"Section 4. It ia exprea8l.y provided that all 

4urPeat contFn4ta for the meirlt%nen8o of ths 

s&ool.s in the territory herein dkacribed are 

hereby validated for the aoid Rollen Coexon Sahool 

p3strict rio. 4 in all'reapeota. 

'ssctioR 5. xt ie expx-essly provided that ir 

eny terdtory hweln described uWch wea not pm 

7Lously within the linrita of Eolien Conuuon Sohoal 

Dtitrict Iio, 4 formerly canatftuted a paa% of nay 

school district 013ch has an outatand%ng bond& 

2nbebt8dnsas on nccouut of @ai& such land cotid 

$dlawiuUJtaxced,t~ns~d~olianConlraonSa~~ 

Mstriet Ho. 4 shall be liable for such proportion 

of said bonded indebtednws aa the aosessard relue 

of such Land so Zncluded in tU;ts Distrlot bemy to 

the entire osaesoed value af the diatriat Emne 

,yhAithinn%dh!ldwuatekaR. 

‘sa4tfon 6. A3.l lims und '. tr of lawa m 

&liet rlth t%La Act ere hers. ~epeialed ta~the 

artsat cf suuh eonfllet o&y. 

w aen Article 3, Seotion WE, mad 

nCticl&: in&m b of t&n Teiur Conartitutia~ 

0~ comstirued ta@iher, Uw Lq.lalnture ia dthoat. puthority te ehnnge the tmmdnries of a wmxon suhool dhtrict by specr~ or local luw,' 

fwtiojs 3, Section 56 'of the Tex;rra Constitution proV&a in p8rt a8 folloWsr 

whe Le&i8lature shall not, except 88 othaPwl8a 

prorrlded in this Constitution, pass e.nF looti er special 

law, atlthoriasngr , . . RegulntiIa& tha a ffo ir tr o f . l . 

s&001 districtsa . . . Creating olY?llma, or prescribing tha powers und duties of offiwwm, 132 . . . schcrcrl 

diat.rfcta~ . . * %a@ilat~ the wian~%rIwbRt of pubus 

s&oolo, the b?.lfidLzqJ oti Mvpairinc oi aahoozl, halqer, 

and the nsis~ of atoney for au@ purpaaea~ . . . And 

in el.3 'Otbw caaeIL wheFe e g%neFnl lnw eaa be Rade 

appiicab+e, no local or npwial law shall. be ene&%df 

. c . . 
Prior ia 1927, Seation 3, k4ifole 7 af the State 

Cmt3tution cbntalned ths folloring lanaFtpcJea 

wAnd the Le~lalatura rrtay ala0 provl&e for the 

f~itia ol’ aCtiOO1 dlstriats br gs~ml OF Sp6Ci&, 

law tithout tha local notiae reQu.ired in otbm mass 

of spa&al ~le&slation." 

This seation of ths C@astituticm was madopted effective 

$111plfy 20, 1927, and tha abma prwLaion xas cban~ed to x-sad 

u P4ll?U62 

'And th0 Leyialdxuw nay also provide for the 

formation of sahoool dittriotr by i;sneral lava." 

a It %a cleu %hat, by eliabating 

f+real thG ~o&i~itutl4n the ov%aion that ashe& 

afatribta oould ba iemssd fz bp+ClPl lma, it w&s 

intended that such distritrti be,srecrtid only by 

g6mral law. 

"fpurths~m, th6 CorMBfltut5.otl slow provides 

a spealSic manna ln whi& s&001 Bistriats zuhy 

be fomd, that la, by ~~ JAW. ‘3hS.a rota&l 

exclude the romstfm of es&o1 dZstrlcts in pny 

@the2 ESWSlbP thS3l thpt 64BZW82y pFOVid6d fO%- in 

the Ccfuatituttan., 

* . . . * 

'2.. B. So. 642, ba3.t~ a sp60lal law and repugnaat to se&ion 3, art. 7, and seation 56 of 

arm?18 3, of au]: stat6 constitution, is anoonst,itutionak and void.* 

In Brownfield vs. Ton&ate, 1CEJ S. 'VT. (2) 332, 

Erie Forty-Fourth Le&sletum had p&mad P b-tll validating 

cks u3tien of the eminty board af s&o01 trumtsas of Terry 

County in detaching thirteen sections frw the Red onion 
"Since under its provisions ttia act applied to 

IalnalLtt and TsFry Countia8 oxaly 8lld c0ul.d XlevfM have 

aiieotad any OthW8, we c0~hd8 S. B. h. 19 WC3 

I loual law. The Legislature ir peuwltted to proOt& fOF the fOmt.iOll Of Pahd di8tdCt8 bv &eMSl'ti 

not by specilll laue only, b0aes we 8a-e or the opt.rllon 

that the Lus$slnture ~08 witbwt autbnrity to validate the 0Fdur of tbs 8oilool ibard of T0FFy county 

by szaeh spciul aat. FFitter, County J-e, et al, 

vs. Weeet, 65 8, W. (2) 4l4.’ 

Also see the uaae of Wood et aX vs. Earfa Xndepexad- 

*t $$&uwl Dirtrlct, 125 8. W. (2) 429; mbwxmwd on other. 

(gzamds L4l 8. w. (2) 590.