OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

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### the .Stateper onpita apyrtionmnt is dl8tribatad apoa&sai& common end iadojmndeot school di8- triot.* . ..qaer the govisi~~~n of rxtiolc E'i420to aktribotkmtk zo~~y'ccllocted ~roxXm tax OILa pm



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of “thsstats pr &itU ap;.rtiomcsnt~ a8 the.r~le by v!xichthis comtyWidO tar if.3

~t0h diiotXibUte&. ;6 a?lst 1005, thOOrCfGXO, ta the **xulen GVUU-X@**  **Wm Bad%**  **pot c~~iCz!**  **appm5fi&art*** **39** a **guide in**  **dote*** **tk0 +xitant**  **QUBS~~OSL .** 

**-: Estiolca**  **I, ?eotion**  **ii, of**  **tka-constitution of**  **%xas Qrovia3s**  *+ * * 'ma0 tba avzilabls sohool ,fUndhorcfa -. 'm~~ided elxG1 b? distributed to tho sevaral.cotitiss lwGezliniq. ours) aoaording to t:xAr ~chok~+tlc ~@,LI- . . tion and applied in sachza~~~?r as kaf bs ~zwlded by 13x.* _ Es Lagislatuw 

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### .pocodura’ rlir csrryW out tka ~urpoacs &-this provision ot the ConstiWtioU by AZtic13 EGfJ3,

T:.6r _ 1925, rhtichraabin part: .*Cn tbe.fimt'ol"rach =on$h; the &xv **L** superintendent **shall pamrate.**  to.**the a8veraL**  **CO~tiOS; &t&as.**  **tkQ6 th1&8**  **tid SC** **’ hool**  **di&triOtn .**  **‘ ~**  oon8titutiiog**863XWzlte** 

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. acaording to the st?hol.astio populntioQ of esah the available school ;tone~oolloatsd Our& thi preaedi!q mGnth * * *a :. .

trlit~s-So&ol.astia poptiiatlon~3.n suab couiityonly.. z inasmu5h as hl'tiO18 i%%fB &FlWWb~~ pEGliid8U that t&e paroco& of the county-wide tar thotiin paw&dad aSmU b8 distributed won ths saw3 basia'that the -Sat9 per . OaFi'yaapportloment is di5trlbut8d* it Could see5 to foxltithat a county-line sohool distriotwould bs olctitlsd t6 012&0.it8.‘8hsX8 Of Et OOXUrt+~idS $8X be8Cd Ojly OR it8 saholsstla populatZon in that county. Applyiag t&la prln&’ 

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### sgealfia situation outliwd in your brief, of .theCarllale School Distrfct nhioh lies 

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### 6wl.prt4 in I;uskCouQ~y, it Is WIT opiQlon.th8t t?le cS@,itlh Dkstriot iS GXItith!dt0 ShtrXeh the PrOoOeds Of the:E!uakaoaQ~y eqr;nliz2ltiGQ tQX, b&Nd Only bQ it8 SGhOhStia.poptietSon in Eusk OouQty awl not QILits soho~stia pqnilatsoR iQ boy& couxltie6. 

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coonalualon~not by r888m Of the ep~C!atLOa Of the eplLd.iafZtLOQ "tlRsiS" set out lxxthe :- . "tlRsiS" stat@tj 

### ftaelf,88 outlfned above- but also fOr:t-he,rcaSoa _ stat@tj 

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ET. Joe C. Glar'ney~ Xarah 1, 1939, Xaga.4

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# t&s cixi.stent a~t\aiityoftax . burden8 bottmen the Cherokee and the I?8k county y=ts Of the distriat is inherent in the verynsture of cornby-lisa bfetriats. r8 canuot t* to correat the.evil by a strained CGUltNCtiOU **Ot th,iS**  **8tStUtO. .**  of &upcon vs; :FeMotoa Comou County Line 6ah0olDiutrlat, 275 3..%. 449 (wit of erxvr refused) ta+ich **pou** hsva X8- . ferred us In yo$: brief, In that GaOe various -yrs, : 8ohool childran end pare?ltsof.sobool childro:,of tmt )?sr2 of Llano County ~Mah had beex included in a ~ountp%dde school diatriat with r;nrt3of Xfinsoti end Cm :W3 aoustfos brou@t mit to 6sok 50 &cGltlN tho distsiat void. It had beau ametqrl by spmial act of the L&slature in lS23 under tbi,%z_pro3dcuttirity of the oor&titutionel ezesd&ent, &2ble 7, .';8ation3, adopted is 1909. Flaiutiffs contended .1 'thywera inju.l'dby the ClWltiGll Of the GGUUtY.liaa 6i3- 3riet in that the Llauo County ?zchool ?ev%st pund yialds ~F-j+i)en bcorii OS $5.03 per yeear ger 8O!rOu5tia, -hereas ~the :.~:w end .m Caba County school funds-yield ouly flPty ~~~>Ie~t~ 8mi ;l.Co 1WSpsGtively. ~The hmtip COUl% Of civil L ~pwm ~u~tabxyl t&a tdel~court*s disniseal of th% suit, .. .-.

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