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OFFICE OF ‘THE ATX-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Eonorablr Ralph 4!sen 

CouAty Irttolmy 

Tom Orson County 

8en 1~ps.10, Tuas 

in which you subznit 

?“OlY OUX OQbliOtU 

tter of March 2, lQ40, 

thir departlmnt 

y the rsslcjnatian 

lb such truatoe eptern of the resignt regular eleatlon 

intod trlistee~ up fur 

eguler el8etlon data, w0u.U 

on to 8CbnrO SOT the *unoxpirbd 

11 iour gear ter5%7 

II 1s t&s r1nal date for rllfng, an6 

necobsery rbquimmmnt~ to somire e 

ballot for tiiohool Trustee in the 

San Airg*lo Independent Bob001 Dirtriot?* 

The Ban Anne.10 Indqmident tsahool oirtr ot 

ed in pert Tyler the provlaio5s or Artlolo l378S(a f 

ir govern- 

, VOr5o5'8 

Texas Cirll Matutes b@ing Chepter i303, gaga 674, &%a 19e9, 

418t ts&lature, ~1 it we8 ruled in our Oplnlon No1 0448, 
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Honol'sbls Rslph Logan, tige 2 

dated %reh 27, 1939 that provisions In said statute oontrol 

Independent sohool d&lots ionn~d unCer the authority of that 

Aat when its prorI8ions dltrar from those or the general laws. 

Section 6 of Article 2783(b) providoo In ;lart as fol1owsr 

I Qr~V$dad further, t&t $1 case of a 

vamno; k~rebignstlon of a amber of tha board 

of txustoes the rsoanay aball bs filled :or the 

unerplred tera Ey sppol~tolsat made by the board 

of tn15t%b5.w 

MO questton $8 nissd as to the alearnses of the lsnguege used in this statute, but it La suegeoted that thr above 

quoteu pxorl~lon mxy be ln violntlon or the la6t eeutence of 

Seotlon 18 of &tIole 4 of the Tsxa8 ConStltutIon. This seetIca of ths Conrtltutlon $5 found under the Artlcrle entltlsd 

nZxsautlve Depnrtmintn 2nd rends sa follows: 

"Section 12. All vscanolos io Sttte OF dfstriot oifioes, except mubere of C,he Lo~;lelnturs, 

ebnll be filled unlwe othanvlsa provided by law, 

by a>;,po$ntxeat ofthe ~%wurnor, w,k.loh n;goI~tmnt, 

IS mde &win;; its seasIo:1, shnll be witt tns sd- 

~10s and eonsent of two-thirds of UN tienate present. If made durfag the xeoesa OS the &anste, 

the eald ~~pOillt30, Or 502lO Other PyYCOil t0 ill]. 

mob wesnop shall be n;znIaa%d t..: the Yenate 

during the first ten cays of its 55ssIo5. If rejccted, said orflee shall ImmIIately bacozns vaeast, and the Governor shall, without Qalay 

xake further nomlnatlons, untfl a conffrxat~oh 

takes islaoe. But ohould there be M c:.nf$mstlon \tu?Ine the rsessIo?l of the Sen8tb, the Governor ah611 mt thereafter appoint any prraon to 

fill much reoenoy who be8 bean rejected by the 

Senate; but may appoint mns other persol to 

fill ths vaoanoy until the next 5es5loa of the 

Seaate or until the regular eleatlon to aald 

OffhO, ShOP1d it SGGAQT OCOUX. Appointoonts 

to veoanoies IA off$oac eleotlv,e by the R60916 

ahsl~ only oontlnue until the flr6t ,gsheral eleotlon thereafter.* 

Ah eremlaetion of the verlous oodlftoatlon8 or the 

laws of Texea dl~o1oses that slailar provisions were oontained 

la statute8 re&tlq to riu.hg teoenolsr in elsotlre sshool 

board8 la the Revised Statutes of 1895 ahd 1911. L;sny of the 

present sahool statutes Ia the Hevloed Civil &atutes 1925, 

ns azaended, aonteln euch provlslolu. Artiolaa 274O(bf, Seotlon 4; 2745; 2774, Sections 3 and 4; 2777; 2777(e); and 2779(b). 
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Snorablo BalJh Logan, Yase 3 

%S last EsntenOo of aOtf6Ll 12 Artlole 4 Of the 

Texas ConstItuti;a if aegregqted aad eons I- ~orod saparsto 

cndqert from the acocqwnyi~, context in X:?~CA it Is round, 

mI.@t be re53:nably coasfdersd 1s a; 

ersry typ and dharaoter or offiaa w -8 thin 

llcsblc t.3 any ahd 

this Jtate whioh 

is fillbd by the QSOQl4 in an deOtfon. lf Oon6fds:ed, 

bwever, In oomeotloc zIth the remainder of hotion U, 

zuch omazuotion does not neoasanrlly follow and it uay 

reesnnably be oonatrued .?a hsvin!: rcieronco ta tha kind of 

oflIce th?::ci3a’mve ~r.eutl:lnod, ad a::% lntonded to apply to 

sobs01 trust.668 who have bean held t: bc aounty oftiesrr, 

Xn re6:wme to a request by Uoon. L. A. tiooda, 

3tdtb 3uprlntendeat of Pub110 Inrtruotlon this ~departo9nt 

z.eadarod an o~Anion Liaroh 9, 1939 e-graved by Bmoe V. 

Bryant, First Asal~tant Attorney General, Letter CcInIon 

Book 344, pa :o 303, 13 which it Wa6 held that ibotion 12 

ol Article 4 doe6 cot sggly ts vaoaaoi9R in mlectivs et!mol 

bonds and t&t a provision slnllar to that ccntnined In 

Article 2763(b) war not in omtravsntitn of Secticn 12, 

Artiola 4 cI” the Ccx3tItutlzn of Texas. its t5ve haretoCore formrded y::u e cozy ol’ thst opinlsn. 

We do not find my provision In Artiole 2783(b) 

wtiic!! spaolfis6 the date for filing ati the proaoCur4 to 

be follmed In >lnoing a nruro upon the ballot for eohool 

trustee 12 sohcol dlstriots sf the ;xrtioular olesa aIPootad by aald 6tc tub. Xe amum thmt the can &l~::610 Indegendrurt Yohool District hsa e aoholeatlo ?o3;ile’:fon 1~ 0x006s 

of 500 and mu14 therel‘ore not be tintrolled by Artfale 

2746 (a j , Varnan’6 Taxas CIvZl Statutes. :stic1e ‘776, 

a’-lc!i grovldae ch=t the board ol truacees ~>f a~1 :ncle>eudeht 

sohool district stall order the elsotion and w:iich provide6 

r0r the lulttar or holding PWh aleotIon,doea no’t UQnft&A 

an7 provie doei!3n3tIng the final riihz,. Cab0 cP‘ my 

i: 

artloular roq~irmeat ior imtlng e nem ;laosd ujwn the 

allot. 3 have al6o exet3i.neU the general aleotlon lam 

and find no provision rrhIob would appear to be applicable. 

~30 are InSomod by t%o De artzont of Eduoation 

that It Is a ocnstruotion and preot P 08 of 10% atandlzg 15 

these lcrger lnde~ecdent school distrfatn, far cscCIdates 

to file their mr~35 v:lth the Sooretery of the sohool board, 

requesting that they~be ,;laced Q;on t%o ballot an8 that 

t&o aohool board under the @mere1 >orors vestsd in said 

board, entara an e~grogria t,e order ?IxIn: the final date 
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Bouorable Ralph Logan, Pwe 4 

within nhieh flllnga my ba mds. irb are of the opinion that 

this authority may be reaasnably isglled fros the %eneral 

pabr vestbd in the board. 

Yours very truly