OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

01 whether tha 

~provl8loM OS Artdole 89998 

6d Civil 3tatute8, or whstlmr 

reii;ulateo the 6i66ti0n 0r 

6 tomu for whian thay h&d 

29?9a, Vermn*s Annotated Civil t3tatutes, pmVldss in pa33 Yb3 foikW5t 
"SOO. 2. IA MY woh olty or town oanrtltUting ~II i&d%p~d*nt 30h001 Clatriot, * * * 

Twa. 3. iA all ruch Ei.BtriotB + * * 

*sea. 4. xotios of all s1rot1l2ns for truateas Ln Xndepondent School Pfatrioto thoretofore created by-spwial Aot uf ths Lagirlature 

and havU12 lnoluded WithtA their b~unduiim a 

oity whose population wa8 in 6x0~08 of t?OG,- 

OOG * l l .= 

At rLt8t gu~oa it tight apysar that suotlon 1 applieil 

to all Lnarpenitent rbehdl dfetrlots and a:so Lo indupmaent 

86hool dlstriots havllra themln a oltj of mm th8n 2G0,GGO Innhabitants u1G to auah dlstriota wxqcising suah oitlss, LouBTcrf ,iye bra id ttha OpiAbA Cbut SSOtiOA 1 oovere QAiy iadepandant sahool diatriote iA whioh thore ia loaumd a oity or more 

than~~GG,GOG lnhabltants ad suoh diatrlots OOEj@biry rush 

aover Xl1 

ia the tlret plaos it the Legislatum inCond6d to 

inaopendcmt uchcmf districts, then the ~&au *inoludingl oitie* 0r a population oi lii~re than 200,000 aaoordtng 

to t&6 last prroedlng Federal Census" would bo entirely m. 

Aea08sary. In the saOcAd >&We, the aa~tion o$ tJU otigfnal 

Aot (aat G+ind Loge, RI Ye, 9. 2. 222, Cha 319) provide8 in 

Qurt it8 souowlsr 

"An aot tixin2.the nuaber Pnd tersl of oftioo 

Or SOhOOl trUSt8dU iA.IA&QOAbAt si3triOts hUVIng a popubtion 0r i.xare thrin 2OG.oGG by the last 

prsosdinng Podaral Cmau * * *.* 

The oaption olearly shows thst all indqmadent sohool 

diatrlotr 'ilb.rS not inolu&sd, biit, rather, only thaw 0r nmce 

thml zGc,oco lnhati'tiaat8. see Sniith P. XOrtGR %dUptm%35t 'ZOhoOl 

slat. ib.&k Diam.), ES5 S. 3, (Ed) 653, which held to thi8 stfoot. 
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.'.ttioh 2777% la, therasore, not ippplicaltlo to the 

Oragorf Indsgmnd~ant r;6bool Distrlot for tvm rtmsons: (1) 

There is 00 city OS more than EOO,OO(i inhb:taxits lwsted 

withh ths Gregory district; (8) The r;regcry dbtrict ia not 

a otty-oontro1lod district . 

Artlola 2777, Verzmn~s hnnota*ed Civil ;;tatutas, rmds 

as follows: 

"The advan oandidater rooefrinc: ttis &u-gent 

numb6r OS votes at the Sir& eleotlon, Jnd the 

mm30 vr iour oatdlcktos reoeiving tho largest 

nuaoer 0r votes st all eubtmqmnt el~otions, 

rmhall be cntitLod to move as trustees h8reandar. 

Those alaoted st the Slrat eleotion ahull deearahe by lot tho tam for wklch they are to PONB. 

The Sour wesbburs dmwlrq nubera one, tmo, three 

and Sour shall serve ror ona yoax, arla the tkree 

nsnbers aaiilng tho numbers tlvA, siz tmd seven 

b4.l aurvve ho parta, car ,xnt :A the second tir 

April thereaiiar .md uztdl their Yuaaeadom *LFU 

oldotad Aid :lLuffS'l;od; ana ragularly thereaStor 

on the first 5utur&zg In April OS %am year, Sow 

trilstoes and three trust&s, altornate;y, ahall be 

shoted ror a term of two poor8, to mooaed the 

t;ruatees whom torPl ohall at that tla8 expire. The 

rpemtms or tba ward rerurlnin(; artcar a vaoanoy shall 

ii11 tiie 8uJz8 r0r the unexpired temQ.* 

The c)rf@ory Xnckpfmdent 3ahi)of 2iLltriot wae oraited by 

spa0 la1 eat : Acts lQB1, 37th Lqlskxturs, 1st CsUed Seanion, 

;;ptmtil Lam, ;louee Xii 30. 66, Cbaptor 42, pa@ 239. lie are 

lnfonmd by thr Data Capartllislot of ZduoatLvn that this Aot has 

not bean a&isndad. ixtotion 3 OS said Aot vested the uamagement 

and oontrol 02 tM d2strlct in a bmrd of devan trunteea md 

appointed mven lndlviduals es tba iirst boar& of trustees \tho 

should UOXVB %ntil t!io tisxt pncral elootI.cn for 5uoh trustoos, 

nt whioh tlr& t:mre ~~11 Se elootad A Suli -kxmrd oi mveii trustQ8S + * ' .I' 
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iiith respect ii.3 the teru3 0r 0rrtO6i 0: i3~0!: tn;steoe 

we ~,wte rr05h saia .-jeotioa 3 JS r0li0ws: 

-ha ~OLT~B 0r 0rfi00 0r tti6 OOYBB tmdlteo8 

ohoeen at the Sirrtt gtmeral election after the 

ptwmge of this Aot ahall be divided into tmo 

ola~~s, and t&e iner;bers shall draw ths PlSSerant classes, the Sax draulng n-bars one, two, 

thrsa and row, tiu&lleerva one y-r, ti+at is, 

until the wxt Suooeadlng regulvt eloatiofl 0r 

triisteres 0r I.ndo;londent soho dli3trloto .md 

u~tilthe5.r ~uoce~~ura shall hum bacn duly 

elootod and r,u&lificd; und the tkrae ta&ars 

dxawm mmbers rive, rLr Jnd Seven, aim&l 

wrva two yOar3, ttat Is, unttl We seomd suaoaodinc: rJsnerai eluotion 0r truvteea Of indepanda& aallsol BLstriots, until their uuoocissor8 

ohail bnvs bean duly el.soted and queltflad, and 

regularly thereclftor saoh par Sour trugteas 

and threa trustees alternately eha:l be eleotad 

ror a tera oS'wo years to ouooaed tea trustees 

whose tam 3hall ut that the OXJ;ip3*" 

Section 4 of ;:ouse 3111 ;;o. 86 provider In pmt. a8 

follassr 

*The Board of txwt~so 0r 8aie Gregcry Indepmde.nt 3cheol Ciotriot 8~~6 heroby meted 

and oharged with all the xlghtr, powea, priri1E&8S and-duties OonfSrrsd and iitijxmed by the 

Qen6mA -da 0r this state up0n ti-iiste0s 0r 

Ladepandent scrbool dtstrtote oreated and orgaalzed under the Gaasnrl Iaws of thla aHate,* 

Although the words used fn Artiolll 2777 and thist part 

of seotfcn 3 ikbovo &oted ara s0mewh.a dl.Srare?lt, th6ix 6rre0t is the sUL0: rrynoly, ttiat the Sour truvtass drawing the 

ifret Sour nunbera shotild LWSWJ for one yww .and the three 
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