npoak the English lan~ue~e. ‘i’he stntutes contain no roqui,remnt that a janitor secure a teachers’ or other certificate fron: the Department of 4uoatio;l und it is % nattsr tif oommn kmmledge that the duties of 6. janitor Bo not include teoohing uc& giving courses of ihstruotlon in thb public sohoois. Articles 2660, bt seq., i~cvisod CiVZi. Statutas, 1925, 8s ar;ended and Article 266, Penal Code, as %mnded, thsrofore ara not applicable.

Article 2749, Revised Civil statutes, 1925, provide% that the board of trustees of a comon sohool district shell have the n:anagmf:nt arEI control of the publia schools and publ.io school grounds cf their dlstriot, slcploy toaohf:rs, and ap,prove all claim against the soho.ol funas of their district. All

property of the school district is plaoed under the control of tho distriot trustees by tho provision of Artiolc 2751; Revised 1925. Section 2 of Articl.0 2627, Rcvisod Civil Civil Statutes, Stetutes, 1925, provldeo thet loccil school funds from district taxes %nd other aouroes my be used, among other things, Por the payment of” “janitors %hO other ezployaes.”

Arti ale 2690, &vised Civil Ltatutes, 1925, provides that the oounty superlnten&ent shell’ have im~?di-,te supervision of all mttars portalnlng to publio ecluoation ir? hia cou.%ty, confer with tsachers %,h& trustees, and {<iv% them advi~o when needed.

Article 2693, H%vlse& Civil Statutes, 1925, read% as folloaer : ”

“The oounty superintendent shall approve 811 vouchers _leg%.l~ll drnwn agaimt the sohool fund of i-e shall examine nil the contraots be- his county. tv;een ths trustees end teachers of hi% county, and euoh contracts are propcr, be if, in his ju8#mnt, shall approve the sane; prorid&, that in conslder- ins nny contract between M teacher ah& trustees he shall be authorized to conoid,er the amount of salary protaised to the teacher. Ba shall distribute all .sohool blanks and books to the officers and teaohom an6 shall mke such ‘reports e’f the publio sc~ocis, to the state Superlntendemt %s nsy be regulsad by I:e shall discharge such othsr duties that officer. aa mgy be procjcribed by the tit&t& SUparintbndbnt. (Acts 1905, p. %63.)"

The authorization of the county nuporl.ntmdont to everoise ,qsr,eral supervision ove?r the coanon sohooln of the ccunty does not carry with it the authority to substitute Iris ;udFmnt Par that of the bourd of trustees ~hc~, cctit:g ~ithfn tte scope of their- fluCho?ity. ;'eavy vs. Csriil.3, kprcxo COWL, not yet re- to ap- ported. rlrticlo 2693 regulres tbo county supcriutend::nt prove *all voucher& legally draw0 against t;k sci2001 fund of his county." MO facts ara prasantt8 ic ths Ittss of requnst which show that the r:a::rants in cgc?stio,-. ere not l.e&:ally drawn agsinst L the proper Pusd. superintendent tG .%~~l~O'f0 the VOUCht?T8

Since, under the faots 8.3 ctnted, no valid~reason or ground in law is given aa a basis for the refusal of tile! county

in Question, it is our opinion that he ie~without authority to refuse approval.