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AUSTIN 

C.RO"ER S'ELIERS 

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'ihe chll&?en in Titus r&a attmded tha 

Bovine school .K&ost lOO$ in'the yea? 1943-44. 

Iwfact, th0 ~Bovina:achool.ran itg bus in this 

8m+ tin-the 1943-44 toma.~ ‘. 

' "For'&he &k-45 tern, ~I~e‘chl.ld~eu lUw?ise. 

~$tenfi&?ovix.& end we&e likeylse hauled in the. 

-DooJlla bus. . . . 

*For the futgre., t&s tax ix&ter is of eours8" 

settled, becauce this land is Included'in~$kMma 

Imlapende~t. School District '&uUer.the ~consol.idation election flask year, and the 1945 end follow-. 

lng yearts tax *ol.ls vEl1 Igclude same in this 

district, but the $1356.X7 collected ,last year, 

plus the mount o? approxkately $49.00 tI33t vaa 

on deposit, plus'dclinquont tax pag;n,ents that nay 

bwkmde over futura years, presents a raal problexn 

to us here, and vu would sipcerely,a~preclate your 

advfse on,same. 

"Various suggestions have been made:' ' I 

(A)that the funds Ln,the. bank, plus future 

delinquent. tax pements, olemly belong 

to thm 6~vtia distrlct;,clld that the :- 

him: sh&Ld h'ithout fu&+er authority 

turn such eds over.to the &wina dis'+ot. 

(3)~ Mat this' Courity'~Sudgo :(?&-Officfo School' 

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%he Dew Mexico diatrlct, dfnnppointed ti the 

x&thdraval ofthe Texas sohool from the or3.gi.ns.l 

Consolidation, will not co-operate and m&e a 

..~vritten.release on the funds8 but apparently is not 

'ass&tlng any cl&m thereto. . 

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-Opkloh~Do.'0-~~18 of this Departmsnt,.dated'A&il . 

20, 1945, is pertinent to your inquiry. The request for. - 

.opinionwas made by IIon. A. D. Wth, Couutp Attornsy of Pamer 

County, Farvell, Texas. EL3 r6qtiest was as follovst ', 

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'! '"3 seek yixar opinion reg&dZng tipprox- : .' 

imately $1800.00 do&lam of school funds belonging ta the Former State LIne'Common 

School Distrfct. ., 

'lfliis school, District was ori@.nallyCommon 

.School District IJo. 6.of this Comty. Under 

Article 29133 D.C.S. th%s s&o01 district vas . .~ 

bonsolidated vlth a school distriat inhew 

f~extco and was knovn asTexas-DevXexico School 7 

District PO. 1. This consolidated district 

oparzted for several years aa such. 

"In'lg43‘the subject district disregatied - 

its pact vftn the SZE&e of STcG~ IXextco and was 

consol'idatscl vth DWIIIA I~~EFi?XEq~ SCEOOL 

DI3EWX. In ck-k3co 129 Pi3 K-m XstSct Court 

or" pal-acli? co-@iy3. nxai~. IAll ~~:::ao-~:ov. X~c3XiCO 

School District :,3 filed. stit to onjoin this 

purported comolidntlon. Our District Court held . 

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th;ha Ori$nel Pact, Ar$Pcle 2313.Iu~constitu~~~. 

e.ud upheld the coqnol.i?atioa with 23XEA. 

'case vas &pge&l.ed to the &?arillo Court of Civ$l 

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"Astmdng tk&&ti& 2913a"ls u&onstl-. 

tutional aa held by the Court ofO%vLl~Appaels,,~ 

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the taxes levied by said.district would be un* 

conntitutloml,. sZn6e they wexi not.levled by. '. 

a valid authority. It is our opiniQil:that olily 

auch'km as have been auth6rized by-t&s Bovixa. 

DlstrLot stico thg oa?solgdstio?J of the teruiitory fomorlg a part of .the Texas-13%~ Matico 

Dlst~lot aud collected fron the tazqxiyers of' 

.ssid te&itory, and.torritoi$ of thsorQ$nal -" 1 

Bovlna DiatTict, would belong to the Bovine 

Disti%ct. The taxeo in the ban?c were leviod by' 

the Tcxcx-Xov Wcclc~ Distpict md &pcmited in 

the bauk In the nam of'said diatriot. The.benlr, 

no doubt, has mde a bond in favor of said 

dintrlct, cozlitfoued on the @'e-X&pin3 of. 

saia fula, c.ncl in alI.pmb~?bility would rcfkitio 

t0 pk?y tb3 EiOilOg tO t?i3 DoYina DlStSiCt UiiLOSS 

authtwizod to do SO by the Texas-ilev Ife%100 

Mstribt, or by a judgrmzit of a'court of competent 

jurisdiction. ;. '. 

"Tim Attorucy .Genoml is wltthmt authority ~~I.. 

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