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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN opimtoe lo. 0-68?6 lto: ubatbar a rob01 wfotorla ryuplgwlfo oia mhool boor6 w8ber u8l Yaw rrq\urt tar op
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06 to rou by Mr. Chlldnrr olboati mmbor lumber by pupila uxl taachorr Ia the board violating '0. ?h%r ew rob001 born a baud rmber I8 1t 8 vlo&tlam vho mw 0 g:rooory atom. lov ?or Uw rohoelcr?*k~a oftbr )OpUrObse fraa thlr m? groaorier
Hon. T. II. Trlmble - ?yr
'3. A wmber of the board of this rohool ovns the burrs opmrated by thL8 sobool. TNr sohool
board mmbor do88 not oontllrot rlth In questloa but the ooatnot 18 in the 8m of another p8rty and the ron8t for the us8 0r the Is there lav is paid the other pa&r. burss in this Oa88t” rlolatIon Articles 432, 433 and 435, Texas hwl Code, red es rollovsr
Artlolo 432. “Nopotin” of this Stat8 or ant offlosr "Ho offloer oouatq, elty, pr8oI8ot, of 8q dirtriot, 8ohool dlrtrlat, or other mmlolpal 8~bdIri~ia a? tN8 btat8, or uy offI68r or wmhor of 88.7 Nat*, district, oounty, oltq, rohool dlstrlot or otbar munIoIpal board, or judge of any oourt, oroated o? an7 (Ionoral or sp8olal b7 or undrr authority lav of this State, or ~7 wmbor of ths Lagis- latur8, r-11 rppdat, or rot8 ror, or ooaflm 8ppolntmBt aBy O??h38, poritioa, oh*- mhlp, 88ploym8Bt or duty, of amy porlom mlatrd vithl.8 th8 socad degne bt affinity or vltbln the d8grae b7 consuqulmlty to the person 80 third 8ppointing or so voting, 0~ to any other wmber of an7 such board, the Isglslrture, or tmut Of vhlch such person so appointing or rating may be 8 umber, vhen the 8818~~, fees, or compensrtioa of such 8ppoFntes is to be p8lcl for, directly or indlrectl~, out o? or from public funds or fees OS oifico o? ml kind or character vhatsoever. Acts 1909, p. s5, Acts 1915, p. 149"
Article 433. Oiflc8~1 included “The l.nhIbitlons sot forth in this 18~ ah11 apply to and inelude ths Ootemor, Llrutonmt
Ooveraor, Speaker of the Xiouse of Repr8seatatIve8, Railroad Commlssloasrs, hmd of departmats of the State government, judges and members o? any and all Boards and court8 established by or under the *3 I(-. T. W. Trirbls -
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ArtIol8 ‘BO OfflOSP or otlmr p8FSa l.aollldod vlthla pro0064 art1810 rbll appmw amy thotNM l oeount or drev or l uthoorlsa tb &wing of any varrmt or order to pay in tile-, fee or ca- ~asatiO8 Of ruoh i#li(rIb ZI 8 OffiOSr OI POl'SQI, k80W4 him t0 b8 SO i#~@ibls. ’
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SChoO1 CrtStW'iW U’O &UinOd gOIPSlUl1y ill the 8ChOolm throughout tbs stat8 O? t8~88 Ud tha United Slates. In tb CallI Of 8088Wll St a1 v. mrrov, et al, 34 8. v. (2) 654, tlw El i'SSO Court of Civil Appe818 held follov-
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"'The cafetorla is a nocossary c~nvo~l~n~o, aad 1s not obaoxious aar constltu- tlorul or sututory lnhIbItIon, and, think, l ?8a#atkablS 8~8~~188 Of tb dim- ontlosury povsr coaforr8d upw ths board 01 tl'USt808. Ooodrrin V. b&001 Dlstrlct Ha. 1, Clt and County of Den- ver et al. (2d) 586, (C.C.A.J. 32 P. 5? A.L ii 92.' . . *4 - -8 Eon. T. Il. Trlmblo
'b ZhiS OWOOt:a VS l SS\PI tht th# #S&O1 aiSt?iOt i8 OPSF8tw th0 afStOFi4 ?O? tb@ 8006 Of it8 BtUdSDtS, w 18 Wt OpWwBg a 88.88 a8 l W-t%18 l St&b~Shunt OF l bWh888 rO? In QUP OpINon it vould be k- P--lu7 a-. thm suthorlty o? the se-1 barb to wtor DtO priV~L# bwIa.ss. u0, thOFO?O?@, l 88UBS ?- thBt th8 OhrgOS ~58 iOr food SsmOdm WaSUS- ably ti. t0 QOIO? tb, OOStS O? th8 SU d tb8 ~toaaass or t&n 84rotorIA.
“8iB~ m board O? tFUStO88 Of u i8dOpU-, l SOhW1 dent School dirtriOt WJ @8i8- it 18 OU? OpiBi= t&t tb, nSpaol1- OtiOtO?i&
bII.Itt fol, tb8 p*opr? OpO?&la ?dW80? ud ?Aw l JCpOaditm Of f1Ad8 mliud thO?O?WpFOpSriJ F88tS With SlASh bOWd.* ID CODBOOzi~ vIth fJU88ti~ W hv8 b#m tb ft?8t
#iVUh r&S ?WthW iD?OWtiOD t&t t& Vi?0 Or th0 tFWk8 18 Nmd iB tb #Oh001 WOtOPb b8 8 OOa Ol’~nitS’888; t&t On8 Of th0 UMhW iJLt& 8&001~08 tb, SOhO M?@tO~~ Md 18 paid only hi8 ?O&'UbP SabF7 l 8 l tOM b r l 8 Other aeSt#ria in tb SChOO1I th t8Mh.r rtra -08 t#Mbn tb th0 qSZ4t Of tb board Of tI'UStO.8 - i8 tie? tbir supervlsIai; that no iadspmdeat COntFmctOr nl~tloasNp 8xlet.s bstv88a the school bocrrd m4 the t#acImr vho -08 th8 rUEid CSfOtSFiA @J&d tht th0 fFUSLO8’S Vi?8 18 bid Out Of collrcted from th8 school childma for paywat of th8Ir lunohes. vs hold the hiring of the trustee's Under the i8cts stltsd, be unlavful and ve ancvor your first questloa vlfr In the l fricative.
In eoxumcLlm vlth the second question ve hsvv bsoa giVOB the fUrthW tbt t& tUChOr VhO Maages imfOrYtiOU the 88?8tarl8 (U q#llt of th8 4OhoOl board Md und#r U&m SU$WViSibIXb of the hoard) buy8 gro88ri88 for the 08f8uri8 diIWtly fm the g143C817 #to?8 OVWd by 0~10 Of ths mbsr8 Of school board. Ue hold Ws to be un1avful under the facts awLed, and anw4r your second quertioa ln the aftinsa- tive. See l uthorltlot cited la OPlAiOll l9. 0-1314 Of this department, a copy of' vhlcb 1s enclmcd hpreulth f~,r y?ur lnforwtioa. *5 .
. Ulth nS.rrnee the thhd ~u.atlon, Ve hr. b.en lnfomd tha aaatnct v8a ord- but hv. not ken #lv.n th8t l to the rpsolflc tern md
d.tal1.d lafomtlon thorrof, la th e l bara ar of ruoh lnfomtlon vo cannot p8r r on th e @ird- _ quemtlon aad rer~otfully doollna to MDVO~ am. I
Vary tluly yourr ATTORREY OBllgRAL OF TEXAS