OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY **GENERAL** OF **TEXAS** AUSTIN,,.; - 

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

*sso. 2. Said tillanoIndepsWent School Flatriot shall have and **onjoy** all the right@, powers, prlvllegor ar?dduties oonferrod and imposed upon ladependent nchnol dirrtriotsincorporntsQ under the General Laws 

### 0r the state ofTarar.
"sec. 3. The msaagemnt and aontrol or all ra!ioolafrairs or the Mlano 

### IndependentSohool Dfrtrlat 

### an oreated **by thl8**  &at shall bevorted in 8 

### Board or WY~D Trustae8, who sha1 be eliotad b3 th0 gUIiiffed YOter8 Or #cliQIndOpendent BOhOOa Dlstrlot 

### atthe time **and** in themenner provtdrd **bp** tb0 fm~rai mtutbs r0r tb ei00ti0n or trum~8 la 

### indepsndent

school dirtrlato; provided that i5aKadiot~ly UpOn the 

### takin6 l it4at Of thi8 **A&** the county jUd60 of tilam **oounty**ahall order an 

### l loot%on to **be** held 

### inraid IndepwibOnt School 

### Dlrtriot ior the purpose 

### or cleating 11ovaneohool 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 inApril, 1919, andwhich row shall **#wve ror**  **one**

### year**or until**  the **fir& seturday**  **in April**  lOl.6~and their **nuocaoaors**shall bo **alsatad** rrom time to 

### tlasas prorldod by the Uanera .Statuk# govoraing truatoe eletetionein 

### 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 

### stillopaxmtee uwdar tha **above**special a&8. **Art** 16le 2781, Retired Cl711 Btatut*r, 

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"The 

### Boardof TrUrteoo Of ray Oity or town or any iaarpendoat sohool dl8triat way employ 8 auparintaabnt, prisoipal, teaahar, or other em- **,outlvs** orrbere in

### theeahoole 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~hoolstherein r0r 0

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**Ronorable** T. M. Trlmble, Page 8

tern not to **exoeed** ffve yeare. x11 twelve-month Oontr6ota 

### madeby tru6teea of ini!6?6lld8nt sohool district.6with 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 

### 1989-1940,1940-1941end 1941-19427 If 60,we think that **by** mutual oonsent they could emend their existing contract 60 66 tomake the aontraot Qover that period of tiac. OthOmii66 not. It re6OlV66 itself down to the question **a6** towhen 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, itwould be (Llititation of two **pare.** Coat 6uoh oontreote are sta&Ct,

and lnanif'86t~it 16 &OOd praCtiOe that they ohould bemade 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. ?zedo 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 lsevinglthe p6rtie6 **to rake**  **a oontraot**  

### oovering**any** thr68 year prfcd in the **future, amy** 

### atom 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 

### year6beginning with t,henext eneuiB& eohool

. To us thi'aconrtruction Ieem& themoat 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 

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