TEE ATITORNEY GENERAL OFT!EXAS
Iionorablcho. EI. t;heppard t'omptrolleror Public Accounts Austin, Texas ikmr m, SP.eppard: Opiuion tlo.O-2455 hr lu[ay the Board OS Directors of axa college Of AZ-to and Isdustrfer l.zMW.ly pay to the seoretary 0r the B0ard a salary aa ses- r%tary, ULdllkoria~ pay to him rmunoraflon rat eervlces in ~0naectWn with t&s mertisatiea of dOrnitQQ'bZbdS WXH.Wiitt
"The Secretary of the Baud of Direotore of the Texas Collage of Arta and Xndurtrie8 livea in Kingsvi~le nhara this inrtXtution irr located. ISa in called tqon to devote a loge number of hours sack rlionthto duticlrconnected dtb the cbllege. Se fr also the dheotor of the bond fand account that is set as&de to amortlse the donaftorfrr built under ths Pub- lib Biorks Admfnfatratlonr
"2. Csn he le+lly draw rer-lunerctfonfor his time aad efforts fn conueotion dth the amortlrntfon of the domitorisa bond accmnt, provided the Board oi i.4.reotora so orderat" 1%~ 'iotasCollege of Arts and Induatrlsat Kingsville was ormated by 5.53.No. 293, ch. 286'0f the regular aeaaion /+l.at.Lag., 1929. (Vernon*s Cfv. Stat., Art. 262h-1 to 7)
"The Zotid of Dlreorors .alull organbe by electirq;a President of aaid Board of Erectors, and auoh other officers aa they may desire." This Sectfon &a a vary ixportan.tbkmrlng on the ~estioz propoilndedby.,you,Pnd its conatruetion, therefore, Ia lmperatlve. At mmna,~wo thluk that the i,oa~iOf Hxoctora aa a pr~llmainaryto tne transaction of thsir statutory duties, ins&l organire the Board that it may fun&ion properly, by electing f?m ths wssbera a Preaidsnt, and such ether efSlosra aa may be deair- able. There la a diatinatlon between the Beardaa au& and the institution of rhiuh the Boaad la given statutory control. Tha oqanlaation of the Board pertalna to tha Board*a internal sffrira, and haa no diretotoonneation dth tha funatlona or statutory duties of tha Board in Wllegs. Tha Preaidant and aua?~other officma as my be nsceaaary are te be elected from tha amaberahIp of the Board, and tha dutiaa of au& Praal- dent and other officer8 aa are thua elhoted me thoae auparlmpoasd upon the partlaular dlxwotoaa aoaeptlug the olYlaee in the Board thus dealgnsted. mat ia to say, tha duties parfozmad reapactively by the Prealdant and bg the Searetary era the duties of auoh persona aa directors e1acti.dby the Board to those apeolal poaitiona. The Dfrector-Prealdent and the Dirsctor- Beoretary are thus atatutmy civil officers of tiis State, perfoxmlq an kaportazatfunotfon fn the dia- charge of a ,;overmental prsro,gative;they am not privatsly created poaitiona of employment. "In the a:~aence of express conatltu- tlonal provislon, the conxgenaatlonof of- ficers (as contra-dlslixqtiahsd frorziam- poyeea) zust be fired by the LoSislatum, or by aom3 governing body which has bean expreaaly authorlsed to do so. The power of the courts to sllow a raaaonable com- gcnaation for oervices performed bg om iudlvidual at the request of another, whore the Oonapeneation 1s not fkxed by contract, does not exist in regard to the feea of p;lbllc offioers, in tha ab8eaoe of en expre8e t;raht of authority; mad the f'allure of the