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**OFFICE OF**  **THE A-ITORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

Honorablr f. E. 

### County Attornry Call8han County Nalrd, T8188

Dear Sir: Yitoholl

cjplnion No. 

### 0-636 HII

Tour rrqurrt 

### for opl 

# ruliy oonrldrrrd by thir drpar **qU88t 88**  **fOlbW8:**

mon Sohool 8nt SOhO

cause and sincr the d nart Common :iohocl County Judga a potinunbar of oltizsns aylng ror an alaction riot with anotiiar ccnhool 5istrict. 

### 8~ 0r the fact that the 

### validity 

### 0r the 

### lotion Of tha County ibard Of 

### bU8tW8 ha8 IlOtbaon rin8iiy dataralnrd, 18 it PraDd8tOrf upon 

### tin oountp judge t0 Ordar the 

### l18OtiOn iOr oon8olidstion 88 prayad ror in 8UCh 

### p8tltion7 **An** enmar 

### to thir quastlon would be 

### a;praoi9trd.”

### kkmrdbl8 'r. d. dItOhOl1, kSg8 2

9::. hate sl8o raorlrad iron on8 or tha 

### attornsys In tha district Court- OC88 8 

### lOttar 8t8tiW 

### thr Oa88 Wi38 apl:aalad on 

### a CO8t bond **and** 

### 8nOlorFne.a COPY Of 

### th8 jUdgm8nt in the 

### dI8trIot oourt 0888. be, howrror, tlttsOk IlO p8rtiOti8r 81g. **niriorn09** 

### to thr abaractrr 

### or 8~~881 

### bond girrn 

### in the 0888.

Artlolrn 2?22a and 

### 292200, vlrIlOIl’8 

### JUUlOtitad 1+81C18 

### Civil Satuter, 

### read 8e1 

### follow:
-Art, 29228, 

### Authority to IskblIrh

"In ccch or&lrad aoMty In thi8 In any oountp which shall horrrft8r be

. _-~ . _- . Sata and 

### organlzad, ?%I OOUL’,y sCrP?o1 %rURt888 Smll iP3-e th0 UUsaOrity to form ona or mcra rural 

### huh oohool dl8- triot8, 

### by grouping contiguour oommoa 8OhOOl di8- triOt8 

### harlng 1eIl8 thrll iOUr bUdrOd 8ohOla8tiO 

### POpU~tiOn end ind@D'3nd@nt 

### 8OhOol di8ttiOt8 hariag 188s thea 

### tW0 hll!ldr@d and fifty 

### 8OhOl88tiO pO9U18tiOIl iOr the pW9OC8 Of 

### @rtabli8hill@ 8nd **Opar8t** 

### Ing rur81 hbh 

### 8ohool8, provIUrQ 

### 8180 that 

### thr oouaty 8ObOO1 tIU8tW8 My 

### annaa 

### one or inor* OOO00~ sohoal dl8trlots 

### or on8 or non Iadrprndrnt 

### achcal district8 herin@ lase than two hwldrrd 

### and **rirtg** scholastic 

### population to 

### a ooamon sohool di8triCt baviI%s ?CUr hUndr8d or mxa 

### eChOla8tiO populatfw or 

### t3 83 Indrpendsnt 

### diatrlot hering two hundrrd md iiftl Or aOr8 

### 8OhOla8tiO p39Ul8tiOn 

### upon tits

### approve1 or 

### the board 

### or trurtrrr 0r 8aoh 

### #Oh001 dirtrict aff8otod; prorldod **that** 

### vhra OLU or mra **common**



### cohocl k!IjtrIot8 8re 80 l



### nnoxod to a cmmn cohool.?lstr:rt ha+?= four hundmd or more Rchol8atlc population, or to an lndependant district hsviri t-o hundred 2nd fifty, or more acholaetlo population, as the ca8e may 

### ba, a board Of tTli: t6df: sAh.?l:I be sleotad tro.3 the district 

### at lsrgs 5~1 ;rizll hnva 

### the mtina~oment anti control ti;f t;i3 .':qtl'ic: **I::** 

### s::largsduntil the timu for 

### tha next election 6na qualltloati~~ne of trustees fcr co~illon ?n:: indeperdozt districts, ~8 rrovi;ed by tCsns:a: ia-+;. -~rovldaa that the oounty scnool trustees ~,hall h>?e the authority to sholish e rural hlg; achocl district on a petition alwed by a %sjorltg of ths rotera of each elementary 

### dlstrlot oo~posing thr rural hi&h school district and rhan such 4lstrlct h3I! bean abolished the els- ::sntar? Elstrl:?: &all ~I:to~z~t?c.ally revert bscx.

Honoreblu F. 3. Hltebell, her f

to thslr or~lxml etatur, -ith th0 @IoOptIOn tbst 

### In tha stoat 

### them 

### .sm eny outatandlng Indrbtrdnraror 

### l

galnrt the raid rural rohool district 

### raoh rlrmrntary dlrtrlat rhall l

### 88uiw It8 prOpOrtIc;nal **part of**  

### thr drbtr. 

### bt8 1925, 39th L.8,. D.2;;A, ~JJ.S’ ;0;&1927, AOth UC?, 18% 0. s., PO ,

. . "Art. 2922a8. hl8Olid8tiOn Of ?Ul’@l hieh rob001 a 8 r 0 8 I3II 00 0

‘irrd 

### wProtidrd any Rural ii@h Sohool Di8triat 

### already rormed 

### tmdar thr prorlrlonr or 

### thlr law m8y 

### GUl8OlId8tr with 8IL OOnt:&UOUr bO3LIDDn 

### Sohool Dttrlot IIP00 8n @18Ot I 

### di8triO81 on briw hrl6 in 

### the rraprOtit8



### 8814d88tiOa t0 b8 

### hr~ldin OOCifOrplity **Wit&b Artid**  **2806, f&Vi884**  **oltil ?trtUta8**  **Ot 28X88,**  

### 1925. UpOn 8Wh OOlUOlid8tiOB 881d Il8W1y ioWd 

### di8triCt 8h811 

### t8h th fOro. Of 8814 RUE81 iii@& 

### i&o01 Dlrtriot and br 

### ~ovanud b th8 

### Bo8rd of TrWke8 Or 88id hr8l ii

### 14h SOhOO 

### i DirtriOt, 

### and 

### shell brOotaa 8 part 

### of 8a 

### d Rural El&h Bohool Dlrtriot for all itltM4t.8 

### and pUr 08a8 a8 

### though it 

### wro orlglnallr a p8rt or 8111 % dirtriot. 

### PIWT1C.d th8t in 

### oara of 8Ily 

### outrt8ndIng boadrd **indobtrd** ll@IL In 

### l

ith8r **0r** reid dI&trIctr 8II rlrctlon 8ba11 br 

### hrld In ooniornlt~ with the korral 

### Lar **govom-**


### ‘7 rohool 

### dIrtrlct8to drtrraiar 

### rbrthrror **not** 88 d 

### bu~on Sob01 Dlrtrlct or Rur8lfiigh 

### Sohool A8trIot sh811 limm8 thrlr

### prorat **part** 0r such II3drbtrdnOrr. 

### Protldrd, howovor, th8t 88id eonnolldatlon above rrrrrmd 

### to rhall not beoom0rrrctlte until after tbr slaotlon adjuatlq, the bondrd Indrbtrdnrw. .sad in oa8a 6uah al8otLon tails to be carrird ttr ooneolIc!atlon shall be held for 

### naught snd such districts shall ro,zain In their orlglntl etl3tull. Added Acts 

### 1937, CStb Log., p. EL5, ch. hl4, 8 1.”
:Articls 2806, Varnoa’a .?nnotatefi 7sms Civil -kitutee, reads 

### in part a8 i%ll~s:



### 'On tb p8tItion 

### or tusnty i20)or 6 !naJority Of th. 18ga~y QU8lifid **Total8** Of each Of 

### several oontlguous lnddrprndrnt Iohool districta,

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### -8r b0 Oon801idated vlth **OOnti&fUOU#** 

### indamnd8nt 8CbO1 dirtriOt*.

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### hna8xation **of mrt**  **diltriot to**  

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### dl8trlct**court** 

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### the lOga 8t8tUE Of &II-t COEWIiOn BChOOi Dimtrlct is nov before the rppellata court, this deyrtment cannot categorically decide the question propounded under the additional &rrumed facta.



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### Pmomblr 1. P. Illtcholl, ?q. 5



### eonrolia8tlonrlootloaunlera**muulammod to**  **do 80**  **br a**  court of ofmpdult jurimliotlon.

rourr vrry truly