OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 
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Bon. T. E. Trimbh, Pa&r 8 

*sso. 2. Said tillano IndepsWent School 

Flatriot shall have and onjoy all the right@, powers, 

prlvllegor ar?d duties oonferrod and imposed upon ladependent nchnol dirrtriots incorporntsQ under the 

General Laws 0r the state of Tarar. 

"sec. 3. The msaagemnt and aontrol or all 

ra!iool afrairs or the Mlano Independent Sohool 

Dfrtrlat an oreated by thl8 &at shall be vorted 

in 8 Board or WY~D Trustae8, who sha1 be eliotad 

b3 th0 gUIiiffed YOter8 Or #cliQ IndOpendent BOhOOa 

Dlstrlot at the time and in the menner provtdrd bp 

tb0 fm~rai mtutbs r0r tb ei00ti0n or trum~8 

la indepsndent school dirtrlato; provided that 

i5aKadiot~ly UpOn the ta k inl 6 it4at Of thi8 A& the 

county jUd60 of tilam oounty ahall order an l loot%on 

to be held in raid IndepwibOnt School Dlrtriot ior 

the purpose or cleating 11ovan eohool truet**m* *id 

truetoes when eleoted ahall aeet and organl%e a8 

prorlded by the General Btatuteo and r~ll~etormlno 

by law whloh three &all oorve ror two year8 or until the tire. Saturday in April, 1919, and which row 

shall #wve ror one year or until the fir& seturday 

in April lOl.6~ and their nuocaoaors shall bo alsatad 

rrom time to tlas as prorldod by the Uanera .Statuk# 

govoraing truatoe eletetione in frrdepondsnt rohool 

di8triotr.' 

The boudarier of the Matriot were enla~~gsd 87 

B. B. 170, 4th C. 6.. 33th Le&lattuxe. W. a16w~ that the 

Dlstriot still opaxmtee uwdar tha above special a&8. Art16le 2781, Retired Cl711 Btatut*r, made2 

"The Board of TrUrteoo Of ray Oity or town 

or any iaarpendoat sohool dl8triat way employ 8 

auparintaabnt, prisoipal, teaahar, or other em- 

,outlvs orrbere in the eahoole therein r03! a tax5 

not to erooed three years, prooidml that the Boa%?6 

of Trustee8 of an lobopendrnt rohool district 

whioh had a fmholartio population of 6,000 or mom 

in the last proaodine; rcholartic year may saploy 

a sugmrintendsnt, prlnaipal, teacher, or other 

exeoutire orrfoors in the ri~hools therein r0r 0 
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Ronorable T. M. Trlmble, Page 8 

tern not to exoeed ffve yeare. x11 twelve-month 

Oontr6ota made by tru6teea of ini!6?6lld8nt sohool 

district.6 with employscr herain mentioned shall 

begin on Duly first and end on June 30th of th6 

766X. tVSlfIl6tin~ the OOntraCt.‘ 

Assuming that no other contract 6toOd in the Way, 

on Ootober 27, l!XW, oould the parties have made 6 oontr6ct 

OOVeriBg the three 6Ohool year6 1989-1940, 1940-1941 end 

1941-19427 If 60, we think that by mutual oonsent they could 

emend their existing contract 60 66 to make the aontraot 

Qover that period of tiac. OthOmii66 not. It re6OlV66 itself down to the question a6 to when the three year oontraot 

mentiOn6d in Artlole 8781 lpary 6tart. 

IS the three year6~ to~ba 16666~266 fro86 the d8te Of 

thi6 oontreot? We do not think 60. For, in aotual pr6otfoe, 

it would be (L lititation of two pare. Coat 6uoh oontreote 

are sta&Ct, and lnanif'86t~ it 16 &OOd praCtiOe that they ohould 

be made before eehools close in the 6prlng. To hold that 

the three pare would start fraa the date of th6 oontnot 

WOOid here 6uOh OOntr6Ot6 ending while school 16 in 6886iOn. 

?ze do not believe auah 8 oonstruotion should bo adopted unlree oomp6116d, and inas spinion it 26 not. 

Doe6 th6 three gem provinio&apgly only to the 

length of the tar& of tho oontr6ot, thus lsevingl the p6rtie6 

to rake a oontraot oovering any thr68 year prfcd in the 

future, amy a tom beginning in Bepteaber 19481 Llkewi6e 

we do not believe that Wa6 intended, 6UOh conrtruction would 

be #nwhole6ome and is not oompelled. 

The aeanlne, 16rt i6 that the limitation it t0 a 

period of three year6 beginning with t,he next eneuiB& eohool 

. To us thi'a conrtruction Ieem& the moat rearonable. 

gt?ne~t 8B6UiBg 6chool year &ft8r Qotober 27, lPz@, WI8 the 

year 1939-1940. And the SOhO perr 1941-1942 is the third 

year 0r the oontraat. cur efrir6mtive en6wer follow6 to your 

quertlon. 

Yours very truly 

%W.ST ASSi&NT 

dTTOR.NEY CililNEFu,~, 

GRLxlh