:onornblo Theo. i,.Cheat, ILI!rch
~1, 1939, i'.q:e
2
trlct ah311 be un:ar tkolr oontrol; GJ~C? t~'~cy shall
hev0 the ~XC~U~~VO ;?o~der to lylnage 121~ ‘-;ovcI:~~ e:zla
sohoole, md rtilrizhtn nnd titles to g-operti~for
mhool purposes heretoforevaateb in tk12myor,
olty oollno1lt3, or 6ChOOl tnurtees by articles 3995,
4013 cne 4032, 1k4ssa Statutes or 1.005,or other
rtatutor, @meml ~l6 spoolal, except such cities
aa are a~pted by-this title, shall bo vostad in
raid b0m-d 0r truetces fmi their 8u00e880r9 in or-
rlatt;me tiiolrclalxm stir311 apply to nny ootion
or cult w?dch ray orlns to *oh said born? i.6a
party."
Sootian 2 of hrticla 2%27 ndm as iollover
"Looal~~hool runde from dimtriot tars8 tu-
ition ~HIJ or pupils not antitled to rree tultiolr
an6 other lo-1 sourcem my be u8ed fbr the pur-
poaom amaeratedrar State ma oountynmaeand
ror puroheaing applinnoes sad upDUes, ror the
payrnolltor :nsurance premlualn janitorsand otbr
aaployw, ror buyln& sohool site., buying, build-
ingand repedrin~ Md rtmtlng sohoolhouses, and
for other purposee neo*saary in the oonduct of
t&a publla sobools to be d8termlned by the limed
OS Trwteos, lb aooount8 and vmwher8 for oounty
diatrlotsto bo approved by the county uuperlntai-
&Mat; provldeb, that when the State avallablo
mhool fund In any olty or tlisttiotis etiriolent
to mlntaln the schools thermi in any year Sor at
least eight months, md leave a surplus, suoh sur-
plus may be eqxmded for ths purpo6es mntiowd
hareln.*
The first above quoted Aztiola, to-wit, Artlole t780, WUJ
pased ln 1906 as a *art 0: 8 lony,Md cosprahmsive school aot
(Senate Bill No. E10, Chqtor 1X!!,Aot8 lQO5, pp. 263-311), and a
reading of the orl~nnl act skews that tbla partiaulnrprovidon
n~?lles to all indepmdent oofiool6ietriets. In la11 t&lo hrtiole
wss r~dlfied aa Art1010 2092; and rofmrlxg, to it by that number
f.ntho ease or Teupls Mepmdent Sohool Dlstfiot vs. Prootor (Clv.
Qp.) 97 S.W. (2d) 1047, the oourt tide
l + l *artlola 2SQ2, R.8. lQll, MUoh brought for-
u8rd in part motion 168, &te lWBI olaarly ap-
pllai, we think, to i%lJ.tmt0e8 of lndopendrat
&triote, whether appolntad.bl the oity oounoil
or oleoted by popu&w WA& * A relerutoa bo '
tih0 oited 1rti0i0e 0r th0 I.896 a.~. 0l0arl..y ah0wa
that it WQM the Intent of the Le&islatUm that
said article 2S92, R&i. 1.911,should apply to all
type8 0r independent diatrlota,* * + n
"Lock1 school CUII~~, tkt lo, ?uti~i~:lot do-
riV9d fro:3 t::t: EtAtO ~213 Cou-ity, L1T.r ‘JO U35t:
(CA) ?OS the ~J,U-~OClOf3 fO‘or V:::Ch L.‘vltO cud ‘,Oilllty
funds nay bo used; (b) ror imrck~nln;:ox~llonceeo
nnd su~~lloo; (c) for t&c poy:iohtof ~nsuronce :me-
siwns, jnaftors, rml otknora~loyees; (d) for buy-
in? r&toe buylnc, builiing cmc repirini: wld rent-
1n1;ochooi-houaao; and (0) other ?ur~oaos ncoesccry
to conduot the public ooi;ool::
to be dotcrAned by
the borlril
of trusteee. Subdlviulon 2, artiole 282'7."
Let us3now try to deter&he wht uuthorlty the trwteeu
of tneae two ortioles. :Wtlolo 2780
ln this cnee hsve by virt-tu,
says that *they shall hme the exclusive power to paw aaC Lpvsra
aaid B&oolS". Artlels 2827, in zection 2, says that "local school
fund* frou diotriottaxes * * + fmc other locul souroos may be UEed
+ * * for puralraslngappllnnoes and eu?plfce, for the pq-zont of ln-
3lr r a na e p r tiumu + l * r0r buying 5c:1001 sites, buyiog. bulldin::
findropalrlngand renting sahool housea, mc for ot.her~mrooses
nsOww in the ooaduot of the mbllo sohoole to be detstined bx
the Board 0r nwtaee**. i:e tShk these hrtlclea olsarly aut.3orize
the Board of Trustee:,in t&is CL~GDto spend t!ic .aoney in r,uootlon
for a school bus.
Cm nonoy in quontion 5.0Lioundto be low1 sohool funds
:~~OZUCJ~
tho o.?lydhar kink of school ,%r16~we ;t.iito ricdoounty
school funds, rendt!ioy connot Cc used Tar builkihs school houeec,
~:~iilch
is by vLrtuo 0;' Amtlon 1 of :ztlcla Z327, which retie rm
.nllov:s:
"Yhe Stciteand county nV:lllL~blo Tunrlsstill
be ueud eri.AunivolyCur t!lapqI3ent or tefiOlieI73’
and uuperintendentu* sularlo~, fooe for taking the
saholestlo oehsus, and intoroot on noney borrowed
on s::orttin0 to 3ay t-~lc.rloo of tenohere and sup
erlntezdonts, when t!rosescilarlosbooom &MI be-
fore t!loschool *aImisfnr U:u current yew bocolle
a~allc.Llo; poviCo9 tht IIC lcnnti:'UStAc :mrpom
of pnymnt 01 tauchcre &xl). be Snid out of Zundc
other t>nn ti;oco:':IIt:;othorimrrunt :mnr."
,.-
Aan t!ILsacl.mrl!mueo *a built, it ::2;1:wilt 3&t!;idCU1
rumba of eosm kind,
-:ni now t&t it has burneC tir>liu
we think t&t
::a ln6urfmas2.oscyLxll:.SC conniiiemdhn lo& ;u!!.c.
In thk day em.?w den travel by bus hu becow so
zu%atlaalthat Per; fc~ people objact to it, m(: mweying sohool
&UTUA by bus la SODC 1~ mst oazuunlties,.HIZbelieve that the
buy&n& of t&5 bus ootitdbc d8a;ord.a
purgose .xmmmx-y IIIt210eon-
dot.-of the ~obocl, and, t!mmf~e, justified\itier%ctlon 2 of-
rtiole 2327, Ua rinllas under Art1cl.e2730; ,wovWu~, d' aourso,
z.!! tru6tee~ are actin:: In GgLv3drnltp.
*ochoOl tl'U6tt3~6 OrdllltUd.1~ hZYCt tohe t3XOhI-
sivo
c0ntrol rmc ~~~~pient 0r so3001 property
tM sxolualvsposssoslonthereof. In excrclsin~
this dlscret~oathey.zmy looate and constzuctdin-
trlct buUln.@ upon spph altsa,an4 in aoaordauee
vdth mah plaxs rpb spealflcatlons9~ in theair
---.,.I$~~~~-=~~~~ ~,~n$e;--& o;f&
didrotion will not b; revi&& T'ls p&r must,
horsrer, bdexorclsed 80 as host to sarvc the %i=--- .-
tarestsof t30 ,?ubl.lo."
Our 6nawer to your 1fhquix-y
1s t&m: Go ii&i offTxuatees
0: Qo lmlepoB6*ntsohoolhave the euthorlty to tee the ~Omy col-
leoted as flro insuraxtoson a aohoolhouse destroyedby fire and
userthl~lxaoeyTV buy a school b;Lawithrhlah tu transporttha
C*;fidTeain thcf vicirrityto anot!mr school in that Uatrlot, pm-
ridlug the tnurteae.areaotlng in good faith.
roll& vary truly