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I P j i-T OFFICE OF THE ATl-ORNEY GENERAL OF ‘FlxAg , AUSTIN

Ifonorable ,F. C. Dolton, Actln6 President

A&cwaltural dc %e&mleal iW.le~e

college Btatlcn, Taxas

pear Dr. Solton:

ccntracts at ited Strtqa borgwskt. As 64~ t+hWresponaibilltles and the indlvldwla eonoerned,~ ould also be increased. we u%.t, for your eonaSdemtl.on, the follorlng quertfont

"Stan 255 of Semte .Bil.l SN, 45th Le&il&ure, covera the position of Phfea8or @n&Head of De- ps.Ttment of z2.actriceS 33XgloRer~, eSLd oaPriae a aal.arg of 4,000 for n$ne aaenths. The Snaividual - who fills s2 his position has been given the addi- Mona1 responsibility of Dire&or of the naval tralnlng progrrrm. Approx$mately fifty per cant

of his time Is devoted to his dutlee as

Director of the Neval Training S&o01 and the other fIf.ty par oent 14 divided between the Amay Speaiallced Training Progrem and

hia dutier a4 ProSeeror end Head OS Deput- ment of Eleotrioal 8ngIneerIng. The rf~lary would be alleaated between -de iran the Government and State~opproprlatlone In - oordanoe with the time devoted to eaoh.

"mder the genera prorirfoaa or Siret paregmphoi Subseotlon.8, OS the ap- proprIatlon8 bill $0~ the ouvrent blenuiwn, la the raly of tU4 employee limited to 4 total of $4,400 for nine months, or may the Board of Direotore pay 0 highel ealary, pay- tng the eupplement Srozn fedenl Sunds, tom &ve reaognitlon to the sddltlonal duties and reeponsib~lities which hrve been placed upon the individual. aa 4 reeu& of the~'waP training prog?e

In response to requert by teLephon4, you advised tfut the ~war training prog~em aontmota aah the Uolle&e bar with the Onited Stat44 Government, ~ont&plate end pro- vide the flrroia by the CoUe$p of epocitied inatruo- tlon OP ~89 of the various brenohee of the, timed services covered by the oontracte. For thi.4. eemioe, the Inetitutioa is paid by the Wted~Statea a mm bawd-upon the Rrmber of men tivolved, an6 upon'aort experJ.eneo OS the institution In the inetruotlon of regulax studenta.

Beeidee the 2L3rd itear of appropriatkm for $he Agri- oultural 6, M44hanieal Collas6 aontrinti In Benate BIU. 333, Chapter 999, Aota Forty-eighth &egIeleture, proVid.ing pay- ment of a nine-montha sPlary ot~~,Qoo.oo fol? the poe1t10n of Profeaeor and Head .of Departments of Eleotrioal Rnginaering, the following pmviaione of 'the A& govern the question sub- mitted:

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"Se0ti01l 1. (a) That all balonoes in the Instltutional funds of the several S,tato Instl- tutions nemrd in this Aot, at the 01054 OS the fIeaal.year ending August Sl, 1945, includI% b8l4no45 In kl34i.r revolving fund4 at that time, iaoome to ,sald funda during each and the entiti of the two fleoal years ending August 31, 1944, and August $1. 1846, uhioh are,not otherwire ap- propriated for either or both of said tiacal year4 are hereby appropriated the support, m4inlm35n44~ operation, and Wprovement of said 454h of the said ri5- State Instltutlosae dur oal years. r4rp4etIv4ly.

'OEh'EBAL PWVISIONS. The expenditure. of appropriation8 heroin zaad.e and uthorlsed whether fr0m the State Oeneral Revenue P, loaal Iueti- tutional fwds or w other xwoeipts and funds whatsoever, except bequest5 and gifts, shall be subjeot to the folloving prtwI5ldnaa

"Sub54otion (2). sa1arj ProQl.5son5. Ro 55l5q appropriated herein ssPl3 be supplaeanted out OS student fee iun&a, domitory -13, or looal funds, except out of the Pure Feed Fund at the Agrloul- turn1 and YeOhUlioal Coll464 Or out of funds r4- oeived from the hrited States Government or Its agenuies, tieas 60 ordered by the governirg board of the Institution to which such salary or aalories apply, at a regular meeting with at least a majority of tho membere of such board present, and.auch order rhall~be entered In the minutes of the proceedings of arid board and shall set forth fully the reasom .thereior. Ha full tlm inatruetional ralarg as Item&ad herein shall adjustsd to exoeed an amount above the maximum hill prot?eeaor~s salary as herein Itemised to be appropriated from the O4n4ralRe~4nu4 Bund of the State t!m partlow lar Institution to whioh said salary or salarias

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HOnorable F. C. Bolton, page #4

apply, unle~r the amxImum mlarj I8 bei= re- celvea In whloh ca8e such adjustmat may be made not to exceed ten (10) per oent above 8uoh mxbujn salary BC reoelvod. It I8 further pro- vided tkmt w.qapn8atlon for oorr4rponden44 and/or xtonalon teaqhing M provided hereIn and OOL- p6II8atiOIt l-ted by the donor, 8h4ll flY68 beQUestS and g.ift8, b6 l xoluded from the Ud3e8 TM X’4t8 84w lkUitatioll8 Of t-8 p4l’4@‘4&Ih. OS the 84klq paid QZI eqpfOjn4 Of 4~3 inetitution

newed hereInfor 8ertrIoer during a mzammr ee88ion not excoed th6 8alWy lWte paId the OIUplOy30 8h4u during Soti the 84lU4 Or 8inlbr liWViOO8 loa of that inetitutlon. 84s8lon *ml1 tisis emplgeer on twelve (lS)'xuonShe b&818 ma r404iV4 not BIOFO thur WO Ht3tdF.d 8nd (#~6O.OD) DollaPa ,far oorreapondkee oourbe

extonhan~ center tiwching, md may not be ppid additional mon4j for 8-r 84hoO1 teaching, 8Ild irJT tfiu eiSI91~7488 CR) 4 Xl&M (9) lECUlthS b88iS and/ok extenslqm aar be paid for oo~oepondenao center teeoll%q oz 8ullllmF 8-1 or other 8emIoea during the lwmalxlln~ three (8) months of the f$8- oal ysar, but may not r4oeiv4 more than Tw4 IiMdred cad Fifty ($250.00) Dollar8 per annum for oorro- spoaden44 oourse teaohiog during ths tiecal Soar and/or erten8lon oenter oork durlae, the re$Qnr nine (9) month8 8eririon*

%'hen any yddltional 4aqby408 other than those employed to fill the posItIon ltamisad her&in am employed, and 42-4 to be pnid out of said apy?qxia- tion8 or any other funds, suoh emylorees &all not be paid larger amour&e than those provided herain iu su4h in8titUtfoUa for SiIIIihr pC8itiOII6 or agcn- Oi48 and in the svsnt there are no ekailar poeftioti8 within such inatitutfone th4n 8uOh additional 401- plo~oes shall not paid l.+rger amounts than those provided for 6lmlla.r posftionlr in other State inat%-- tutlons~ deparQaent4 or Pgenoiee~,n

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Donorable F. C. Bolton, page #6 "Subsection 11. Uihlaletlo or 2xtramaral ::a- The general provisions made in izla

pnrtla3nt. XCt Sfill ?.lOt &l,?ply t0 Sthl3tiO Or 3XtFhW.UI.31 departments, and as to these exoept~ii ~0vernIng board shall mske .suah nOO848aZ7 rulc3 and adju8tment3 a4 may be deemrrd advisable." (xtaliOf3 OIS’B. )

Frown exsmInation of the itemisod appropriations for pOSitIon8 at A. E: H. college, it I8 obvlow that the Pppro- priatiVI3 Of &4,000 t0 06Ver nine IUOntha salary for the pOSI- tion wProf43sor and Uead of Departm4nte of Elsotrloal ml- nearlqg I8 a ‘full thm Z.ntxtructIonal ssdmyw within tho intention of Eubseotion 2 of the General Provisiona, supra..' The 8alCtq of a person ocoupying that poaltion, nnii receiv- Ing the full sum appropriated therefor, may not be adjusted 80 as eta eroeed ten (l.0) per oent above 8uoh rnaxbnum salary 80 recqlved”, exdluslv4, however, of (a) oompenscrtlon vhioh , I8 not In em488 of $250 "for corrsspond4noe oour3e teaching during the fiaoal year and/or extension center,work during (9) months ses8Ion;" (b) of compensat;ion re- the pegala nine oeivod f+ttt b4qu86t8 Wd &Sts, "Wll48s SO liUtit4@ by the dvnvr;w and (0) excluaIv0 of suppleamntatlon from furxia 0P athletio and extrsanural departanents, for 3ervioes >erPormed In oonneotlon with thooeaotivitles (our ;r&&ion Xc. C-126).

The funds raceivod from the United states Ozvernment under the war-training contract3 referred to clearly nre not bcqueats or gffts, hilt ars paid to the State a3 com?3nsatioa services rendered by, the College. Supplwnentation of ealariee from such rocefpts, therefore, oennot retied as within the gift or bequest exception to the limitations upon selary adjustment in SubsectIon 2. Nor do we believe that funds are theae of ~extremural clepartemints," wIthIn the mean- inix of Subsection 11 OP th& General Provieiona. The function8 performed by the institution under the contract8 are those of educational tmdniaa~ and instruction, whereas the itemised appropriations for the n&xtrsmura3 Divisions" contained In the bill are to cover tkc co& of non-tsaohiw functiona; e.g., research and experImentaticn, field and erteneian 3ervioe4, forest servioe, etc. In view of that fact, and that the Leg- islature made speolfio, it4znIsed appropriations for all of the

Honorable It. 6; Bolton, page #6

services reaognlaed as extramural departments, unless the war-training programs be so considered, we are of the opinion that the Lapd.ature did not intend that the tens Wextramural department8 embraoe tile war-training progrcmu, May of whioh were In operation durlw the leglslatloe session and of *Ioh the members doubtless were aognlrant. Use of the fund8 re- ceived from the United States Qoverment under the above men- tioned war-training contracts with your institution, 1s there- tore subjeat, In our oplnlon, to the limitations of the General Provisions of Chapter 399, eupra; and in oonsequezlce, we are furthm of the opinion that the ulary of a person occupying the position OS Professor and Head of Depnrtzaent ot glectrloal Engineering may not be adjusted out of such funds ao es to in- orease the mount payable to a sum in excess of ten per oent dune the xaaduum salary 80 ltsmilced.

This opinion does not have reference to eotablishment OS positions other than those provided by I-tem&sed appro- priation In Chapter 399, supra? the limitations presorlbed upon ralarle8 of positlone not ltemlsed are contained In the fourth paragraph of SubaeotLoa S, aupra, end are discussed in oux Opinion Ho. O-5440, oopp of thieh Is enclosed.