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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

01 whether tha ~provl8loM OS Artdole 89998 6d Civil 3tatute8, or whstlmr reii;ulateo the 6i66ti0n 0r 6 tomu for whian thay h&d 29?9a, Vermn*s Annotated Civil t3tatutes, pm- Vldss in pa33 Yb3 foikW5t

"SOO. 2. IA MY woh olty or town oanrtl- tUting ~II i&d%p~d*nt 30h001 Clatriot, * * *

Twa. 3. iA all ruch Ei.BtriotB + * * *sea. 4. xotios of all s1rot1l2ns for trua- teas Ln Xndepondent School Pfatrioto thoreto- Aot uf ths Lagirlature fore created by-spwial and havU12 lnoluded WithtA their b~unduiim a oity whose population wa8 in 6x0~08 of t?OG,- OOG * l l .=

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gu~oa it tight apysar that suotlon 1 applieil to all Lnarpenitent rbehdl dfetrlots and a:so Lo indupmaent 86hool dlstriots havllra themln a oltj of mm th8n 2G0,GGO Inn- habitants u1G to auah dlstriota wxqcising suah oitlss, Lou- BTcrf , iye bra id ttha OpiAbA Cbut SSOtiOA 1 oovere QAiy iadepand- ant sahool diatriote iA whioh thore ia loaumd a oity or more than~~GG,GOG lnhabltants ad suoh diatrlots OOEj@biry rush

ia the tlret plaos it the Legislatum inCond6d to aover Xl1 inaopendcmt uchcmf districts, then the ~&au *in- oludingl oitie* a population oi lii~re than 200,000 aaoordtng last prroedlng Federal Census" would bo entirely m. to t&6 In the saOcAd >&We, the aa~tion o$ tJU otigfnal Aea08sary. Aot (aat G+ind Loge, RI Ye, 9. 2. 222, Cha 319) provide8 in Qurt it8 souowlsr

"An aot tixin2.the nuaber Pnd tersl of oftioo Or SOhOOl trUSt8dU iA.IA&QOAbAt si3triOts hUV- Ing a popubtion 0r i.xare thrin 2OG.oGG by the last prsosdinng Podaral Cmau * * *.*

The oaption olearly shows thst all indqmadent sohool diatrlotr 'ilb.rS not inolu&sd, biit, only thaw 0r nmce rather, thml zGc,oco lnhati'tiaat8. see Sniith P. XOrtGR %dUptm%35t 'ZOhoOl slat. ib.&k Diam.), ES5 S. 3, (Ed) 653, which held to thi8 stfoot.

( ‘_ .'.ttioh 2777% la, therasore, not ippplicaltlo to the Oragorf Indsgmnd~ant r;6bool Distrlot for tvm rtmsons: (1) There is 00 city OS more than EOO,OO(i inhb:taxits lwsted withh ths Gregory district; (8) The r;regcry dbtrict ia not a otty-oontro1lod district .

Artlola 2777, Verzmn~s hnnota*ed Civil ;;tatutas, rmds as follows:

"The advan oandidater rooefrinc: ttis &u-gent numb6r OS votes at the Sir& eleotlon, Jnd the mm30 vr iour oatdlcktos reoeiving tho largest nuaoer votes st all eubtmqmnt el~otions, rmhall be cntitLod to move as trustees h8reandar.

Those alaoted st the Slrat eleotion ahull deear- ahe by lot tho tam for wklch they are to PONB.

The Sour wesbburs dmwlrq nubera one, tmo, three and Sour shall serve ror ona yoax, arla the tkree tho numbers tlvA, siz tmd seven nsnbers aaiilng b4.l aurvve ho parta, car ,xnt :A the second tir April thereaiiar .md uztdl their Yuaaeadom *LFU Aid :lLuffS'l;od; ana ragularly thereaStor oldotad on the first 5utur&zg In April OS %am year, Sow trilstoes and three trust&s, altornate;y, ahall be shoted ror a term of two poor8, to mooaed the t;ruatees whom torPl ohall at that tla8 expire. The rpemtms or tba ward rerurlnin(; artcar a vaoanoy shall ii11 tiie 8uJz8 r0r the unexpired temQ.*

The c)rf@ory Xnckpfmdent 3ahi)of 2iLltriot wae oraited by spa0 la1 eat : Acts lQB1, 37th Lqlskxturs, 1st CsUed Seanion, ;;ptmtil Lam, ;louee Xii 30. 66, Cbaptor 42, pa@ 239. lie are lnfonmd by thr Data Capartllislot of ZduoatLvn that this Aot has not bean a&isndad. ixtotion 3 OS said Aot vested the uamagement and oontrol 02 tM d2strlct in a bmrd of devan trunteea md appointed mven lndlviduals es tba iirst boar& of trustees \tho should UOXVB %ntil 5uoh trustoos, t!io tisxt pncral elootI.cn for nt whioh tlr& t:mre ~~11 Se elootad A Suli -kxmrd oi mveii trus- tQ8S + * ' .I'

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iiith respect ii.3 the teru3 0r 0rrtO6i 0: i3~0!: tn;steoe we ~,wte rr05h saia .-jeotioa 3 JS r0li0ws:

-ha ~OLT~B 0r 0rfi00 0r tti6 OOYBB tmdlteo8 ohoeen at the Sirrtt gtmeral election after the ptwmge of this Aot ahall be divided into tmo ola~~s, and t&e iner;bers shall draw ths PlSSer- ant classes, the Sax draulng n-bars one, two, thrsa and row, tiu&lleerva one y-r, ti+at is, until the wxt Suooeadlng regulvt eloatiofl 0r triisteres 0r I.ndo;londent soho dli3trloto .md u~tilthe5.r ~uoce~~ura shall hum bacn duly elootod and r,u&lificd; und the tkrae ta&ars dxawm mmbers rive, rLr Jnd Seven, aim&l wrva two yOar3, ttat Is, unttl We seomd sua- oaodinc: rJsnerai eluotion 0r truvteea Of inde- panda& aallsol BLstriots, until their uuoocissor8 ohail bnvs bean duly el.soted and queltflad, and regularly thereclftor saoh par Sour trugteas and threa trustees alternately eha:l be eleotad ror a tera oS'wo years to ouooaed tea trustees whose tam 3hall ut that the OXJ;ip3*"

Section 4 of ;:ouse 3111 ;;o. 86 provider In pmt. a8 follassr

*The Board of txwt~so 0r 8aie Gregcry In- depmde.nt 3cheol Ciotriot 8~~6 heroby meted and oharged with all the xlghtr, powea, priri- 1E&8S and-duties OonfSrrsd and iitijxmed by the Qen6mA -da this state up0n ti-iiste0s 0r Ladepandent scrbool dtstrtote oreated and orgaa- lzed under the Gaasnrl Iaws of thla aHate,*

Although the words used fn Artiolll 2777 and thist part of seotfcn 3 ikbovo &oted ara s0mewh.a dl.Srare?lt, th6ix 6r- re0t is the sUL0: rrynoly, ttiat the Sour truvtass drawing the ifret Sour nunbera shotild LWSWJ for one yww .and the three *5 . ,

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