**OFFICE OF**  l?lE **ATTORNEY GENERAL**  **OF TEXAS** 
**AUSTIN**

HonorableJamma K. Evrtta Dl#triotAttornry ~pasas, Texas

Dear Sir:

whioh you subnil

The county Sahool met on neptomber9, 19 whloh purportedly oon Comon Sohool D IndependentEC& county. Bo ala

**nion of**  **this** doprrtment **now** efieotive **aa suoh.** 

ty sohool trustees ahall hwe

aoholaetio

populationand fndopendmt rohool illstriote

hating 10~s than trs huMred and iitty aoholaetlo

population for the purpose of eatrbliahhing

and operatingrural high sohoels,.pmvided alao that the county sobool trust@ee mar amex one or more ~oiumon eohool distriots or onenonorabls James K. Rvotts, Pegs 2

or more Independent sohool distrlotshaving less than two hundred and fifty soholastlopopulation to a oom!non

aohaol dietriothaving four hundred or more soholastiopopulationor to an indepandant district having two hundred and fifty or more soholaetio

populationupon the approval of the boerd of trusteesof sash sohool dlstrlotaffeotsdi provided that xhen one or mom oonmon sohool &IOtsiots are 60 annexed to a oommon school dlutrlot having four hundred or more soholaatiopopulatIom, or to an IndependentdIstrIothaving two hundred and fifty, or mars ooholastlo population,as the oaae may be, a board oi txusteer shall be slsotad from the distriot at large and ahall have the managameot and oontrol of the,dIetriotas enlarged until the time for ths next alaotion and qualltloatione of trustsee for oommon and Indapsndsnt alstriots,as prarldod by Oenaral Law.

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The oaso 0r county ward of Pohool Tntstetra et al V. Gray et al, **42** 9. W. **(2&l** 697 (w, Z. Ref.) dealt with tha z$:on of a ocmmoa? eohool dIstrIot to an fhdmpendontoohool The oourt In oonstrulng Artlola 29%2a, et seq., rile the **rdlibrsSIg** mitiosfqtt

wo al*otionwa6 r.quIrsd. !rhe 

### oonrent ot the trustow of bath dimtrlota was euffiolrntto authorize the annexationby order o? the U@unfy Board 

### 0r Sohool Trusteos.~
The oaae of Barnhartv* county Board 

### or gahool Trusboos oi Young Oouaty, lb8 9. W. (2d) 770, 8180 dealt with the annaxatlon oi a o-on sohool dlstrlst to an In4apandmt sohool bistrlotunder Artlob 29220. We quote from the opinion of tha **oouxt** 86 mlowt

aIf It oould be said that the patltion by the two trwteea or tha Flint Onok Cionwa Rshool Diatrfot **oould** in aSy nay atirot ths nlIdItY Of the order of the oounty board In Rnneling that dlstriot to tha Graham ludapanbant DIstrist On Map 9, 1935, the dafaotawwo oured by tha validatIng Aot of the &l&h LsgIslatars,1935, Regular ges- ~lon, ohap. 221, p. 530 (Var%an's Aan. OIv. -3. art. 2e15g-7), vhhioh aot beomm sfreotive Mw 10,Rouorable Jasm K. Yvette, Page 3

1935, as well also by the Aot o? the Firat Called Seasion, 14th Le&alature, 1935 (ohaptort&8), now artiole 2806a, Vernon*s Am. Clr. St..whIah aot beoame l

??eotIve on Ootober 17, 1935. Thea0 validatingaots ooverc0almo6t every aonoelvable irregubriby, OYOrSight, inadvertenae, end barn+ ,108s aamlI0tion In prooeeaingsleading up to the ?ornation,deelgnatlon,oonsolIaetIon, and ahnaxatlon in.matterso? school dietriots,and, a0 statad,we believe the aouuty board was warranted In aooaptlngthe petitionand request of the two trusteesof the oomon 8ohool aIstrlot ail in go@ ?aIth being the sot of the board o? trustees o? that dietriot,y8t these broad validating rots nere paeaed by the Legislatureto set all suoh apparentdab.atabls,derloisnoIos at rest; and we thlhk they:ara sui~loimntror that purpose.v

we a0 not ?Ihd It woewary to 

### aO0ia0 whetherthe annexation

was,valia 0~ otherwi88. We .klImva that even ii .,*.the oom?mlIdatIoh wer~lnvalld, IlrtIOla ~28158-25

Is amply' : au??foiontIn Its tsrw to vslldata the ?om&lon of the
~.. sohof3l~dIstrlot. Seotlone 1, 2 and 3 of hrtiele 2815-25 

### xaaa as rollowat

i ’ "Gaotlon1.: All Sohool DIst~iots,,,I&WUhg

Common 

### soho rdstriote,

### niaepenaent sonool’ Dfstrlats, OonsolId'ated Common Soho DIstrIots, ~Rural Righ Sdhool Dlstriots,all OaamtyLIne Rahool Distrlata, lnoluding.Oounty Line Common Sohool Districts;Oouhty Line fndepeadentSohool DIetriots,County Line Consolidated !&muon Sohool Distiiots,

### cOusty.&inO~ ~OnsOlid&i86 

### Ina~pena~t Sohool Dlstriots,

OoUty~Linr Rural %iIghT?ohool Dlstriots, and, D$strlots formed by Coneo~datlon

or Rurel High sohool Dlstrlotaand o~utiguOus~Inaepenaent~Sohoo1

Districts,aud all othe.~,Suhool Distrlote,group8 or annexationsof whol~~:'DiatrIots or parts o?,DIatricts by vote o? the people roaidIhg In auoh-Clstrlots or by aotion o? Gountp Tahool Roar&a,whether areated

### by Oaneral cir r:!peoIal

Law In this Bate, and hsretoiore laid out atidestablished or attemptadto be establishedby the propar o??Iaerso? any County, or 

### by the LeglalaturbO?Honorable Zamea K. Evetta, P%g% 4

the State of T8X%%, find heretofore reoognized by either State or County suthorltieaa8 Sohool Dietriots, am hereby validated In all zeopeota 8% tflough they had.beenduly and legally eetablished In the 

### rirat instanoe. All sots of the Board% of Trustees In such ~Plstricte an8 all Comulaaloners* Oourts in ordering an eleotion ,or elaotiona,daolarlng ths results or such elootions,levying, attemptingor purportingto levy tare% rar and on behalf or suoh Sohool Districts, and all bond% iaaued and AOW outstanding, and all bond8 horetorore 

### v0tsa but not yet.kaaued,ana all bona aaaumptiontax eleotlons,‘ara hereby In all things validated. The fact that by Yqadvertenoe or oversight 

### anr sot or the 

### orrioer0 0r any 

### countyin the~oreatlon

Ott any Distrlotwas omitted shall in no wise lnvalldatssuch Diatrlot~ 

### 8na the ra0t that by inadvertenooor oversightany eet wae omitted by the Basrd af Trueteee of any auoh Dlrtriot or the Cosnale%ion%r8~ Court of any County in ordering an eLdotlon or eleotlons,or in declaring the results thereoi, or in levying the taxee ror suoh Dlatriot, or in the lssuanoe of the bonda ot any suah Dlstriot, %hall iA no ni%e invalidateany of suoh proossdings or any bonds 80 ieeued by auoh Dlatriots.
*All eat% of the County Roards of Truetea%. of any and all Countlss in rearranging,ohanglng, or aubdivld5.ng

euoh SohoolDlstrfots or lnoressing or aeoreaaingthe aree tbereot, in any Fohool Dlstriot of any kind, or in oreating new Dlstriota out of part% oi existingDiatrlots or otherwiee, are hereby in all things validatsd.

"sao. 2. 411 Sob001 Dlatrlotementioned in thla Act are hereby authorizedand eagomr%d to levy, a%%fw%,aAd oollsot the a%me rate or tax a% 1% now being levied, aesesead end colleotedthemIA, and heretoforeauthorizedor attemptedto,be authorizedby any eot, or aots or said Distriota, or by any Act, whether -Gmerhl or rfpecial, oi the Legialaturs.

*i?80. 3. This Act shall not apply to tm~yDfstriot, the organizationor oreatlon of whloh, orHonorableJamaft IL Evatts, Pago 5

oonsolldation

or annexationof any territoryin or to suoh Distrlotwhioh 1s now lnvolr%d ln llti- &ion, or the validity of the organizationor oreatlon of whloh, or aonaolldstlon or annaxatlon at territoryin or to suoh Dlstriota, is attaoked in any suit or lltlgatlonpending in any ocurt or competent jurladiotlon which has been filed hrretorore or wlthln tventy (20) Bays arter the 8ft8Otlte date of thla Aot. Prcwldid furthar that thla A%t %hall not %pPlY to any Dlstrlot whlah nk%y hat% bson @atabll%hrd'or oonsolldated,

and whloh ma **later** 

### returned **to** lta orlglml **etetue. ”** 
Chief Su%tio% Our&on, apeaking tar tha **Suprome court**  in ths aaaa 

### 0r Anam90n County Rowi Matrlot no. 8 T. Pollard, 296 S.~W. 1062, had the following to ear regarding validatingclots:

Tha gonaral and e%t%bli%ho#rule is, rihet the Legislatureaould hare authorlsed

### in the first inatanoa it oan ratify, 1v at the time or ratlrloation it haa thr inltlal authorityto aubhorlco."

**kid** 

### JwiOo aritt, ~peclki~ror the Oanrari%8lon r Appeal% in tha ease oi Lyford IndopendontSohool Dlatrlot at al v. WUliaar IndependentBahool Diatriot et al, )O S. **W.** (Zd) 854, raid the followlag:

Vhe validatingaot 

### ln **quaatlon** la not a apeoialbut a genaral law,.and the power ot the Laglolatureto enaot auratire atatuteror this kind la no longer an open qu%atlon la thl8 at%fb.* Me aleo Twing t. Rhodo%, 16 8. W. (2d) 258; Tom Onan county Y. Moody, 289 8. WT. 3811 Brown t. Trimeott, In&ependantSohool Dirtflot at al, 34 S. W. (2d)

. In 

### view or the,

rooMgoing authorltiea,It la tha opinionor thie dapartmentthat %v%n if 

### the oonsolldatlon

were invalid at the tlm% of the ardor of thm aouaty Sohool Board, the oonaolid%t%d dlatrlot 1% mu, by virtue of it% validationby Artlole 2815g-25,a legal %%hool dl%trlot.
Very truly your8
ATTOBBEYOBWBBAL OF TKXA?