OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXA% 

AUSTIN 
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888 

“This artiole shall not apply where 

it ehall be determined at (ui eleotion 

held within such ofty,or,town by majority 

vote of those voting thereon that the 

territory or any +rtfon thsrsoi to be %o 

embraoed shall not thereby beooms a part 

of the indepmdent rohool distriot oonaticutsd by 8uoh oity or tom, but shall 

be taken into the alty liarits for olunialpal 

purposas only, ana shell rszaein for ooh401 

purposss a portion or the acijaa6nt indep%rident 

or tmororaon sohcoJ ciistrict ati though said city 

lFQit% had not b8en sxtendod.* 

As this departanmt held in opinion No. O&10$, 

ths trwteee of P oonpllpon soho% diotriot have lega 

authoorfty uxder oertain %irouimtanoe8 to %aploy M attorney to repreeent the distriot. The deter&mmt au to tih% 

sristanoe or authority in auny paxtioular oam is whothar 

or Aot tha &att%E iS one ml&tiAg to &#hool afiati% whO20- 

in tha intsre%te of the eohocl are involred, ea dirtbnguiehad rMi the personal iAt%X95t5 of the tru%t%ee. Arrlfagton 

v. Jones, (C.C.A. 1917), 191 s. 5. 361j aaraing et al 'I, 

Rnymondvville Irrdep%ndent 3crhool Dirrtriot (O.O.A. 193Is) 

51 8. W. (2d) 886; Orares and EIoutchena Y. PieaoAa Ed 

Indepacdent Sohool ljlutrlot (@*&A, 1922), 2543 5. G. 698j 

Stewart v. Hewton Independent W.ko01 Dirtzriot (Q.Q.A. LO$Q), 

154 S. S. (26) 4293 84 8.C.L. SO9j 3V ‘26X. Jur. 945. As 

stats& in the Arrington oafs33 

*...It ia provmm3 that the trusteea 0r 

the crehool dietriot, aa (a body Qorparnto, 

laay ooiltreot and bs %ontraoted with, ,%ue 

OF be %u%d, plead or be iinpisad5d in tiny 

ooimi;,;f thif state of aomp%t5nt &risstatute:. 

artiole 2&S!, Vcmon'r SayI.%%* 

Aad. the tmLste56 Of the ,%oh,ool 

clatriot aim11 hav% tiie managrurant and 

COAtrOl Or th% pUbliC3 5ObOOl Or th* bf8- 

triot. &xtlales 282S and 8898, Vernon’s 

gnjrles* Statutser Thtrre ia ne authority 

exprssely given tw trustees to Qpiplo~ an 

attorney to brfu~ a suit in b5hnlf Or 

truetees a&,Il& a teaanac to Oari a 

teachins osritraot. $ut having the ~BW%P, 

a% trust%%% ham by the term of the 

atatuto, to oontraet and to 8U5 ad bs 

EU0C in CiiO courts, the authority r;n th% 
HOnOr4Dl6 8. C. 3ta&e, Jr., IFag. 3 

part of trustees to 05p1oy an attorney 

to lnstltuto and prooaauts an aotlon in 

their b4half would exiet a5 a'naoessary 

lhoident of ths powers to aontract and 

to 4u0 am3 to uuma64 and ~oontrol th4 

affa&rs *nd inter4at of th4 publie s6ho41. 

mat* V* iivsn 4t al., io Ark.,891, 67 3.vir 

78&; 6 Th45poM on Cosp. (&I. 1894) g 7361. 

For the statute doss notmab it the duty 

of the county or d$.stri& attomsy to 

sopresent the trustees 'ln legal roaeodinge, 

In whioh they are intorortod. 3 ill 44 the 

trustees hav4, aa w4 think, th4 power to 

employ an attorney to reprosant them in 

14gaf ~rooeedingr resp4otihg 4ohool affairr, 

the authority would exist t4 wy su4h attorney rsasonable ooapenoatiiaa out of the 

ep44ial malntenaca~s school Rind In ths 

managemsnt ana aontrol 02 the trustbaa. 

Art1014 3773, Yarnan% Saylos' Statut4fi....4 

ita, believe it ir 014av that the affalra of a 

eohool distrtot are lhtipacrt4ly involvsd in a @oatrovony 

arising wit or stops taken under Arti 3304, aupra., 

by a siuhicipality constituting an independent oohool dlrstriot. LBocoovor, the L4glaLIture aoht4aPpLateU that 

jwmtloiabl4 leeuee would ari44. A8 statsd by the Court 

in WashFngton heights Indspsndent Soho J&&slot et al 

V. Oity of r’ort Sorth (C.D.A. LiW3) ES1 3.W. 3U,,wrlt 

dismissed, in Interpretin& A&lo14 k34, Oo5plst4 T4+as 

dtatutes 1939 (whiah Artialc is now tbs s4oma paragxmph 

of Article 980'5, &viosd Civil SaWtea, lQ86)t 

Y'hle pa'ovision 4irldsnt2y adaus to 

authorize the abjuetrsnt of quiti betwesn the two authorities voluntarily as 

OP bv a 

sltuatioo 4xistl&, and thfa amexation in 

no manner resulto in taking 0r property 

without 405p@nsatbon.w (Underrooring ouw) 
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890 

Eoonorable 2. C. Staglo, Jr,, Fag4 4. 

Oonoequentiy, It is the oplrdon of thin 

drpartwnt and you are rsepeotfully advi#pd that ~t$s 

truetaos or a ao- rrohool dtstriot m&y etaploy an 

attorney to repressuit th4 dietriqt fn a 0,ontrvvsrey 

ariohg out of aorion taken by a m~iaipallty 

aonsiituting an Independent sohool disttiat gwauant 

to Article .2804, blevised Civil 3tatutw, 1925. swh 

attorney say bs paid out ot the apeoial maintenaaos 

oiwitsol of the trueteea. 

v*ry,tru1y yours, 

ATTQRXXY’ C+IsIU iW TXXA3 

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