OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENRRAL OF TRXAS 

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~OV18iOfM 0r thr above msn8ion.d 

lliag bbS ooaaolidatioa, aan *ia 

OS tInMlt888 8188h t8aoluTs ar 

n Of $8aoherr wait Q.uti1 tkm m% 

8 takm Oherg of th8 oomIoli4ate 

rohool di8trlot?" 

AS%iO18 8806, R.C.8., 1085 &* elNBn888, Aat8 

1031 p. lam MthOTi88S chr oon8olhiioa of urbool df8- 

triOb rand $ovid8#l that 8Wb di8tri@tB fW!Wd br OO?WO~- 
383 

ldclting a OU.?iXiW 6Oh301 district and eul ind8Q@Whlt dietricb 8t83.1 b8 mna@d by thr 8Xi45tifQ bUaFd of tXUStS8tl 

Of th8 fna6~8ndunt 6OhaOl emTiot, It fUrthsx ~rOVf&36 

that; TGhUn two or risox-6 hd8p8dunt di6trict8 are oonsolidoted, the oounty bard Of trust%08 r&all dealgnsta th8 

nanm by mkioh said dletrlot 8heIl be kamr~, and shall appoint %. board of 8ev%n trust888 for the sai& aonsolidated 

&f8tTiOt, t0 68TT8 U.litil th0 mZt Xtr#llRX 818C&iOIA Of 

trustees, e8 pr%saribed by Cbwral Irrr, nt whioh tim8 th8 

dit8triOt shall eleot a board of 58ven trwt6u6, whos8 

~JWSX-~, duti8a and tdnn6 of oifio8 shall be in aomrdan~ 

rtrth th8 prQVi8icXU6 Of th8 ~It8xRl &W k;or8zting lndepmdant districts, ne they now exist on say her8a.fter be enaotad.” 

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ArtS.018 2BC6, R.C.B., 1%?6, $rOVid68, in pert, 

a8 follcw6t 

"Th, boaxd of aotmty school tzusta8n at 

Its next siasting after suoh ooneolid&lon art 

8ol:Qol district* I.8 a0013x8d, label.1 appoiat 

a bo%rd of s%v%n truH%aa for the ooafmlidetad 

distriot, * * + T&6 t8m8 &Yf OSiiOS Of thBS0 

of th% trust%e8 so a2paintad aball exptre UIS 

the f isst %ay of Muy a8xt iollowing l$lslT a$- 

paintant, end th8 tera6 d' offi & the 

other iQW tru8t888 6hll 6X&?8 On t&U ifist 

day of Kakap Of th8 6IMOe84~ ySar, 66 tho88 110 

e pointed s&all d8t‘S%4iM by lot. Smah y'eal' 

t Ii er8aftor dtumetely three tru6toea eaa fear 

truetesa 8hati b8 8l8Otd by tba ;Ina2~fiM 

vote6 of the distrfot on the first &aturbry 

of april 3n% txuateeil 8a eleotud ehall 8nt8s 

ugon the cI@O&W$U Of thofr duttaa on th8 firfit 

day of ?asji:&&t forluaiag an6 serva for a tarm 

of two yea*6 theresftex. * * * * 

iirticls m9, R.C.B., 1925, r6sd8 3s follcut88 
384 

lion. L. is. 9:ooda, paGa 3 

ar the high sc?iool of the district. doti% in. 

collaboration aith tha distriot su9arlntendent, 

the board of trustees shall employ taaahars for 

the several elamantor$- aohools of tba dlstriot, 

or for the departments of the hi@ school, which 

teaohers shall be eleotcd for ona yaar Or tm 

year8 as tha truataos decide, and they @hall 

serve under the &:reotion end supani~ian of the 

dlmtrlot eu9arintandsnt. Contraot8 between tb 

trustees and the dlatriot rsuperictandent and 

teaohars shall be in writing and mbjaat to tha 

approval o? tha oounty superintendent of the 

ommty whmwin auoh dietrict ia sltu6tsd.a 

Acts 1930, 41st Lag., 5th C.S., Q. Zl.9 oh. 66, 

soo. a, (Art. ET74a, sco. 3, Vernon'0 Tetae Ciril Statutaa) raad8, in part, as follaast 

‘seea. 3. Ths board of county mhOol 

trustees at it6 naxt meatin& after the oormol.- 

idstion of sohool districti is deolamd ahall 

appoint a board of saten truetaaa fas this o~lleolidated district. + * + Those elaotad at the 

rlrat eleehn shall detaraine by lot the term 

for whioh they are to aarva. The three maxbsra 

drawing rmbsrr, 0116, two and three ahall aam 

r0r on0 yeas, the two menbaro drawin(E, znaJ!abers 

r0ur find rfve eball aarve r0r tu0 yeers end th8 

two embers drawing numbers six and uvon ahall 

8erve for thme ymm, or and until their moeaH0~8 are sleated and qualiflad; and regularly 

thareerter on tba rmt Saturdag in hprfl or aaoh 

+a three tnmtaeB or two truetaoa Shell be 

aleotad for a term of thras years to auooesd the 

trustees whose. term shall. at that time exph. 

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Acta 1937, Oh. 367, 9. 541, raad6, in part, a8 

follOwa: 

"Art. 275Oa. (Vernon*s Term Civil Statut.88) 

That trustees Or any ao~llllon sahool dlstriot 

or coneolidotad cmzmon eohool district shall have 

authrjrlty to mke contracts r0r a period of tine 

not in 8x0898 Of two (2) year0 With princlpalI3, 

superintendents, and teschers or said oomaon school 

districts, provided tlmt such oontraats shall ba 
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approved by the Ceunty Superintendent. * * * * 

Artiole8 9808 and 9609 were orl&mlly enacted 

au seotlans 3 and 5 reapeot$Yely or x3.8. Ho. 148, oh. SS, 

~0t.a 1919 ~2nd C.S., p, 167. It WI&~ be noted that under 

Arti &X3 6, majority of the trwteee an the board would 

not be *sltMed* until the aeoond trustee eleotlon attar 

the oormoUdatlon. We think it la slear t&t the expreeIdOn; 'The bO4Wd Of tZWJt~O8 80 OieOtOd l iI% A&%0&e m9 

W-M not intended to be conStrued as a lhitatlon upon the 

authority or the first truteea but'was wad zwrely a8 a 

reisreaoe to the preoedlng seotlo~~. Othuwlse there 

would be a 

solldatlon e 

erlod o? in% one to two rears after the eonhottha board of trtmtees could not ez~loy or 

contraot vlth tsaohers'for the dlatrlot. 

xi under rrubrequeut statoterr or axendmenta the 

orlglnal trimtees appointed by the County Board are to 

serve only until the mxt general trustee eleotlon, we do 

not think thla wuld have the effeot or Omvertlng the 

language of Art1010 8809 into a llmitatlcih. iil8ume thht 

tm dlstrlots are oonoolldated in Jw and sercto. tTustee8 

are appointed to aarm until the next bru8tee eleetlon to 

be held the follawfng April. ObvlauaXj' the purporre in 

protiding for the fwa4iate appointment of a board, was 

ta ruralah a goymning bdly for the dtitrlot oa able of 

mane&q ifs affair6 60 that it may funatlan. -t r ltru 

Intended that the a 

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inted board should 'not Iawe authority to eleot and emp oy teaac&ara, praotieall 

year might pass before teaohers oould be amg~ f o@ far the 

a ra..t a&o01 

schools of the dlIHirl@t. 

1% is our oplnloa that the rlrst a~poiatetl board 

of trwteee, for a consolidated sohool di0tr f at is authorlzed to elect and oontraot with teacrhors Sor the sOk00ls 

or the dfstrlot and lt la not naos6s,cuy to wnit until the 

subsequently elested board has taken oharge of the oonsolldated dlstriot before employing teachers. 

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