## OFFICE OF



# TEE ATTORNEY 

# GENERAL

AUSTIN.TEXAS

Honorable

Joe P. Rlaok Qounty Attorney
"II= ";Z: , L

Dear Slrr Opinion No. O-5462 Rez Dlspositlon of money amI

proper~p of d4strlota upon fornatlm 0r rural high sob01 distzlot.
We have reoofved your letter of July 

### 19, 1943, whloh we quote in part a8 tollowsr

“The Gounty Judge of Menard Oounty, has a&- eU me for an opinion BEIto the following mtter. I have advised h5.mIn answer to said question, but a8 usual, he thinka thst he'should have an opinion from your Department. *On June 

### 19, 1943, an election waa held and was carried anuerlng oertain oommn aohool &latrlote wlth the lWmrdrille independent Sahool Dletriot or oonaolidatlng said distrlots under the Rural Iii& School Act. Vlome of these sohool distrlota have money on hand and own property, the question ie: what 1s to beoome of eald aroperty and rooaey? That is, said dlatrlots have looal tax money on hand and own busses and other property, but as 1 understand they have no banded indebtedners and the question la, 

## as state6 

## ebove:, whet should be %ane with thl6 property?* 

### 316

### ,317

Eon. 

### Jo. P. Flask, pade 2



### Wa do not hare bsfore ua the quastlonof tha o#tablf& 

### msnt of the aalargedUf8trlot,snd for tha purpoaeaof thj,a opinion, 

### W aPStUES that 

### tb sadbe

MS 1S@dly eatnbllshad. 

### Our aa&wer till, tharafere ba oonii5ad to the quaatlonof t&a properdloposltlonof ihe fu5da v5d propertyOf tha Individual **Ogt;;ttEV350hry dkZitdOt**  **UpOn ths**  **,: :fOI25EtifM**  **‘ Of**  **the Oa2gOh**  **ah-**

**.** 

### Artiimi 2922a,vsrnon'll &ADRtmteii

Clril 8ta0otea, 

### rrrta forth the prooedurewherabpa rural hl&h oohwJ,4lstriet 

### w br roradl. !&a a&hod nhatoby such a df8triotaay'be eboliahodla also girtlo.Buoh aethod 

### la aa followar

"* * + ~erldad that 

### tha eouaty 

### aah& 

## tru8teer.shall

hawe the 

### autkumlty to aboUah a ruml 

### high aoboti dlotrlot 

### on a petltien 

### ilgneil by a majority 

### or 

## tha*btcrrs of eaoh ' alamantarydirtriot ~onipo~ the rural high 

### school dlstrlotand whan euoh 

## district haa baan absllshadthe elasmntar~districta 

### shall automatioally rsoact 

### baok to their arfgiaal etattls,

*.iththe ez0egtian~that 

### in the otont **there a?3**  **tiny OUtEkDding**  

## inde~tOdne~@ k?k&atnst 

### the 8ald rural aohoel Ulatrlot 

### eash ela~~aatary dlstriot 

### ahall l

### aaum its porportlonal part OS the dabts." %han aahool dS8triotaare oonaoltdatad.tmdsr A&201@ 2806, Var5on~*~Anrmtati&l 

### Qiril Miatota8,the~diatriotaoonaolldated lose thair'saparata ldentlty. Bowever 

### tha fomation of a rural high schooldlatrlotdoss riot abolia6 the olamntary bishrlots, theraln. a5d aeparats.elanreatary soh~oJ.8

mst be 

### maintained Artiole 2922f 

### Chaatainv. Waul&ln, 32 S, Wi (2&j 2371MoPhallv, Tax Co9 

## eotor or Van 

## Zadlt~Oounty, SO S, A. 

### 2603Qounty Roam3



### or sohool Trusteeaof LigsstonsOountyV. Wilson, 9.8, W. (2d) 805 01s 2922~ upon the abol f OpinionNo. O-308$. AntI under Artltlon or the rural hi&& aoheeldlatriot, the eLomenta,ry

distriotareturn 

### to thalr original atatun.

### 318

Honr.JoeP. l”bok, we )

In 

### the oaae of ChmtaI~ v. ?dauldln, 

### supra, 't&q eaart **bad** 

### before it ths **gueetion rbAlth6r,**  **the truateee**  **of a**  **roral.** 

### high sc~ol dlstriotoould rccnove the 

### sohoalhmm or en elementarydistrictto another**Qletrtota** 

### 'So quote the foXle Sraa the oainfon sf the **eouxtt**



### * * * * In tiie

MaPhall Case **above, Judge**  

### Loaney 

### inholding

oonstltatloha~

the prorialona of ahepter 

### 19a,title 49, e&8 forth very clear

### 4 the purpoeee 

### and offee+ of the le,@slcitloa. As therepotnted 

### out,the ereupine 

### doea not have the afSe&of abd.h



### sohooln in the distriot,$h~e*aboll8hhfng the **ssrexel diotriat**  **bmtbs, ate**  **trulte.l**
or the grouped Qietrfot were 

### itweated

### withthe parrer and oherged 

### with thhs.dutOf coadudtiag 

### aahoolsand of abl.nlaterin@ af aoho81 property 

### and **fund8 rd**  **6.U the**  **dlstriota wlth3.n**  **the baun** 



## have the~wer to removo the eohool of the, Panther creek distrlot to the Sroavenor dietriot, 

### a6 that would have been a dioeroion of the property from 

### It8 proper purpoee an& object, The on3.0 eonsoXidatIon a.ff%oted

by the ~rou&xg wu that or the 

### Tunbi a,el- 'leotedfron taxationfor gsneraZ fualnCfmwmr The ownership

## or schml build~Iu@ of the several dietrlota rmalned thir propertg or those dlstriete end oould tat be divested or Intpatra& by the-trueteea of the mouped dietriot. %I believe and 80 hold that In at;teqMn.$ to **X$ROQ~** the %CrhQOl **bull&** im3 the trustees were c&out ti3p43rtomn a wbri;lly unauthorized aat."

### %a. **Joe P.**  **FlRok, page**  **4**

Upon the dlsnolakionof a rural h&h soho& distriali, oartald questions tight be ralud ao to 

### thepropiwty r 

### or the varloua 

### aletriotsif 

### themoney **aad** preparty 

### ari belong&g to the lndlvidusldlstriots had bean used in 0th~ dlstrlats or-in the edlerged dfatriat.



### Evidently~under

the Pauldin ease, and you are so a& vised, upon the 

## roneetlon of s rural.highsahooldirtriot,the trustees or aaid dbtrlat my 

### uwthe rUnas and zaparty or an ‘tlameatary dietriot only fdr the 

### beaetlt of said eleeeatary dlstriot. **Eowever,**

### we call~yourattentionto that **opinion** 

### or the **aourt.in** the Mauldin 

### ease whioh rea r rt 0r the 

### 8 **aa** 

### fellmat

a * * * Tha **trurtees** 

### sr the **goupea** Biatrlot have themamqamaat and control **or** the bulld&g 

### in'puestlcm,

and we do not hold that they 

### are without 

### a,uthorltg

under proper safeguards

### 1161: it8 return or replilomnaat te remve It p-mpolr2, rily to the Brenrenor 4lrrtrio0, TtUt Quertioa, ;- 

### -however, is hot presantaUby &ha pleading or **proof before**  **ah I** The oas+ a8 aado by the 

### moor4 /. 

### preaanta only the puestion **or Ihe**  

### poaior **or the**  **? ’**  Groirenor trusteea Lo ooavsto 

### the aohool. **bulldb** 

### 1. or the Panther Crbrk 

### &+rlOl.w

**!:** 

### We~bsllsrethat~uadart&la laaguagsIt 

### my by that **bua- .<**  mw aad other property of’ the elfmeatary di6trlot 

### uhieh 18 mwi$ 

### oeptibls .or Iming used DV~P.

### tho 3nlarged tietrlot nay ba LO .I used lr proper saf%gt~~Ie are takait t0 preasrva and p%WWt the ’

.progf&iy rights OS ths elmentaiy iU&riot. ii ,~. p: Yourn very truly,

A”PROVXD JtZY 

### 31, 1943 ATTOm 

### G53Wl?AL OB TEZAl3 (slgnsd)

Waver Seller8



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