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OFFICE OF-WE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS
AUSTIN
C.RO"ER
S'ELIERS
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GENERAL
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'ihe chll&?en in Titusr&a attmded tha
Bovine school .K&ost lOO$ in'the yea? 1943-44.
Iwfact, th0 ~Bovina:achool.ran itg bus in this
8m+ tin-the1943-44 toma.~
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' "For'&he&k-45 tern, ~I~e‘chl.ld~eu lUw?ise.
~$tenfi&?ovix.& end we&e likeylse hauled in the.
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*For the futgre.,t&s tax ix&ter is of eours8"
settled,becauce this land is Included'in~$kMma
Imlapende~t.School District '&uUer.the~consol.ida-
tion electionflaskyear, and the 1945 end follow-.
:. lng yearts tax *ol.lsvEl1 Igclude same in this
district,but the $1356.X7 collected,lastyear,
plus the mount o? approxkately $49.00 tI33tvaa
on deposit, plus'dclinquonttax pag;n,entsthat nay
bwkmde over futura years, presents a raal problexn
to us here, and vu would sipcerely,a~preclate your
advfse on,same.
"Various suggestionshave been made:' ' I
(A)that the funds Ln,the.bank, plus future
delinquent.tax pements, olemly belong
to thm 6~vtia distrlct;,clldthat the :-
him: sh&Ld h'ithoutfu&+er authority
turn such eds over.to the &wina dis'+ot.
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%he Dew Mexico diatrlct, dfnnppointed ti the
x&thdraval ofthe Texas sohool from the or3.gi.ns.l
Consolidation,will not co-operate and m&e a
..~vritten.release on the funds8 but apparently is. not
'ass&tlng any cl&m thereto. . .:
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-Opkloh~Do.'0-~~18 of this Departmsnt,.dated'A&il .
20, 1945, is pertinent to your inquiry. The request for. -
.opinionwas made by IIon.A. D. Wth, Couutp Attornsy of Pamer
County, Farvell, Texas. EL3 r6qtiestwas as follovst
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i:. '!'"3 seek yixaropinion reg&dZng tipprox- : .'
imately $1800.00 do&lam of school funds be-
I longing ta the Former State LIne'Common
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School Distrfct. .,
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school,District was ori@.nallyCommon
.SchoolDistrict IJo.6.of this Comty. Under
i Article 29133 D.C.S. th%s s&o01 district vas . .~
I bonsolidatedvlth a school distriat inhew
4 f~extcoand was knovn asTexas-DevXexico School 7
District PO. 1. This consolidateddistrict
oparzted for several years aa such.
"In'lg43‘the subject district disregatied -
its pact vftn the SZE&e of STcG~
IXextcoand was
consol'idatscl
vlth DWIIIA I~~EFi?XEq~ SCEOOL
DI3EWX. In ck-k3co
129 Pi3K-m XstSct Court
or"pal-acli?
co-@iy3.nxai~. IAll~~:::ao-~:ov.
X~c3XiCO
School District :,3filed.stit to onjoin this :
purported comolidntlon. Our District Court held .
th;ha
Ori$nel Pact, Ar$Pcle 2313.Iu~constitu~~~.
e.udupheld the coqnol.i?atioawith 23XEA.
'case vas &pge&l.edto the &?arillo Court of Civ$l
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"Astmdng tk&&ti& 2913a"ls u&onstl-. .. .
tutionalaa held by the Court ofO%vLl~Appaels,,~
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the taxes levied by said.districtwould be un*
conntitutloml,.sZn6e they wexi not.levledby. '.
a valid authority. It is our opiniQil:that olily
auch'km as have been auth6rizedby-t&s Bovixa.
DlstrLot stico thg oa?solgdstio?J of the teruii-
tory fomorlg a part of .theTexas-13%~Matico
Dlst~lot aud collected fron the tazqxiyers of'
.ssidte&itory, and.torritoi$of thsorQ$nal -" 1
Bovlna DiatTict,would belong to the Bovine
Disti%ct. The taxeo in the ban?cwere leviod by'
the Tcxcx-XovWcclc~ Distpict md &pcmited in
the bauk In the nam of'said diatriot. The.benlr,
no doubt, has mde a bond in favor of said
dintrlct, cozlitfouedon the @'e-X&pin3 of.
saia fula, c.ncl in alI.pmb~?bilitywould rcfkitio
t0 pk?y tb3 EiOilOg tO t?i3 DoYina DlStSiCt UiiLOSS
authtwizodto do SO by the Texas-ilev Ife%100
Mstribt, or by a judgrmzit of a'court of competent
jurisdiction. ;. '.
"Tim Attorucy .Genoml is wltthmt authority ~~I..
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