OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ‘T’EXAS 

h 20, lwA3, in 

upon the Collow- 

'a Amotatod Civil Sktutaa, roads 

distoiot;r aa pmavldod ioacIe a&l& be almwed w deni&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; DWvidod t&&t; eU inrfbpandont m?zool districts enfargod br the amexatim t&rata ot one or zsore 

oouasn sahool diatrlatr u provided for in Lrtlale 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 iiidOpWm¶Wt WhOQl di&??iots, exoept as otiNuWiak3 

prooidod for heroin.” 

Art1010 $9220 Vornon~o Annoktod Civil Btutotos# grovideo, in purt, a. fo fl c*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.n a 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 that no suah%a% 

dull bo lovied and no sti bonda ahkl3 bo lrnued 

until-after m elmtlun shall have beon hold 

whore511 a maJorit-y of th% qualified taxpaying 

vo ta r 8, rotirI$ l e t&d eb@tionJ shd.1 Lrave wited 

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 ocesrdaxme 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 orprerritI 

#lXCOptOd~ (2) Am th0 tl’U#tfJ~ IOTV00 WithOUt &%x%aastimJ 

8 18 not aa orfiae of f8aulmaat. skto yJ k+rtinJ 51 se iYb 

(26) f&U; O&&n Moe Oi35Q8r 

xo wo va r J 1 t lo ula o l fr la a mntul r ul8 o f lr w t*hut o n0 

-on nay not &old 8% the lllu ti.nw two offloe t-ho dutio8 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 Ot cil. 0. Aborrutkq LOUlfy LinO 

Iadopondont Sahool iE%H.r%ob, 220 80 Ua 162; O&dtion o? the AttUXWJ 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;l dlbtrlot at tha am61 time 

Car tho roaman that the two offioor are lnaomprtiblo. ‘Jo till no% 

point out 00rtd.a 8ftv~~ rfwro 8 aoafllot of dutleo may arI110. 

next motlng, aamv1~80 the rotwas of ruti olaoti0na, Q& If tha 

votoo ueuoln each and all dirrtPlet% show a Mjorlty iu W&CD Jfot&at YOtb'# OO~tO~ i!B fUVOr Of ruoh %oIuOlid~tiQZlJ t-M OOU't 

rtbll d%ol%ro the rchool distrZat% ooneolfdntod~~ 

A mhool trwtea 03. 0 favor the aonmol5datlo.7 0~ be 

c&nmt It. In OLthur oven P , 1t aould 5rlfluoaao hi8 action as 

~atnX$y aoaai88ioXlOX' in -88&Q th0 ~'.tWSl0 Of tr?cP Glectioll, 

thuo proaZudlng fair end honest aomio~ by him &I eclu;ltj ocsmloaioner. 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 l5fXtO8 thrt 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 ocouuon school dIstricta, eioept as ot:.:erwise 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?ip4ndeni school dlrtriota of Ioar thui 600 acholastler, the elaotion o~Yicer8 make returns of th6 l leatloa to the county 

d- Q, the ballot boxas shall be rent to tiso aounty jud;e, 

aad raid rvtunm mixall be 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 aoafllat fr l”ouad In Artinl~ Wi’2L and 

2783. In that part of ArtfaI.a 29223, which UQ have quoted, it 

i8 previded that no i;ax &Ie~ki bQ &QVied uQti3. *fter Cur Ql4OtiOn 

he8 baon 2M.d vharcrlii aliikjorfty of tim qualSiod taxpayirq 

votm8 Votbd la favor OS 14Vyh the tax, aad %h.iah olcotion 

hall b-8 held S.u aoaordancw with the law avn ~overzd.ng swh 

QlQ<iOXM *b tXQ3BiOI.l tX?‘!Wd dilktPiOt0 ct 0 0.4 ‘i4r art%016 

27SS, Vernon~tt Annotated 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 uozuzlseioner t6 oatmum the returns aorreotly W&t be ai'Pootod. 
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You ar4 uivlsed that it Is ~.a uginiun 0~’ t~ia dopartulent that on0 parson nm3 sot at L&0 ilaie ti2.0 1lVld the 

officer of aounty oom3&mionfn endtruotoe of 8 rural !I%,& 

sclloo1 dlrtrlot for the remon that c&oh oCClco~ QTU inconpat%b%Q .