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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
-. -1 will thank you to advioc ma the oar- reot en6ww to mka to this lettor.r & ami lntonsed that et a regular meeti& the
Board of Hq.ents of the 3tate Tesohero Collq~r cdoptad the following reoolu.tlon:
"1:3OLVZD, That due to ths Snot that (I) the kc Houston Stots Toacbors Oollefle .le en- gased ln*Luakilq piane a Ylold Liahool in Puebla, LIeriao; (2) the ror t!w oontlnul¶tlon [41]
Southwest Texas State Teaohors College ia plan- n&q to open a Field Sahool.in Guadslejrra,
M0x100;thin lnlmmr; (3) the Gil Ross state
Teaohers Collec,4 ia planning &,,qmn a Flold
.SOhol.ln Chihua@ua, Xexiao,,. his s-r) end Tee&h IB OoUe1ge8 are (4) all thr Texas State t Interopted In t$b emhan@ of rbu-
dfrfiatly donte.wiW~ Mexioor ?'THiXSFOiIiS, BB IT Hs~OLVZD~ ThaVths Board of Rqentcr OS ths Texas :;tato Teeohera
Colle~s and the President8 OS these lwtltu- tlon8 ahall hold. 8 meet- dnrlng the Xastsr .~ ._ .- bolldays, 1944, at Ylotorl+,~tiexlao,~ or l onn '_ - .
muiteble pleas in UIaxioo to confer ulth the
0irbiids xn*tltutloAi of the Teaohm- Trrinlng of MexIoo relative to the problem@ irrdloeted.?. ~
WI em also lnfommd:thet plans ma now la pro&rosa for the opening of a Field Yohool by, north Tsxxw 8tate Taaobera College at Xorella, WX~OO~ aml.by. 8tOpllcln:F. ' Austin Stato Tssehetr Qollego~af~Bin.Luis Poto81, ~Ybxfoe.~ The operation of those FLeld sehoola hra been delrarfbeb.by Mr. Xarmon~Lowmn, Presldont or the Sm Houston State Taaohorr colle$#J, 88 f011ows:
"The oolls~o studonts intweeted in the 'field sob001 ro&ter ond pay the fee8 on our CeapUa prior t0 pObIF to IIbex~Oo jwt (18 OUr regular students aetrioulste. our lastruotor8 aooocPpsny thorn to Idexlcor The ?dexloan'oftlolals .
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furnish ua clasarooma frea of charge. Thla
auazmr we pleu to off4r Cpanish itcnguace,
Mexican nusfo, IXM Latin Americen history
tba otudents raoelve ragultlr oollaqb juat aa In the 0896 bf resident St&- kidit -dents . . .6tlr lnstitutiona 00nduot fheb.
.~ohoals lndapendently of the Y!exiogn col-,
lot?-* 96 ara~grentad the 'free use of theI+
raoilltiaa. The propoood trip 1s to 0rranp.e
gor the free uw 02' these L&exlo&n frroilitles ~ end LLnfer into dlaoossjons relative to l$v-
ltqqaartera for atudonto ahd the like . . .* Art. 2649 (6) v.b.Cs., pr.ovidca in port'~a'~fdilors~ _.
*& boord sha$l'emet eacbpar iu'Aust&, ; : on .#s firat Xonday in May, os'$s so?n thqma-
after as.prsotloab;le, far the Granaeetlon of - , ... ; - bualnasa pcrtair;lug to tbe affaira of tha
St&a normal eohools,~end at such ot.ber times:~ . ..and~plaoes 58 n.mjorit# of th6 membera of. ..'.< $: board deem neoersary for ths Walter6 of
SOid 00118&a. . ."
~~ Ifthe ~oetln~: ln Xoxioo were to be a *boaQmaa'meat- ix&P of the ty&e aooered by the above Artfale, se~ser%Oaaly doubt whether ouah meatlug oould la&ally be?'held,,sinoe alause? auoh as "and et auoh &her t&as and plaoes aa a'meJor$t~'iir the board shall doam neoesaLtryn havo generally bean limlt& aa If they read *'at such other pleoq ~ithlu the 2tate.* Bee bw.wlou~h VS. soott, lee xd c. 865, 109 3. '3. 788. Xowavar,
it appears that the proposed *moktf.ng is net in fsct a bual- neaa aeetlng of the type oonte;lplate+ in Artiole Z647 (6), but ratner that it la in the nature of a.joint oonferanoe batweon the board and the presidents on tha ona hbnd and the Mexioan The taot that tha presidents era ti- offiaiala on the other. atrengthaos our belief that the &ather- eluded &II this *metln@ In(: is not a buaiueoo aeetiu[! of tbo board of the type m&we- hended by Artlols Eat9 (6).
Gubseotio~ (6) of the Ocnoral Provialona of the Ed- ucational kppro riatlon Bill, 8. B. 33, dote of the 48th Legis- lature, R. S., , P 49, prooidee in part 618 r0ii0ns:
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[*] . . . fro traveling cxponese shall,,be 12ourred by board members, heeds or lnetitu- tlons, or by any employee of any of the schools, or other s~enoles named herein, lnelde or out- : side of the bounderlea oi ths Potato of Texas, orocpt'for 3tste busiinesa . . . im
The lcglslaturea of Texas have never undertaken‘to define w8tnte buslnese" as that term hoe been employed in oon- torte elmllar tc the% above. In peneral the government of the verlcufi eduoatlonal lnstltutlone ha&been entrusted to~the re- speotlre boarda of recents, end t6 suoh boards have been del- eeated brood and oomprehanslre p&era. It IS manifest, that tihe boards are in a superlar positloh tc know anb undoretenb, a& to aooompllsh, the auooessful msna~ment and govemumnt oi.their lni4t.1tut10nfJ. The presumption i8 ~1~~9s in favor of, the re.s6an- ableness and le<y of that rhloh they do. As vies seSd.by the CommUoion cf Aqcals ln the ease oi Folqy ~6. Benedlot, 56 S. X. (26) 805, the oourte will not lnteriere therewltb ln.the abaenoe of IS clear fthcwiap. that they hove aoted arbltrsrll9 or have abused the authority rested In them." Thi8 department har always ooneidered Itself rostralkied, aa are the courts, .$a over- turnin& the deliborate and'consldered act8 OS tbo8e entro8ted with, and peoullsrly equip ed for, the rdminlrtrotlon~ot~the .varlow State oduoatlonal % stltut~cns. In our oplnlon 100. -' . O-1196 we atstedr
W*3tatela burlness*, a8 relater to the au- ., thority of 6 depsrtmont to inour traroline. ox- pcnsas to be paid by the 3tats, seems to embody at l908t tbs r0ii0ag elements:
"1. A reasonable, oubstantlal, and dlreat rela;lon between the business to be transaoted on the tslp and the aoaompliahmant of tkm funo- tlons of ~ovurnment entrusted tc the partloular dspartment~
"i?. A rea6ouable, rub,atantial, and dfreot relationship between the methcd by uhloh the partlaular business ti intended to aooompllah funo tlon of ~otsrnmont entruetod to *the
; . , !x~il tho poicara Franted the de- dapstment ~~rtmnt by 1~2 for t&a sooompliahmt?nt 4f ._. ,,. ,’ ~,....I., . . I.-. such sunotlo.u3* .~,’ -,: ! : ; .- *Of o&e, a* between trctwo airtrimiiii;‘. i there rauet necessarily be dome tone of doubt, .,,I,.. *here the Judmnt of,the.dsppsr.ta~t’be~aa;’ uqdar-the nenotionab::thoir"oiiloUl-o$bhr) : :> : " _: ? ; ..-: beoorio.tbir onl~iprrotlosblr.or~~rlon’~b~~~~ 1 %hloh ths guastlan :wbether the’State*s buti- Qesrs Is lnvol~ed .Jn the prwtiaular trip ;ik6y .~ , ,-i;;r.
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AOtln$ on these prinolp1e~~%&! dspertment has ruled thd head of a otete oduoati.eniX %itZti&lon:‘iv’aU ‘on’BiS‘iiat.e*s that ,busiaess rhile aitwdi.ng a’ mestlngqti Atlanki’r~.Oo~gis;‘bS”‘th4. SoWixwn’Ao~o2~tlon of Qolle~es~an4 8soaadrrf,‘Eohaolis~(‘bp~ion Ko. &2084), ttct tiho head of a State sohool OS enp.inooripgnao on StatoVa business wh$.ls attend&g:,& meting .&I Kew YO?k Oity dl tb herlo6n Zoofoty of Mochanlaal Enogtneera (Opinion lao.
C=4fS7), that tha had of the husbandry departaunt of e L$+tts .~ohocl eras on :;ti:?.e*s bualncss ahlle atten&a 2x1 Td~onti, Canada, an Inter-&erioan ounfareno!, for the d+iry industq (Opinion no. c-4755), that a professor of adf.xhsl husbandry’in a date school wan on State's buslneae wh21e ettending the Merioan kopal Livestock Show (Cpinian 100. O-1195), and *iat a professor in .:tete University ivas on Sta‘tWa business while ottending in Pnn Fmnoleoo a n~ca+~~ of.ths Adult fduoatlon .:ootlon OP. -319 W!:tlonal YduOr?.tlou jrs~oclation. (Opinlon.!TW-; 1 O-4337). I
The prgoned~oonferenoe lo for. purposes of dls- ousslnp, tho problem OS the exohrn~e of students wfth lLex200 .ana OS the ~stabl2stmmnt and cont2nuauae of Eurxner Nield Schools- art. m3E4 (e)-eptcffl~ally euthor2zea thz ~ovsrnk~~ boerde oi tho various sducsticnal 2nstitutlons to exempt oortnin students, fro3 ot&r mtiont: af the ;:mricm oontinunta trim the pay- T& F,Cr;snoy clause of this leplslGt2on xnnt of tuition ffizs. -(:ots 19cJ, 47th j.::~., I!..s., p. 3? ch. 9 (2) express08 a ls~islatfvs belici' tkst "by +mi&q $h;:ifm2l2t2ea Ot the
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am. cco. 11. r;!ia;..:4xd - p3~0 6 of thfit COWltry tt ZtUdantS .b.f;:'i.er &UCC~~GII~ InstitutlJnS
0: oiikr mtJcnS, e mutual respx3t on6 understen@?np of th9 wople of tlir oountrg a@ of the other natione of the oon- tlnmt liill ke fostered." nt80r0r ae the proposed oon- fer.~nce robtcs to a di:;&xuion of WI exchenm of students xltl; ls;oxlco, tin feel that it oloorly is state business.
Jn vicn of the broad wi-8 posmmsed by,the lkard ourrlol;la of tim &ete feaohoi‘s Collegea cf !lo~ente ova end t&i 1atituCe with wkloh the oourtrc hew intnrpreted these poxnrs, we arc unable to soy that travollng exgensos inour:-ed ln oonneotion alth the establishing OIp mein~ain$n& &-the sumor Field :iohoola are not lnourre&I~~ conmotion @tl?..
SiBto business. y. 7- ~. .” ._ ~.Conseguentlp, you ardij?sE#peotrul3J adri.ie$ thai ?ierronts amy bo is+ed In jxyxmht of traveling: expensea in- ourrcd in oomeotloa with the aonterenos l bote tllsouessd.
mustIn& thtbt the r0+0w answer% your inquiry, 33 are
Yours iory.truly : 'kl'TCfWtY. C2!IX?Al, OF '2j;L.S By T /*i It. Dean ?loorheed Aarslstant