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8ehOOl di8trbriOt8, pl%lrIing iOr tho OonsOlidatIOn of 8uoh di8trIOt8 far 80&4001 pPrPOBe8, tha CoWty sudg0 8hsLl i88ae 0B Orbr rOr an ObOtion to be hold on tha 8ame day in eaoh suoh dlstriot. Tha CoUBty Judge 8hd.l giTe IIOtiOe of th8date of 8Wh tiOOtiOll8 by publloation of the ardor In 8OlM BeW8 th8 

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### days prior to tho data OBrhiah 8ooh l leOtiOll8are **OrdOnd,** Or br pO8ting a not:00 Or 8UOh 8hCtiOM IIIe8Oh oi the dl8triot8, or by both 8uoh pUbliO8tfOB Md pO8t.d l&OtiOO8. The COd88iOEOr8' COWt aballat it8 next aoeting oaWaa8 the retQN8 ot suoh elaotlolu,and Ii the rote8 oart in oaohaad all dirtrIot. 8hor a majority In eaoh dl8trIOtVoting IOpUTataT in raVOr Of 8R8h ooneolidation,the Court 8hall **decrlere** the Sahooldi8ttriCt8oonm1Idated. 'COIPPY)~

8QhOO1di8trIOt8 nay in likm mannor bo eonsolldatadrtth oontiguoor IBdrpendant 8ohoo1 di8trIot8, end the dIrtrIot 80 oreated **bhtlu** 6. known **by** tha name of the Independent~8obooldi8trIot Inoludedtherein, and tha managemeat or the n* dietriot 8hdLi bo under the existing board or tro8teea or the Independenteahool dirtriot, aad all the right8 andprivilege8 granted to IndependentdIstrIot8 by the hW8 of thi8 State 8ha11 bo-8Irsn to tha oW8olidated Independent dI8trIat oreated under tb prorlsions 0r th18 law; provided that when two or more Independent dI8trIot8 lue oonsolldated,ths Countr Board ot,Tru8teee shall designate thename by rhloh the oald dlrrtriotshallbe brn, and rhall appoint a board ot,reven tru8- 

### tee8 ror the oaid OOU8Oud8ted dirtriot, to --e until the next regular 8bOtIOn'Of tru8- t-8 a8 preaar$bed br i#enaralLaw, at whIoh time the dI8trIot 8ka.U eloot 

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provided rurther that rhan It i8 proW8ed to oon8olIdate oOntI&pOU8 COttaty 1-e dIStrIOt8the pitIt$on8 .gideleotion orders prefiorlbM in thi8AOt 6hal.l b0 addrO8886 to and i88Ued bt the Cow&y Sodgo or the CountI haT:BU 3Wi8-Soaorablo Eeco Walter, Page 3

diatloa over the prinolpal echool or eaoh dlstrlot and the reeulta oi the election shall be canraseed by the Commiesioners* Court Of the said oouuty.
-The tern rdi8trict1a8 **used in**  thi8 and the succeedingnine artiolee mean8 ‘eonsolldated oonnaonsohool di8trict8,' **or** *eonsolidated independent sohool distriot.* (AOt8 1919, 2nd C. S., p.169, 68 amended AOt8 1923,

p. 169I **Act8** 1931, 42nd Leg., p. 182,

The terse oi Artiolo 2SOd aupra, do not deeigaate that anP partIoul.artime element shall Intervene between petition8 to oon8olidate eohool dI8tricta. NOr doe8 the lcici~u;ge,used

ju8tiry any Lnplloatlon or 8Wh a legI8latIre

. Yoware 8ecordInglP adri8ed. Truatlng that the above 8atIetaotorIlPanswer8 Pour QUe8tiOn8,ye remain

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