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**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN**  **QROVCR** SELLLRS **ATIOINLI** GIN~AL

**.. ’**  Homrablo Xdgm Hutchtim County AttoriwJ, **shult** CoulltJ Ore*nvlll*, texaa .i’

mrr sir: Oplnlfm **II.. o-7127**  R.8 Conrtructlon of Artlole 2772, R. C. 8., with title 

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rour requort for op rUlly conrldorod br thlr Do~rtmont. Noqu aI follovr 1

*I am‘vrltlllg to as lng que8tlonr 

### n ‘Should tltlo to al ent School Mrtrlct vhlch rchool moneyan In the Board of

and the CltJ Counoil bar the authorrohool trurtser andalao to 

# 1.y~ taxar for the rob001 dirtriot. Tborahool dlttrlat her rooontly voted bond8 to baquln a rlto for the enotlon of a nmvschool bulldlng and the doad to the iltv va8 **mdo** to the cltr nther than to the Truatesa of the Independent School District. Tbo Bchool llro 0~118other propertim in vhloh title to the prop

### l rtq 16vested In the cltr.Honorable EQar Hutchins, page 2

‘It Is myopinion that under the sxpresm provlslons of Article 2772 RCStltla to this property should be 

### yes ted In the **Trustses** 

### ofthe Independent Mstrlc 

### t and that the City council should re-deed the pro **drty** to thmTrustees of said Dlstrlot in aooordanoe v&h this Article.' Artlolo 2772, 1. C. S., reads as follovsr

‘Article 2772. 

### Promrty Yes**ted In**  **Trusterm .--**  In 

### everycltr or torn ln this 8tat hi h has or MJ assme **the** exolusl~r control andm&&&t **OS pub**  110 fno schools vlthln 

### Itslimits, andvhloh bas 

### or may**dotermine that**  such 

### l xcluslre oontrol andmanagement shall bo In **a** board ef trustees, **and** organized under **an aot**  OSthe Slxtoenth Legislature, approved April ), **1879,** andacts amendstory thereto, the title to all houses, Undo and 

### otherproperty ovned, held, set apsrtj or ln an7Vandedicated to the use **and** benefit OSthe public Ike schools of suoh city or tovn, Including property herotofora acquired as ~011 

### as that vhloh mayhereafter be acquired, shall be vested in the board of trustees and their suaoessors in offloe, in trust for 

### theuse andbenefit of the public Yr6e schools ln suah city 

### ortovnl and such board of trustees shall 

### havsand exerolse the excluslvo control andmanagementof such school property, and shall haoo and exorcise the exclusl~s possession thereor for the purpose aforesaid; provided, **that** vhere trusteor are namedother than the munlolpal corporation Itself, ln any lnrtrumsnt oonveying, donating, bequeathing or devising anymoneyor other property, real or personal, for **ths** benefit of any city or 

### town,this lav shall not interfere ln an7 mannervlth the title 

### orauthority of such trustees to or oyer suqh mane7or other property. Suchboard of trustees shall constitute a boQ oorporate, and shall have full paver to protsot the title, posscsslon anduaa of all such property vlthin the limits of such city or town, andmaybring andmaintain such suit 

### orsuits In lav 

### orin 

### l qulty in any cou& OStampatent jurlsdlctlon **when** necosrary to 

### recover the title or possession of q such property that MJ be adversely held or seized, 

### orto prevent any trespass upon or l.njurr to suoh **propertrj** provided, that.

Honorable **Bdgar** Hutchine, page 3

Jhe provlslonr of this article shall 

### notapply to lands belonging to the State upon vhloh houses for *- school purpo8es have been built without authority **from** the State.” )” The ca8e of Houston v. Oonsalss Independent Schoo%Dlstrlct, 202 9. ii. **963, Tex.**  Clv. App., 229 5. W. **467,** Tex. Sup. Ct., held that neither the above-quoted Artlala, ohanglng title of independent dirtrlct school property from the mayor **to** the school trustee8, nor the special act creating the Oonzale8 Independent School Dl8trlot, and extending the boundary and changing the tit10 toltr tru8tee8, violated the Bill of Rlghtr, Sections **1.6** and 19, 

### AS infringing on the proprietary Fights of the City of ffonzales, vhlch hadassumed control 

### overlts8ohools under Artlcle 3792, Rev. St. of 

### 1879.

Article 2773, **Vernon ’** **s** Annotated Texas Civil Statutea, reads as follqvrr

“Artlols 2773. Sale of School **Propartx.--** Anyhouses or lauds held in trurt byany city or tovn Sor public free school purpo8as maybe sold for the purpose of investing in **more** oonvenlent and desirable school property’, vlth the conrent of the State Board, by the board of school trustees of such city **or** tovn; and, in such cam, the prealdent of the school boerd shall execute his deed to the purcharer for the same, realtlng the resolution of the State Board giving consent thereto and the xw80- lutlon of the board of trustees authorlzlng such sale.”There being nothing to the contrary stated In your letter, ve assume that the Board of Trustees of the Independent School Digtrl’ct vas organlsed under the act referred to In Article 2772, 8upra, or an amendmentthereto.

St Is clear from the above-cited authorities, under the facts stated andasnumed, that title to the property Inquired about Is vested in the Board of Truetee of the Independent School Dlatrlot **and** their sucoes8ors,ln office, 9x1tru8t for the use and benefit of the pub110 free schools of ruoh city, lrrespeatlvs of the fact that the racord title **van** erroneously taken in the 

### natas of the city instead of Lnthe 

### nap14 of tha Board of Tru8teea AStheHonorable Xdgar Hutchins, page 4

statute provides. Bovavor, 

### the

### fact that 

# therecordt+tie18 in the city Is lore or less immaterial, as th4 alty C+Inalther legally 

### controlthe property nor validly convsy the #ltls away 

### rra the Board 0s Trustdam. HovaYar, if the reoord'tltle is d48ir4d In tha Board **of Trustees**  , mama could be obtainad by proper oonvsyan04 frcm the oity or 

### byjudgaant in a tr48pa88 to try title rult.

Trusting that the abovo satlsfaatorily ansvars your lnqulry, va 

### bra Vary 

### trulyyours, ATTORREY OHRRRAL OFTXXM



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