OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS**Hon. Arthur**  

### Steblfa& PIa8 8

**The** apInIon

**__** 

### held that 

### 8Inae the_lkmrdof gdgsntr

_.. PBS tastedby the statutewith the ooatrol and nmapgemmt of **University** 

### lands, It bad authorityto yent th4 ememeat In question.

In OpinionSo. 1986, dated YQrah ld 1919, end printed et pafie 512, et seq., 

### of the SIemalelReport of the AttorneyGsneral for 1918-1920, It 

### was held that tti dlfftrlot

### trusteee537 lease s portion of a sohool lot r0r 

### 011 aed gas purposeswhen the 8~8 Is not neoded ior eohtsol purposea 

### and the oonduotor the school is aoQ Interfered With. xo reoogaiza,hOreretr, that s lease ror oil aad gas purposu woulb be l 

### se10 aothorlsed**br** 

### Artlale 27SS, iarra,while aa eaaemeatmu16 not aoaatltutea 

### sale. ~OWOYO~. the 

### orriaion lest -nti0a0a altee the 

### ease of Rye Iiids~ond~nt Sahaol Dletriatv. Rinehart,159 slur.

. (Trltof error refused).-here the aaurt held that 

### 8 iebi by the tr98tUe Or 8~i%h00i **di#tri& Of**  **s pOX+tiOR**  

### of the 

### rahaa2 oampas for s baaseball olub uss talld. In eaot+er opfafoaby thi8 **Deperiamnt,** 

### deted October 28, 1915, and prInted at pee 505 of the BiOIUIiS]. 

### Report ior 1914-1916,**it** 

### rae held that the trustees of 

### a sohwl Untriot were autborlzedta lease to a lodes s portion of the sohool bulldin~iasofaraa the uses to ahlah suoh property is put would not aonfliatwith its ase as schoolproperty.

Va believethat the proper sahoal wthorlties bare the 8x&e authorityto ouaats tk ~eabemeat in que%tIon thst 

### It has to leas8 propertyof the sohaoldistriot.

ArtIala 2754, Rs+Ised Civil Statutea,reads as follasie:

*All sohool bon&es emoted, ~round8 

### purchasedor leased rot 6 sahool &IstrIot, and all other propertybelongFagthereto, shallbe under the 

### aoatrol or the district trusteesof suoh dIstrlot.* While this artlale 2s 

### plaoed under 8ubdirisIorr.

. 1 of Chapter lS, TItle 49, headed *Coanoa ;ahoolDIstrIotsP, navertheless,In view of the raot that the orlsinalaat ai 1905 frost

rhloh It Ia taken togetherwith tbs two deolslam above aeatloaed,the #am rule eppllea to independent 

### sohool. 1

BOA. Arthur st.ehlIAg,Rag8 R

dIstrIote as eel1 as oomon sohool distriots, that Is, the tru8teeS Of fAd8g8ndent school dfrrtriots have tbd apatrol and aanagement of the property of the dlstrlot.

Article 2753, ReoI8ed Clvfl Statutea,,raada as fO11OW8:

"The trustees of any sohool dIstr.Iot, 

### upon the order of the county trustee8 pre

### scribing **th8** tsrslrr theX'%Of,whaA deemed advisable, my **make** sale of any property belonging to aaid school distriat, and apply 

### the proaeeds 

### to the purohese of necasaary grouuda, or to the bulldin& or repairing of 

### l ohoolhow8s, 41 plaoe the prooeeds to the oredlt of the available sohool 

### fund of the dIstrI0t.e Artiele 2683, Retissd ClvIl Statutes, pertslnlng to 

### t&o powers 

### of oounty rohool trustee@,prorides 88 r0ii0ws 

### I "The County sohool trustees of eaohaounty shall oonstltute a body oorporate, b+ the nams of the aountp school trustee8 of

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### oounty,,State ~of~T&as~ en&In ?&at name ma$ aoqulre and hold real and personal property, &AS and be tied, and may-moeire bequests and dOAatiOAS or other **moneys** or innUs ooming legally Into their hands, end m8y perform other 80t8 for ths prOmOtfOA Ox aduoation IA the cotmty. I'he title to any sohool property beloAglAg to the aouAty, the tltls of whfah has hCr8tOfOre been **vested in**  the oounty judge and his eucoe88ors In oiflce, or any sohool property that my be ,aoquir8d, shall vest In the aounty school trustee% and their suooeaaora in oftioe for publiq tree sohool purposes." You are advised that It Is our opfnlm that the 8ChOO1 trustees h8v9 authorfty to exeoute the easeaeAt In quo&ion, but as to those diet&iota aorPiAgunder the juriadfotion of the oounty truatoen, the easemAt should be epprored by suoh truataes.

APPRCVE~AUG 24, 1939
h2-2Lh.d ATTORNEY GENERAL 02 TEXAS Yours very truly