We am ot th,i opiztfon .that the ~expression uns not 80 intendba, but waal rathw, lntenU@.tq tinter authority UPOR the go-rer~ingC~board at the OoU.ege, in I$&; di~aretion, to maploy row studencs~ aRd ay than out of the ibeJnriL~r than a single p0ult~jBWi If, P, II the dluaretlOn~of the board, it &muld be thonghta&vls~blr. Ws rQLtard,iQ 3.~ &snitiaant that the L@.elaturB~~~~d zhe laiagulu wp~ultrpman* mthsr thti the Ijlural *poultrysLdia~"~ 2n this Item. Zn other Item8 folLuwed by pasenthetlaal eqamsaim~cn in the educatiOna appprlatfon bill, whem the intent of the I,egisl&turr is alearly to rsqx%ire t&e breaking down of the ,item into parts, the plural Is unlforlllly wed, *2 Honorable Clifford B. Jonea, President, page 2

tollowed bj a numeral In pare&he&a to lndlaate the number of positions ambraaed in the plural designation, 1. 0.: Unlreralty of Texas, appropriation, Item 16, .YBesearoh assistants (J,;,"' ,f$n 18 "StatlbtloaP clerks (3) ,* Item 42 qesearch teohnologlsts

."

The use of the efngular "poultryman" in this item must be deemed to be intentional and some meaning attributed to It, .: if possible. The only expmatlon whloh ooaurs to ua la that

stated above - that the word *poultryman* me intended to authorize the hiring of a single individual to do the work, and the pareXIth8tieal Your etude&r" was Intended as an alternate authority to break the Item darn into four parts for the emplog- ment or rour students, Instead or the single individual. suoh oonstruatlon gives meaning to both the singular wpoultxymanR and the pareuthetioal. Your studente,R and doee.not +&hute oontrolling etteot to either. It is llkewlrre aonslstentwith the leglslatlve policy of oommltting to the managing boarda of the respeotfve eduo&tlonal institutions a discretion to operate the Institutiona in euoh manner a.cI to lnsure,the maxlmtamor effioluioy and eeoncmy. Your8 very truly

..j ATTORNXY GENHzALOFTlFxlls By&, W. FAlRCHIiJl RwF:ej

APPROVRD JAW. 2, 1942

‘(Slgned)GBRAD 0. MANN

ATTOFNEY GENERALOF TEXAS APPROV?iD OPINIOIV COMMITTEE BY B.%B. chainnan~