OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ‘T’EXAS
h 20, lwA3, in
upon the Collow-
'a Amotatod Civil Sktutaa, roads
distoiot;r aa pmavldod ioa-
cIe a&l& be almwed w den-
i&S, uut a&& Oth8l’di&tFiOtS,
r indepotubnt,oaqmsh~ such
rural high aoh dintriot aball be roi’ormd to
in this Aat 8s cllemantaa?y
ooh~ol distriat3; DW-
vidod t&&t;eU inrfbpandontm?zool districts en-
fargod br the amexatim t&rata ot one or zsore
oouasn sahool diatrlatr u provided for in Lrtl-
ale 29220 shall retsin ita rtatue and n.ma as M
indepondmt sohool d5atrlot, and shall oontlnw
oYY,tY ,-.-, *.. . . _- -- --.._--
ta opento aa an independent sahool dirtriot
under the provisfonr at the oxtsting lnri and
t&o lrrr herouftar emsted govs~ other iii-
dOpWm¶WtWhOQl di&??iots, exoept as otiNuWiak3
prooidod for heroin.”
Art1010 $9220 Vornon~o Annoktod Civil Btutotos# gro-
video, in purt, a. foflc*ret
*The control and zian&gment of the e&oO~cr
of a rnrul high who61 diotrist, ortabllshed
Utld%r t% pFOVifBiOll#
Of tbt.S ACtr Stzdl2. be
restad l.na board al aevwa trustees, *Leoted
by the qualitied rotera of the mid dlrtrict
at WJ Who ahpll be elroted and 8OZ’W in
a~cordunas with the provision8 of Omerrl Law
rolalY0 to oonmon scaool dlstrlats, oxospt Pa
uuy bo om*a prov5dod horalnl * * 9.w
n *ia oandprovldodfuH.hor thatno suah%a%
dull bo lovied and no sti bonda ahkl3 bo lrnued
until-after
m elmtlun shallhave beonhold
whore511 a maJorit-y of th% qualified taxpaying
rotirI$le t&d
vo ta r 8, wited
eb@tionJ shd.1 Lrave
In favor of the levying of 8aSd tu, or of tt-~9
bwuunaa of raid bondr, or both, a8 Ishe cam my
bd, Uld Wh%Oh GlGGtiOtl ehall b0 held in ocesrd-
axme with the law tam gOYGnrln& mmh oleotions in
ctmaon tbchocl dbtrht8J * 0 9.”
i,mpplloabiO'to tho uoatioa und%r oormlderutlaa for two
roaaonmx (1) The 0r 4 ioo of oomty caaafmnionar LN orprerr-
#lXCOptOd~ (2) Am th0 tl’U#tfJ~ IOTV00 WithOUt &%x%aastimJ
8 18 not aa orfiae
itI of f8aulmaat. skto yJ k+rtinJ 51 se iYb
(26) f&U; O&&n Moe Oi35Q8r
x o wo va r J1 tlo ula o l fr la a mntul r ul8 o f lr w t*huto n0
-on nay not &old 8% the lllu ti.nwtwo offloe t-hodutio8 of
wh5uh 8ro inoaxp8tlblo on6 tbl8 prlwiplo appllal whether or
not the off100 i8 noa in tho exaaptlun oontdnod la Seotlon
do of Art&k XVI* Biomourtv* Parker, 27mxa~liGB:StatoY*
!%hk@h,ifJ 66 90% 661 -6
cil. 0. Aborrutkq LOUlfy LinO
Ot
Iadopondont 220 80 Ua 162; O&dtiono? the At-
SahooliE%H.r%ob,
tUXWJ oOlWrr;l t0 H-1. A. Be cp&i J dated Jomary 241, 19wi
cpialon Ho. 04967. tbdnr this pinciplo of l&wJ e% am of th%
oplniun thut on0 ptuvta mt corm both II aounty aoma5msloaor
and u truat~ of @ mra& gh a%hoo;ldlbtrlot at tha am61 time
Car tho roaman that the two offioor are lnaomprtiblo. ‘Jotill no%
point out 00rtd.a 8ftv~~ rfwro 8 aoafllot of dutleo may arI110.
nextmotlng, aamv1~80
the rotwas of ruti olaoti0na,Q& If tha
votoo ueuolneach and all dirrtPlet%show a Mjorlty iu W&CD Jfo-
t&at YOtb'# i!B fUVOr Of ruoh %oIuOlid~tiQZlJt-M OOU't
OO~tO~
rtbll d%ol%ro the rchool distrZat% ooneolfdntod~~
A mhool trwtea 03. 0 favor the aonmol5datlo.7 0~ be
c&nmt It. In OLthur ovenP , 1t aould 5rlfluoaaohi8 action as
~atnX$yaoaai88ioXlOX'
in -88&Q th0 ~'.tWSl0Of tr?cP
Glectioll,
thuo proaZudlng fair end honest aomio~ by him &I eclu;ltj ocs-
mloaioner. Of OOur*oJ in moat cam00 this jmaat5oe worrld not be
rollo#d~ howovor, the dongor lo prosoat.
?io dimat yuur attention t% that pwt of Articl% i922e
hWGtOfOX'O qUOtOd, E&l&h l5fXtO8thrt tnuUtMU Of l-.U'Ell
LX&@
sabool dlotPiots ahall lo eleotod fn acaordar~o vi& tho :cnoral
Bonorabls Fred Stookdale, pa;;e#4
law relative to ocouuonschool dIstricta, eioept as ot:.:er-
wise previded in the rural b.l& aohool aat. Undar Artlola
2748a, VQFlBXl'~ Annotated Civil Stbtuter, titer the ekmtion
i* be%d for truetee VP oam~~~aohool diatrfotr or iah?ip4nd-
eni school dlrtriota of Ioar thui 600 acholastler, the elao-
tion o~Yicer8 make returns of th6 lleatloa to the county
d- Q, the ballot boxas shall be rent to tisoaounty jud;e,
aad raid rvtunm mixallbe aanvarsed $3 the Cusarlsa%~~~~ara~
Court Q * *.* %%Q iSlaOn5i8tOMy ia dbv%.nn :‘i%?%l t:v# ww&ty
aavnlsslon4r Would aanvasa the resulta ol ilk9 ~lircifm. :n which
hu va5 a oandidats for anothw office,
Still another aoafllatfr l”ouad In Artinl~ Wi’2L and
2783. In that part of ArtfaI.a29223,which UQ have quoted, it
i8 previded that no i;ax&Ie~kibQ &QVied uQti3.*fter CurQl4OtiOn
he8 baon 2M.d vharcrliia liikjorfty
of tim qualSiod taxpayirq
votm8 Votbd la favor OS 14Vyh the tax, aad %h.iah olcotion
hall b-8held S.uaoaordancw with the law avn ~overzd.ngswh
tX?‘!WddilktPiOt0
QlQ<iOXM*b tXQ3BiOI.l ct0 0.4 ‘i4r art%016
27SS, Vernon~ttAnnotated iivL3.Statutea, the cdsaivnarst
court a13~auk34u tha ~oht23 and declnroa the rosxIts cf euah
eloaGion. If the echo01 Wu3ted were either for or against
the tax QOt4d ill the elootloi1,his duty aa aounty uozuzlseion-
er t6 oatmum the returns aorreotly W&t be ai'Pootod.
. .
You ar4uivlsed that it Is ~.a uginiun 0~’t~ia do-
partulent
that on0 parson nm3sot at L&0 ilaie ti2.0 1lVld the
officer of aounty oom3&mionfnendtruotoe of 8 rural !I%,&
sclloo1 dlrtrlot for the remon that c&oh oCClco~ QTU incon-
pat%b%Q .
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion