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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
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tartmyan&~un%y'attorney wa#,.fo
.&&~'a# the
mitt fttttotioa~@..tha~~
o?flosrr.the
pprostwu-
tion of ~OXlmlnal
ealsw.*
It la statedIn Taxas J~iqmudanoe,.Tol. 39, p.
9451~
in the absenoe oi pow@7 bi!.~r~lrly
"Itvan
oonferrd; trustseanay -ploy ..,,> Morn&
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to ln8tiltutoa&J prowoute aotl.x!r In their
behalfas a'oraeaearylnoldent6;ithelr.poaer
to aontraot,to sue and to a&ago and to
oontrolthe sohoolaffair8and inleirs88r.
r,ibmdao they may pay auoh an attorneya
rewfmab&s 0mapen~8810n Out or th0 epeotil~
.rln%snanoe fund in the saaagernent~and eon-
trol of tha.tZuaQees.And it 16Aeld t&t
theBo~W Irf~Eduo&loa of the oity,rhloh
.haressrrmsd@tr.oL or its aohool.8 a8 an In-
dopsndeatidiatrlet,may entploy M qEtor+y
estharto .@mm+te or-defand:ti~CI
LitlmtiOn,
lnvolriagthe l&te*&ty of anp~ttie-orregu-
IaClon &eWtbd by thW JZeOeBB~ fit!8h;he
inain-
tenancmof an efflolantsystemof sohoo.la Sor
t&a say.
744
'gut hosteua ham 110pwur, eitherex-
gawt6iador $.mplied, to employoounssland
s~pendpublie fondr ot the dl#tri$$ln M
aCtapt ta s*ouxe 0% &if*t lrglelatlon; ln-
deed ,apihbontraetqam ordinarilyoontrary
Se publl~.~pgl.$ayand are void.*
,It;
&,tblmo,,thatAr$iele354, eupra, prorides that
Dlerlot and opunty Attorneya sbalJ advlre and $lw opln-
low to t&a nkrlow fmuntysob preoiwt offiaurs:$m@tlng
$hulr QlilOlal'dUti68.Roworer, we do no8 think tlkt~this i:
artiolh.aao~bs;
oo~trusd sWiapoai~& upon ~a Dfa$l%ob or /
It iO,tke o+IiOn of this ~dupartwhntthmt thwu la .
&CIduty ~osSa~.ti~o~the~Cou+i%yAttorney: by lar .tii
perfom
the abotbment~~~d~h~io~~l~ OQllWO*ti0~ eleotlcpn
wlihh,att
to eon#olida$eii&apnidWiteelrot& dWtrlot8 and that~dald
dlatriotor dl@t&olP mky legallysontraotwith the-County
Attorneyto p&?@p suuh 8etitoesand pty.hi2t.a reaaanablr
oompensatlon~hc3mfocout of tha'iq@*al apalutesianos t-d
in tha muagmto!ltand OontrqlOf,ths frarrteese.
that~thoforegoing fully,answere
"Truatingg ymr
lJiQulry*~w~
are
YOorevery truly
ATTORmrrr~L OPTXAS
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