OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable Homer L. Moss 

Cat&y Attorney 

Fheeler County 

'Sheeler , Term 

Dew Sirs 

tar 0r lW8h 6. 

1943, in whlah you l abmi 

oplnlonr 

qautlonr for 8ur 

brief an4 anOly#ir 0r the etath roar reqwd, ~4 which ham 

0 to w tn proprriaq our 0plLnlon. 

76, a s l nea tr in d the 19IBS ooditiaatioa 

8~10, provi484 only thet rerideatr 0r 

ats might vote for aouaty 8shool trwseatlon 8 or not8 1937, 40th Legl818ture, Firrt 

Cmlb&Queion Chapter tU, page Sil%i (ArtiOle 8948-r., $@Itiw 8, Veraoot8 Tow8 Civil 8Nattlt.u) pr0vbQs a8 fallarsr 
Xommble Komr L. Kt%im, Page 8 

"One oounty trwtbe ahall be eleots4 rr0m 

the eowty at large, and one from eaah ~Omai8- 

slonere9 preolnct by the totem of the dletrlok 

under tha eupervleion of tha aounty trustees an4 

no eohool district not under the aupenl6lon ol 

suah trustees shall partioipate in their 4140- 

tlon." 

%;e do not consider it neoewary to determine whether 

there 18 a eonfllat be&wean th8 l buve quote4 prwIaIon an4 

Artisle gk39f3 8in4e Artiale 8476 he8 been l ub6equently imuaea 

8p44iri0aijr 4erIgnetlng the penons entitle4 to vote in 8aob 

eleotlons and would be oontrolllng UJ a more reoent exprearlon 

ot the Legislature In the event suoh oontliat should 8xkt. 

Htlele 2676, Revired Clvll Statutea, 1923, aa8 

~404 by ,&ate 193E, 42k14 L@&., 3rd C. S., Ch. 34, p. 9@, 80 

88 to prwl4er 

*The general menagement an4 the eontrel of 

the publIca rI-08 8Oh@OlO an4 high 8shool8 in uoh 

OoWty, wle88 QthWWi8e pX’OV14od by law #hall 

bo vwted ill riv4 @I oewty MhoOl trort~r 

l loetoa flwm the cmlnty, (we 0r whom shall be 

yeer8. . . . 

44X8.) 

s6ettOXI 8 PXWViaOa that tb0 ht 8h4ulb apply to al 

aountl4s hwlng not le88 than LO,868 an4 not more then 10,JIO 

Inhabitants by the Iart, preooUirq$ Fedex-ml 04n8a0. Section 3 

do&are4 (up rraurgmay beoewo sf the fwt that the dottnty 

Board of 8ohaol trwteu 4xerol8e4 control over oon8olI44to4 

in4epen44nt *oh001 4IstrLts 8n4 that andor l xIrtIag ler 

qaellile4 votam in Su@h distriat dld not hmve the prlvIle&e 

at voting for sahool trustee8 et large. 

This &at wW a$aiI3 4msadd by Aotr 1934, lard Leg., 

Bnb c. s., Oh. 88, p. 108, br re-enaatinE the above quoted 

provld~os~, viilidating the el8etidn or tru&Oea theretofore 

l leote4 In aeeordeuoe with tholr~ prwlrrions, elMnat1~ 
Eonorablo Homer L. #&88, pame 

5eotIon 2 thererrom, ana 

In oonfllot therewith. 

repealing all laws or parts or law8 

It is evident tbzt this amendz.ent was passed to 

ellmlnete the oonfuslon caused by Seotlon 2 of Acts of 42nd 

Le6., lat C. S., Ch. 34, p. 90, and to make the statute applloable to aountles generally. 

It is our oplnlon that Article 2676, ns amended, 

oontrols the answer to your flr8t question end only qualiibd 

voters or oonsmon end oonaoltdate4 Independent aohool dlatrlete of a oounty sre entitled to vote far oountp school 

tnmtec at large. 

A elmllar ruling was m&de by this Departmut. in 

oplnIon dated Febraarf 9, 19321, a44resse4 ta Hon. 0. X6. 

Mann, Letter Book S60, page 927, in oonatruing the mm4 

language In Auts 42n4 Leg., 3rd C. S., Ch. 34, p. 98, although oo rsrerenoe was made therein to Seation 2 of that 

Aet. 

an 

Artlels 2677, Rwlw4 Clvll Statutea, lQE5, proVIUU the .gmir204tiOru or aounty 8ohOOl trtwt444 and reads 

In part a8 r0ii0w8: 

The oovnty 8ohool truste68 shall be qwlfrIe4 vet8rs or the praolnet or oonnty Xrorh .WUch 

they are eleeted, 8nd four of them shall reside In 

dirrermt dosmiseioners~ preelaats. They 8hall be 

of go04 mral oharaater. able to read and speak 

the English language, 8hall be persons of good 44ueation, and eball'be in sympathy with Che pub110 

rree aohool. . . .* 

Artidle 2630 doee not purport to deiins the quallSisatlons Or 0ouaty tmrrtees. The requirements or Artlalo 2477 

with referenae to the realdenoe of the aounty eohool trustee 

at large only requires that snah trustee be a resident of the 

county rmn whloh he la eleate4. 

It is our opinion that a county mhool trwtee at 

large 1s not requlrrd to reside in a OO~QQOII or oonaolldate4 
inaepdmt soho aistriet, but may be a rerrlasnt of iin inaet?dont sohool diatrlat 1x1 the oounty from whlah ho 18 tleot- 

. 

Yours very truly 

ATTOBXEY OXX+ZAL OF TlLUS 

APPROVEDMAR 18, 1943 

ATTORNEY GENEFiAL OF TEXAS