I 

Re: t!aq a & of,the county 

bo&d ,oc ti@ees slro bold 

tbd officd of t- for en 

ltbbpd& @Doldiatrict. 

We ue la mpipt of yqy latter .of.,Septqba~ 5, W3pF In which 

you mquest aa op2aion of thii Dqwtaee 6” to wZIsther or not a member 

of. tbs coonty -6 of .truetece may alab hold’t&x&?flce of tnmtee fbr 

an.~~~~chool6l&rict. " 

Ths use Which you cite in your letter, .Tbon+s, et al. V. &rnathy,Co+y.LlIMJndepe$a$ Bchqol Di~rict,.290'8:W.. 152, In in.polat. 

In.fhln ce+tba Cdr@ippqfAppealq brildtbat.oSLparsmcouldnot 

holdbot&theoffi~sof schooltrustee aadaldemanbft~ ci$y; despite 

the fact that the office bf..k&xA tiustekvas not ~,,ofSic~ of emilumat. 

The court held that the4 .mtdes or the two 0rrb~n w0r0 *03npatibh ens 

to,'tbe other andthersfore the mm permn wodd not be.eliglble to bold 

both. This we uaS followed bythe Waco Court of,Xvll AXrpealr in the 

EILSS Or Ih@0, Bt al. V. Ol.S?JiU Rose j2epaOUt &boo1 DiqriCt RO. 1, 

50 8. W. (26) 375. In this ca6e the court imid as follows: 

%dectfra cq law, tba ssme &on c&L& I& two 

incontprtibl~ 'offlcas -- t&It $S, OffiCel, tk~dUtb?S or which 

conflicts or q iacone.ist.urt.* 

or not 

The tcet.wblch.is,laiQ. down by our courts is, therefore;whether 

tho 0rfi0.0r t~stee or a sc~l diatr+t:is incorqpstibie with the 

other +ficc.vhi&the bame person wishes to hold. '~ 

J.uthlr'.casa w's have tha em perrrcqtqixig to holdboththe 

office or tnmt(ra~0r sn’i.ndemt m0ol dirtri* and meplber 0r.the 

couuty board of famte+s. Uhllethe county bdof .trustees &sin& 

exercise thb s&r&~ over the ind+n&nt school dlrrtkicta that. it does 

over the t&?nnmm so&o1 distriote, +U it'd&s e&&e s&b control 

as would .qsk~ i$m twb offices ~bsro mnight %mmpatible. .x3iie very &od 

CXS#Qh Of this i6. wt Out iI& &Pt,iCh .&6 Or tw ‘Redire& civil &%tUteS 

of Texas, .vbichArticle reads as follows6 
Emorable Cbarlea~S.:~, Ppep !2 (O-l396) 

“W child &elt.lly enlal6u in ay di8trict or ladepandcntbi~rict,aqybyo~roft~counfynrptrint~, 

be bal+~d to the 6nmUmnnt of any otbr illstriCt 'or. 

inbpszrdrnt dtmtrict intha 6sm countyppogaer$ttenappll@&nofthe&ent orgwr~orpersonhsvinglsrful 

contro'of wchcbild, flledwlththe qo#y superintea@t; 

proridrdthstimS.~ltri~for~~~~dirtrictbe~ 

di6+tiwfi0awith anytmuyfer mtb+bytba county 6uperfn: 

ttm&at o;r ~-3rc6i8~ch 8ctionto tbs coullty.board of 

true06 0r o a id county wh o l b q ll h a ve the right t0 a nq el 

and csnceltbetqsferalloee4bythe cowttysupe~i&endent. 

'The dppllapt r4l.l at&a iq uid application t&at it 

16hirbom fi&eUte&ioato sendsuld.childtotbe school 

tovhicAtbet~ibrir~rked~ 

"&oat& certification of the tnuufr of e child, 

from cm districtzto another Utrict, bytlwcourrtg super; 

intB~.ti.thu county.,gl~~~t~ chlla recllles qt the 

tims or tbetnp?fer, the State Depqttmsnt,of I++lon 

~hnll tnrthodwt the Stgte Weaurer to pay m slirwtly 

the per up&t* t&rtl~j in ItrU6po4&nt dlstrlctr or 

fivehuadmd(~).orarqre schoUst~cpopulotion,tbths 

diotricLtoyhi@ ~ch+il~I~tqo+sfe+ehjmid in'&. 

other dlat~ctr, to.couz&y Bup@iiiItendeutr, to b8 paid bp 

him to @a M~lrn ulBtrict?;-to which, such ga+wl "4 

trsmf~d~'p&rl&ed, ti triwfer sh&be'rdo &or 

A-l&F 

+&p Mm statue abokqnt out a&ili~ebetvieen echool 

&~Wictr ovwtz-sm6fe~ and over *ha rscef.pf'pg.the per Capita apportid by t6s +h001 ditirict 'becaw of BT+C& $raqfez, would be'appaalmltotheboardoftrusteea. To allow &a6 p.sr#on to act aa (L truetee of oae of the:disWgts aud also to serm aa~ a m+ber of the board 

or truotws of -the county wwi&d be to allow ~9. InteytBd psrty to act 

as arbiixator mr dtrputs6 b&man rchool atstrf@G There i6 110 queerticn but what tbs two offices la thip iast+cb are lncompntlble an& lnccasistenf one @h@a ot@er. , 

It is the opinion of thir Departmn~, ,tbe~foie, tljat a mabcr or the county bs4a: of tnmte+ psy cot all, how the office of trustee r0r m ladepenAant school +qtrlct. 

APPROVZD SEP lk, 1939 

/s/ oaald c. l&m 

APPmvRD 

o?nvxoR 

WY tnllj Y@=@ 

ATJ!~ocsww,~oFTRxAs 

By /s/ Billy Ooldberg 

&tl?roRRIzy ORRRRAI. m. !c@As 

Bflly Uoldbe~u 

ASsl+ti’ 

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