Honorable T. Il. Trimble

FirstAs,&itaAState gupsrlatendmt Austlr,Texas
Dear sir, 

### see L8tter oplnlon Boor 80. 188 

## t8gs 61g;m~ 

## 4, 19l4, M. OS 

# mute*8 ot XSD are not rai&ubed **to ednr8ln**  **iw bids**  **for the**  

### l n o ti o n

of 8ehoOl ’

hou808 bunt 

### t a n c l or t he - l p e r r i8i o n 

# OpimiOB HO. 0-62s*i RIB: msthsr bumtoss or oomon~sohool distriub

zmy,auaM a buildiagORBtractwithoutadmrtia~ for Mds. (Bee rots klew)
Ws an ia rsseiptof your 

### lettsr of Huoh 17, 1939,

### whsr~im$ou requestour oplaion.i* respoaso

to the followlag

questions: *l@'ti trGtesi of a o-c& sohooldistriot legallybt a building oo* traot agaiti thCbolla,ft+d withouttflrsf

hrpI% adwrtissd fisr Mds? If ths tmstssi tie not psrmittsd to do tbls,rhat would bs the required ldmd of adwrtisiag?*

!&s authori* for ths trustws of ocwoa,soimoldistriots IW mrrh suoh oomtraats

is folud In Artiole 2762,Rsvistid Civil 6tatntss,lhioh ma&s as follows:
"The trust088

of a sohooldirtriotshall ooatraot, for the ereotioa

of ths &buildings

ad ~mperl~o~d,tha ooartraotiom

of the 8a-w~~~

udtho oouaty**sup** erimttidat Shilldr*ohis wuramt upoa the sohool fund so appropriated oaly upon the aoooumts first apprmsd bp them. 1po msohanio,

oomtraotor, matsrlal

mm, or other psnoa, oam ocmtraot for, or ia my otbsr.mmmsr have 

### or aoqaire

w Lisa npo~ Mm houn so oreotedor the lamd upon whioh the same is situated; and all oontraots

with suoh partiesshall qossly stipulate

for a 

### miwr of such lien."
It till la loted that same oontains no requirsmsat



### for the trustees to sulmitwoh oo~~traots to oompstitlve

biddimg. Wtiole 2566a, Revised8tatats8,

make* rsquiremmnts of that nature 

### psrtaini8gto osrtda oontraots

of oitissaad ooumtiss (the latteraoting throughtheir oonmissior ers( oourts),

but neither

that statuts

nor w otherekes q suoh pro~isioa relative

to the oontraots

mentioned

in your inquiry.

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LetterOpinion &ok 166, Page 619. Bard of trustees of indepemdsllt

sohooldistriots

not required

to advertise

for bids for the erection

of sohool

houses bailt under their supervision.July 14, 1914.Hon. T. M. Trimble, page 2 (0.525)

The aearsstcase la pointrbiohws have been able to Piad Is that of Staplubon

v. Trussall,

196 S.W. 269. Thereinthe trustw had a@mrtiwd for bids lxatut had not 1st the oontraot to the lowsrtUdder. Mter.quotiag ths abwe,Artiols 2762, ths Court said:

*So doubtless

the tmstw oomplaimd of la this aotiorhad the pcmer,under 

### ths law, to advertise amd rsoelveMds for th& ersotioxof a sohoolhouss la oomo8 schooldistrlot Ro. 673 but thsrs is nothlag ir the la1 that'arbltrarily rsquirw such 'board

to aooept the lowest Md that may be rsoslted. As speoiflsd

in the law, thsir power in making suoh oomtraots IS g8n0ral,

d ix the m83t00 0r mitatm8, thsp PTO required

merely to aot faithfully aad la the oxoroiss of their best judgmsprt

so as to best remoths iatsrwt of their distriot.*

In wrigh%v. Jomos, 120 5.X 1190, It -8 heldtit the trustaos of m independent

school could cppoiti a oomittos to lot suoh a oontraot, tho board of trustsos authorizing

and adopting

the same. There is mo xosd to answsr your sooondquestion, siaoo m answer your first imtho afflrmatioe. Your0wly lmlly 

### ATTQRNZY

GENERALOF BXAS Ey /s/~Glon B. Lawis

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APPROWD: .- /s/ H. F. Moore FIRsTASSIS!r!mT ATTORNEY GRNRRU Gleap R. Inrim Assistant