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*1 THEA-WORXEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUWI-IN IL ‘X&CA.H
nonerablo LA. hod8 stawat~aayrl&ondent or rub110 Iautmotloa
mu sm wnlen 190.4-4067 88s APPOlntuont of txwrollng wdltor
nowd of Itduortlon. h hW@ FOMiVOd
YOtW 18thr Of mUlt dak in Which you ark the opinion of thl8 depsrtment upon tha iollowSng quertlon, which wo quot. h-cm your 18tt8rl "%er tb St8to &8rd OS Eduortloa bav8 thority
to @alploy 8a udltor to go Into tb Mhool8 ud plclc og toxtbooka rNeh ra ibility, it seems to 1~, 2s rlud w l &te rpson r Std. &qmrlntondont of Public without the ooment 0r the ittat sugwln- zffpn, The part In its appropriation to the Board of Lngl8latura Eduaatlon provid8d tlmnln the folloulag item:
"4. Trwol~ auditor , . . . .42,700.00 $2,700.00F Tkm but108 of the travollng @udltoF w4 not @pooirlelddl tbareroro, it W(LE doterPla.6 b tb Board hir dutioa would oon#irt ot going into the ., . publla rohoo a of thla 8tate md auditing tutbookr for purpose of iekiry m: book8 ubloh & ooruldu-8 88-e not needed in who01 dlrtrlct ou wish to know whetbor the Bomd fm am~ouered aumlau the auditor for
? ordond purposo8 without -you% wnmnt . - ~- the above
hrtiale# 2866, 2870 28’&, %?876b, 8nd 2876h, Revised Civil ar 0 quoted roupMtlv*ly a1 follwnr stduter, _ "Art+e -2+6. -The strte Board or &luoatfon 10 _ _. _
heroray authoazee and empawema ana it 18 made It8 duty puraau book8 fram the oontnotorr of textbooks used & pub114 irw rohoo3.a 02 this Skto lad to dimtrl- buto mma rlthout other ooat the ~upllr attend- ing such 8choolr within thS.8 St* in the manna? and upon eondltlona herelnaftor ret cut."
m&ticl~ 2870. The pwohaure 8nd dlrtribution of tree textbooka for the Seato shell be under the manage- non?, of the State 8uperlntendant of Publla Instruatlon, mibjaot to the tqqmoval of the State Board OS Education.” *2 sonorab1e LA. %odm -4 -COPY- O-4067
l Artlalr 2876a. l'eacbrs ud rohool offloerr must tr u tin use, oar. and oondltlon of as nay ho mquired by loaal tmutoer OF by mate Wparhont or Sdwatlon. lb0 waxy r0r anyeonthofany tuow os.mpl~eouho aoglodr t0 art ttheproportlmemy berltMlelduntll ulu muoh To neolvoa ln ooadltion utlsfaotory Wxtboolu #hall be aubjeat to irispea- z iIEi%Lnt tienby w ~tororclg~t~uthorir~bythou~v~ of tluloaaltutbook aorvloe, or authorizedby tat0 SuprrlntWnt of hrblio In&motion, rub&tot -7 the approvalofthe StateBoard of mmation, provided
thatlnspotorr ruthorlsedbythe State Departmmtos Muaatlon mhall be thorn in lrrauploynuntarhigh rchool lnspeotory, mral eahoo T oc inapeetor8 laspetetorr, OS voo~tloaal eduoatlon.'
*&tlelo 2876b. Spooliie rule8 as to the requleltlon, dlat,lbutlwa, am. use md WsaI boortr may be made by 8tak Supe&ert&ant of Publla Instruotlon, subjeat tbs rgproval of the &ate Board or Xduortlon~ provided, that maeh ruuM~;; zt confllet with the terma of 8ald eontmot. loyeeoftbe *ahoolonga&in the dlrtrlbutlon of tutboo 78 underthlnlau as the agent or employee of the State, er of any county or dlntrlot in the State rhall, ln oonneotion with thla dlrtrlbutlon, 8ell or dbtrlbute, or ia eny ry handle, any kind of school fwnltum or ~pglier, mmh u dank8 l tove8, blackboards, crayon, u'asm, pen8 ink, pendlr, kblets, ato."
*Artlola 2876h. All noeor~ oxpens incurrsd tits 0 rntlon ofthi Aot inoidenttoth0 enforoement 0r tNr !tu 8hall bo gald from the State Textbook fund heroin pmrlded for upan Ills approved by tho State Superlnten- dent of Publie Innrtruotloa, and rhall bo pald upon rarmnt8 Cimptmller upontha Tres8ux-y of State." drunbythe Ye am OS the oplnlon that under Article 2876a, quoted above, the ln8pection of textbooka is under the authority of the State SuPerLn- tendent, 8ubjeot to the approval of the Board of Eduoation.
Xouever, uo am aleo of the opinion the Board OS Education may appoint a emon to cmplle data and report8 as to the condition and use of textboo wNch ~111 aid the Board In the performance Es its duties in the purehare end distribution of textbooks. See Revised Civ:l *3 Rcaonblr LA. Wood8 R&a 253 S,ji, 168 &erlaan Book Co, v.
8t8tUt.8, Title 49, Cbapt.2 mfi8, 8171 CharlU 262, 8.w. 722. 8OTiblWC'S 8OM V. -8, Ik m Monned that board of Xduoatlon has taken no l otion WhBt8OOVu. toward 01th.r the appolntaont or a porron fill the Of tFamliX& &UditOF, ia th0 bill, or 1tmir.d ~rtition pOSiti@l d#fiMtlon of hla dUtie8. this S’USon UO f’O.1 thSt we oan go ?W JOW +OStiOXl th43l lf8 b&V8 done above. Ii 8Uoh noturtherlnanawor ppolntaent 18 made thOm l ppom to bo 8 oOnfllOt betwun th dutkr of such appolntn and thaw of the in8poctors Departxeent of Bduaatlon than upon 8uhl88lon of 8 requut themfor, wo will be the authority mb power MSpOOtlVe 4gwal88 gE;l;;nsidor .
VOX-j’ tS'll~ yOW8
Attorney Winera of Texas ArPrlmEDocT29,1~1
I/ Orover Lkller8