OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

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COxIon ana snao?mmut SChWl dlstrlcto ol tbs ~wlskty OQ 

.- . 'ts?, m basis tha% the .State per onpita apyrtionmnt is 

dl8tribatad apoa&sai& common end iadojmndeot school di8- 

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..qaer the govisi~~~n of rxtiolc E'i420 to aktribotkmtk zo~~y'ccllocted ~roxXm tax OIL a pm 

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. - me Act ite8l.f pre*iAbei aa baois of “ths stats 

pr &itU ap;.rtiomcsnt~ a8 the.r~le by v!xich this comtyWidO tar if.3 ~t0 h 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 ,fUnd horcfa -. 

'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 ;irrsmUed tb .pocodura’ rlir csrryW out 

tka ~urpoacs &-this provision ot the ConstiWtioU by AZtic13 EGfJ3, T:. 6r 1925, _ rhtich raabin 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 saju?ol qrganizotiom, 

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r. roe c. cladney, tc'areh 1, 1939, rage 9. 

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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 couiity only.. 

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'ya apportloment 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&’ 

pie tathu sgealfia situation outliwd in your brief, of 

.the Carllale School Distrfct nhioh lies part4 in Cherokee 

6wl.prt4 in I;usk CouQ~y, it Is WIT opiQlon.th8t t?le 

cS@,itlh Dkstriot iS GXItith!d t0 ShtrXe h the PrOoOeds Of 

the:E!uak aoaQ~y eqr;nliz2ltiGQ tQX, b&Nd Only bQ it8 SGhOhStia.poptietSon in Eusk OouQty awl not QIL its soho~stia 

pqnilatsoR iQ boy& couxltie6. 

33 hqva b0fm fom3q to tbls coonalualon~not coonalualon~not rarely 

by r888m Of the ep~C!atLOa eplLd.iafZtLOQ Of the "tlRsiS" "tlRsiS" set out lxx the :- . 

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

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

sort tit5 amem mt ii&lea?.ed by tlw &X&Ate ior mnatioued 

byths OOBStitUtiGU. 

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The mason for t&s cixi.stent a~t\aiity of tax . 

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?lts of.sobool childro:, of tmt )?sr2 

of Llano County ~Mah had beex included in a ~ountp%dde 

school diatriat with r;nrt3 of 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_pro3d cuttirity of the oor&titutionel ezesd&ent, 

&2ble 7, .';8ation 3, adopted is 1909. Flaiutiffs contended .1 

'thywera inju.l'd by 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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