor for 

the above 

stduter, 

ordond purposo8 without -you% wnmnt . - ~- 

hrtiale# 2866, 2870 28’&, %?876b, 8nd 2876h, Revised Civil 

ar 0 quoted roupMtlv*ly a1 follwnr 

_ "Art+e -2+6. -The strte Board _ _. or _ &luoatfon 10 

heroray authoazee and empawema ana it 18 made It8 duty 

to puraau book8 fram the oontnotorr of textbooks 

used & pub114 irw rohoo3.a 02 this Skto lad to dimtrlbuto the mma rlthout other ooat to the ~upllr attending such 8choolr within thS.8 St* in the manna? and 

upon the eondltlona herelnaftor ret cut." 

m&ticl~ 2870. The pwohaure 8nd dlrtribution of 

tree textbooka for the Seato shell be under the managenon?, of the State 8uperlntendant of Publla Instruatlon, 

mibjaot to the tqqmoval of the State Board OS Education.” 
sonorab1e LA. %odm -4 -COPY- O-4067 

l Artlalr 2876a. l'eacbrs ud rohool offloerr must 

tr u to tin use, oar. and oondltlon of 

as nay ho mquired by th loaal tmutoer 

OF by the mate Wparhont or Sdwatlon. lb0 waxy r0r 

anyeonthofany tuow os.mpl~eouho aoglodr t0 

ulu muoh 

To 

art l ttheproportlmemy berltMlelduntll 

z iIEi%Lnt 

neolvoa ln l ooadltion utlsfaotory in 

Wxtboolu #hall be aubjeat to irispeatienby w ~tororclg~t~uthorir~bythou~v~ 

0 

-7 

of tluloaaltutbook aorvloe, or authorizedby 

the tat0 SuprrlntWnt of hrblio In&motion, rub&tot 

to the approvalofthe StateBoard of mmation, provided 

thatlnspotorr ruthorlsedbythe State Departmmtos 

Muaatlon mhall be thorn in 

T 

lrrauploynuntarhigh 

rchool lnspeotory, mral eahoo 

OS voo~tloaal eduoatlon.' 

laspetetorr, oc inapeetor8 

*&tlelo 2876b. Spooliie rule8 as to the requleltlon, 

dlat,lbutlwa, am. use md WsaI OS boortr may be made 

by ths 8tak Supe&ert&ant of Publla Instruotlon, subjeat 

to tbs rgproval of the &ate Board or Xduortlon~ provided, 

that maeh ruuM~;; zt confllet with the terma of 8ald 

eontmot. 

the dlrtrlbutlon of tutboo 78 

loyeeoftbe *ahoolonga&in 

underthlnlau as the agent 

or employee of the State, er of any county or dlntrlot in 

the State rhall, ln oonneotion with thla dlrtrlbutlon, 8ell 

or dbtrlbute, or ia eny ry handle, any kind of school 

fwnltum or ~pglier, mmh u da nkl tove8, 8 blackboards, 

crayon, u'asm, pen8 ink, pendlr, kblets, ato." 

*Artlola 2876h. All noeor~ oxpens incurrsd by 

tits 0 rntlon ofthi Aot inoidenttoth0 enforoement 0r 

tNr !tu 8hall bo gald from the State Textbook fund heroin 

pmrlded for upan Ills approved by tho State Superlntendent of Publie Innrtruotloa, and rhall bo pald upon rarmnt8 

drunbythe Cimptmller upontha Tres8ux-y of the State." 

Ye am OS the oplnlon that under Article 2876a, quoted above, 

the ln8pection of textbooka is under the authority of the State SuPerLntendent, 8ubjeot to the approval of the Board of Eduoation. 

Xouever, uo am aleo of the opinion that the Board OS Education 

may appoint a emon to cmplle data and report8 as to the condition and 

use of textboo Es wNch ~111 aid the Board In the performance of its 

duties in the purehare end distribution of textbooks. See Revised Civ:l 
Rcaonblr LA. Wood8 R&a 3 

8t8tUt.8, Title 49, Cbapt.2 168 &erlaan Book Co, v. 

8171 CharlU 8OTiblWC'S 8OM V. -8, 262, 8.w. 722. 

mfi8, 253 S,ji, 

Ik m Monned that ths board of Xduoatlon has taken no 

l o tio n WhBt8OOVu. to wa r 01th.r d the appolntaont or a porron to fill the 

pOSiti@l Of tFamliX& &UditOF, 1tmir.d ia th0 ~rtition bill, or 

the d#fiMtlon of hla dUtie8. 

noturtherlnanawor 

?W this S’USon UO f’O.1 thSt we oan go 

JOW +OStiOXl th43l lf8 b&V8 done above. Ii 8Uoh 

l ppolntaent 18 made thOm l ppom to bo 8 oOnfllOt betwun th 

dutkr of such appolntn and thaw of the in8poctors of the Departxeent 

of Bduaatlon than upon 8uhl88lon of 8 requut themfor, wo will be 

gE;l;;nsidor the authority mb power OS the MSpOOtlVe 4gwal88 in 

. 

VOX-j’ tS'll~ yOW8 

Attorney Winera of Texas 

ArPrlmEDocT29,1~1 

I/ Orover Lkller8 

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