OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Hononblr L. A. rood8 

Stat. Suprrlntrndrnt ot Sub110 &nrtruotlon 

Audi& Tour 

Dear s1rr 

We era in reoa 

w purporor over crrt8la 

I ruoh rohool dlatrlctr 

to ion8 8 oount dirtrlot 

than 100 rguarr 

containing ahox-8 

rlthout thr con 

ODB Of Art1018 29220, 

trurt808 of @@oh or 

the oountirr Oounty llnr rohool dlntrlot. 

Civil Strtut88, 1925, ruthorltar 

888 to (roup or annex rohool 

no to ibra rur81 high 8ohool 

trd Clrll Strtutrr, 1925, rastlr aa 

88 provided in ml018 2922r, 00nt8iidm MOOM than 

OZM hundred rqurrr alla@, upon a rota of l aa 

or th0 ~8iirm rlroterr in thr mid pmporr a 

orlty 

rural 

huh 8ehool dttrlot rOta rt an 8lrotlon callrd for 

6uoh purporrrj and provided iurthor, that thr 8816 
~onorabla L. A. X0048, Fag8 2 

board ot oounty rahoo~ tN8t888 a8~ ioro a iural 

high rahool 4l8trlct omtainln~ mom than eatan 

8l@.X8Ilt@r~ 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 9 o 

l aoh CountJ boar4 001100~84, to l 8t8bllah 8 county 

~1118 rural high 8abool dietrict, end to daaignata 

the oounty vihioh ahell hare auprrvlalon of 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 provldad 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 29226 wee appllad by the court in 8 situation 

8lall8r to that pra8anta4 in your latter. In thet 0888, thr 

Countr Sohool Trustee8 of Lubbock County had baan giron 8uparolelon and control of the Herr81 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 thi8 COUfitJ 

line echool 418trlct with another dietriot to form 8 NrBl hQh 

@Oh001 dlrtrict contslni~ mora than 100 8qUBra dlea, without 

tir8t bati!q BOOW84 the OOIlBent Oi 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 inhibition ap.ainrt thr 8nnar8tion 

of the territory o? one ocunty to that oi *not&r 

?or thr purpora 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. The 
Honorable 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 It8 prraaat 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 annastation of 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 ,Irtlcla 29224 ~49 oaat 

Into its pramant. verbage. Tha language la apaol?Io 

8fld @&dt8 O? no doubt. Tlia :resant 8ituRticln is 

net ylda an exception, .sa It should hale bean, ard 

ooula aseil~ bc.ro bran, it such had bran lntonded.” 

It 18 olrr oplnlon that t&n County Fosrd of F.chool 

Txurteaa or the county having, adainistratire control of 0 oounty 

line school district la rithout cruthoritf to 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@, (I8 pmvidbc in Arti 

29224, R~+lra6 Civil St8tUta#, 1925. 

Tcuro vary truly 

ATTCRXSP GE:IBRAL CP TSXS 

Cm& C. Caaunaok 

A88istant 

ccc/O@ APFROVDJm 11, 1940 

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