The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-16
THE NEW TRUSTEE LAW.
Its constiulionalty Has Been Directly At
tackled.
BLISS HAS GRANTED AN INJUNCTION
the Duly Elected Truss
tees mt Alvin Performing Duties
of Their Office.

Alvin, Texas, May 14.--sheriff John H.
weems OF Angleton was in the city yester-
day and served wri,s OF Injunction on all
the city council. except ]. G, Mcbride. and
the board OF school trustees elected by the
people of Alvin Independent district May
: under the new scnool law, which wentl
lnlo euecl Alarca ~. Az Will pe remem-
Dered that on lne nlght oelore tae election
or municipal oincers April the outsoins
elLy council met ana appointed uoacu
OF trustees, up 10 this tine, IRON the or
ganIzation OF the city, the city council mad
controlled the pubic schools OF tue city.
Judge Munson IL the exercise OF his duty
as county Juage ordered an election Tor
presraenI and board OF six trustees Ter AL
WIN district to be held May 2. the APP
pointed board, tnrugn attorneys, secured
a temporary writ or injunction TO prevent
the election at the time ordered Judge
Wells Thompson heard the case on It's
merits May / and gave HIS decision sus-
tanning the ccnstituuonality OF the new
law relating to school trustees and holding
that Alvin independent district came Will
In the provisions OF the new law, that the
appointment of the board of trustees by
the city council after the present law was
in force and effect was without authority
OF law and void
IL WAS uVptu ny Tue Buuu pSpEAV VI fhif ~
that this decision was nnal and that the
trustees elected by the people would be
permitted to exercise their functions with
out let or hindrance from any one who
had the good Of city and schools at heart.
The election took place and full board
was elected without opposition, The polls
were opened and closed In strict conforms
ance with law and every voter was per-
mitted TO exercise his franchise as free
f,tsa .rRt. nj - fpf far nm
he pleased All reasonable objections thus
being removed. the people felt that at last
they would have the public schools OF the
city conducted by a board OF their choice,
The appointed board again shows up and
this time by going to distant part Of the
state where, on presentations to Judge
Bliss OF Grayson county, the truth of which
is denied by the counsel and elected trus-
tees, has procured an Injunction restrain
ing the elected board from exercising du-
ties as trustees until further hearing
OF their claims are had and setting time
! for said trial June 26.
| This petition sets forth as a reason for
the injunction that the elected board ARE
acting without warrant Of law for the rea-
son that the act under which the aforesaid
| election was held is unconstitutional and
| void"
AS this matter hinges on a question OF
the constitutionAlity of the new law, and
as that question has already been decided
by the Judge before whom these proceed
ings are to be had 1t is hard to tell just
what the object Of this appointed board
can be unless 1t is to obstruct and defeat
the will OF the people In their effort &c
run the public schools in their own way,
One OF tho appointed board, Mr. ]. M
McGinty. came out in the public print las
week giving notice that he would not ht
n party to this action and that he woult
have nothing To do with II and counselet
other members of the old board to do like
wise; but in the petition above referred e
his name is being carried into the proceed
tngs anyway.