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*1 OPFICL OF THE AlTORNEY OENRRAL OF TRXM AU8TlN
QUUDC.YII(N r-n .m-
Honorable Alox Jplu OoaatT littorar
Olllorplo ooaa 1 f
~rodorlrksburg, Tour
Dou Sltr
dlrtrlot for tha thr Solootlro
wa8 Utrr the otlto rorrlro
ato of l onmenoamont of 9 1914, tho board of trwteoa dgno& kuohod to *A’@”
quortionmin to tho a8 a toaohor and that tim hir on i.n ruoh oapooity “A* rtatom that ho was rorballjr promlrod aploymmnt for 1941~194S wad hlr father lnformd two of tnutoor during tho last put of August *Aa rould roturn within two rook& aftor Soptedor 9, IOU, to tako upnhl# job. *2 Ilonorablo hlox Tua6, R6o 6
a0 quota from your lottor u fbllourt "The moordr or tho Loo&l Boar4 d1001000 dlrohrge wm rwommoado4 on Augaot llth, nor father (WO th lS& Holth u l olooteo this l p00iri0 LfOmti08 tnw000 ~glii hi8 •~- tua1 dlrohu6,o ma rotura 4ftu the truotoer hd l atorod late tiu oontnot with Hr. Oar&or, Pho Looal Hoard ala 00 notigy l uoh trlutooo until rrtor tho Oardnor oontnot had boon l otuslu m40.
Tho trutoor know prior to tho (ludtter oontraot oleotoe wao 00klng dlrobargo.a ,
Art1010 t760, Rovlood Clrll Statutoo, gorrmo omploy0kont of to8oh0r8 ror oommon ooh001 dlotrloto. mm oourt la tho oaoo yihlt@ v* Pertor, U., TO S. w. (2@) am! .ha th0 r0iloriry t0 Oy 00~0m* thil 8tOtut0t
“The mod. ii urploylng toaohen by truotoor o r ooanoa l oho ol ai0trl0t0, dlotlngulohablo rroa inhpendont dlotrloto, is preporlbod utlol0 R.S.’ whloh provlaert ‘Truotoos of a dir trlot ihali me& l o ontrtk oto with toaohem toaoh the pub110 o&olo of tliirlr tllotrlot, but tho oom- toaohu, undrr a writton oontraot ponratloa o M&O, shall be pprorod by tho oountf ruporin- tondoat bororo tha 0ho01 taught, statin tha toaohor will teaoh ouoh 0h001 for tlmo @ad money 8p00iri0d la tho ontnot.’
Xto anly ooontial is that hull c be sak iy*thb tnutoor with th0 toaohor in writ
lng, stating that tho tmaohor will,tuoh ouoh rohool for the tlmo and mx~ey poolfloil In the oolttlmot. . , ,"
TJ on tho basis of tho faoto as l tat0d epovr, wo are OS ths op nlon that no oontruot botwout “A” and tho boar4 of truotooi wu ntor0d into whloh would meet the roquir00i0nto of Art1010 t760.
Wa will now turn to an xamlnatlon of tho Solootltr ( ( 6Ol-616). Training and Son100 Aot ltooli (V,S.O.A,, 60 A pe sution sOa pr~rldoo ror loouanoo 0r a ort floato f ratloraoto~ orvioo lr the man lnduotod 0mplotoo hi8 train- lng tho oatiofaotl0n of Amy. Suboootion ()I) et Soo- tlon 608 prorldoo ia put as iollows:
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“(b) Ia tho uo oi my uoh puaon who, aa4 0~i00, in ora!? to p0rr0m 8uoh.+aia(~ uam irrt or low01 a pooitua, 0th~ than l tompon~ position, ia thr up107 l r q e
lopr d who (1) noolroo rush oortlrloeo, a) 18 still quallflod to porrorm tha autie8 ? i ouoh pooltlon, and (3) ralroo applloatlon Sor nomployment within r0rtr &a70 aftor ho lo rollorod from ouoh tralnlng and onloo--
-9 . . "to) ii OUOh pOSiti6n W80 In th0 l mplOr et any Stat0 or polltloal oubdlrlolon therr- Or, it he-by dOOiU8d t0 b0 08~00 of the Corrgrooo that uoh person should bo rootorod to uoh position pqoitloa llko l utlo rity, l tatuo, and pay. of I
a . . .“, The ot p00iri00 that lo tho l aIloo of Congr.go uo~ltlon, uoh por8on should bo nltorod to. Wo do not think that oohool dlotrlot lo ooiq#llod to do anything undrr this provlolon. What It rhould do and what it must do ra two dltioront Porhapo board thiryr. rhould have lnoortod a pro~lrlon In its oontraot with *B* tho oontraot would oomo an nd ii -A” tbttOo;rrOOt . But than was no l uoh prorlolon. IIa full7 pproolata thr sit lon of a ooldler upon aioohargo rrom the Ary and roe 1x0 rrsy dirrwb time. tier atrrent Hownor it lo the duty hfr at t&t this doputmont to Into rot tho law as i lo,, and wa must bo Ink the la should bo; but by what guldod, not what wo 3 law otually lo. In rlon of the forrgolng dloouoolon and authorltlro tha opinion et this department that the board of truo- teas is roqulrod to dloohargo *Be and ro-employ *A*. In *4 fart; thm board 0r truatorr l 0ta a not low 80, uoumlng, .f oop~mo, that the rontraot with 'B" uot8 tha otatutov roquiraanto .
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8/ Uurgo W. Sparks Aooloto.nt AFTRO7BD OCT 83, 1941 r/ Urot8r solloro
FIHST ASSISTANT . ATTORWIK UENHBAL APPFiOVBD OPINIO~OOMMXTTBE BY BKB CHAIXMAN