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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 
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npoak the English lan~ue~e. ‘i’he stntutes contain no roqui,remnt 

that a janitor secure a teachers’ or other certificate fron: the 

Department of 4uoatio;l und it is % nattsr tif oommn kmmledge 

that the duties of 6. janitor Bo not include teoohing uc& giving 

courses of ihstruotlon in thb public sohoois. Articles 2660, 

bt seq., i~cvisod CiVZi. Statutas, 1925, 8s ar;ended and Article 

266, Penal Code, as %mnded, thsrofore ara not applicable. 

Article 2749, Revised Civil statutes, 1925, provide% 

that the board of trustees of a comon sohool district shell 

have the n:anagmf:nt arEI control of the publia schools and publ.io 

school grounds cf their dlstriot, slcploy toaohf:rs, and ap,prove 

all claim against the soho.ol funas of their district. All 

property of the school district is plaoed under the control of 

tho distriot trustees by tho provision of Artiolc 2751; Revised 

Civil Statutes, 1925. Section 2 of Articl.0 2627, Rcvisod Civil 

Stetutes, 1925, provldeo thet loccil school funds from district 

taxes %nd other aouroes my be used, among other things, Por 

the payment of” “janitors %hO other ezployaes.” 

Arti ale 2690, &vised Civil Ltatutes, 1925, provides 

that the oounty superlnten&ent shell’ have im~?di-,te supervision 

of all mttars portalnlng to publio ecluoation ir? hia cou.%ty, 

confer with tsachers %,h& trustees, and {<iv% them advi~o when 

needed. 

Article 2693, H%vlse& Civil Statutes, 1925, read% as 

folloaer 

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“The oounty superintendent shall approve 811 

vouchers _leg%.l~ll drnwn agaimt the sohool fund of 

his county. i-e shall examine nil the contraots betv;een ths trustees end teachers of hi% county, and 

if, in his ju8#mnt, euoh contracts are propcr, be 

shall approve the sane; prorid&, that in conslderins nny contract between M teacher ah& trustees he 

shall be authorized to conoid,er the amount of salary 

protaised to the teacher. Ba shall distribute all 

.sohool blanks and books to the officers and teaohom 

e’f the publio sc~ocis, an6 shall mke such ‘reports 

to the state Superlntendemt %s nsy be regulsad by 

that officer. I:e shall discharge such othsr duties 

aa mgy be procjcribed by the tit&t& SUparintbndbnt. 

(Acts 1905, p. %63.)" 
The authorization of the county nuporl.ntmdont to everoise 

,qsr,eral supervision ove?r the coanon sohooln of the ccunty does 

not carry with it the authority to substitute Iris ;udFmnt Par 

that of the bourd of trustees ~hc~, cctit:g ~ithfn tte scope of 

their- fluCho?ity. ;'eavy vs. Csriil.3, kprcxo COWL, not yet reported. rlrticlo 2693 regulres tbo county supcriutend::nt to approve *all voucher& legally draw0 against t;k sci2001 fund of 

his county." MO facts ara prasantt8 ic ths Ittss of requnst 

which show that the r:a::rants in cgc?stio,-. ere not l.e&:ally drawn 

agsinst L the proper Pusd. 

Since, under the faots 8.3 ctnted, no valid~reason or 

ground in law is given aa a basis for the refusal of tile! county 

superintendent tG .%~~l~O'f0 the VOUCht?T

in Question, it is our 

opinion that he ie~without authority to refuse approval.