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

**GLuLoC.MANN Aruemw?QP(mAL** 



### Haa. ClintBarham **couaty** Attorney
. 

### Wath County Iltrpbatllle, Texar

Dear 81~1

rrwdre4 an4 quote rrom your

8 the oontrolllag 8tatute .oa80 It prodder that the rloation oaataraedby thr

reported to the county

~rsrultr +olarsd **by** the oomrPi8riOne?8
oourt. %?Om a reading Of thrre proririonr 1 8~ a0 bar18 top 8th di8tillOtiOll8 but iamauah a8 the **qUO8tiOXJ** 18 ma40 md **it,wfil.loOa** bo tima fOr trU8teO l laOtiOm 1 a8k that YOU @To me 70~ opinion an thssr qufrtionrgHon. QlfntBerhem,DaSO 2

'(1) Whloh **body** should OallYa.18 the **rsturar** of **trU8tbi** OieOtiOn8Oi OOIUIOM 8OhOOl di8triOt87 -(2) 'aloh bodt rhould Oanvam the return8 ot independent**rohoo1 dietriots**  wherein the 8OhOle8tiM Me 108s than 5000

"(3) 'Xhlah

body rhould aanta8ethe **returar** of ladependanteohooldiatriatrhaving 8OhOlasti08 Of more then 5007"
Artloler 2746 an4 **27&6a,** Vernan*r**Aanotate4** Taxa8 Civil Statutee, read **a8** follow8:

**=Art.** 2746. Wald **trUEltOO8** rhall **aDpOint** three (3) persO3l8, qualiiied **toter6** oi tha **dlrtrlot,** wlm shell hold rmoh eleotlunan4 naka return8 thereof to sal4 trwteer within

. iit0 (5) day8 after 8uOh elrotion,and raid **persons** shall ?eOeite en cc One Dollar ($3 enEatitXl for their 8erViOe8the 8~ Of eaoh, to be paid out o? the looal fund8 oi the sahool dlotrlctwhere the eleatlonwas **!mld.** The Board Of Truateea, when OrdOrlag 8uoh elCotloaen4 appolntinng persons to hold elootion, rhall give aotior oi thr tina **and** plaoe where auoh eleotionwill be held, 

### whlahaotfoo shallbe POeted l

tt:thFtO trlot at least twenty (20 I3) public plaoerwlthln the 418. day8 prior to the data of holbing raid oleotlonr Ii, at the tlple and plaar for holding 8~0h rlrotion,any Or all Ot th. p@?8Oll8 80 O~pOi@Od t0 hold 8Uoh eleotionare absent or **refuse to**  **mot, than**  the l &OtO?8 ~l'O8CUlt

may seleot or their 

### number 4 QW84Xl or per8oa8 to aot in the pleoe or those absent or retU8lagto act. Said Board of Trustees shallmeat and oaava88the return8 Ot raid oleationtit& rive (5) day8 after 

### return8 hare bean made end daalare the result of said elcotion

### aad i88UO t0 the ~?8CUi8 60 eleoted their 001tl~li8131OIl8 88 8uOh tr'l8tCC8, and shallnotify the County Judge or the County SUperlntCIIdeat ii the oountp ha8 a Srrperlntandent. Ae amended, AOt8 1941, 47th Leg., p. 1373, ah. 623, 61.”.

Hon. Cllat BarhsrP, pago 3

ickt. 2746a.

**_ .**  **“ a**  of **the ballot8**  **?Or the**  rleation **of a**  **80hool** truatae la aomaoa 8ohOO1 4i8trlat8an4 in ind8pm4at 

### l OhQol d18tr:&8 hating fewer than tlra hundre4 (90) 8OhO~artiO808 8hom by the last preoedin8 8OhOla8tiO OOLl8UO roll approved **by** the 

### StateDqartmcurt of Eduoatlon Md &Ohl8iVO Of t?M8fO?8 rhall b8 printadwith blaok ink 9 alear

### white **papera** of autrlolentthIaknr8ato pro

### tent the marks thoraoabaIng 8ean 

### through tha paper, and bo of MifOrm styla ard dfmea8fon)**at** the top of fhs ballot there rh811 b;a prlate4 ~OtfiolalBellot, IndepandsatSohool Distriot~, the number or acme of th rrohool

**distriot** In whrhioh the eleotioaI8 **to** be held toa be filled in by the judge oi the county when ho 

### ordara the ballota printed. Any peraon 

### do8lrlngto hate hi8 n8me plaoed'on eaid ottioialballot, a8 a 08ndldatoror the ofl'ioe

of trwteo of a oum8on 8ahool **diatriot or**  **02** an independaatoohooldiatriot a8 herein prOTide rhnu, at leaat ten'dapo.before 8814 aleotlom,rile a writtan ' requeet tvlth

the oountf judga of the count;t In whioh 8ai4 418trlot is loaated requa8tlngthat hIa aa01 be plaaed on the ofrlaIal~bal.iot, On4 a0 oan4ldatsahall have hla name printed on aai4~b8llotunlreaho hno oomplleawith the ~rovl8fOn8of thf8 dot resident qualftiedYoteza 1 prOTid8d that iit@ or more a the dlatriot na7 raquo8t that oertafnneime8 be prhtea. The oounty $&go, upon reoeigt or 8uah written raque8t, and at lehst iI00 day0 before the eleotion,8hall hate the ballot8 prlatsd a8 

### provided ia this 

### Aot, plaolng on the ballot th8 nam ot eaah aandldatawho ha8 oomplledwith the te?Q8 Of thf8 Aat, aad aallter a 8uffloIeatnumber of **printed ballot8**  and amountor suppliesnroesaary ror aaoh eleatfoato the p?SSiaftIg

otriaaz of the aleotlonat laa8t oae day betoro raid 8laatlonis **to be**  held, raid SlsOthI 8Upplia8, ballot8, **boxer,** aad tally 8haOtO to be drlitard by the oounty Judgr **by** mall or in 8ny othermanner **by him**  **4oama4** beat, **to** the ~residhlg Off foe? Of a014 bl.OtiM fn rOti OmdOpO8 

### whloh shallnot **bo O~OZIO~**  by the 8lOOtiOROffiOe? until the day of the slOOtion. The expen88a of printing the btilatr and dolivaiug lame to the 

### p?6Blding OffiOar~ togetharwith thr other expense8 lnoldantal to 8814 alaOtiaD Shall be paI 

### out of the availablemaintenanaafuadr 

### belonging to the 8OhOOl district 

### in w?iiah 

### aaid l 

### lOotioD. 18 helb, or to **be** held. The 

### orrioera OS aald alootlonHOJI.

Clint Barham, pa&a 4

rhall.Qarequired to u8e ths ballota 80 fU.rai8hOd **by** thr aounty Judge or prowida horoln. The 

### rlrotloa offloor shallmake raturna of 8ald OlOOtlOn to tha oounty ju4dgr an4 orrtlfy the result in the aam 

### menaer a8 18 n6w 

### reqU.ired by **law,** an4 raid ballot boxer whloh rhall harr besn fiuni8hO4by looal school OffiOiti8shall **be** rant to tha fJotUAty

judea and raid eleatioa?StUM8 8b3.lbe oanV’a88sd by tha CWni88iOnOr8 ' Court and together

### with ballot **boxer** 8brU !a oafsly **pre88.Wed** for **a period**  0s **threr** month8 

### next after the data or 

### the sleatlon. (a8 OQMasd 

### Auto 1935, 44th Lag., **pa 135,**  ah. **55,. 0**  **2.1"**

Your fir8t qar8tlon rsqulree the oonrtruotion at Artiolaa 2746 an4 **2746a, Vernon** **’ 8**  Annotated **Texar** Civil Statutea. F;tl;i:lativo history Of these 8tatutea I8 thorarorahighly

Artlola 2726 wa8 aaaotsd In 1915 and among otha thingsp&dad that the board 0s truate~a 0s ooglpcll8OhOOl 418trlotr ahould aanvaa8 the return0 0s truatee aleotlonaat , auoh **ni8triOt8.** Artiole 2746a was enaotsd in 1925 by Senate Bill 263 **or** the 39th Legislature,ml among other thing8protided that the **dofml88ionata*** oourt rhoula aanvaa8the return0 of trustee elaatioa8 **of** oommoa rahool dlstrlotr and 0s lnaepsndent aohool

### alatrlot8 hating loos~than500 8Cho~etiOs. Seatlon 2 or saaate aiu 263 above refarred to provided rot tha rapral or all laws in 00nr;liot. It la' our opinion that Senate Bill 262 rapeale and **8UpW8ed84** the provlslon in Artiale 2746 proviaing $02 the oanvaaalngor **trU8tkW** elactlonr6tuZn8 0s Oomlon 8ahOOl dlatrlat8

### by tha 

### board **of trurtras,an4**  t&t upon the parrago of Artlole 27&a in 1925 tho 

### ooipLlitisloner8~ **oourt** and not the board or trU8tW8 wa8 the proper body **to** oanva88 **tru.ter** 

### alt4otloa ra**tUra8** of oa~mola8ohOOl dirtrfOt8. III1935 tit+010 27&h ~a8 emended

by the 44th Lagi8laturoln only one reaprot, towltt thr **Da) ‘** **BWtt of**  sleotion l **XpWlS~8 Out**  **Qf 8OhOO1**  **fund8 Of**  the **di8triot** Instead 0t 0ti 0s the goneral tuna or the 

### oounty. In 1937 Artlo1e 2746 wag re-enaoted **by** the 45th Legf8htUN) it ~a8 amended 0dly to provide that the tru8tees ehould

### a point three Wallflea persons for enoh voting box of the diotr !Ot fnrtOa4 of merely thrae quallr~odvotara oia airtriot to hold the trust88

### eleotlonr. sootion 2 or 

### the sot, H. B. 762, 

### prOvide4 a8 SOllOw~r._

Hon. Clln~ a#rhnm, pg. 5.,

*8608~60 0r the raea that In 60fh4 aah u;8trht8 In Texaa there ia more thaa oao toting box, and wherera **undaf** thi old Statptea groat lnooat~la~oa ma aauaed to the reaidentr or aaah.dlrtriota bsoauar or the grw dirt&now whlaa ?na$t aeoaaaarily be traveled rad wherrar muah earing of tima ud expenar oan be obtalnrd

### by l llawlng the holdtie of ~~6ot10~8 IpOP OontMiMt t0 the rotary oreate aa emergeaey and an taperatlrr ublio neoseaity**that** the Constitutional Rule requiring b 116 to be 

### read oa 

### t&m P **several** day6 **br** eaependsd, **end** raid **Rule ia**  hereby 8uapeaded, ~4 -18 Aot almU- take SlVeot and **bo** in for00 on and after ita paoeeger and it is 60 qaoted.”
The 80%. ala.'& oontaia a rapalfng olauro, 2?&6 was again re-anaotad anti tumwled la 1941 **by H.**  **8, l,l?$:**  47th Leglaleture. The artlolawee mend& only with roapret to **the payment**  or **01eoti0~1** 0xptia66,providingfor the ptqmrnt or anoh expenao8 by the 

### board ot trWteee instead ot the oouuty, Then aot did’

not aontaln a repealing olaaae.

KPethluk the r0uOdng rules or 6tfitlttOP~ **oonatra~** tlan are pertinent and a plloablo to pour firat u6atlon. Xa Quote room Imrla* Suaher aad matutory Conetouoton, pager $41-E P P **34, 524+#,**  as iollowat

qhs oonatitutional pratiefon requiring anendmeatr to be made by eo%tiag out the whola 8aOtlOna6 amadd ~68 ' **not FatenQsd**  **to makr**  **any dirrsrent**  rulo as to the eifeot Of 6UOh #IWIld!6OBt#. So tar aa the aeotlon1s ahanged it maat rsoelte a naw operation, but 60 rar 86 

## It $8 

## not ohangod it would be dangoroar to hold that the mere nominal re-ansotmeat#atld hate th0 6rr40t or dlrturbingthe whole body of rtatutea.inpari mstuia whloh bad been pa886d 83506 the rir6t enaotmeat. There must be somethingin the nature or the new lo~alatlon to .show auoh an intent with reaaonable oloararsrbefore an lmplied repeal OM bo reoogalaed. ‘By **obeutlng** the O0fl8titUtiOllti rOX%II Or amending a 8@OtiOa or 6 **statute,*** 8678 tho OoUrt in 0110 oaar, ‘the legi8lahWe **doss** not axpro an intonttoa then to Meat. tha whole 8eOtiOn as **(Moaitod, .bnt**  **Only an**  lntsatlon then to eneot the ohaage whioh 

### 16 **indioated.** 

### Any otherrule at oonatruotlon ,would e~tiy intrtiuoeuwxpeotd result6 a+ work imat ~JMv6nDf6noe.

q**Hm. Cl&t**  Barham, page **6**

Vha sPraudmant

oparatsa to 

### repealell+.bS the aeotlon'daooded not eabraoed .fn tha amrndadrorm. tlona of the amondad aaotlonawhioh are morelr WithOUt ohangr are not to be oonalda~ed(1s repealedand

to have been.

the law at any time prior to the paaaagc, of tha amandadaot. Tha ahanae taker eiieotproapeotIvaly aooordlng to the general mfr. l ot **would** not rfflte **the** &rotiaI&i~ ia A repeal of that origlntip emote& On the OontrarfJ,

a repeal of the amendatoryaot **atmld bC**  a repeal of tha prorlaionatherein oontlnuedha foroe frog the originala&, 

### ‘*.

. . ~i%hsrs

a urotIao Is added to a eeotlonbd 

### nmendmrat

It all be atrlotl~ CCQ8trUOd and will be applied only to that aeotloa,unleaa a oontrary **intent** la oloar.* ~Fa@ziaIa addodl .

qapaal anA ra-anaotmant- Effcat or ra-anaotmaut on 3.ntarmadIata

ota .-This rubjeothas alraadpbran OWLI alderad to wrm extant la a roraer ohaptar. Where an aat la aaendad or r8v,crLed, and the rcmmar aat expresslyor by inp%boatIon

raplalad;saoh provlalonaof the old law a8 are l ubattitlall **re-eaaoted~** are 

### deemed to be oontlnuoua.

T *A later law wh oh Is merely a ro-anaotmantof a formar doer not rapeel an lnterinodlate aot whloh has qualifiedor lImIted the first one, but such IntarmadIatsaot wIl1 be,doemedto 

### ranalain 

### roroe,a& tq qua3lry or modfry the new aot la the aamamanuor as It aid the rirst.* This 1s aape0iaU.ytrue ii the Intarmadiatslaw la apsoial or partlaularand the re-enaotedlaw la a ganeral law nn the sane aubfeot. Where a law is amended and re-anaatedas amended,any intsrmdiate law ineonalatent

pith the new matter. lntroduoed, 

### or ohango **made** by the amendment,wI.11 be rspoaled. where a law la aubatantlallp

r+anaotad It la sald to ahow that the loglalature did **not regard**  It **as repugmn%**  **to an**  intermediate **aot to**  **aaxo** axten **ouvrring** the #am aubjeot. **A town**  ohartor **granted** in **1857** 

### forbadethe sale of liquor. An amendment made **in 1859**  gave power **to lloenar**  **Its sale.**  **In 1870**  tha ohmtar of **1857** 

### was m-enacted aA **th0** linit6 Or the **town** extended. This was held not to repaal ths aat oi **lLt59,** but to be a **mere** deolaratlonthat the 

### rot of 1857was

J

### Hau. OllntBuham,pqe **7**

8till **in** totoe, **~83 rolatsd**  baok to **the** 

### tiaeor 

### its original passago. SOOtIOn **5** or an aot Of Nevada Of 1885 ‘In regard to the oociponaatlon of **oounty** orrloera fixed the oozlpoaaation oi tho oounty oiilooraor Elk oouaty, **giving** the sherlfr oortaln **retbe,** the 

### dlatrlot attorney

a salarygot 2,000 

### and the auporlntandont of aohoolr a salary of 980 0. **l'ebruarr 23,**  **1887, aa**  lot
was ~aaasd to oonsolldate oortaln **oouatl OfiiO08,**  *hioh provided that dietriot **attorneys** shouldbe ex oftlolo 

### l

uprrlntendsntls

of 

### l ohoola

### withoutadditional oom armatlon. P On Uaroh **5, 1887,**  8e6tIon **5** o?tha lo% oi 885 uaa aaonded so aa to give the aherlfrot Elk **oouaty** a salarT or 34,000, In lieu or toes, an4 the aeotlonre-atiaoted inoluding the salary of $600 Sor the aupsrintscdont of aohoola. It was hold that the **only objoot**  **or** the aot of. 1887 was to ohango the oompeqaatlou or the ah~rlrf **to** 

### a salary, **that** it did **not** repeal or **aiieot** 

### tha aot oi Bobruarr, 1887,and that the district attorneywas not entitledto the aalar) or 3600 as ex oriioio superintendentof aohoola.*

It la our opinion that Senate Bill 263 OS the 39th Laglalaturorepealedand skporaededthe prurldon of Artlole 2746 (passed In **1915)** proriding ror the oanvaaalng ot truetee oleotIoq8or ooninon aohool dlatrlotaby the board of **t~tUt4BO8.** It ‘1sour rurther oplnlon that it was not 

### the intentionor the l,Sth LogIalatuo in **1937** to repeal the protislon or A,rtlola **27&a** providing for the oanvaaaing of trustee electionsoi oommon aohool diatrlotrby the **ooamla** aionerr~ ooourt in their ro-enaotmentaud amYUnw&t Or AHIOle **2746,** It ia our rur8har opinion that 

### it was not the 

### Intention oi the 47th LeglalatureLa 194l to repeal auoh proo*iaIoaa of Artlao 27&a III

the re-enaotmont and anendaentof Artiole 2744. Tho oaao of Shawf. Taylor; **1f.6 9.X**  **(24 452,**  **rudered DOO,**  **19, 1940**  involved the oontoat of a eamaon 8ohool patriot trust00 

# l

leot~on, a0 trfd wurb~a 

### rindingr 0r iaot **ahow tha$**  the elootion rotarna

### wereoanvaaaed **by** 

### the oomlaaIoaara* court. Noithor party questioned this propoaitIon
Mth rull knorledgo

### or **auoh** raot6 rouderod judgmnt. 01 OouI%i althoughother matters were strongly 

### oontoatod.The Oourt Us 

### oage 16 not dooIalto **o? your**  mat **question** a6 **the** llattar

-56 net dlr00tlJ b&ore the 

### court Qt*nt 

### porguaglrr

upon the quoatloa.

, but It la ab 10aSt to **801118**.

ma. Ollnt Buham, page 6

In **an8wer** to your **first** questionyou ue rcspcotfully advised that it ia the opinion of **this dopartmeat**  that the oommlrsloaerr~ **ootut** rhould oanvassthe rcturnc of **tmmtcc** clcotioacoi oomzaon 8ohool diatriotc, 0piniOIA8 Numbcrrr

o-655, 0-750 **and O-1357**  **o?** thir **department 8re**  hereby ovcrrulc4inrofar a8 they ooafllotwith thir holdlng.

The 0880 of Thomae v. McGcmn, **94 S.YY.**  **(26) 839,**  hold8 that cn clcction in cn lndcpcndcntsohool dirtrlat hd.llg 1CS8 thM 500 8OhOhlltfO8W'M IlOt OOIl@8tCd tllltil th. r&urn8 had beca.oanvs8se4 bt the oomd8aioa6r81 oourt a8 provided **by** Artlola 27&a, V.A.O.S.

In an3war~to'your

8cOOn4 qUC8tiOll

you arc respcotfully advised that lb 18 the opinionof this d8pCHLICCat that th6 oommlacloncrc~ oourt should ocnvaac **the** return8 **of trwtcc**  ChOtiOll8**of** lndcpcudcutcohool dictlYiOt8 w%crein the 8OhOla8tiO8 am 1CSS than 500.

Article 2776,Vernon*8Aanotated Texas Civil Statutcr, read8 a8 fOllOw81

"All ~lootlonsshall bc orderedby the boar4 of trustees of eaoh IndcpcnUcnt8OhOol distriOt{Snd 8UOh order shall bc mad8 at l&tat ten daya bciO?C the 4atC Of clcotlon;an4 a aotloe of the order rhall be ported at three ditfercntplaocr'iabhc 

### dlstxlot. The 

### boar6 of rohool truatee8,**at** the time of ordering 8aoh elcotioa, shall appoint three parson8 to hold the clcotfon,an4 chall db8i@iCitC

the p&Q88 wh8re the PO118 8hal1 **be QpSft.**  Eaoh pcraon appointedto hold cuoh elcotloa rhallrcOcivC **0110** dollar **thcrcfor,** to 

### bc paid Out O? the gCncz& iUn4 of the oounty aa other 01aL.w are paid. All luoh ClOctioII8 8hdll be held, and returnr thcrcof nadc to..the board of 8Ohool tlW8tCC8, 

### in aooordanoe with the general cleotion hW3. The board of 8ohool **trustee8** 8hall Oallvall 8Uch returns, dcolare thc'rcsultof suOh OlcOtioa,and i88Uc obrtirioatcrof cleotion to 

### the perron ahown br SuOh returns **to** be cleotcd.W
the case of killer T. CO??~S, U.8 T. 381, 15 S.FJ- (2a) l0%, answer8 

### to Ocrtlfie4quertlonrooniormeb $0 (CiT* APP.1 **l7** %W. (26) 1100, holds t&t ArtiOlC **2776,V.kC.5.,** aRPlic8 to 8ch~l **dirtriot@** orgcnlacdunder gcilcrcl lndepcndmt l

OboOl 4&- trk laws.

i**Bon.** Clint Barham, **page 9** 

.'Iaaaawcr to pour third questionyou arc re8pcot- ?tiiY adVi86d that it 18 thC OpiniOn Of this dCp&G¶Cat that the board **Of trU8tCC8**  8hoti4 **OC.IlVCa8 the**  return8 **Of trU8tCC**  cleotionsof ln4cpcadcntSC3001 distriotshaving 8OhOla8tiO8 0r 500 **or** more. Very truly your8