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-&blola 2699, Revlred Civil 

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. and proddad further thatXonorable L. A. Woods, Pww 2

dlrtrlct maybe trmmrerred to another dlstrlat, or to sn independent dlstrlot, Uponsuoh term8 as msybe a@eed uponby the **trUMt666** of eald districts lntereated. ,(Aots 

### 1905,29th Lee., ??. 3. Ch. 124, 

### Q~Q.92,p. 288)’

“Seation 2, Artiole 8 of ths real Aid &a, pace 243 of the Publla Sahool Lawsof Tezss, reade as **r0ii0ws: For the school gears thereafter, upon the agreement of the 

### Boardof Truetees of the Dlatrlots conosrnsd or on petltlon eigned by e majority of the quallfled voters 

### ofthe dletrlct and subjeut to the approval of the County Superintendent and the State Scperlntendent main aln a setisieotory sohool maytrane1 

### a district which meybe tmabls 

### to fsr its entire aoholestlo anrollment 

### for one year to ** en** accreditad school of higher **rank. ’**  Wy intsrpretstlon of this Section 2 1s that it aontalns twoways by whloh eohool ohildren may bo trsnsferred for the duration of one year: first, 

### itmnybe 

### doneby an agsstient between the two board8 o$ trustees aonoernedi and second, on petl

### tlonslensdby 

### aprCljorltg of the quallfled votera of the district end aubjsot to the approval of the County Superintendent and Stats Superlntendsnt. Myinterpretstlon with referencr to this 

### se&ion of the law 1s aorroborated 

### by the last proviso in &tiole 269, as quoted above. It seems to methat any other oonstructioa than this would doviolence to the ganaral atetutr just retsrred to+

“I do not believe there’is 

### anyconflict between the two statutes. On8

### Is **UUpph2lfiXltUry to**  the other, and method number two of tronsfarrine as r6ierred to herein is anaddition to nmber one as aorrobmt6d by thb general statute.Xonoreble 1.. A. Woods, pace 

### 3

“Doyou agiree I? not, whynot?” with meon this lnterpretetlon?

dent, Tou wish to knowwhether you, a6 State Superlntenmust under Seotion 2 above quoted approve the transfer wizenthe boards o? trustees o? the distrlots IAvolYsd have agreed to 

### suahtransfer. 16 required. It 113our opinion that tour approval

In the oese d? LToCorkel County SUpOrlAteAdeAt I. Dlatrlat Truteteas of Robinson Sprhga Sahool Dist. No. 

### 76of ComenoheCounty at al., 121 S. ii'. (26) 1048, the oourt had before it **for** aonsideration ths followln~ provision of the 

### 1937rural ald bllljAat6 

### 1937,Ch. ~$77c, Sec. 

### 17)r wgTrans?er of ~ntlre District. OAthe aveoment of the bosrd Oftrustees 0: the dietriots COAoerned or on p6tItIon 6I ed by e majority o? the qUelI?ltd voters o? the lstriot and aubjeot to the r approrel of the County Superintendent and State Superintendent, the **trustee6** o? a dl6trlct which 6mybe unsble to melnteln e satlsfeotory sohool may 

### transfer its entire soholastio enrollment, or any nurPb6ro? -eden thereof, to 6 oonvenlent school a? hi&her rank and ln such event all o? the funds o? the 416trloC Includln~ the St&e aid to whlah the dlatriat no& othenrlse be entitle4 tider the proYioiona of thl6 Aat, or suoh pxopartionate p%rt thereo? ae 166xbe AeO66saTy, msybe used in aarryiag 

### out said agreenent.*D Onecan r@sdfly 6~8 the slmllarlty of this provlslon andtha one uuder 

### aomldaratlon. IA iaot with the exception of the word %he* inserted in W.s 

### 1911aat, the language providing for the approval o? the tdans?er by the State Superintendent is the sameIn both sots. The court held that the approval o? the oounty UuperIAten46At 6~4 the State Superintendent was required whether the transfer WM made oc amesllent o? the trustees or on the p@titIOn sI@W4 tiy 6 plajorlty oi'the quellrled voters, 2s quote the iollow1~6iran the opinion of the oourtr

0 .ft (Section 17) simply authorize6 thS **trUS** tees 0; &taln districta 

### whlohmagbe unable to ralntaln a satl~feotorg aohool therelA to makethe 

### transfer provided ior, subjeat to the aondltlons ipealflad, amongwhloh being thst the transfer **be** rubjeot to 

### the approval o? the &unty Superintendent an4 State Superlnteodent, q , ,

.Honorable I.. A. ktoda, paSe I,

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. Aleo, in either oaas, wathink the tran&‘Is to be msdr *subjeot to the afiproral OSthe, County Superintendent and State **Suprlntan- ’**  dent.“’ (Paranthstloal Insertlen &dad)
Weare o? the oplalon that this oaee preoludes any holdlnc other than thst the approval of the State Superintendent Is required on all transfers **msde**under Seotlon 2 of 

### Art1010 VIII. 

### You have lnrormsd 

### us thet you ham horetorore a proved all thuiafera mndeunder Mtlole VIII.’ You have, tiiereforo, &et the requirements of the rural aid bill.

le.do not think that the conclusion irhloh we here reached 

### meem that there la any oonrliot in Seotion 2 and the Seneral law. Seotlon 2 merely sets upa way in whloh the entlre enrollment of a sohool maybe tranoferrcd under the oondltlon specified, and provision la mds for tke payment’ of aid to the reo6lTinS district. It is too elemntarp to **rsqulro** citation of authority thnt before money aan br paid out under an item o? ap~roprlatlon, the terms under whloh the appropriation is mademust be met. **‘ Both**  the statutes, whloh you oite in your letter **w@re In**  **the statute**  books at the **time** that the 

### XoCorkc4 Oase W:BEdecided. 

### As we have atated before it is our opinion that the XcCorkel case Is bindlnc oa tds departaent as to the oonolanlon aMOun0ed.

Youare therefore, respectfully advised that the approval of the State Superintendent is required on all tranafexs madeunder Section 2 of Artiole VIII or the rural aid bill whether the transfer la on agreament of the trustees or on petition OSthe ualifled Voters. Theanswer to your question is a negat ve 9 one 

### forthe reason8 heretofore Given.

Very **truly** poum,

CWS:ld APPROVED

OCT19, 1942 /a/ Gerald 0. Mann ATTORNEY GlWXR& OFTFXAS
z By /8/ C&or&eti. Sparks George 8. Sparks

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