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**OFFICE OF**  **THE AlTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS**
**AUSTIN**

HonorableH. A. Hod@8 **County** Auditor wllliamaoncounty Gaorgetolra, Taxar
Dear 8lrr

aubalt for the quertionr, 0p4.n10s

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rlrad by a noolution parrota oi said beard aowe no of the tracte **or** land, a nambar of tha board?

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it'b neoes@e~ 28 ordar to par6 to.

laoh propert for the Oeala8loa6rr* Court or williamson coaatf to enter am erdar aathorlzlng saah 8hletXoaorableE. A. Eodgaa,Page t

Board o? ICduoatloon, whiah lxerolaoa t& me power8 In thla oount7 that eount7 8ohooltrae tee8 lxe ralaa

la other ~oountlea, to .paas

l nf kind of roaolutlon

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-5. VIll **it ‘**  **br** neooaaar~ **for** the State Board o? Edooatlonto pa88 or adopt l n7 **kind** of raaolatlonor other m&ion 

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l b i Ii l dead l xdouted In the maanar and authorlmd b7 a reeolutlon 88 mentioned In the above qaaatlona1 **end** t ~111 not **oonvoy** title to said tract or land to luoh pttrohaaera, pleaae adklaema **how** title to soah land ma7 be acquired b7 muoh purchaaera.*
**The** Thrall **Indepandent** Sohool Matriot in ~IllIamaon aomnt~ ~88 oraated **b7** rproI.1 8et of the LegIalatora,

8peaIal Lma 01 iexaa, tQgS, Seth kgi818ture, Zhapter 01, **p.** ZS5, whloh becane lfiaatlreon AprU 4, 1923.

&mong other things thi8 iot prorldedthat t& Mu Independeat

l dhool dlatrlotwould Inol6de all of the terrltor7 of the Thr.ll Conon Sohool DFstrIatlo. gl; that It would take otar aI1 02 the 888et8 end ~Iabllltle~of the **#aid** eoamoo.

aahool dirtriot;end **that** the new **lndependeat** dlrtrlct#hotid %ave aad l xerolae all the rIghta, **powerr,** duties **and** prlrllegeer ot a :om or vIllagO **ererted an4**  incorporated

nndkr tlw general lara of Texas for l ohool purpose8onlf, and all of the rlghta, **power8,** 6otlea ana prlrllegea

aou 

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aohool &I8trIot8'ander the Oon.8tltutland lora ot thI8 8tate..

SootIon S oi thl. &t **mad8** 08 **follow8:** 

# l Tbeboardo?Tmateei OfthThrallXadependent Sahool Dlatrlot ah.11 mnage and control the pub110 free lohoo1.r la the m8Id dlatrlot,**to** the l

xolu8Ion of ever7 other 

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xoept, In a0 iar a8 the State 8mperinterndent

of Pabllo 188trrotIoa ud tk State**EOno?.blO E.**  **A. If0Qe8,**  Pa@ 8

Board o? Edaoatlon**mar be**  **tested** with aupenl8or7 8uthorlt7, uader the general 18w.*
Zt is **farther** prsrlded In Seotion ts that *hIa Aot 8hall bc eumulatIre, a? l ll general laws, regulatfng, goremlmg and pertainingto Independent l ohool 6latrIota, end ia 80 far 8s much general lawa are **mot** I.8 oon?lIot herewith;the 8cme 8hall be eoqatruedand oonaldoredma a part hereo?.

Two rtatatea In -x-s8 provide for the Bale of **ho01 property. 1925. They lre Artlolea Z75S and W75, 8. C. 8.. The latter 8tatate roads es ?ollwar
*Art1010 tWS. Aar hotiea or.landrheld ti trust **br** any city **or town?**  or pub110 tree 8ohool purposes may be mold for the purpose o? insresting

la more ooBrenIeBt **cad** deaIrablol

ohool property, with the oonaent o? the State Board, **by** the .bo.rd

o? trust..8 o? 8aoh olty or. torn; **Old,** in aaoh oaae, the prealdeatOS the rohool board shall exeoate his deed to the &amha8ar for tho came, reeltin& the resolutiono? the State board giving aonaent thereto and the naolutIon **or** the board o? trust+%8 l athorlxlngthe aale.o
**As** ointrd out in 8. 6. bpeaoer **and** Oarpony XI. Brown, at al **s**Clr. 

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### l pplIe8 only to 8ele8 o? land **br** o ow m o~ l ohool 4IatrIot8,rhllo Artiole ZT7S **applies** to 8elea o? lend b7 Inbepe86ent 8ohool lIatrIota~
The two opInIonarelax-red to above arm: (1) An oplnlonb7 Clark C. Wren, A88lahnt **Attorney** Gexmral, to ~onoreble

Eogene J. UIlao~ **Gout7** Attorney,Bay Cltr‘, Texa8, detedSeptember 10, 1936; 18) en oplnlon by Ceoll C. **Cewaok,** Aaaiatant Attorney **General,** to m. ]c. Ti. &rtarliag. County **County, fet?eraon**  **Oounty,** Beaumont,Texas, **dated** April **25,** 1939,and numbered 04l5.

tiUa8 ,Aafoa will uote, the l **bwe quoted**  **8tAato** prothat houses or lcnda a? a Qlatriotma7 **be** sold ?or thepurposeor Imreatln& I8 more convenient**and** 8eslrable l chool property. That la the oal7 purpose provided ?cr b the statute, aad the question l rlrea whether or rot schoolIfonorablo 8. A. **Hodges,** Page 4

hoaaer or laBdO aa k Cold for 887 other purpose **bf** Independent

aehool 6latrIota.

Mameroaa deolalonaboth in Texas **and** In other jurIsdlatloaa

point out that 8chool 4IatfIataare oorporatlonawith vex-7 1Mted powara. %ohool di8triCt8’Cm public qU88imaiolpal corporatIoaa, l omatfreatermed *inroluntar7 oorporatIona*

. . . .The7 ma7 make *ontraota, ler7 **tour and**  )Oaaeaa **property.** The7 are **OrgSBixOd not**  for the parpoai 0s profit or geln, but mole17 for the pablla benaflt, end hare onl7.

much lImIted,porera 08 ma7 be ~eoeaaarf for that purpose. The7 hare thereforebeen Bald to be aorporatlonm of the moat lImIted powers known to the world. PasadenaBahool Dlatrlot TS. Pasadena, 166 C.1. 7 IS6 P.O. 985, AUII. 0.8. 1915b 1059, 4T L. R. **A.** IRS) BQS. The7 are bat the 8gentr 0s th8 state for the sole purpose of edmI.aIaterIng

the state 87atem of pub110 **ad** 8oation, **and** hate only ouch pwerr 88 are con**ferrea** express17 **or** by neoesae~ ~llcatIon.a 24 R. 0. L. 564, 2eo. 1.
The oaae 0s Earl en dependent School DIatrIot vs. Page Brothers,49 5. 2d) 985, **b7** the %X88 Ooax't Of Civil Appeela,maem langua@ very almllar to that **q-ted** *bore from RalIng #ame Lw. lfe q8ote:

wm boerd OS trusteesposaea8e8power8 express17conferredupon It b7 law or aeoeaaarll7 Impllcd from the pewar8 00 l onfer red.~
~The Court In ie7.e bdOpOBdOBt Sahool Dlatrlct to. ReInhardt,159 8. W. 1010, b7 the Oourt of Girl1 ARP..h, U.08 this taE6.a~:

l SImoe a board of l

daoatlo.la the oreaton 0s l retate, **it her**  only maoh **pwen** as are OOBi rermd upon it 8ud mch Impliedpowers 08 era aeoesaaq to lxeoate s a oh l r p~08i pW*f*.*Honorable 8. A. Eod&~m, Pago S

Oorpaa furls **pOiBt8** out that **propert** devoted to l public **USC** Oan Only be diapoeedof **by** lXpr~a8 l8- **thority, and**  **a** general **power** 0s **dl8poaft~on** has **been** held to **be** reatrlotedto propert not needed for the nae of pobllo lohool8. 56 Corpus Jnrla 439, **Sec. UI.**  **Thla** aathorIt7 lt a t e a

that tb0 SslO mmt be **redo** in oo~plle~ee with the terma Of the atetats l UthOrltlBg it, bat tbrt l ubatentlalproocdarcll ompllaneeIs l

arrloIent.

Ee rfah to ltreaa the fast that Cl1 of there l uthorItIeahold that l ohool boards have onl7 t he l s~naa CathorIt7glten them in the SktUtOS and odlf moeh lmplled ~~~aI~a~~aet~;a~~~ 

## to l x ya te moh express powers. e rods reaaonabl7l eaeaaa~ for the osrx7in6 oat o? l xpreaa ponrV OS la ~aa611~ the earn0 with **regard** to pwara of other eorporatlonr.

The geimral r&lo in tb l aao of **ordinary private**  oorpcretIona Is **that** the oorporatlon has l uoh l8plledpowers as are reaaoCabl7aeeesaar7to ~arx-7 oat **lta** Orproms **powers** - aot~eoe~aarll~ ir~lledkt~aaoaablt lmslled.

Under tlm wel&t of there 

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we arc impelledto hold **that** lBdepaCdent 8ohool dIatriet8ma7 dlapoae Of propert a0 1-r needed for School ptirpoaea 0x07 I? it la neoaasarfto 40 80 to aaqulreother propert whloh la more l

ultablo. You **atat*** 18 7orv lotter that Thrall **Independent** School Dlatrlothas no such objeotlre %n derirlng to make this aalo. It la our opinion that it **eannot** 0011 thla propert for the porpoae **0s** pCtMCg the **prOMOd** la the loaal uiatemsoe ?uad **0s** cold Aimtrlot.
Xe bellore that the **quoted** Artlile 2WS amwer8 tour qaeatIonaBwbOmd 8, 4 **mnd** 6. lJB4U this 

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the provisionsof the Cot areatlq the UIatrIot l bove **quoted It**  18 **not** 8eaeaaary for the Conanlasloner8~ Conrt 0s YIlil~~8o~Oonnt7 to l BtU CC 

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l nthorICIC8 the proposed aalo, nor $8 lt Beeeaaa~ for the **Coantf** B00ti Or iidUC8tiOn, ~088 it %C ?SOt 18 thC E~C8rd Of ~ruateea of **the** Thrall Independent School DICtrIot,t0 **pa88** an7 kind or rosolotlorr 

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Board 0s JMaaatfonto 

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ouch 0810. IO bellow that this utiale 8100

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Honorable H. A. Bod6e8, **Pace** 6



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I? the prorIalonaof Art1010 9993 me rollwed, l aaumI~~,of eoaraa, t&t fee simple title Is la the Board, auoh title me7 be oonre784 to a person who ia not, a mmber,,o? the aohool board. Thla answera Tour question Roe 2. Ahe Otif remainfng qaeatfonto ba l n a wemd thereran Is roar questionlie, 1.
It la poIntoh oat In T~O~PSOB vs. Xlmo Indepcrndent Sohool DlatrIct (CIT. App. 1925) 859 s. k. 868, And in Royme Independent Bahool Dlatrlotvs. Relmhardt, supra, that Independentsohool dlatrIotaare loos1 public corporationa

of the 8010 general oharacter88 rcnIolpal corporatlona

but for school **p)upoaea** 0x&7.
In Woods ‘IO. Potter, 6 0.1. 41, 95 **P8o.** ll25, it la held thct members of oltr oounaIlr oooapy a pocltlon o? trust and .?e bound to the came maaare ot @od felth toyartthehl

r oooatItaent8

that a trustee 18 to hi8 oeatoi quo

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*The rere Toot t hat l 

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. . . It will be presumedthat 

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~aInat his OWD.~ lfooda

t. Potter, aupra.
To the acme l

rfect, 2ee Moplllcn on l&mIolpclCorporationa, Sea. 1242.

IOU are, therefore, ld+Iaed thet a member of the Boerdmey not bay the land end that the proper prceedame to be followed b7 the Boerd o? Truateea of the Threll Independent SohoolDiatrlot In 8011~ proport 00 lonqer needed for Aohoolpurposes Is thet met cut in Art1810 2975 (R. C. S., 1925). whloh ln **effect** prcyldeat

The Board of Traateea must wet and n&opt a raSOlUtiOB,

evldenolngthelr daoIalon to cell the land8 then the oonaaot of the State BoarA nut be leonre6 md

### thir evldcnocd6160 w l nrolotlong mad rlnelu the PreslbiM of tha board 0r Trurtaer 0r the Thrall taa0- pondwit Sohool DLtriat muat oxeaute the dood to the prospsotlre pnroheser,6nd the 4004 must rralte thr rmolutlons Of both ths Threll fabependent Sohool Dlrtriot Board and th6 ststo Board. Tta6 rosolutloa br the 10661 **8a6 StBt6**  Boar68 l hould r*olt* tb plupo66 

### ror rakia(rthe rals riaa6 8uah male woulQ be ralld only if the laad ~66 ‘oh xith the objeat or buring oth6r l ohool land.
Your8 

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APPROVEDOCT23, 1939

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