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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
GER*Lo c. MANN a- .eIumAL April 13,
Hon. T. L;. ?rimble, April 13, 1939, Pege 2
upon the trustees of independ.nt school districts created and organ- ized for school purposes only, under the general laws of the State. Section 3 of the kct provides that Kyle independent School District should assume the payment of outstanding school-house bonds thereto- fore Issued by the common school district included within the boundaries of the newly created distrlot. The lest section of this Act, Section 4, bears more directly upon the instant Inquiry, and we accordingly quote same In full:
Y3ec. 4. 'J&a control end mane6ement of the 8ohoo$ of the 8aId 410 Indopondont Sahool Dlmtriat 18 hereby - ruta In bouU of three trustee8 to be eleat& on the first-tkturdy la April of eaoh yew, In aacwduwo with .~ tha law gow#m@ the oleationa of eahool trwteos in ,OQQ- man aahool Qietriok; proridul, that this Aat 8hlLnot. 'Ufeot the tenure of offioe of uqr trueten po1'1mrv$n6 u: trustem of Oomon Sahool Dl~trlat so. 4, but that .mlkc truetee eh0l.l 00~ am oahool trMtu of the Kyle Indepalawit.~ 8ohool Dlatrlatg prevIdo& farther, that the sahoel,.~rus~:~'~: elootum for April, lQl8, shall be held i@ ~~aor&uiae~~t3i~~~ the eleatlon order &~en by the ~aoudy #i@e ~O~~~+$w~~Wi@it~~? ~' .~-,Ji ~a\ua mix 130. 98, mpt0r s6 .LaoOi~and,..8pdiriai~Lan*".,~ Callea se*eIion, S6th.&6I8lature, ala*& &otion e of Chapter irs, spsolal Lana, Rbgular Seaa10n, SSrd bgid.atuM, aa f0ll5u8.~
wao. E. eda xyla In6eppsmlant sahoolDi8.trias . . tit-h all pOwen, pritiacytss, rurd alltiu, la hereby vama of a inaapaadant 8ahool al8triat orga&M unaer..tb ~WS 0r this state.- ~WAUU~ . .
hgaii, la l&MS, tho~Logt8lafure of Taxa8 abad&SeaUon &. or Chapter 146, Speolal Law8, &gular se88lon, SS* Img%*lattare, a8 amenaea the Sdth Imgldature, Regular Sei88ion;~Obaptar SS, Looal ena Spealal Laws, by wmoting IIowo B1l.l 810. LE& Ghaptor SS, 8peoldl l&m, SWh LegIrlature, Meding a8 f01loma:
T3eotIon Z. The eaia IQ& Independent School Dietrlat is hereby rested with all power8 and prlrilegee am3 autiu en Inuepenaent eohool aistriot, organized under tha General Laws of this State, and It Is herein epbcifloally pmrided thet the eaia Kyle Inaapenaent SohOol Dletrlat 1s exempted from the aupervlsion of the oounty euperintmdexit and county eohool boar&and eubjeot only to the 8upervIsIon or the state Superintsdksnt of Public Inetruotion ana the State Board of Eduoatlon. as presorfbsa by the Ckmeral Laws of this State.*
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It will. be noted that these Acts of the 36th legislature in 1919, and the 38th Legislature In 1923, mendatcry of the original Act creating and establishing kyle Independent School District, enacted by the 33rd Legislature In 1913, left untouched Section 4, of said Act, veeting the control and managerPent cf aaid lndepe.ndent Sohool District In a board of three trustees. Said two e&ending statutes did not affect or amend any aecticn cf the original enactment except section two with which we are not ocncerhed for purposes of this opinion. . '.But duplte the rut Saotion 4 the Aat aruting that
utana~a~#hi.tig qiiB'IhaOQMdMt s0hOOi Dl6triOt, U&d TO8tbIg .tb
muugesa thenor in 4 b0m ~0r three tnm408, au oome fomrd uMltsre6 by the 8tOtuta8 aakmtea to, it --I. 18triot SE now gov4m46 by a ippe4r8 that 8aia xna0p48a44t S0h00~ boaM qr 8cwen truataa8, pmmeibly annaor the geumral 8O.hOo~.~w8~ hada by the b~lPl&IlV ~&l 1908, sod pOl'tlOUti~ 8aOtiOl.,~@&i the-or, (mm3 Art. 8998). provm.agf0.r the 010atlon oc8OvuL ror auah sohool aiatrif3t.
The 8 a0141 00t-0r thk 4&lilatuM whiah onatai+!ud 08tObU8hdd Xy a P fndopu@ent SahoolDiatrlst in LQlS .(fIIi'.l46, SpOOlal IIlw8, g5i-d 4gialataH. hONlmbOv0 Niezmd to), *~a,~:~ at tha tine of It8'enaotmOat, a valid aad son8tltutioml$tatutO; beaauee Artiale 9, Saatloh b, Qonatlt~tlon Twai; prior to lfr, utdnat in Eotember, 199136, ptoilaadtbat tha'~IsgU&atum hmn auu;horlty to form uohool ai8tFikt8 e&t&r @non1 of rpaolti, omaNma& of Arti 9, 8sOtlw b, Cm8ttitutloXi of %208, so, 19e9, ana pr07iaiq that the u&a- be0& ertaotirs wary latori Or Taxes OOtia Ol-OOtO l ahOOl di8trlOt8 ?W &WOlWl. &W Ow, would not retrcaotlvely affect ana lnva3.ldStO the 8pOalal bat of’ 191s onatlng the Independent Schc01 DI8trIot under oonalaontlon. Xh4 effect 0r the Amendment 18 to aaprira the Leglelatm-0 'or further ami future authority to oreate Inbepeudent distriots by 8peoIal. acte, but beoau8e neither this Amen@ent, nor any Etatuts eBaOted the Legielature since, attempted to modfry or a0Otr0y inaopnd4nt eohcol districts created by epeoial sot, the Kyle fnde- previously pendeut Sohool District will be governed by the pertinent pr0~18Io~8 of the special sot of Its ornation unle88 this hot IO oontrelled by the provision8 or Chapter X34, .&era1 hwe, let and &id oalled muIons, 29th Legislature, the general statute governing Independent mohoal dIetrIot8, effective long prior to this speoial act.
Hon. ‘i. li.. Yrimble, April 13, 1939, Page 4
Upon this point, it is establishad by the authorities In 'ibexes that the enactment of a general law by the Legislature relating to independent school districts did not exhaust the Le&slature's power (of course , prior to the amendment of 1926 herelnabove referred) to create independentCgchoo1 districts by special act and regulate their alfairs thereby. Cain v. Lumsden, 115, Fraas v. Darrouzett Independent School district, 204 s. vi. 751; klth v. korton Independent Sahool District, 85 277 5. i. s. ii. (2) 853.
The case of Smith v. korton Independant School District, aupra, might be oalled a "iaot" o~(le, beoaxmt, like the instant ba80, it tumod upon a 8peolalaot of the kgl8latura oreating an lnd~~~t.sohool.dl8trlot and protiding ior a goreiralng bear&,& t-0. tIWBtOe8. The faOt8 8hOW that 8OVelI trUlBtO~8 UOM 81tit8d to govern thl8 lndepandont who01 di8trlot vnder Artlola get95 verarrPr.8 AMOtatOd Cltll Statllte8, t&O 5OMtril 8fatVte &arS& moh matteg-6, aad the valIdit or 8uoh l &otlon 0~~41 1 io r eon- 8idOlTltiOll br the 00urt. It 18 sa8y to draw a parallol betmn th8 oa8b Oitad and.the f6Ot 8ltURtla lm&mr OOn8id~~tlOIl hero. The ootut held that this 8tatut8, wbloh~m~~akt ef.the -qW 8oboO1,-, and whloh prOvid8d fOr,the ~&S.~otiti ot 8hea 88hOO1 dl8triot tlFU8tO68, had no appU0a01on~t.0 i r&O01 di8triUt oroated 8pdalaOt, a8 the Legl8lat?m had the rleht t0 llklt the mu- her of truhess to three.
h-as the80 welLoon816ere4 authOrltie8, thi o~~lawlon~ 18 lM8oapabl6 that &Iotloa 4, Chaptar 145; 5pedlal Ltw6, w Se981OIL, =l'd ugi8htUl.6, VO8titlg the oOlltrO% anb nanyglsnt oi 410 IndOpendent Sob001 Df8trlot in board Of thre0 trU8tw8, 18, at t&i8 niting, of.ooatrolilng offoot, in aOOOrdanea with the taxam of it8 original ~ea6otmoat la lQl5, an4 the Qre8ent oontrol and aanaga8nt of &$8 Independent 5ohaol Dirt&at by a~board of 8e~en $rtUtOO8 18 aOt Warraded authorlwd aUy~8tatUte or 8t&tuto8 whioh our re8oaroh bee difpootorod.
Your8 very truly ATTOFtBEY'G-OFTEXAS PMN:N