OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable Homer L. Moss
Cat&y Attorney
Fheeler County
'Sheeler
, Term
Dew Sirs
tar 0r lW8h 6.
1943, in whlah you labmi qautlonr for 8ur
oplnlonr
brief an4 anOly#ir 0r the eta-
th roar reqwd, ~4 which ham
0 to w tn proprriaq our 0plLnlon.
7 6,a slnea tr in
d the 19IBSooditiaatioa
8~10, provi484 only thet rerideatr 0r
ats might vote for aouaty 8shool trw-
seatlon 8 or not8 1937, 40th Legl818ture, Firrt
Cmlb&Queion Chapter tU, page Sil%i (ArtiOle8948-r., $@I-
tiw 8, Veraoot8 Tow8 Civil 8Nattlt.u)pr0vbQs a8 fallarsr
Xommble Komr L. Kt%im,Page 8
"One oounty trwtbe ahall be eleots4 rr0m
the eowty at large, and one from eaah ~Omai8-
slonere9 preolnct by the totem of the dletrlok
under tha eupervleionof tha aounty trustees an4
no eohool district not under the aupenl6lon ol
suah trustees shall partioipatein their 4140-
tlon."
%;edo not consider it neoewary to determine whether
there 18 a eonfllat be&wean th8 lbuve quote4 prwIaIon an4
8in4e Artiale 8476 he8 been lub6equentlyimuaea
Artisle gk39f3
8p44iri0aijr 4erIgnetlngthe penons entitle4 to vote in 8aob
eleotlons and would be oontrolllngUJ a more reoent exprearlon
ot the Legislature In the event suoh oontliat should 8xkt.
Htlele 2676, Revired Clvll Statutea, 1923, aa8
~404 by ,&ate 193E, 42k14L@&., 3rd C. S., Ch. 34, p. 9@, 80
88 to prwl4er
*The general menagement an4 the eontrel of
the publIcarI-088Oh@OlO an4 high 8shool8 in uoh
OoWty, wle88 QthWWi8e pX’OV14od by law #hall
bo vwted illriv4 @I oewty MhoOl trort~r
lloetoa flwm the cmlnty, (we 0r whomshall be
yeer8. . . .
44X8.)
s6ettOXI8 PXWViaOa that tb0 ht 8h4ulb apply to al
aountl4s hwlng not le88 than LO,868 an4 not more then 10,JIO
Inhabitantsby the Iart, preooUirq$ Fedex-ml04n8a0. Section 3
do&are4 (uprraurgmay beoewo sf the fwt that the dottnty
Board of 8ohaol trwteu 4xerol8e4 control over oon8olI44to4
in4epen44nt*oh001 4IstrLts 8n4 that andor lxIrtIag ler
qaellile4 votam in Su@h distriat dld not hmve the prlvIle&e
at voting for sahool trustee8 et large.
This &at wW a$aiI34msadd by Aotr 1934, lard Leg.,
Bnb c. s., Oh. 88, p. 108, br re-enaatinEthe above quoted
provld~os~,viilidatingthe el8etidn or tru&Oea theretofore
lleote4 In aeeordeuoe with tholr~prwlrrions,elMnat1~
Eonorablo Homer L. #&88, pame
5eotIon 2 thererrom,ana repealing all laws or parts or law8
In oonfllot therewith.
It is evident tbzt this amendz.entwas passed to
ellmlnetethe oonfuslon caused by Seotlon 2 of Acts of 42nd
Le6., lat C. S., Ch. 34, p. 90, and to make the statute ap-
plloable to aountles generally.
It is our oplnlon that Article 2676, ns amended,
oontrols the answer to your flr8t question end only qualiibd
voters or oonsmonend oonaoltdate4Independentaohool dla-
trlete of a oounty sre entitled to vote far oountp school
tnmtec at large.
A elmllar ruling was m&de by this Departmut. in an
oplnIon dated Febraarf 9, 19321,a44resse4 ta Hon. 0. X6.
Mann, Letter Book S60, page 927, in oonatruing the mm4
language In Auts 42n4 Leg., 3rd C. S., Ch. 34, p. 98, al-
though oo rsrerenoe was made therein to Seation 2 of that
Aet.
Artlels 2677, Rwlw4 Clvll Statutea, lQE5, pro-
VIUU the .gmir204tiOru or aounty 8ohOOl trtwt444 and reads
In part a8 r0ii0w8:
The oovnty 8ohool truste68 shall be qwlf-
rIe4 vet8rs or the praolnet or oonnty Xrorh.WUch
they are eleeted, 8nd four of them shall reside In
dirrermt dosmiseioners~preelaats. They 8hall be
of go04 mral oharaater. able to read and speak
the English language, 8hall be persons of good 44u-
eation, and eball'be in sympathy with Che pub110
rree aohool. . . .*
Artidle 2630 doee
not purport to deiins the quall-
Sisatlons Or 0ouaty tmrrtees. The requirementsor Artlalo 2477
with referenae to the realdenoe of the aounty eohool trustee
at large only requires that snah trustee be a resident of the
county rmn whloh he la eleate4.
It is our opinion that a county mhool trwtee at
large 1s not requlrrd to reside in a OO~QQOII
or oonaolldate4
inaepdmt soho aistriet, but may be a rerrlasnt of iin inae-
t?dont sohool diatrlat 1x1the oounty from whlah ho 18 tleot-
.
Yours very truly
ATTOBXEY OXX+ZAL OF TlLUS
APPROVEDMAR 18, 1943
ATTORNEY GENEFiALOF TEXAS