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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN /
BononbloEallH.Logrs,llrabs ,
8~~Bowd0fCoatro1
Awtin, fua8
opinion x0. o-7446 ._ the irota uhiah hare a8nt 18 nov aployd am Prinoipal of the
Blg~nd~HiCl;h&hool~tLiring8ton,tarar m&a rahoolbelng in the Big Smkd~ Indesmdeutbool Dietriot o? Pope County. Tha amoluwmto inaulent to the po8itloa OS bw drltor Sor the 1uU.m Reremtlon am obtained frana ?ederalCow~rnmentO~nttothe rariou8 Indian Tribea, and ve in thir offlao hare derlgnetal rwh monlee &a ?dexml In&tin FunAl.
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Theme aonioe aw mei~ed fra the Idhal Q5wavaent ndmthemaf'terd~poeltedln thovea4ouelooal and omllaery ahooke an dam agafnet E;, .
"Paw6 the tandpolnt of expedlenay thie appliaant 8d8purtOlf aotid fill tha poeitlon of d&yor n boaauee him dutlee a bum drlrer v5ul.d T egln wry early in tha mornln2 and upon the niLflUImt of him du~aeabur~lr~iortherorningnnr,~r~ than be at the eohool of vbiah he 18 the Prlnelpal. In the aftern5one after him dutioe prinolpal we- a5qploted, ho 55uld gatbr the etWente he vae trameportlngand thormmo~nturn totho In&tin Reeemtlan."
2h0 fti8t qtt88ti0n h0n t0 b a8knnit-d vhothor the employrent of a ppinoljml am 8 hue drlwr trener0rr1ng the ehll4lnn to and fra an Indiaa Roromtfoa voultl Y10lato proYlelone c5netltutlon of mxae prohibit1 the holding of aoro than one olyll ofY?loe of Artlale XVI, Seatlou 40) and ale0 t-bat prohfbl- eaoluneat Y tlng the aaaountlag offiaere of State fzwm dreving a varraat upon the Trueury in fkvor of 0 pereoa vho holde at the eeae Wee any other off100 or porn tl5n of honor, K tmet, or prolit (nrtfole XVI, Seat100 33). The eppli-
aatlon of theme pro~ielone they epeolflaally rolrte to the employment of a tcbaohor or prinolp&t of a e5hool am a bw driver vse dealded in a preriouely leewd 5 lnlan of thle dopsrwent, Ro. O-4982, dated Deoa&er 2, P 942, frcm vhlah tha Solloving is quoted:
ted ue nov exealne the general lrrv to eee it thaPe 18 angn~;elnh.tbltion to pereou~e eerriiag in both
section 40 0r Artialo nrr, C5netitutlon the holding of more than one air11 of Toxae, &ohiblte orflae of emolument. Howwr, 8 85hool toaahor 18 eupl5pe, not pub115 offlaer. H8rtln 'I. Pleher 291 Paa. 276; Nooty Y+ Belle, 2 11. W. 75 b.
L. R. 1347 3 Leqnel Y l Johwoa, 2 zi Paa. Clune Y. sahool Dletrlat, 166 H. Y. 11, 6 A. L. R. 736r Hoath Y. Johneon, 15 S. Rr 980 btate ox rel. Levellen y. 2kuith, 69 R. Y. 114~ 56 b. S. 382~ 37 Tex. Jw. lOJ5b oplnlone lb. o-371, Ilo. o-4020, x0. o-4669, Ho. 0 7 neither hue driver publla oiflaer. Opinion Ro. It follows that aonetltutional provlelon O-4957. prohibltlnR double offlab holdiwj 18 not ppllaablo and in lteel~ would not preyeat one smreonte holding both poeltlone under aoneideration. *3 HoaorableHallH.L5gaa -Page3
"aeotf5n of Artiolo XVI, conetltutson of Taxer, prohibit8 the a555tmUng of thlr offloore State fra dmvlxq or pyino warmtat upon the twaeury in fbyor of any perroa for ulary or oargmeatlon am agent, offlo o r, o r l ppofatw, vho hold8 at the eua tin uy other offlae or poeltloa of honor, truet or profit l Rawever, am th e State aaaountlng offioern neither drw nor gtw vumnt upon trueury irr fawr of l lthor the mhaoltowher or tbobum drl~er. thle l e5tl5u 18 laeppllaable.
“The ~rfawaaae of the dutlee atkohed to oaoh theme p5eltloae would nweeurfly take pla58 at dlfforemt timoe~ that la, the hue drlter~e dutlee are mrfomed before the ocmaenaslleut of and after aloee of tha rohool day a8 Bwh. 8ee Artlale 2906, Rorieed Clrll 8tatutoe. Then la, thmef5n, 110 55n- fllot to the time 0r perfoxmwo of the reepeatl*s etet- duti~e,mdr~rur.errmi~tlanoft~re~ti~o utbe vo ara unable to dleawn any lnoon8letmay or lnaamg&lblllty botvoen the dutiee of one poeltloa and thorn* of othw.”
It 18 olear,then, that the employment of tha appll- oant for the poeltlon in queetlon vould not in tloletlon of the m%wfelone of the Ooaetitutlon rulatlng to duel the abwo altd oplniou wte leewd wgloymeute, but alnob from thie offlam. a nev eahool eid bill 9188 l naoted in (Senate Bill 167, 49th Le l latuw, 1945). In auah am thie leet alted aot a5nte I? ne p5alfla prorielone relating of toaohen and prlnolpale drivera, to the aploymat it l hould be here notul ordlne&ly payment of additional eUary for bun drlrlllg etioee k, prlnalpal, edalnietr8tlva dutlee, 18 ppo- or a teaohor alma perfwal hlblted by thle ot (8ea Op 7 nion Ro. O-6797, dated Hay 16, later oplnloa (lV0. O-7396, dated 19w. Hwowr Ootober l$?Mj It vae held t&t prohlbltlone of the ent prinolpkl or rat &Id not ext6md to the omplo a teaalter perfomlng admlnletra te dutlee, em~loJbis by B c
eeprete oontreating e4gpn5y to th4t oontraatl~ for and paying tuahore * ealariee. Certainly, in regard to the oaploymathora llrqwetlo~, tha prohlbltlons of t-ho a.ot do not 8pply for the meoa tint in Artlola I, Swatlou 2, paregreph 3 thereof, urhool for the Alabama Ind3.ene attendilrg ahool In Polk County 18 epeolflaslly exempted am rollwe:
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“Protidal that the tax provlelone 8ad other Polk Cowty, Taxam.” (hphaete ad&d)
All of the fore olng ooneidorml, it rry ooa- aluded the 4mployaem f of the prlnolpel the Big Scaly Rlgh bahool at Wvlngetosa, Te.x-88, a8 @e drlwr of a rohoolbue tmnefcn*)lngobildren toub frim the-- Couehatti IndieuReer~tloole aaitherlario3.atf5aof paotielon or ef thm tenr of the eohool :a& g8Ututional
Aaowdl y, yuu aw adrleed that the Board Oontrelheem a ty t5 ooatxuot rltb Uw 8pplloe8t the wloyaentla qxm*Moa.
mare very truly ATToRRx 8mxuL O? 'wtw
