**OFFICE OF**  **THE AlTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

HonorableHomerL. 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#ir0r the etath roar 

### reqwd, ~4 which ham 0 

### to w tn **proprriaq** our 0plLnlon. 76, as l neatrd in the 19IBS

ooditiaatioa 8~10, provi484 only thet rerideatr0r ats might **vote for**  aouaty 8shool **trw**
seatlon **8** 

### or not8 **1937, 40th**  **Legl818ture, Firrt**  Cmlb&Queion Chapter tU, page Sil%i (ArtiOle8948-r., $@I

### tiw 8, Veraoot8 Tow8 Civil 8Nattlt.u) pr0vbQs **a8** fallarsrXommble Komr L. Kt%im, Page 8

"One oounty trwtbe ahall be eleots4

### rr0m the eowty at large, and one from eaah ~Omai8- slonere9preolnctby the totem of the dletrlok under tha eupervleion of tha aounty trusteesan4 no eohool district not under the aupenl6lon ol suah trustees shall partioipatein their 4140- tlon." %;e do not consider it neoewary to determinewhether there 18 a eonfllatbe&wean th8 l buve quote4prwIaIon an4 Artislegk39f3

8in4e Artiale 8476 he8 been 

### l ub6equentlyimuaea 8p44iri0aijr 4erIgnetlngthe penons entitle4 to vote in 8aob eleotlonsand would be oontrolllng UJ a more reoent exprearlon ot the LegislatureIn 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 morethen 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 4xerol8e4control over oon8olI44to4 in4epen44nt*oh001 4IstrLts 8n4 that andor 

### l xIrtIag ler **qaellile4** votam **in** Su@h **distriat** dld not hmvethe 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-enaatinEthe **above** quoted provld~os~,

viilidating

the el8etidnor tru&Oea theretofore l leote4 In aeeordeuoe with tholr~ prwlrrions,elMnat1~EonorabloHomer L. #&88, pame

5eotIon 2 thererrom,



## ana In oonfllot therewith. repealingall 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 statuteapplloableto aountles generally.

It is our oplnlon that Article 2676, ns amended, oontrols the answer to **your** flr8t questionend only qualiibd voters or oonsmon

end oonaoltdate4Independentaohool dlatrlete of a oounty sre entitledto vote far oountp school **tnmtec at**  large.

A elmllar rulingwas 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 truste68shall be qwlfrIe4 vet8rs or the praolnetor oonnty Xrorh.WUch they are eleeted, **8nd** four of themshall 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 sympathywith Che pub110 rree aohool.
. . .* Artidle 2630 **doee** not purport to deiins the quallSisatlonsOr 0ouaty tmrrtees. The requirements or Artlalo 2477 with referenae to the realdenoeof the aounty eohool trustee at large only requires that snah trusteebe a resident of the county 

## rmn whloh he la eleate4.

It is our opinion that a countymhool trwtee at large 1s not requlrrd to reside in a OO~QQOII or oonaolldate4inaepdmt 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