**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS**
AUSTIN



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### 2922r, **00nt8iidm MOOM**  

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### a orlty 

### rural huh 8ehool

### dttrlot rOta 

### rtan8lrotloncallrd for 6uohpurporrrj andprovided **iurthor, that**  

### thr8816~onorabla L. A. **X0048,** Fag8 2

**board ot**  oounty 

### rahoo~ tN8t888 a8~ ioroa iural high rahool4l8trlctomtainln~ mom than eatan 

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di8triOtB Upon 8 tOtO Of 8 

### Z4jjority Of th8 qUBiiii8d VOtera in 88Oh Of the 018~8~tBr~ dirtriOt 

### within 8UOh prOpO886 rUr@l high @Oh001 

### di@triCt.* Arti 29226,**RbIi8ed** civil StatUt88, 1925, prOtidr@:
"The county **board** ot tNata~8 of **two** 

### or more adjoining countirr ah811 hare the authority, u the 

### srittrn order of 8 asjoritf oi the **mambrrr** o 9 l aoh CountJ 

### boar4 001100~84, to l 8t8bllah 8 county 

### ~1118 rural high 8abool dietrict, end to daaignata the oounty vihiohahell

### hare auprrvlalonof raid oounty 

### line rural high eohool dirtrlct. Sal4 oounty line rural h&h aohool **diatrlot** ahell be eovarnad 48 other tural hi&h rchool dlatriote herein pro

### vldad **for."** (Un4 rrrcorlw our8.1

In 

### Cdwlty

School ?ru8taa8 ot Lubbook 

### county ~8. Earral County Line In4apen4ant Sohool 3latrlot (T. C. A. 

### 1936), 95 S.V. 

### (24)204,Xrtlola 

### 29226wee appllad by the 

### court in 8 situation 8lall8r to 

### thatpra8anta4 in your latter. In thet 

### 0888, thr Countr Sohool Trustee8 of Lubbock County had baan giron 8uparolelon and control 

### of theHerr81 County Line Sohool tletrlot which lay in **Esla and**  Lubbook CoUntiaB. The Lubbook County School TNBta88 **081184 On**  l hCtiOtl an6 **8ttW8Qt~d t0**  @-OUp 

### thi8COUfitJ line echool 418trlct

### withanotherdietriotto 

### form 8 NrBl hQh @Oh001 

### dlrtrictcontslni~ 

### mora than 100 8qUBra **dlea,** without **tir8t bati!q**  **BOOW84** the OOIlBentOi th. County School TW8t.88 Of R818 COUlt~. **Thr oourt**  held **that** the Lubbock County Board @Ct@d beyond it8 authority, 4nd iu 80 holding, **8tBkd:**



### VIara tha inhibitionap.ainrtthr 8nnar8tion of the territory o? one **ocunty** to that oi *not&r ?or 

### thrpurpora 

### of creating **8 rural**  huh aOhoO1 dlatrlct, without ftr oonrant given in the ssnnar provided in 8814 titiolr 

### 2922a, **ir,** 

### under the above rule, **plainly** prohibited.,..'&loh 

### l +8a18 

### 18 **pl408d** by @pp@l14nt@ upon the right Of Lubbock County TIU@t888 t0 take 

### the 6CtiOXI**8fOra88id** kC4U88 ti81# County he4 thar8tororr l urrandarad to Lubbook **811** BUp8rriBiOll Of th8 echo01 BitUBtad ifl the tOSritOr7 l abraoad in the Har.xal. County Line 3iatriot, **Bnd** 

### wtiloh ln4ludad **8 p** **’ rt**  **Of R818**  **COUllty, on4**  **@am@ had**  bean l xeroi8e4 aontlnuou8l~ **minor about**  

### 1916. TheHonorable L. **A.** ~:0048,i'aga

### 3

LagIslatura mmt here known, whrn It enacted said ArtlOla 

### 29224,that there -8 prOb@blr than, 

### or would tharar?tar **ba,** ntmamua oountr llna aohool 4I8trIct8, both comon and In4apan4ant. xeturally l eoh or thee@ would have to ba 8Upa~I884 ?rom one county to 41014 oon?uaIoo. I? the mare rI&t 

### or @U~@rVi@i0~ 

### gsva thr 18~81 rQht Of 8lUl8II3t:On to 

### r-s rural high rohool d:@tr:otS, whr l naot meld Art1018 29224, in It8prraaat **broad** laneuaga,,?or 

### In every ca8a xbhera

### a comon or In4apandaEt 418trlot had bran forned, ouch 

### rITht E? auparrialon In one or tha other o? the 

### tw or lorr counties would be present? 

### unacubtadly, tb3 le~I8latIva Intent m8 to prohibit any such annastationof tarrltory upon the prasant tect8, ?or the situation here Is to our sin48 plainly whst~could .hnrs bean ?ora8ean a8 exIatlng In sany c8aaa when ,Irtlcla29224 ~49 oaat Into its pramant. verbage. Tha language la apaol?Io 8fld@&dt8 O? no doubt. Tlia:resant 8ituRticlnis net ylda an exception, .saIt should hale bean, ard ooula aseil~ bc.ro bran, it suchhad bran lntonded.”

It 18 olrroplnlon that t&n County Fosrd of F.chool Txurteaa or the county having, adainistratire control of 0 oounty line school district la rithout cruthoritfto conduct an alaotlon and group or annex suoh diatrlct to snothsr school dletrlct to term 4 rum1 high echo01 dletrict, wlthcut tha consent o? each oounty board O? aahool tNSt@e@, (I8pmvidbc in Arti 29224, R~+lra6 Civil St8tUta#, 1925.

Tcuro 

### varytruly
ATTCRXSP GE:IBRALCP TSXS

Cm& C. Caaunaok

A88istant

ccc/O@ APFROVDJm 11, 1940

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### APPROVED
OPINION COMMIRES