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*1 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 rary tot a oartain oh waa loaated with- to sell U&plot o?
erxmmt ror it 'I lme* Saperlntendent ot Pabllo Sohoola e ~;~t~or thir land beloa Will it be lawf tf y to tie oredit or the xauar Sohool RIB&?" from your 1dm-a Tpe rou0ting. excerpts upb April 9 and April 14, 1943, resgeotlrel~:
Tou ask me to adriu you whether or mt the entli7e oommon sahool dirtriot war loeatsd rfthia *2 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 This maA0 it nroe88aq to Q-as -=R -7* aboadonthe aohwl~d k, l ollth0 &ndand hOUS..' bomb g e e 0 there era no out8tandlng
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 CO- oeive6 ror the 8ohcolhou8o and site waa Eleven Hull4re4 (llOO] Do&larr." l 8eo p;ho ol ai8tX~ HP*. Art1010 8758, RevI UIvIl Btatuter yo808~. sole of 8Qhool props* Y* Bmmi, . . l That
38 1 read8 a rtlole a~t~tair00rmg8a$aoi~Okiot.~~ tha order 0r the aouatr trustear pM8orib~ tha term themof, wh en @emed l tvlubLe, ~9
make ula of any paper, belonging to sol& :. school dirtriot, 8-M a 33 7 the proeeedr Co the puroh88e nege8iaary gromde, or t0 the bull.& lng or repolrlag ot 80ho0lhou888~ or plaoe the prodeed to the oredit oi t&e l raIl0bl0 0ohool thr, di8tmt.* rd 00~8~thf8 0m0a0 -0 In 00ti lation that the
diatriot would etlll be in UIste~e md tba anoebr ohool- house to&¶ probably be no0d*d. It obviowly do00 not eover ltu0tI0n under oonaidoratloon, and ma exaatlnatlon of the Zaw0 0r tbie St&e ml8 to rwe01 any prffIoIon, etatutory or othemi8e, for the dIspo8IW.m of this mon0y.
You ask whether the money maf be plroed in the oountr pwxiezmat eohool f-tan& hr answer to t&I8 question 16 In tba *3 i. -
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, Eonorabla John 8. Baker, p4e #S L
aeg8tin nuon that the conrtitution and 4tatute8 pFOVid4 rdut till OOllStitUt4 the p4FfMWlAt 4p4OiflO411J
sohool fund the aomty, 8nd moneys thir chwaoter 4ro
not Inoluded. See Artlele VIZ, Seation 6, Conatftution of
TmS; Title 49, ch4pber l6 (Irl?tf4104 8885, et 88q.), R4+i8-
Sd Civil Lit8tUtea Of TeXES, 88 amended.
@ho01 ,$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
ap44Ial oneme J mm08, 40 8. w. (ad) a08
57 Tax Jbr Q(ifpVbsG* Cit The ~olloring I@ m roerpt fern
Tma iuria&ade~4e, ioluane 57, p4ge 009: Power8 Or b oards and Ofri44PS OT4r fWd8
belonging to 84hOO~ diStX$4t8, md th4 -P b4 Uaroiaed, Lp4 in Whiditfro44 POWPa 8h& pF484ribed by at&ute, mid the aourae prerorlb-
ad by lm mmt be followed to th4 exolwlon of
all other methode.m
uo quote th4 r0iioring fmm the opialon of the oowt~
in the ome oi Sea Bealto Kndependeat Sohool Dfrtribt ot 0-p
011 ~OUUty, Tax., Va 3klX4X'.' state !dWk et al.# 78 8. w. (m)
711:
4xt too well settled to require oitatlon,
OF my extendad diaoU88iO& th8t a publio fund
oolleatid and ollocht4d for 4 partlotalar pub114
purpose ornnot~ba ltmfully diverted to ths ul40
oi mother pwtloulsw publ.Io purpore e * 9
%I4 oOZ'pOl'4t4 44hoOl di8tTIot, 48 U'e E&U.
mnfofpd oorp4ratiorul is but l trustee
guuldlaa of t$e pubUo fund8 ooaIng Into Its
pO88488i4ll undsr &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 Independ- ent S&o01 DiEtriot, 114 0* 1. (2d) S82. You ar4, th4r4rorb. advised that money r4oeit46 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 found In Artlale 2763: that is, 8u4h mn6y
:; "I to th. pUlWh4.e Of neOe884r7 @oWldS Qr to tb4 bpild- id ing or repairing 84hoolhourea. Of th4 IUOnSY ShOuLd k ph44d oredlt of the tnllnble S&O01 hnd of th4 di8tri0t. to
!phe oommon sohaol dlstrl4t In queetlon he4 b4en rendor- ed non-existent beamme ~pU LGh) property formerly locate@ rlth- ia It8 baupdacie8 h48 been taken by th4 Federal Government for The tems of Article 2758 cannot be carried U8e ES Sn USI7 0-p. 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 di8~iOt trUste48 trU8t448 Of th4 44bOOl am Of th4 money and 4re reapon4Ibls for its proper custody and Wekeep-
a.
Very truly YOU'S