**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

Illhorrblr T. Ii. Friable ?lrrt **ASEdstant** State Suprrlntrndsnt or T'ublio **lriirtruotloa** Aui3tin, Toxar Dear sir:

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**OA th8**  FtWSt dresse4 to Dr. L. **or iuetiat**  **20,** 19b2, rney Ganrral~ ot IIoi thlr D.p&rtohed letter, 640, **48d** 0 Conzaler **or sah001~,** 

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of the l&win-Thorabnrg sa rlrotlon thr 23r4 day ths purp05e or **lotting** (Ia6btmm00 irty **C'SltS** per humlie **dOlh?#** tdlarerulted in 8 tie tote. The trust~rr I cleotioo rt the oasrliest bate poa0860 *util!e tbra or thr **t1rr** md uB4.r y mayhold the next dwtioa?’ The answer to the above qusstlon lr iouad in brtlol~ 4785, Vernon’s Annotateal Civil Statutea as aaerda4 by Aotr 1935, uth Legislature, 2nd C. S., **p.** 1675, Ch. Cfi, rrleth to sohool dirtriot miz!tenanw tax oleotlon, wbleh provider in part1Bonorsblr t. Y. hImblo, paga 2

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rotion hrl4 for rarh **parpoe**0, no other l lrotlon shall **br** held thrroior within oneyaar trol thr aat. or 88i4 l

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**.** proprrty tax paying qudIfla4 rotara or the so!iool **Oirtriot,** OD a M.ht&~nOb tclX &UOpOaitiOn i# a dtmE& Of tb.e rOpO#itiOn. Tiat a tlr toto defeata the aalntsnonoe ttr prgoalt on la P obtloua rrosithe req,uIremnt of a ag!orIty 

### voteto l uthorlcr an additional ad *r~ore~ tax levy 68 protldd r0r In &tIolr lII, Section 3, Comtitutlaa of Texas, fromw-hlohwe quato In part: *. , . An4 the letislature my aathorlra up +64Itional a4 talortn tax to be levied an4 oollsotad tithia all rohool dirtrlots hwetorore iorasd or hwsaftsr r-44, r0r ths further mlntenanoa or **publlt frtt**  oohoola, and far the rrwtloz snd brrlldinto thtrola; prdvided that a

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.o?,iohool qtdirit4 property kr pey’lnptote rotla& at an alrotlon to be held for that purpow, rhall rote euch tax. . . .” (~5darlIn4~~ ertprUe6 1

**Th4** ahore rrqulrtmsnt is 4140 mde In hrtlolr 2784, sootlon k, Vornar'e mnotsted Clril 8tututest

'90 tax shall **bt** IstIeC, eoll cote4, abrogatwi, dlminlshsd or lnortastd, and no bond8 rhall bt lrtutd htireunder, until such ictloE hsa bcsn euthorlsed by a mtorlt oi the votes east at **an** sleotla he14 in the d~ror such purpoao , at ah!oh acme but tax royin@ pu4llrIed voters or mob dlstrlot pro rhaL tar;: tatit1ad to vot4." (PndculLnlng suppllrU1 wile Art101 t 2953 **rslrt4s** to rlsctlon **~rooadurr** in the sr45t or 4 ti4 mte, this artfole has rppllostljn 0a.V to 414otIOn Of publI4 0rfi04r4, ma not $0 60h00i tar quastionr. we think this 1s elwlr 

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.At any dorotion, ii thora be an aqua1BUtbOr or +otw6ltwi to two a aore **poreoar** ia the 8~6 orti00, exoe **t 4xooutlra**  orrioorr as prwlded in thr CoXistltut 4 **i0B ARK**  no ona l

lOCte4 thorrto, the otiloar tO~who6ha returns are sad8 shall deolaro such tleotlon rold as to such 0rri0e on1Ii and shall irn4diately order another l leotlon to ii such orri00; tid notice shall be eiren, and such othsr 4leotIon rhall be held In the smo manner ar the &rnrrsl eleotion.. Thlr view 1s~oonriruied by th4 tollowlng proviso aalatenaaor tax oleoin Artiole 2785,rtlating to aohool tlonrl *Andsuch rltctfon shall bo ha14an4conduotad as protidsd by law rar gmsral heroin srov164d.w (OnderlininE rleotions, exoqt as **mpcli44)** Nthouch -40are not advlaed em to vhrther or not the election In question **proposed** an orlglaal mlatanmoe tax or en lnoreasr or deeresa8 CCan 4xfrtl.w school d.lrtriot maintananoe tax, w4 wish to point out that under Artlolr 2794,It a school aalntanano4 tax has bean authorlrad, no tl4ctIon maybe h415 to inoreaso or dtcrtasr that tax tmtll. twoy4rus artrr the rlrotlon uhloh ruthorlsed the tax. HoCall 1, L4ti8, 263S.P. 325.

You are thtrtrortad~lsed **that** a8 tha mlntsaano4 t4x propoaltloa **ror** the NaurIn-Thorabwg Common Sohool Dlrtrlct resulted In a tie vote on April 23, W2, tbrt proposItlan was thaa drreatrd an&no other school dlstriot 8aintmenoa tax elrotlon can be held in t+:ls d.Istrlot within one year of April 23, 1942.

Youare rurthsr aGtIsed in ths crcnt this sohool distrlot ha8 herttorore authorit4d and letird a sohool dtstriot aainttaanoe tax, that under Artiole 2794BO **4lrOtiOB**

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