OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
01 whether tha
~provl8loM OS Artdole 89998
6d Civil 3tatute8, or whstlmr
the 6i66ti0n 0r
reii;ulateo
6 tomu for whian thay h&d
29?9a, Vermn*s Annotated Civil t3tatutes,
pm-
Vldss in pa33 Yb3foikW5t
"SOO. 2. IA MY woh olty or town oanrtl-
tUting ~IIi&d%p~d*nt 30h001 Clatriot, * * *
Twa. 3. iA all ruch Ei.BtriotB + * *
*sea. 4. xotios of all s1rot1l2ns for trua-
teas Ln XndepondentSchool Pfatrioto thoreto-
fore created by-spwial Aot uf ths Lagirlature
and havU12 lnoluded WithtA their b~unduiim a
oity whose populationwa8 in 6x0~08 of t?OG,-
OOG * l l.=
At rLt8t gu~oa it tight apysar that suotlon 1 applieil
to all Lnarpenitent rbehdl dfetrlotsand a:so Lo indupmaent
86hool dlstriotshavllrathemln a oltj of mm th8n 2G0,GGO Inn-
habitants u1G to auah dlstriotawxqcising suah oitlss, Lou-
BTcrf , iye bra id ttha OpiAbA Cbut SSOtiOA 1 oovere QAiy iadepand-
ant sahool diatriote iA whioh thore ia loaumd a oity or more
than~~GG,GOGlnhabltantsad suoh diatrlots OOEj@biry rush
ia the tlret plaos it the Legislatum inCond6d to
aover Xl1 inaopendcmtuchcmf districts, then the ~&au *in-
oludingl oitie* 0r a population oi lii~re than 200,000 aaoordtng
to t&6 last prroedlng Federal Census" would bo entirely m.
Aea08sary. In the saOcAd >&We, the aa~tion o$ tJU otigfnal
Aot (aat G+ind Loge, RI Ye, 9. 2. 222, Cha 319) provide8 in
Qurt it8 souowlsr
"An aot tixin2.thenuaber Pnd terslof oftioo
Or SOhOOl trUSt8dU iA.IA&QOAbAt si3triOts hUV-
Ing a popubtion 0r i.xare thrin2OG.oGG by the last
prsosdinng Podaral Cmau * * *.*
The oaption olearly shows thst all indqmadent sohool
not inolu&sd, biit, rather,
diatrlotr 'ilb.rS only thaw 0r nmce
thml zGc,oco lnhati'tiaat8. see Sniith P. XOrtGR %dUptm%35t 'ZOhoOl
slat. ib.&k Diam.), ES5S. 3, (Ed) 653, which held to thi8 stfoot.
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.'.ttioh2777% la, therasore,not ippplicaltlo to the
Oragorf Indsgmnd~antr;6boolDistrlot for tvm rtmsons: (1)
There is 00 city OS more than EOO,OO(iinhb:taxits lwsted
withh ths Gregory district; (8) The r;regcrydbtrict ia not
a otty-oontro1loddistrict.
Artlola 2777, Verzmn~s hnnota*ed Civil ;;tatutas,
rmds
as follows:
"The advan oandidaterrooefrinc:ttis&u-gent
numb6r OS votes at the Sir& eleotlon, Jnd the
mm30 vr iour oatdlcktosreoeiving tho largest
nuaoer 0r votes st all eubtmqmnt el~otions,
rmhallbe cntitLod to move as trustees h8reandar.
Those alaoted st the Slrat eleotion ahull deear-
ahe by lot tho tam for wklch they are to PONB.
The Sour wesbbursdmwlrq nubera one, tmo, three
and Sour shall serve ror ona yoax, arlathe tkree
nsnbers aaiilng tho numbers tlvA, siz tmd seven
b4.l aurvveho parta, car,xnt:A the second tir
April thereaiiar .md uztdl their Yuaaeadom *LFU
oldotad Aid :lLuffS'l;od;
ana ragularly thereaStor
on the first 5utur&zg In April OS %am year, Sow
trilstoes and three trust&s, altornate;y,ahall be
shoted ror a term of two poor8, to mooaed the
t;ruatees whom torPl ohall at that tla8 expire. The
rpemtms or tba ward rerurlnin(; artcara vaoanoy shall
ii11 tiie8uJz8r0r the unexpiredtemQ.*
The c)rf@ory Xnckpfmdent3ahi)of2iLltriotwae oraited by
spa0la1 eat : Acts lQB1, 37th Lqlskxturs, 1st CsUed Seanion,
;;ptmtilLam, ;loueeXii 30. 66, Cbaptor 42, pa@ 239. lieare
lnfonmd by thr Data Capartllislot of ZduoatLvn that this Aot has
not bean a&isndad. ixtotion3 OS said Aot vested the uamagement
and oontrol 02 tM d2strlct in a bmrd of devan trunteea md
appointed mven lndlvidualses tba iirst boar& of trustees \tho
should UOXVB %ntil t!io tisxt pncral elootI.cn for 5uoh trustoos,
nt whioh tlr& t:mre ~~11 Se elootad A Suli -kxmrdoi mveii trus-
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iiithrespect ii.3
the teru3 0r 0rrtO6i0: i3~0!:
tn;steoe
we ~,wte rr05hsaia .-jeotioa3 JS r0li0ws:
-ha ~OLT~B 0r 0rfi00 0r tti6OOYBB tmdlteo8
ohoeen at the Sirrtt gtmeral election after the
ptwmge of this Aot ahall be divided into tmo
ola~~s, and t&e iner;bersshall draw ths PlSSer-
ant classes, the Sax draulng n-bars one, two,
thrsa and row, tiu&lleerva one y-r, ti+at is,
until the wxt Suooeadlngregulvt eloatiofl 0r
triisteres0r I.ndo;londentsoho dli3trloto .md
u~tilthe5.r ~uoce~~ura shall hum bacn duly
elootod and r,u&lificd; und the tkrae ta&ars
dxawm mmbers rive, rLr Jnd Seven, aim&l
wrva two yOar3, ttat Is, unttl We seomd sua-
oaodinc: rJsnerai eluotion 0r truvteea Of inde-
panda& aallsol BLstriots, until their uuoocissor8
ohail bnvs bean duly el.soted and queltflad, and
regularly thereclftor saoh par Sour trugteas
and threa trustees alternately eha:l be eleotad
ror a tera oS'wo years to ouooaed tea trustees
whose tam 3hall ut that the OXJ;ip3*"
Section 4 of ;:ouse 3111 ;;o. 86 provider In pmt. a8
follassr
*The Board of txwt~so 0r 8aie Gregcry In-
depmde.nt 3cheol Ciotriot 8~~6 heroby meted
and oharged with all the xlghtr, powea, priri-
1E&8S and-duties OonfSrrsd and iitijxmed
by the
Qen6mA -da 0r this state up0n ti-iiste0s0r
Ladepandent scrbool dtstrtote oreated and orgaa-
lzed under the Gaasnrl Iaws of thla aHate,*
Although the words used fn Artiolll 2777 and thist part
of seotfcn 3 ikbovo &oted ara s0mewh.a dl.Srare?lt,th6ix 6r-
re0t is the sUL0: rrynoly, ttiat the Sour truvtass drawing the
ifret Sour nunbera shotildLWSWJ for one yww .and the three
.
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O.ii. C. c. ii*