OFFICE OF THE AITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

a- 0. I*AWI( mTommw-- 

Honorable IL H. dritfln 

County Attorney 

Young county 

Graham, ‘Pox.66 

Dear Blrr 

opinion Ro. O-l&U 

Rat Docl~ an in8uiri0i 

l rr40tth4 ~4udi 

a oop~llott oonrolid 

we 4r4 in rroelpt 0r 

1939, in which you rtate t 

in Young County 4oonsollda 

80lidat4a Bohool Mstrlot 

4pp0lnt4a 4e l l40t4d but 

time the board 0r tru 

trlot ha8 been oompo8 

tut40 0r um, 

ror the abore me 

whether a failure to 

Rerlred Clrll 8tait of sohool taxes 

8ohool dlatrlot. 

vi1 Statute4 of 1985, pron l aoh Or 8uoh dlstrlOt8. Ths oounty 

not104 0r the date 0r 8uoh dleotlon8 

r the order in some newapaprr publlahed 

In the OOunty for tw4nty (iSI) days prior to the date 

On rhloh 8uoh elsotlonr are ordered or by posting a 

notloe ot euoh eleotion in l a o h Or the dl8triOt8 or by 

both aoh publloatlon and posted notlor. Th4 OOBURl8- 

8iOn4r8' OOUrt 8hall at it8 n4Xt m44tlng oanYa86 the 

return8 or suoh 414otlon and ii the rot48 oaat In eaoh 
HOG. E. H. Grirrin, Page e. 

and all distrlcte 8hoR a majority In l aoh dlrtrlct 

voting 84parately In raror 0r ruoh oonsolldatlon the 

00": ty-1 d4Ol.ar4 the 8ohoo1 bi8triot.s Oonrolidated. 

At the time the rohool dl8triots were ooneolldated, the 

statute oorltalned the 8-4 prOVisiOn although with Slightly dirrerent wordlog. Artiole Ml7 l/C, Complete Texas Statutes, 1920. 

Artlole 8808, Revised Civil Statutes of 19135, provides 

that "The oounty board of rohoo1 trustees it it8 next meeting 

arter suoh oon8olldatlon 0r rchool districts Is deolared, rhall 

appoint a board cb 84V4n tru8tees far the ooneolideted distriOt.* 

Provlalon Is al80 rmde ror the t4llll8 0r 0rflOe 0r raid tN8t448, 

their 414otlon and illllng or raoanciee. Slmllar requlrrmnts 

were oontalned In Artlole t817 1/4b, Complete Texas Statute8, 

1920. ~844 al80 Aots 19300; U8t Legislature, Fifth Called Se84ion, 

p. Zle, Ch. 66, Seotion 5, appearing as Artiole 8774a, VernpIIcin18 

Texss Civil Statutes, lQZ6, Pooket Part. 

Art1014 e814, ReYi8ed Civil Statutea of 1925, provides 

In part a8 r0110w8: 

Vaxlng and bonding pfnvers as are provided for 

rlrewhere In the laws of this State are.hereby guaranteed to ruoh oonsolldated dlstriote, * * ** 

At the date or the oonsolldation of the dlstrlots In quert&on, Artlole 2817 1/4(h), Complete T4Xa8 Statutes, lQZ0, provided: 

"It is hsreln expressly provided that taxing and 

bonding power8 as are provided for 4184where in the law8 

of this State are hereby guaranteed to the dlstrlot oonsolidatlng under the provisions ,oP this Act, either oom20: tfhool dlstrlote. or lndepsndent 8OhOO1 districts, 

Artlole Z704, Revleed Civil Statutes of 19Z5, oontain8 

the following provision: 

*The Commissioners* court tor the aommon sohool 

distriota in it8 oounty and the di8triot 8OhOO1 truetees 

ror the lndependent~dletrlots lnoorporated ror 8ohool 

purposes only bhall have power to levy and oauee to be 

oollooted the.annual taxes and to Issue the bonds hsreIn authorized subjsot to the following provlslons:n 
HOG. 35. E. twrrin, Page 3. 

It will be noted that under Artlole 2806 the Commlsslonere’ Court oanvasaea the returns of the election and declares 

the eohool distrlote ooneolldated baaed upon the result of euch 

election. Thereafter the.-oounty board or e.ohool trustees In 

oompllanoe with Article 2800 appoints a board composed of seven 

trustees. It was held in our opinion No. O-1229, addressed to 

the Hon. Loule T. Holland, County Attorney, Montague County, 

that : 

RThe oonsolldatlon of school di8triots b4COm48 

srrectlve upon the oanvaaa of the election and deolaratlon of the result by the CommlssionersV Court as 

provided In Artiole 2806. Bland vs. Orangerisld Intlpendant Sohool DistriOt (T.C.A. 1929) 24 6.1. (26) 

0 

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The oon8olldatlon having been orreoted by the doolaratlon or the oommlee.lonersl oourt alter the canva88 or the 

election returns and the taxing power being lodged In the oommiseioner81 oourt and not In the looal board or txu6tee8 for 

oommon rohool diBtriOt8, it Is our opinion that the raiiw4 

of the oounty board of rch001 trustees to appoint the proper 

number or trustees for the newly rormed oonsolldated oommon 

echo01 biatrlot would not Invalidate a tax levy made ror such 

district ae provided by law. 

Yours very truly 

ATTORNEY G- OF TEXAS 

BY 

Cecil C'8%,"""!k 

h3lstant 

ccctm 

APPROVED CCT 10, 1939 (STAMPED) Approved 

Opinion Committee 

Robert E. Kepke By: B.W.B. ,Ohalrman 

ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS