OFFICE OF THE Al-l-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Donorable R. 2. i'oreman 

County Uditor 

Ssfferaoa County 

?jeaukont, %mas 

Derr sir: 

U.e y 16, 1939 

y S, .QS9, In whiah 

tJaa rdlwhg 

l-u er an eloation for 

triofr or 1088 th8n fire 

the tr wteu o f l eh 

au of ArtIalaS948 and 

8nd alerks in aoud& trustee 

sa# per hour QYor CIme 8s probe pala 41.00 per 68~ 88 pra8s. 9ledIon8? 

8 BOt applloabls in l jo inti l l88tion 

8 urd OOOnt~ SOho tl’Wt888~, 18.it pSr- 

$it@8 lo tkio &r$jer~oOlsxKm 8ebeol dlstrlot 

0 properly aanduot the ele8tIon7 

8ti@U -8 umWslW& by this Depwtmnt In 

4 nprfl El, SW, written by blcum R. Led8 

to the ftcmorable E. D. till, a oopy of *hIoh 1s enoloseQ hsr+wlth. 

In that oplnion it uan held th8t In truetss slaotIon8 held In an 

independent school dlatrlct of lose than five hundred sabolartlw, 

the badp rbfch rrhoul+d oaxwah8 the returns, dealare the remit, and 

tS8Ua the COmaniS~iQtlnS to thS tTWtbO8 e~eote8, IS the QOiSWiUiOIk(ll'S* 

oourt of the county in which the slaatioa ie biela. 

. . 
Art:clc 2676, hevised Civil t~tatutes, proriecs for the 

&cction of five county school trustees elected fro= the county, 

"one of whox shall be elected fro3 t&t county at large by tke 

qualified voters ot the common end consolidated fndepekent school 

~:strlate or the county, end occ from each coz~4ssiorl~r*s prccitct 

who stall hold office for e tern: of tvro years." This hrticla further provides: 

"The tfse for suah elcctionshall be the first Saturday 

:n qrl) of each year; the order for the elcctlon cf county 

school trustees to be usde by the county Ju@e at least 

thirty (30) days prior to the data of said election, and 

8uah ONOr shall de81 te 

Ean SOhO blatriot. . r 

one rotlng place for aaoh oom0 l leotlon offloer sppo%nted to 

hold the eleCtiOn for tTU8teO8 in 0a0h OolDlDoII school d18- 

triot 8bball hold the elsotion at the sante plaoe therein ror 

the oomnty school trussto+.* ,_ 

Artlolle Z746, Beolmd Civil Statutes, aa amended, which 

~ppllam to 8o#!aum school dI8triot tm8tee sleotions,provide8, In 

QUt, a8 fOlhW8: 

"Said trustsem mar appoint three pcrraona fop each 

rotl.n& box of the district who 8Ir8U,be ~aalIfie4 rotera 

Of the dlstriot asd who ohall hold stmh election8 an4 

m&c r8turn8 thereof to said trU8tU8 dthln five 8ayo. 

atftmraueh eleotion, and 8aId permna ahall receive @s 

C~ctwfiOR for their 8O~~iOe8 the 8M Of $l.~'&i&i:. 

to be paid out of the general fuad of the county LD.wIah 

8aid elUtiCn Wet8 helAd," 

ATtIole 277b, ~vl~sd Clril SttatUt.8, pror%diiS tbdt el8ation 

offi&d8 ror school trtmt00 CSh&&3Zt8 in independent school bintfi&i8 sh&l XXW.iv6 one dollar for their 8enlCe8. 

Mtlcle 2945, Title WJ, Election, Revload ClvIl Statutea, 

to whloh you refer, provldse that *judgecl and olerka of general and 

8~0Cial eleotlona *hall be paid $S,oO 8 day eacth, and So# per hour 

for any time in exoeae of a dey*s work'as herein def%neQ." 

lt has been helQ that aahool trustee elections are general 

elections but the pVovJolon8 of the Terrell ileation bra apply 

oniy where them la no speclfla provisions in the Lawa ralatiag 

to aohoole covarlng the same @abJeot zcattsr. Schen v. Telfer, 

(T. C. A. Austin 1934) 74 S. ii. (2&) 929. 
in c~:swer to pour secord question, you me advi~.ed zirat 

election cfficials In ~cbool truotee electiLrk, notr:lth.stending 

they a;160 hcl(i t&z hicctlon tar county trusteee, should be paid 

fl.00 each for their servlcea. 

-ith reterance to your t!k-d queatlon, we rerer you to 

that gart OC Artlole 270% whict: applies to'ooGlcon aohool district 

trustee electlons aad, tkerefore, edrlre you that the trustees mep 

appoint three persane fsr each Voting box of the district rto 

s&all te ?aid fl.00 eect for their sorrloes. 

‘la armlose herewith aopfea of opiniona Hoe. O-100 and 

0479, whloh deal hlth related questloxm and tay esaicrt you in 

approving expanse8 in aohool trustee eleation*.' 

Your0 rely truly 

BY