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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

county Attorney 

San saba county 

San Saba, Texas 

Dear Mr. Valtsrs, 

o have his nap 

is&al ballot as a 

to: trustee shall at lead 

efore eleotion file a writuest ulth the County Judge of 

ty ia vhioh std.& distriot is 

looabe&, requesting that his name bo 

,plaoed on the offi&&l ballot, eto, 

azxl further providing that fire oc 

more resident qualified toters in the 

diotriot xiy request that certain nnms 

be pri.nteclr 

Oelpt of The County Judge, upon resuah written request, sab at 
Honorable G. A; Valters - page 2 

least five days before the election, 

shall have the ballots printed, as povided in this act, placiug on the ballot the uame of oath candidate oh0 has 

colnplied with the terms 'of this act, 

etc. 

SThe Count7 Judge wants to huor 

whether or hot this act applies where 

there are RIOI-8 than 500 scholastios, 

etc, aa 1s the Case in the Sau Saba Indepeudent &hoe1 Dlmtrict.m 

Article 2746a, Vernon*8 Revised Civil Statutaa, 

so far as pertinent here, reads as follows8 

*All of the ballots for the election 

of o school trustee in comamu school dlatricta aud in Dependent school districts 

having fewer than five hundred (000) 

scholastics a8 shown b7 the last pcecedlug 

soholastlc census roll approved by the 

State Departmsent of S&&cation ami exclusive of transfers shall be printed d&h 

black ink on clear white paper, of suffioient thickmess to prevent the marks thereon being scan through the paper, and be of 

mtform style aud dimenslon~ at the top of 

tho ballot there shall be printed *Official 

Ballot, Indoperdent School District,' ‘t;k number oi' name of the school 

district iz which tho election is to be 

held to be filled in by the Judge of the 

county wheu he orders the ballots prlntecj. 

Any person desiring to have his name placed 

on eald official ballot, as a caMlzLdate for 

tho office of trustee of a~ comnon school 

district or of au iudepenient school d&3- 

trict as herein provided shall, at lesst 

ten daye before said election, file a vritten request with the county judge of the 

county in which said district is located, 

requesting that his nanv be placed on the 

official ballot, and no candldato shall 

have his naueprinted on said ballot unloss he has con~plied wit&the pwisions 

of this Act. , ~xwlded that five or more 
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Eonorablo ii. A. Valters - pags 3 

resident qualified rotors ia the dietrict my request that oertaio name 

be @.nted. .The county &d&e, upon 

mooipt of such vrittun requsat, and 

at Mast five days bGicw3 t&B elactlon, 

shall hare the ballots pcfnted as potidedilltbioAot,pl on the ballot the name4 of oath tevhOhas 

oomplied vith the tams of thlo Act, 

and dolive? sj enfflcient aumrber of 

gclntalballoto and amOunt of supplies 

neoeesary for euch election to the prepiding offioer Of the 0leOtion at lea& 

one day before said efection is to be 

held, said election supplfes, ballots, 

boxes, a@ tally sheets to be delimxwd 

by the county judge by n&l or in &my 

other ranner by h3.m deemed beat, to the 

presiding officer of said electloo in 

sealed envelopes which aball not be 

opened by the election ofpicer until 

the day of the elsotion. * 9~ +w 

It Is thus 98011 the authority of the, County Judge 

vlth respect to the ord8rinin, - and holding of the election of 

tNSt0W is limitad to comeron 80h001 dfmtrlcts and independent school dlstrlcts haring fwaer than So0 scholastics, as 

ahwn by the lad praoeding scholastic c%nsus roll, ap~oved 

by the State Depq%sxit Of IfduoatfOn. Uherc;rs, in Other dietrlcts, the Board Of TNstees has such authority. (drtiCle 

2748, Vernon~s Civil Statutes). 

The rieva bore exproosed we clearly implied in 

onr Opinion X0, 0-Sm. 

Tours vary truly 

ATTORYl3T B- OF T 

BY 

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