Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICE OF THE APRNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Honorable Clifford B. 3oones, President Texae PmArmlogleal College Lubbcwk, Texas A Dear Slrt \ Yonr letter of'th ot thlCUspar,tmentupon~the your appp~latit% for the singIn paultrynwia' who Is four tJlxld6ilts. < tisal exgl?a~Blalia to atlon lntq a mtatenos 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$&;di~aretion, to maploy row studencs~ aRd ay than out of the ibeJnriL~r than a single p0ult~jBWi If, P,IIthe dluaretlOn~ofthe board, it &muld be thonghta&vls~blr. Ws rQLtard,iQ 3.~ &snitiaant that the L@.elaturB````d zhe laiagulu wp~ultrpman*mthsr thti the 2n this Item. Zn other Item8 folLuwed by Ijlural*poultrysLdia~"~ pasenthetlaaleqamsaim~cn in the educatiOna appprlatfon bill, whem the intent of the I,egisl&turr is alearly to rsqx%iret&e breaking down of the ,iteminto parts, the plural Is unlforlllly wed, Honorable Clifford B. Jonea, President,page 2 tollowed bj a numeral In pare&he&a to lndlaate the number of positions ambraaed in the plural designation,1. 0.: Unlreralty of Texas,appropriation,Item 16, .YBesearohassistants (J,;,"' ,f$n 18 "StatlbtloaPclerks (3) ,* Item 42 qesearch teohnologlsts ." The use of the efngular "poultryman"in this item must be deemed to be intentionaland some meaning attributedto 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 individualto 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 oonstruatlongives meaning to both the singular wpoultxymanR and the pareuthetioal. Your studente,Rand doee.not +&hute oontrollingetteot to either. It is llkewlrreaonslstentwith the leglslatlvepolicy of oommltting to the managing boarda of the respeotfve eduo&tlonalinstitutions a discretion to operate the Institutionain euoh manner a.cI to lnsure,the maxlmtamor effioluioyand eeoncmy. Your8 very truly ..j ATTORNXY GENHzALOFTlFxlls By&, W. FAlRCHIiJl RwF:ej APPROVRD JAW. 2, 1942 ‘(Slgned)GBRAD0. MANN ATTOFNEY GENERALOF TEXAS APPROV?iDOPINIOIVCOMMITTEE BY B.%B. chainnan~