OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

ortb6oeadotit6a 6h6tud. 
Eonarable p%. Y. K'ieke, T'age B 

G~ss1onsrs* Court ant6red a5 or&r r680indW tb6lr farmer 

Mder &FQhrtng the reS?dt Uf the 616OtfO5. 

was eutured ti a t6r0 subseqwnt to tba tern 

hdboenentsred Qaolarlm the road6 of the 

seostd order ruoitud Get tho Co6ml6&m6rs* 

,grUer had UZTJnWU61y dealered tb nrult of 

that the C0MiflslOBufs* t+rt now dealro8 to . _ -_ -- . _ -~ _ 

TtdS 800ond ilraer 

15 WhiOh tb Or86X' 

el~otloa, arid the 

cour6 in ik xix86 

6bo l l*etion aa 

~8d.ibd it8 r0~r __ ~- 

*0010n. ~J'56rearter WW Dlstrlot awg6 gnntud A.8 rot%oa to 

d%riUS tb. OORteSt OA the grOUBd that th0 ~t&iOll fti6d 60 

sll6g6 tbe 665pletlen of tb6 l 16etlon a55 that 8lw Distrlot 

amlrt VI08 dthout jurlsdlotioB. Afhrtb Dl8tr~tOaIx'tdlsalmad .8’s oatsuet the County Jud or4 6r d a mw l b6tLoa 6a 

hls 6ns rrotlon. -th ises a mr & e 

l luo t64 . 

l oti6aI)$b6mmhomly 

The Ba ud o f Tr tlst66s a i& no t h a ve u& y p a r t l.5 o r & r * 

the l leotion or 66nv6sshg th6 n-&t oi thk 66666d l hotlon. 

The Cmmlsdo5ers* Dourtaravesseil the ro8ultot tba aooo6 

ele8tlon a5d lssuad a oertlilo*ts or 6l6otion to 8, who took 

6hs oath of ofriee uid Tibd 

Coutitq Buporfateadent. 

ThS qUOStiOB *lob 

augalay 016Otud truste6. 

oiu anauur to par 

6l66tad eussoe. 

you ask 18 tdmthur A or B %S th6 

question is Q&At A lstlmle@ly 

We assat from your st866meat of taut8 that the Xirst 

els6tlo5, at which d ~68 sloakd, was properly hslL This 

Dsper6Runt hue already consl4rrd ths qlwtion at uhotlnr tho 

BwrU of Trustues or tbu tWmlssicm6ra~ Qour6 should eanwma 

retamui 3.n a5 eleetlon for a ~trurtra fn 0-n sohool clbtrlots 

4t5a *6tb6r #n mar& 6rTmast&68o*tbs aan6%sslon6rs' c6iu-t 

should lams tke ooastesion to the trustae elmetea. fn opinion 

Ho. 0465, writtsn by Iheorable 016m I?, IsriB, ASsbtsn6 

Attoraey Wnurd, to Honarablo C D. RaILI &maat]r rttarner, 

Rofugio. Teras, dated AprU m, 1939, it w6a kida 6hat nrtlolo e74t 

u? 6bo Ruvtred Clttl St.atu6e8, as tindub in lOb?, supmrs6ded 

Artfale 87466, so far as 0-n soWol bls6rtsta er6 ooaooraefl, 

*ad t&t %b.e ?aard or Truo6mes oi" 6hs OomuBn s6~ldistrlot1s 

t& pupor authority to utuzvtum tlawr6tyrae awl Quelare tb6 

result ox an e1ootton for a trustee or ale oolmotl m&e31 dlstriet 

sJl4 to tssue the aomaie&on to thr Erus6e6 oleot68. For your OeBtealsnab, we are enoloalryy Rar6ulLb a oopy of tht8 0 L&6& The 

IBum of Trustsss of t&e QOD~~OB eohoc+l 4% striat, bar % g 6a5~8ssdi 

the mtuzws amd deolar6d tbe result mi oh6 firet e10et16n;anb 

bating issued a ouomisshn 6o A, A 1s t&6 regal&.$ alooted tmast66, 

\mtl.l ,trho aetioa of tbe Bard of Tmstoes M thu umiwn s6hool 

di6tfiot is set asida by a aoqrt6eat 6uthorltfr 
The Coma.le6loarre* Court had no eotlvrltf 80 eunasa 

the yuturn8 or deolnra ths result of the elaotlon, ~011 &id it 

hove wthority to ltmue a aertifisete of oleetton. All or the 

auta 0r the Cmissloners* court ln tt.ls eonneotloa uem tburefore rotd. m aot or ths cuunty Jutlcp In anlerlng l spoalal 

ele,otlon was alao without statutory authority, and ths l leotlss 

ubfab was b618 undar tube ordur or t&s county Juuge was 02 am 

tome rm4 *treat. The rusalt at the mid oleotloa soul8 Bf 

uwrse hate no effect upon ths rigbt,Of A to hOId ths Otiiss 

6r sabool trimtee. Capua Stubbs 1. Yourmaml, aA%! 9. 1D. 6SSi 

(writ of efrar ditiswd). 

Of uooree tbe proeuoUlJag8 La Wbe 018trht COwt W 

SRt ~&I4106 A’S r%@t t0 hold tb aftice Of s&&W& tlW8t68, 

si*e the wait 'la the Mstrist ct0a-t was dlwlssed. 

Yory trtt1y yaars 

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