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Show 397 fie President proceeded to read the draft of the letter above referred to: 3» July It» 9.91.81 The Honorable Grover Ac Giles " ' Attorney General, State of Utah State Capitol " ‘ . Salt Lake City 1, Utah _ Dear Mrs Giles: Under instructions ofthe Board ofRegents of the ' 3 University of Utah, I am writing to respectfully request ‘ reconsideration of the opinion of your Office, relayed to . 3 us through the State Finance Connie'sien,‘ which statesthat payment for Out-ofatete travel on the part or officers, faculty and students orthe adversity of Utah can be con» sidered a legitimate budget expense only when the travel J has been authorized in advance by the Board of Eaners-o -' It is truethat for a- mmber of years the General v Appropriations Bill has carried a clause requiring this prior approval before expenditures could be made for such travel. We havs never interpreted this, however, to include the _ University of Utahwhich. is nota- State agency or ponticsl subdivision oi‘ the State but rather an instrmentality of the State established by the Constitution to have corporate status and as such to have completeWelles in the , 3 administration01' itsbudget. . ' To assist you inyour review- at the "opinion which 'jvaehanded am by your Office. I an pleased to enclose a ‘ 'gsl‘ammery of statutoryprovisions, 18504895. governing the W " ° University of Utah, as compiled by the Institute of Govern» ment or the mitersity sometime ages Incidentally, it is interesting to note that wilg the powers invested in the . "j Regents when the University ofDeseret was established by authority to I33." legislation on February 28,1850,is the 88611133 "brows ‘ ‘, , O I am also enclosing an opinion prepared some ' nonths ago by Dean William H. Leary or our butSchool re» garding the power of the Finance. Comisdon to disapprove eupenditures outlierissd by the Regents; ,. Fl :1 ,by way ofinformation. I ‘ copiesof two articles. One, entitledno ion Against Controlling Agenoies of: i i. _ Educational Institutions'!appeared ‘ ' on December 6,19h'7. andreviews :a stubs, court decisions, eons by state ‘ . 1121:? |
