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

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### ele8tIon7 8ti@U **-8** umWslW& by this Depwtmnt In 4 nprfl El, SW, written by blcum R. Led8 

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### In that 

### oplnionituan held th8t 

### In truetss 

### slaotIon8held 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 largeby 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 tvroyears." 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 oom

### 0l leotlon offloer sppo%nted to hold the eleCtiOn for tTU8teO8 in 0a0h OolDlDoII school **d18-** triot 8bballhold the elsotion at the santeplaoe therein **ror** the oomnty school trussto+.* ,_ ArtlolleZ746, Beolmd Civil Statutes, aa **amended,**which ~ppllam to 8o#!aumschool dI8triot tm8tee sleotions,provide8, In **QUt,** a8 fOlhW8:



### "Saidtrustsem 

### mar appoint three 

### pcrraona fopeach 

### rotl.n& box of the 

### districtwho **8Ir8U,be** ~aalIfie4 rotera Of the dlstriot asd who ohall hold stmh election8 an4 m&c r8turn8 thereof to said trU8tU8 dthln 

### five8ayo. 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 Wet8helAd," 

### ATtIole277b, ~vl~sd Clril SttatUt.8,pror%diiStbdt 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 *judgecland 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~.edzirat 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 electlonsaad, tkerefore,edrlre you that the trusteesmep appoint three persane fsr each **Voting box**  **of the**  district **rto** 

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

‘laarmlose herewith aopfea of opiniona Hoe. O-100 and 0479, whloh deal hlth related questloxmand tay esaicrt you in **approving expanse8**  **in aohool**  

### trustee eleation*.'
**Your0 rely**  

### truly

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