*1 ,2’78 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

AUSTIN

i *2 honoreble Clifford B. JCSM, pag~ e hbor~tory CharAS to OoYBr WtUai laboratory

mtsrials sn4 wagplies use4 by euch student not to 0xoette in any atvent four ($4.00) dollcrs for any one fear from sny 03s otudant in my me laboratcry COUTF% . L:strlaulot:on reek3 for aiiy stx weak3 may not exoeed five dollars, or ror ucy ten aeteks term, to sxoaad ten rsaks term, not to sxoeed ten dol- lara. krovided, however mid sduoational inotltutiona smy oollect reascuable deposits rroa studests enah year tG ~.A4UT4 Said iAt?tftUtiOA% tl@BiASt HO%%%%, brealca$<e etc. , in l:brarim an4 laboratories, mid depoaito be rtaturned at the end of esch aohool.

year minus such baral;e, loas breakage as may bare bern done by eaoh individual Student ubo b.aa put up n fieposit.

-5Ms. s. al wordr *state eduoatio!iel lnetltutlons' as used in this Aat shell inaiude the tollotiq an4 any branch thereof; . . . tha, Texas %3ohnolo~foal Golle&9; . . .

-‘9ac. 4. Nothing in thir Act shall prevent the co&- leation ct fac8 or aharqs roluntarily paid by to oov4r w36 sxyA%o stuasnt sotirlties; StUdOAt pm&dad, however, that the 6anm ahall nsvor be made oo~~ulsory or require4 by the aduaetional institution 08 a condition prcoebont to a etudent ctnterln(g or COAtiAUiA& at %%id ill%titAtiOA.*

Artlale gtlbCa, Varnon*s Texas Civil BtatutoO, (Aota 1933, p. sob, Ch. lee) oontsina tke r0110a*n6 pr~~lrrio~t

%sa. 1. Tim govarnlng boards of tha savdral izlrtltutions of cOlleglete rank supported in ~whclr or fn part by publ.1~ mnds appropriated from tho State Treasury ~hnll oautee to be colleetehl hopp atudsnts rsglstering 115 tha said 8ohooU~ attsr Soptapabar 1, 1953, tuitien at tha fol1owi.n~ rates: sasmder four wd crc-bc lf i&j mnthv, Twen%y- five Poll~rs(~ZS.QG) par semestsr; ox, wko nglsters tweive (J.2) or at.sre tern hours of aor+ per tom ai ~tXty-86tWiA of tbrscr (8) months, ~iXt.‘ZtSA i;OihE3 Certe ($16.67) per tern.

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-4. 63-m mch stu4er.t ragistsrin(J for a sumer SW?JSlOA) such aHou.nt as a&all be fixed by govcm- irig board of eucb institution, but iri na avant lea8 than ~wwity pollers (#?O.OO) for L tuelrn (12) WsskE trrm nor Ecore tben Thirty-five Lollam ($38.00) for a tw1Ts (1s) weak4 term.

"5. She rooregoixg provisions, rewiriw the govamiag boards to oollaot tuition, shell uot be intarpat6d as dapriring the odd boards of

right tu sollaat ouch library, lfiboratory, and

0tt.e fees aa they are now pmalttd by law to

aollaet.'

ifrorlalmi ia also made torpeymant or teea by non-rarl- dent rtuaarht&

Artlola 1c654a, Yarxon*a Texas Clqll %tatutar as spanbe by the addition ot aaotiorr &, 46th K&g., b. 8. tJ30. berr, 8 1, provldas ior charging extra tuitSoa rroa aaob rtudant regiakr- in@ ror eourae* IO the Departxaatm Arts, Dram Spew&, and ~uofo; it being realtad In th e l mergaxoy alauaa that thI8 troa l rullag by tha Attorney Oanaral*8 De- aaanwnt raeultsd gw%mant, that eatre tuition oould not be ahargrd flna arts oeuraas in State-supported inatItutIon8. l%vIdantly tha oplnlon nfarrs& to ie Bo. O-117, wblab rulad t&it m.mb Iastitutlonr ara authorized raquira snp ahkarp,a* from at&ant8 @t&P tbaa those suthorIm4 by tha-above meatlone rtututa8.