. . 

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 

l otion Of tha County ibard Of bU8tW8 ha8 IlOt baon 

rin8iiy dataralnrd, 18 it PraDd8tOrf upon tin oountp 

judge t0 Ordar the l 1 8OtiOn 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 Opar8tIng 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::largsd until 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 h3 I! 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 0 8 r 0 8 I3II 00 

‘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 II 

P 

00 8n @18Ot I 

di8triO 81 

on briw hrl6 in the rraprOtit8 

8814 d88tiOa t0 b8 hr~ld in 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 

14 

h 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 indobtrdll@IL In l ith8r 0r reid dI&trIctr 8II rlrctlon 8ba11 

br hrld In ooniornlt~ with the korral Lar govom- 

‘7 

rohool dIrtrlct8 to drtrraiar rbrthrr or not 

88 d bu~on Sob01 Dlrtrlct or Rur8lfiigh Sohool 

A8trIot sh811 l imm8 th r lr 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 I ohool districta, 
862 

BMOr8bl8 ?‘. B. )11ltOhrll, ?q8 4 

pl'8ying for th8 0088Olid@tiOn Of 8uCh di8triCt8 

for 8dbQO1 ml’pO8*8, tb OOUItty #l&O -11 188W 

II). O?d8r ?Ot M vl.OtiOIl tOb8 h8ld QII t& 8-8 

day in r8ch 8UCh dirtriot. . . . c1 8ChOO1 

di8trIot# my ia Ilk8 -8r b0 Oon801idated 

vlth OOnti&fUOU# indamnd8nt 8CbO1 dirtriOt*. . .’ 

hl? 1ett.I' 8t8t88 tht -t COqOIl 8OhOO!$ DiatriOt bU ~?‘.8~8tnd l mtitio lr iOv 8On8O’lid&ior Vith 

MOth8r OOOt%#UOU8 di8tl’%Ot but VOUr lOtt@r 18 8ilUit l 8 

to vhetber th8 otb8r OO~t@lOU8~#ohOOl dI8trIot M8 

llkWi8. pl’88Olh.d l .p OtitiOSl in 8tatUtOl7 iOm t0 OOnOOlidbt@ Vith tb 8Ut 8ObO1 di8triet. ObVioU8ly, ,if 

Otif tb bI't 8ObOO1 di8ttiOt p F 888BtUi l WtitiOBl ah 

bUmty Judga rotid not b. WthoPi88d to Oti1 l Oon8011d8- 

tiOZl l 18CtiC%L 

!iWITOC, if th8 fbOt8 8W that both o? the conti@OU8 di8triCt8 bT8 pn8ont.d WtitiOW in CW liMOe 

vlth th# qtdUt.8 8 problem vould l rI8a. 0bviOU8 P 7, tha 

FiVOtti Wiat in ruoh l -ttW (UdOP tb l 8Wd ?8at8 

8bOT8) VOud h t&O hgti 8atW Or &Pt cOrOII 8OhOOi 

Dirtriot. &d b8 8hOm by PUP 18ttW, t& qU88tlOlS Of 

Vh8thor th8 hna8xation of mrt diltriot to ?utnam Dirtriot 

~88 void or 18881 vhIl8 pb888d oa by th dl8trlct court 

has not yet barn finally decldod inammh aa the case 

V88 8pp81d urd 18 noV pending in tha Court Of CiTfl Aippsal8. 

Sin00 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. 

Eovwor, vo l r8 laolined to th8 tier th8t since 

th8 d*OiriT@ -d PiTOtd Point b tb Mtter 18 b?OM the 

Court of Clvll App8rlr It vould probably b8 the better 

count for th8 Count7 Judge to nFral.n rrom calllng the 
. 

. 

Pmomblr 1. P. Illtcholl, ?q. 5 

eonrolia8tlon rlootloa unlera muulammod to do 80 br a 

court of ofmpdult jurimliotlon. 

rourr vrry truly