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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
fionorable T. U, Xalton, Prea~dsnt
*rfeul.tural & Xe6henloal College
Coll3gr Station, Texas
Dear Sir: pleaded your letter re-
sent date uhloh rude am
Oeneral ' I Opin- 280. a@ of tha several quor- Texna, 68 low bidder its ballaingr, lm&d thi8 ooatraetor be of offloe ‘before pay- State appropriated funtlr? culd ,thls oantraotor and me- red to execute the 08th Of OffiaO could bs mule fromlooal fund8?
root employsee of the Colle(le, rhatkmr working for an hour, month, par, have progerlll exeoutad the oath of ofl'lae. We am not oartaln regardl~ lndl~idua18, gmrtaershlpo, o(PIZ?mnle~, or oorporatlona, who nay ?ro~? tim* to time have oontraots with the Collep~ dirootlp or through the Stete Board of Control, to iurnieh rugplias do repair oonstruotion work.
*Your oplaion will be appnafated.H *2 44 *‘?&at on end after date thi8 A& be- the aotmt ul?eatlve, tm publia ?uada may paid tc any peraon.aa a t&ohm, Wtruotor, rigit- 1~ lmtruotor, or othrr a~laym in, ror or oonnwoted rlth any tax-m&ppotte& hool, ool- few, univerdt~ or other tex-rupportad in- 43trtutlon of le8tiag ia thl# St&e, unloa8 and uatll 4-h raon ahell bmr t&en oath of requ xed be takeri bl’maben of the r offioe
Lqglaleturr en4 all ohher dfloera, ea pror%ded la Axtlele ?L?I, 8~otioa 1, a0 amended by uaettd- ment adopfed Hevember B, 19S9yo.m ltwt ootutxuo tha lengurgo *OF other rpplo eo
%a, far or aonrws~d with anr tw-aupporlad s~bmol, P 001 am, unl**x85ty-, in the ligkt of the f8eta reoibod in your Lotte.
The aas00 maw which involve the qpr*tion of whether a psrmott lo en omployoe aa ia4openUont eontxeotor. lro nntion tka fellowlagt Y8ao v* Ikrombo, IS& U. 13. 8801 8hg~, 84 8, w. trral 7891 mfudl V. fmtmy xttd6 ampattpv. mlott Ia& oo., U 8. Fi. (MI QS1)1 bhrfhrid Oamrulty Qa. v. lkwneUy, SO 8. W. (Sd) 888: Wutharra Suxety Co,, v. @mu&~., a4 + ,wi;. (261 7.
na~employ~ 2.~ kwad in 8060 4egro0, et lout, bo th e dutlu oi a l ervoat~ a 0otttxaoQr im b ound only to pro- 6~80, or eauee to br praUuoed, 8 aortain nttult.
&n %JMl.pottaM~ ecattr~otox OcLn rp~0y?%tl&s to?‘<, work and aoomplimh the oeabmpXate6 ?ooult +Mtwt thw wm- 6nt th e o ontxaetos~ an l nploy u emtttot a0 w.
T h e term *employe8w ltulle8t*8 8 p omcut hind $0 wo r k fo r wa l # 4a l natttae x d%x e&l,y dooltiod up on ky ohs om- pl.oyer; an f adepedleat aontraot~~ a&me8 to do a dab far l oortain 0ontraot psi00 and paarea~ea bwlephuIeao* 0r 00ttml over date&la.
Tkr .Wplo*r’ Is 0150 ugloyrd pwfoxm poxwonel eervloea; e irmt$!wtor wgagss 40 a ~~tbulu thin@.
plambls T. 0. V;alton, Pr*8Ident, Pega $
hi0 prinoipal ia the work, (18 an entirety, to be prio~ed.
mo omtmator ia abliead to follaor t;te will af the amploper 6~ ea TV the result of the work, JU$ a# to the meaM and ~a& neousary to aohieve the re8ult.
In &southern Surety Gompany v. Shoai&e, l upm, by the gornriaoion Appealr, It *a6 saidr
fy~ttr Supreme Gourt,inGutut~ v. I. R.B. Go., to ooatrol so to tk matutor In whioh the no* IO to be done, or the men8 by rhi#b it i8 amxx@Iahh- 08.
*'Ihe rule is adsnirebljr stated In Street on Porsoaal Injtwleo, 1 fi ll and 12, thuor *Xo bettor test OM be applied Chrn to 8~ that the relation of mostar and seCtant exi&o whore the raater re- teltta o r l xereloeo t&h, power of oantrol in dl- ree6Ieg, not meroly the end mu&b to &oamt- pli8had bg the amploymnt of onOther, but aa well She mea8 and 4eteIlo of Ito l Oooqpliabaent; not ottly *hat rhallbe 40~0, but ham it shall be &me.**
&Averting to t&e Saoto dbtmrlbbd la your nquut lott8r, It fe apparent that the oontrmeto Qooorlbed do n6t npmseat an **arployee* relationship, but indioa%e an tide-
ndbnt oontraotor reletbonohlp betwoaa the Gollegs an4 G are mardti. The Colh~ge 5s sot 4X00 to wkmm the oontnota aploying the Lyc3Iok Wofing G-pew aa a emant, or e&oyoo, to repair th8 M0r in que8tIon, but 18 .aw*rding xi oontraot thb GoQpehy. si~ll.uly, the Gollem Is not aployIn(a 8am B; Eutherford to, aove orrteln buildt&#m aa employ80 or oervwtt of We Gelloge, ma4 alreotly &lar the 6eteileU di- of the College, but baa ewerbed to iiuthsrftmd a @on- notion Braot 60 this pertloular thing.
It Is thtmerore t&a oploion or thla 4bparEQIRt that neither the offloern aplo9oeo the Lydiok iborfng Cam- patty, ear &IQ 5. %uthsrfoti or his oetployeeo, would bo xequlmd Wth offiee required by Sextsta Bill f?o. 38 exeoute
o? t&8 Party-8svamth Lagialeture, wder'ths Taotn of your Inquiry.
Yoourr very truly W
ATT!XNXY GE2NERAB