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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN :.
8ohool 618m. v h-e here your lotto 1939, in rhioh pl roqu88t our o~lolon a.I t rporltion certain tax fUna Dow in th. hand8 0 8OPQOll~8tOr tOr 00ttrrf countI. 330 rat upon whioh tou &orlro our oplrloo Or l 8 fOtiOW81
are
d Or xdUO8t1O~t rOr OsiOn8 Or u&I lrolp 0~s to the Llora Soho@l Dl8ttiOt8.
metlow t an an rleotiom hold
ho Can0 Sprlags Canon Di8triOt of tl8hOr t boon daoluud b7 8 the aotion cb tha County Board ot y County, ropnrentatltr oltlronr tram tea the Ame88or-Oolltotor r0r 8triOt8, dthhOld 8QUtOd terrltorr T hr tU l 8808~Or-8O~lOOtOr .14 tu.8 rhloh ho b8 OOlleOtOd On thr It 8::tiOIi8 sohool DtrtriOb Slnoo the Eobbr Xnndr~aadont ill bllQUt*. there iuti8 k *id 18 now rOqUr8ti~ to thor end tho other ia.tiOa rOqUO8tiLI# tht i\LadS ho 18 UU1OU8 rithhdb t0 di8 80 Of I@SO ill tbr Pr@P*r mannof ati at th e a am till. r.1 *TO hb8Oir l Rb h%8 bOnd8- r meti rrom ifabilltf una0r his 0rrioiti bond.
*For your lnrorawtioa mar I rmru ou to your opl~o~ O-Ml, dated Fobruur 17, 193). WiJ oh mad8 l 8 follOw8: *th8 rountr boud aS eourrr County did not heto authority to dekoh 12 rootlon8 ot land from the Camp SQrirr(l8 Di8triOt Urd add 8U t0 tW othor OOm8OII ais- triOt8 rikr the 8bOtiOn fCU tOG8OtidltiOG bad ken bald, aad before the now dbtrlot had been dooluod bl tha Stat* Is B&u, 40 Sa (0) 41. oOaaf88fonaC8’ court’. *The l bwe OP~G~OG faa gircn roguilln& tha dl8putO over u 8OOtiOB8 On which the $219.14 tU.8 tht W hGrS beon 08118Ot8d. “Under tho above 8tatmumt or iLOt8, I would l ppreolato tuy auoh a d0rinlt0 rullnig rrom hour dOp8rt5OGt re&UdffIg thn propor lrgal dlspo8itlon tho aooumuht~d rm8 mid al80 fUad8 of tha 8M aaturo whlsh may honaitor aooumw late."
IO Our OQioiOlI NO. o-151, by k8818tAGt htt=GeJ OrblU81 G*O. 3. Ber ry, l ddruS8.d t0 x0& t. A. *0068, Stat0 8uperlntendent of Fublla IG8trUOtiOG, dattd Pobruuy 10, w held t&t COUGtf Board Of Tm8tt.8 Or SO'Jrry COMty had no lo@ authority to aetaoh the 12 8OOtiOG8 of lnnd tron thm camp Spring8 Comaon Sohool Dlrtrld aftat tb8 lOOtlOn for ooorolldatlon had been held and boron tba ?.8Ult of tho lee- tlon had been doolared by tho CoPulrrlonor8* Court. Our 8ald O+iOIl t.liti UpOIl the dOOi81OIl Or tht conJ.88100 Of Aj3W18, adopted by tht suprota@ Court in oa8o or Statb % ml. vg Baku, 40 5. iv* (& U, whlah hold ln rrr8ot that
aeorge 8u8h attom to& 8otlon br OoutJ board ~88 told broauro tho mot *otid k to dotoat tha right ai rhotorr ! 0r OrrOot the oon8olldatlon of OopPon 8OhOOl kl8trlot with lBd8gWd@C& aOh di8triOt. A tOpT Or mid Opi~~iOcl x0. Q-151 18 ttaohrd hereto. T h e l OtlOa of the oountr board ot trU8tO.8 181 dtMptiI@ t0 dWOh tb 12 8OOtiOIL8 Of 1-d rrOm th@ Cup @ring8 Coaaoa aohool Dirtriot war void for thr additional IW8OG that it did not 004blJ With th. &WOli8iOn8 Ot AStitle 8742 (t) Ot VorGoG’8 AnnOtated Ciril StGtUtO8, MOfddrd br ChOptOr 639, SeetlOn 2, AOt8, 44th Ingl818tUN (19351, whloh ean be 0mtt0d that before uoh a trmrror pro+1408 tta ot raah dlrtrlmt M&o60 ama 18 titeotod 8hall k glrsn trurt8or ba heard, that 8~ dsotion aad an opportwlty altt8n notloa tihrii hold in the amote thOt kr0n prowrtr dirtriotr, *3 10 dotaohed fro8 one dlrtrlot md l tt8ohed to’mothar dirtrlot , aJorltr or the tapayio(r voters la mob or the dr00tod u8ttiOt8 @hall tOto and that the nrwlr ier the truatior, formtd or ornatea dl8trl8t 8h811 b t8llbrtoa bJ a ~nornl ggc or the kglslmu~. lor rour laformtloa, we aUo8o )errwith oopf of aoniuraor oplaloa 80. 3066, ddro88od to gonorabl.8 Ollbrrt <h, County AttOlPtJ, Joaer Countr, &tad, to, 1939 uhiob roasldrrod at 104th freot of nld w ml010 t?a lr), 88 MOOd.6. R-hilt 8816 O&ion rolatod ~poiflaall to the quaetloa or the trmrfor torrltory iron , tOSUSM 80 lo 01 di8tri@t t0 M ii¶dtBpODdOIIt 8OhOOl di8triOt, it would 8180 apply to tho prorant rituatlon 8lnoe raid Artltlr ~948 w &8 amended al80 00wtr8 0r trrrltory trmrrar rror @at OOBMOII 8ohool dirtriot to raothar OOmon rohool dirtriot.
ft rOilOW8 rrOiB Our rOrmer Opiab~ x0. O-161, aAd from the other authorltlrr mboto referred attempt to, of tha 0OUGt.y board ot trU8tO88 l#! 8adtiOG8 of to traarttr land iron th* Camp Spring8 Coamoa Sohool Dl8trlOt to the Lloyd Youat& ~4 th* Strayhorn C0mk0n 3ohool Dl8trlet -8 void.
It further appoer8 iron your lottrr and iron our raid cplaloa Yoi O-151 t&r lootloa on the quertlot or whrthu CUP S&W48 C08mon Sohool irirtriot 8hould be oan8olidatrd vith th0 5Obb8 bd.~Ad~Gt Sohool Di8triot XW8titOd fatorablr ruoh oon8o~idatioa. rrQulreoosnt8 %a 888ulM that 8tatutorJ 8UOh OOn8OlldatlOB worn oonpllsd with. The tamltorr regUdlBg SorrPUly mbraoed In the Camp Spriogr Comma sohool DirtriOt ha8 thhrrrfora BOW beooma a part of the lIobb8 Indoprndtnt, Sahool Uador tbr prorlrloar Art1010 2808 ot veraoa~8 DirtriOt. mwtatrd Clrll StatUtO8, *AU right8 Wd prlrllrgor grmtrd tG iBdOp*Bd@Gt di8triOt8 the &W8 Or thlr State 8hall br gl+eA to the ooG8olldatrd lndepoAd8Gt 418trlot orrated undrr jWOTi81OUD Of thi8 l&W."
Slime the le 8eotlonr ot 1~4 retetrod to in foor qutstlon wore embraosd within the terrltoay r0rwriJ laoludc4d dthla the Camp Spring8 Coolllon Sohool Dl8trlot, and rinoe thi8 distrlot ho8 bWo oon8olldated with the 5obb8 fGdoQ&GdeGt Sohool that tbB t8XO8 OOllOOt~d OG Bald le 8rOtiOKI8 Dirtriot, it rOliOW8 ot laod BOW belong to Robbr I:ndr~rnd8at Sahool D$strlot. It 18 therofora our oplalon the roorr wbioh the t&x a88088or- tallrotor ha8 on hand, o well a8 othar 8id1U fund8 wbleh aall kerrarter bo oolleoted, 4h uld be pala of tha t&e TrMDUrU Eobbr XGdOpAdOAt Sohool afrtr- *4 aon.B- t. Thorpe, Fag. 4
The oplalon hera rproooed IO ml.o(ouo to our no, o-llOf, ~&&eared to Eonorable WA. r&rot, opinion Atfdr’DOJ, Calap GOUrPty’, dated Auguot 16, 1939, wheroln @untY w bold on lndopond@at rchool dlotrlot Caking over the ohoolo of a oitr ha8 right b oolloot dollaqueat taxoo •~oooood olty for oohool QU~OOOO. A aopy of raid &don lo eaoloood for your lnioraatlon.
Vary truly purr ATTORWXY OZtXRAL OF TsXA3 BY pti Janus8 F. Bart
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