Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1944 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVERSELLERS
AT’TORNEY
GENERAL
Honorable Oibb Oilahri88, Rarldon9
agricultural & Yaohaoiaal Gollego of Ten8
co11sg* station, Teur
Dear Sir:
ortlar te reaoh a
nt of ruah aontraot.
044, and Iloreaber SO,
oo upon the followin(l
oton of tho Colloga
on of the rat.8 in
titaly 80 a8 to aska
Unite54 Sat*8 gorera-
Et8 of the 8OrYiOO8
emd to i8 doaorlbed
0r th0 dirforsncrr botvmolr the
the intOM8t8 of tho Stata Of Terar it8 t8X Pap-
er*, and entail8 no 1088 to the Collr&r?*
Corerain(t Board8 o? Stats oduaatiom~ in8titutiolU
in 'Poxa por8088 and lx o r o irpowers
o dologsted to than br th8
his la turo, Thr Oov~ming Baard or the AgrlCUltUral and Y8-
Chanloal College or Taxa 18 callrd tha EWrd of DlrOOtOr8
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Fiomrable Olbb CilohrIrt* ~8s 2
and fhs pawrr8 de1 ato6 to 8UOh boar& b the 'foxa8 Lo$81&urr
aro fo be found in T ho protI8Ianr of Tit I 8 45 of toraon*8 Aa-
notated civil StabtO Of Taa8. Chapter 2 of ?iitl.d49, V. A.
c. 5. 18 68VOtd U&i?* t6 8t8tUt.8 Mhtily )a .6hO
uultural anb Wohmloal alleo Of T8X88, 8a6 Arti
8aId obaptor and title 8rt8 oat k3pe0iri0iliy oukla pOW8r8 aad
dutiu of the Burd of Diraet~rr of thr Agloultural aad Ysohan-
loal College:. Othw lrtlalrr ulthia thir rhptoz sonfor u aa
tho Board of Dlrootorr huthrr rtatd parr, a8 for oxamp P le
the power8 to oontraot for prrm8aoat imprormemtr um tho
lampar of the Cour$o aad for the f88UanOo Of bOkd8, ltO. chap
te 94 d Ti.ob 49 ?. A. C. 8. i8 a Oqil8tiOkI @f 8ktUtw
dolqatiag to thr botualq Boar48 of UtatO 04u8atiaart irrrti-
tUtiOn inOledill~ tho Agioultural ana Yoab8nIoal COllo
8ad rWpOa8ibilitio8 a8 t0 balooa&n6 t0 raeh
frPDd8 iJUt r tU P-Or8
iW.
9%. enmerrtlm of tbo pmorr 8Ill (luuu of ?&a Bo8id
far thin or anr other tOa tho r8 aad didi08 ood*rred are
t0 be W8trUOd 8@ 8t?iOtu O? 1i 0rtil.f
p"" 88 t0 1-t thS anthO?-
it1 of thr Board Of Mrrotcrr to the 8pOOiriO a8ttuo thorelm
rofrrrad to. %‘!?A.rtatuter are to b8 00M~U8d ~berclly to d-
footurtotho baoad purport outllaod by
the la~8latltr enart-
Mnt. tbl&O? 8Mh OOMtWOti~ it 18 8lOM th8$ the IO&.iirhtW8
im8 oonfurad u 00 thr B0ud of Dirootor 8 ot tha Agrioultural
ud lcoeb~loal l Of Tea8 full pow8rr 00 uaago an& o~trol
th8 phylioal o6uost orrrl md bu8iarrr affair8 of the Colloga
in 8UOh mu& r ud to 8a 6h
ltrnt a8 i& *ill b.ri
p?OUIOtOthr prO#J?e88 ti Wdflr8 Of th8
E#18r the Bonrd Of D1rWtm8 h8Vo th8 rt(lht, the POWr
c o bth adut lo ua o r Intoa n6lraouto oantraok rrlatingto tho
buriao88an rdueationif affair8 of the Colhgr. Thir 1aolodo8
th* power to aodlf~ ot ?aa&.jU8t oontraotm already *don4 into
whoa $8 the judgoat of the Baud the boll iataort8 Of thr a010
leg0 domid or rrqulrr rush rodlflaatioo Or rOadjU8tUnt.
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nonorabla Olbb OIlohrI8t - pagr 3
to grant or pay out money of thr State of Texas not protldod ?a
by mcl-aXi8till& law; or the grunting of lr tr a o o a p a n8a t~oroe
h
or allovmnoa aftrr 8arriar ha8 born rondrrcd or oontraat anterod
into; or to rrl.raso or uti.JJgui8h in whole or in park,/thr In-
dabtsdna88, l.iabllIt7 or obllgatlaa of any boc arst~cia or Iadl-
rldual to thlu State or any wunty or nunlolpa P oorpora tlon In
the atuta.
Thur if rrrldon of rater amount.8 to paynut of olair,
granting of atato monw (property or a 8tato rduoatlarral Insrtl-
tution bein property of the atak, Olal8h rt al v. Uniraralty
d TaX68, 1 9 S.8. (2d) 993) Or th. lXtf~Ui8hnUfbt O? r.1888.
of indObtddn.88 dtir thr wlls&8 02 tha rlblatiw any of thr
OM8titUtimm 5Uldatr8 ISOntiCUNd, tb ?OtliOll 18 Pahriti.
u on the other hand the totirioa ir ia trot a oofmtsua-
tion and intarprotatlonof the aontraotin ordor to n&o it rpak
the true proanlng of the Intentionof prUo8 lntrrbq Into It,
the Board Of Diraatarr ar8 rmpowurad to Oon8trua, latwpret snd
modify it; IZhoadar Drilling Co. at al t. Allred, 70 S.iv.(24)
576.
'phr 0OMtitUtiOl-d prOti8ioIl8 WJfOrr.6 ara to bs k8pt
la mind In r rbtlan to yaur rraond quratlon 08 well 48 to 7our
fi?8t ~1.108~0~~ CM? an8wU to the raaoad qUe8tibn wbioh fO11OU8
488UIlB8 that the Board of DiWIOtOr8 4OtiO58 in OCMl&tOQi8. and 8OttlO-
rrunt ar8 within tha aonatItutIonal liaitutiW8.
It Ia our rlar thst the anew? to your sooond qus8tion
ia to ba found within the powers, dssoribs(l abota, oonfured by
the laglalaturo u On the Boerd of Dlrrotorr of the Agrloultural
snd Basohenloal CoPlrga to aontrol, pro*160 for and manage the
buri&888 and eduaatfonal affair8 of the COllOg8. A8 we ha*8
poIntad out horoln tho8a power8 iaoluda bhr right to rntcr into,
exacutd, modify, contraeta by or ror the bcnsrlt of the Collegr.
%oadea Crllllng Co. v. Allred, rupra* It ha8 been held thnt
tb g0ternlll.g bonrda of 3tatr adusstlonal l.natItutlon8 acting
under their delegated power8 aM aOtin(t bI 8 lyi8lmtfvO Oapa-
alty and that rush qota am not subjrot t0 MtiOW by the ooUrt8
axaept In 8a8e of palpablo abuaa Spleen at al v. $ootlard, at al
287 S.N. 677, sea a180 rolsy I. bnadlot 55 S.W. (26) 805.
Aot4 Of auah goruning bOard8, are at 811 tlawa 8ubjeot to ro-
view by the legialeturo.
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Honorable Oibb Gilchrist - pa88 4
W8 think that it neaarrarily follow8 that tha Bpkr4 of
Directors of the College mat conrtrur and interpret l.$ti aontraotr
in accordance ulth its judgment a8 to their meaning. ,./Lt ir our
opinion that the Board of Director8 of the AgrLcultybal and Me-
chanlcal College Is empowered to coqromlse dlfterenaes arising
out of the conatruotion and tnter?retation or its~contracts ana
to reach a finz11 8ettlement whioh in it8 judgment will best pro-
t8ct the ihters8ts of the Agricultural tind Mechanical College and
the State Of T8X&lI, within the lidtatiOn8 86% forth in thi8
W8 trust thi8 ElUttiGiel%tl~ alleWer8 YOut QUe8tfOJW.
Your8 rsry tNll
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