OFFICE OF THE AmORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Eoaorable John S1 Bek@r 

GoUnty Auditor 

&mr oounty 

Prrir, T*zar 

Ikar Sir: 

ot Mnroh 331, 1943, 

amp Maxey, ma 108at.4 

l r a r y to t a o a r ta in 

oh waa loaated withto sell U&plot o? 

erxmmt ror it 'I lme* 

Saperlntendent ot Pabllo Sohoola 

e ~;~t~or thir land beloa 

Will it be lawf tf 

2 

y to tie oredit or the xauar 

Sohool RIB&?" 

Tpe rou0ting. excerpts upb from your 1dm-a or 

April 9 and April 14, 1943, resgeotlrel~: 

Tou ask me to adriu you whether or mt the 

entli7e oommon sahool dirtriot war loeatsd rfthia 
Hononbls John S. Baker, page #l2 

the bounds of the army aamp. The rehaol dia- 

‘f&at Is wholly WIthIn tha bounds ot the u-my 

Q-as -=R -7* This maA0 it nroe88aq to 

aboadonthe aohwl~d k, l ollth0 &ndand 

hOUS..' 

g e e 0 there era no out8tandlng bomb 

0&nrt thIa o-011 8ohool diatriot, DI8triot ' : 

78. Le.aar COUZlt)J,~T0zam, tha &at bond8 MvIng 

been paid on April 10th 19010. The rssonnt COoeive6 ror the 8ohcolhou8o and site waa Eleven 

Hull4re4 (llOO] Do&larr." 

Art1010 8758, RevI UIvIl Btatuter 

sole of 8Qhool props* y o 808Y* Bmm~. 38 1 l i, 8. e. o p

l Tha t 

ai8tX~ ;ha r tlo le o oH

read8 

P*. l 

a~t~tair00rmg8a$aoi~Okiot.~~ 

tha order 0r the aouatr trustear pM8orib~ 

th a ter m themowhef, @n emed l tvlubLe, ~9 

make ula of any paper, 

school dirtriot, 8-M a 33 

belonging to sol& :. 

7 the proeeedr Co the 

puroh88e 0r nege8iaary gromde, or t0 the bull.& 

lng or repolrlag ot 80ho0lhou888~ or plaoe the 

prodeed to the oredit oi t&e l raIl0bl0 0ohool 

rd 0r thr, di8tmt.* 

or 00~8~thf8 0m0a0 -0 In 00ti lation that the 

diatriot would etlll be in UIste~e md 7 tba anoebr l ohoolhouse to&¶ probably be no0d*d. It obviowly do00 not eover 

the l ltu0tI0n under oonaidoratloon, and ma exaatlnatlon of the 

Zaw0 0r tbie St&e ml8 to rwe01 any prffIoIon, etatutory 

or othemi8e, for the dIspo8IW.m of this mon0y. 

You ask whether the money maf be plroed in the oountr 

pwxiezmat eohool f-tan& hr answer to t&I8 question 16 In tba 
i. - 

k. 

, 

L Eonorabla John 8. Baker, p4e #S 

aeg8tin r0r the nuon that the conrtitution and 4tatute8 

4p4OiflO411J pFOVid4 rdut till OOllStitUt4 the p4FfMWlAt 

sohool fund 0r the aomty, 8nd moneys or thir chwaoter 4ro 

not Inoluded. See Artlele VIZ, Seation 6, Conatftution of 

TmS; Title 49, ch4pber l6 (Irl?tf4104 8885, et 88q.), R4+i8- 

Sd Civil Lit8tUtea Of TeXES, 88 amended. 

@ho01 ,$Uzd4 4re iapreare& with 4 general 4duo8tlon 

trMt, ULd dun tbir Me is SpeOirfed by St4tUt4, they 4Fe 

improaud with 4 8p4oifia trwt &fmftfng their u8e to '&u4h 

57 Tax Jbr Q(ifpVbsG* Cit 

ap44Ial oneme J 0r mm08, 40 8. w. (ad) a08 

The ~olloring I@ m l roerpt fern 

Tma iuria&ade~4e, ioluane 57, p4ge 009: 

l Power8 Or b o a r and ds Ofri44PS OT4r fWd8 

belonging to 84hOO~ diStX$4t8, md th4 -P 

in Whiditfro44 POWPa 8h& b4 Uaroiaed, Lp4 

pF484ribed by at&ute, mid the aourae prerorlbad by lm mmt be followed to th4 exolwlon of 

all other methode.m 

uo quote th4 r0iioring fmm the opialon of the oowt~ 

in the ome oi Sea Bealto Kndependeat Sohool Dfrtribt ot 0-p 

011 ~OUUty, Tax., Va 3klX4X'.' state !dWk et al.# 78 8. w. (m) 

711: 

4xt 18 too well settled to require oitatlon, 

OF my extendad diaoU88iO& th8t a publio fund 

oolleatid and ollocht4d for 4 partlotalar pub114 

purpose ornnot~ba ltmfully diverted to ths ul40 

oi mother pwtloulsw publ.Io purpore e * 9 

%I4 oOZ'pOl'4t4 44hoOl di8tTIot, 48 U'e E&U. 

mnfofpd oorp4ratiorul is but l tr ustee or 

guuldlaa of t$e pubUo fund8 ooaIng Into Its 

pO88488i4ll undsr th4 &W, Uid IT&XT diSbUX’8e 

those &Ad. only fn the muuier 4nd for tU 

p~rporo pre84ribed by k8r 4 9 4 l 
Honorable John 8. Baker, page #4 

844 4l.40 First Hational w.oi Athena v. kRzrchi8on Independent S&o01 DiEtriot, 114 0* 1. (2d) S82. 

You ar4, th4r4rorb. advised that the money r4oeit46 

r0r the SRb 0r the propa* ma not be deposited to th4 oredIt 

0r the oounty permanent i&001 fund. 

The only expr444lon relating to th4 dkpO8ftiOZ% 0t 

X4OIl4yS csalfaed isroa th0 Sal8 Or 0-n 84hOO1 di8tr 

:; "I 

18 found In Artlale 2763: that is, 8u4h mn6y 

id to th. pUlWh4.e Of neOe884r7 @oWldS Qr to tb4 bpilding or repairing 0r 84hoolhourea. Of th4 IUOnSY ShOuLd k ph44d 

to th4 oredlt of the l tnllnble S&O01 hnd of th4 di8tri0t. 

!phe oommon sohaol dlstrl4t In queetlon he4 b4en rendored non-existent beamme ~pU LGh) property formerly locate@ rlthia It8 baupdacie8 h48 been taken by th4 Federal Government for 

U8e ES Sn USI7 0-p. The tems of Article 2758 cannot be carried 

out and 8re, therefore, POt ~plleable. ThI8 is a 4itu4tfOn aat 

Oontempl8ted by the Lib&$SllrfW and one upan whlah ths Lsei434- 

turn has not et acted.~ It is a proper IIeld for legl4lfotion; 

however, unt 19 the Lee&Ialature doe8 44t, re are impelled to th4 

4OnO~U8iOI& th4t th4 lWli4~ in Ql44tfOIl 4OIlStitllt48 4 tP’U8t pund 

and the trU8t448 Of th4 44bOOl di8~iOt am trUste48 Of th4 

money and 4re reapon4Ibls for its proper custody and Wekeepa. 

Very truly YOU'S