I Re: t!aq a & of,the

county **bo&d** ,oc

ti@ees slrobold 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 thiiDqwtaee 6” to wZIsther or not a member of. tbs coonty

-6 of .truetece

may alabhold’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 factthat the office bf..k&xA tiustekvas not ~,,ofSic~

of emilumat. The 

### court heldthatthe4 .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 followedbythe Waco Courtof,XvllAXrpealr 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 ca6ethe courtimidas 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. downby our courts

is, therefore;whether tho 

### 0rfi0.0r t~stee 

### or a sc~l diatr+t:isincorqpstibie 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 boardof famte+s. Uhllethe county **bdof** .trustees

&sin& exercise

thb s&r&~ overthe ind+n&nt school dlrrtkicta

that. it does overthe 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 follows6Emorable 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'ofwchcbild, flledwlththe qo#y superintea@t; proridrdthstimS.~ltri~for~~~~dirtrictbe~ 

### di6+tiwfi0awith anytmuyfer mtb+bytba county6uperfn: ttm&at o;r ~-3rc6i8~ch 8ctionto tbs coullty.board of true06 0 r

o a id county w h o l b q ll h a ve the right t0 a n q e l 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'&. otherdlat~ctr,to.couz&y Bup@iiiItendeutr,

to b8 paidbp him to @a M~lrn ulBtrict?;-to which, suchga+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 psrtyto act as arbiixator

mr dtrputs6

b&man rchool

atstrf@G There i6 110queerticnbut what tbs two offices la thip iast+cb are lncompntlble an& lnccasistenf

one @h@a ot@er. , It is the opinion of thirDepartmn~, ,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 tnlljY@=@

ATJ!~ocsww,~oFTRxAs By /s/ BillyOoldberg &tl?roRRIzy

ORRRRAI. m. !c@As BfllyUoldbe~u **ASsl+ti ’** 
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