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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ‘T’EXAS h 20, lwA3, in upon the Collow- 'a Amotatod Civil Sktutaa, roads distoiot;r aa pmavldod ioa- cIe a&l& be almwed w den- i&S, uut a&& Oth8l’ di&tFiOtS, r indepotubnt, oaqmsh~ such rural high aoh dintriot aball be roi’ormd to in this Aat 8s cllemantaa?y ooh~ol distriat3; DW- vidod t&&t; eU inrfbpandont m?zool districts en- fargod br the amexatim t&rata ot one or zsore oouasn sahool diatrlatr u provided for in Lrtl- ale 29220 shall retsin ita rtatue and n.ma as M indepondmt sohool d5atrlot, and shall oontlnw oYY,tY ,-.-, *.. . . _- -- --.._--
ta opento aa an independent sahool dirtriot under the provisfonr at the oxtsting lnri and t&o lrrr emsted govs~ other iii- herouftar dOpWm¶Wt WhOQl di&??iots, exoept as otiNuWiak3 prooidod for heroin.”
Art1010 $9220 Vornon~o Annoktod Civil Btutotos# gro- video, in purt, a. fo fl c*ret
*The control and zian&gment of the e&oO~cr of a rnrul high who61 diotrist, ortabllshed Utld%r t% pFOVifBiOll# Of tbt.S ACtr Stzdl2. be restad l.n a board al aevwa trustees, *Leoted by the qualitied rotera of the mid dlrtrict at WJ Who ahpll be elroted and 8OZ’W in a~cordunas with the provision8 of Omerrl Law rolalY0 to oonmon scaool dlstrlats, oxospt Pa uuy bo om*a prov5dod horalnl * * 9.w n *ia oandprovldodfuH.hor that no suah%a% dull bo lovied and no sti bonda ahkl3 bo lrnued until-after m elmtlun shall have beon hold whore511 a maJorit-y of th% qualified votar8, rotirI$ l e t&d taxpaying Lrave wited eb@tionJ shd.1 In favor of the levying of 8aSd tu, or of tt-~9 bwuunaa of raid bondr, or both, a8 Ishe cam my b0 held in ocesrd- Wh%Oh GlGGtiOtl bd, Uld ehall axme with the law tam gOYGnrln& mmh oleotions in ctmaon tbchocl dbtrht8J * 0 9.” *3 i,mpplloabiO'to tho uoatioa und%r oormlderutlaa for two roaaonmx (1) The 0r 4 ioo of oomty caaafmnionar LN orprerr-
#lXCOptOd~ (2) Am th0 tl’U#tfJ~ IOTV00 WithOUt &%x%aastimJ itI 8 18 not aa orfiae of f8aulmaat. skto yJ k+rtinJ 51 se iYb (26) f&U; O&&n Moe Oi35Q8r
xowovarJ 1t lo ulao l frla amntul rul8 of lrw t*hut on0 nay not &old 8% the lllu ti.nw two offloe t-ho dutio8 of -on wh5uh 8ro inoaxp8tlblo on6 tbl8 prlwiplo appllal whether or not the off100 i8 noa in tho exaaptlun oontdnod la Seotlon do of Art&k XVI* Biomourtv* Parker, 27mxa~liGB:StatoY* Ot cil. 0. Aborrutkq LOUlfy LinO !%hk@h,ifJ 66 90% 661 -6 Iadopondont Sahool iE%H.r%ob, 220 80 Ua 162; O&dtion o? the At- tUXWJ oOlWrr;l t0 H-1. A. Be cp&i J dated Jomary 241, 19wi cpialon Ho. 04967. tbdnr this pinciplo of l&wJ e% am of th%
mt corm both II aounty aoma5msloaor oplniun thut on0 ptuvta gh a%hoo;l dlbtrlot at tha am61 time and u truat~ of @ mra& Car tho roaman that the two offioor are lnaomprtiblo. ‘Jo till no% point out 00rtd.a 8ftv~~ rfwro 8 aoafllot of dutleo may arI110. next motlng, aamv1~80 the rotwas of ruti olaoti0na, Q& If tha votoo ueuoln each and all dirrtPlet% show a Mjorlty iu W&CD Jfo- i!B fUVOr Of ruoh %oIuOlid~tiQZlJ t-M OOU't t&at YOtb'# OO~tO~ rtbll d%ol%ro the rchool distrZat% ooneolfdntod~~ A mhool trwtea 03. 0 favor the aonmol5datlo.7 0~ be In OLthur oven , 1t aould 5rlfluoaao hi8 action as c&nmt It. P
~atnX$y aoaai88ioXlOX' in -88&Q th0 ~'.tWSl0 Of tr?cP Glectioll, thuo proaZudlng fair end honest aomio~ by him &I eclu;ltj ocs- mloaioner. Of OOur*oJ in moat cam00 this jmaat5oe worrld not be rollo#d~ howovor, the dongor lo prosoat.
?io dimat yuur attention t% that pwt of Articl% i922e hWGtOfOX'O qUOtOd, E&l&h l5fXtO8 thrt tnuUtMU Of l-.U'Ell LX&@ sabool dlotPiots ahall lo eleotod fn acaordar~o vi& tho :cnoral
Bonorabls Fred Stookdale, pa;;e #4
law relative to ocouuon school dIstricta, eioept as ot:.:er- wise previded in the rural b.l& aohool aat. Undar Artlola 2748a, VQFlBXl'~ Annotated Civil Stbtuter, titer the ekmtion i* be%d for truetee VP oam~~~aohool diatrfotr or iah?ip4nd- eni school dlrtriota of Ioar thui 600 acholastler, the elao- tion o~Yicer8 make returns of th6 l leatloa to the county d- Q, the ballot boxas shall be rent to tiso aounty jud;e,
aad raid rvtunm mixall be aanvarsed $3 the Cusarlsa%~~~~ara~ Court Q * *.* %%Q iSlaOn5i8tOMy ia dbv%.nn :‘i%?%l t:v# ww&ty aavnlsslon4r Would aanvasa the resulta ol ilk9 ~lircifm. :n which hu va5 a oandidats for anothw office, another aoafllat fr l”ouad In Artinl~ Wi’2L and
Still 2783. In that part of ArtfaI.a 29223, which UQ have quoted, it i8 previded that no i;ax &Ie~ki bQ &QVied uQti3. *fter Cur Ql4OtiOn he8 baon 2M.d vharcrlii a liikjorfty of tim qualSiod taxpayirq votm8 Votbd la favor OS 14Vyh the tax, aad %h.iah olcotion hall b-8 held S.u aoaordancw with the law avn ~overzd.ng swh QlQ<iOXM *b tXQ3BiOI.l tX?‘!Wd dilktPiOt0 ct 0 0.4 ‘i4r art%016 27SS, Vernon~tt Annotated iivL3. Statutea, the cdsaivnarst court a13~auk34u tha ~oht23 and declnroa the rosxIts cf euah eloaGion. If the echo01 Wu3ted were either for or against the tax QOt4d ill the elootloi1, his duty aa aounty uozuzlseion- er t6 oatmum the returns aorreotly W&t be ai'Pootod.
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You ar4 uivlsed that it Is ~.a uginiun 0~’ t~ia do- partulent that on0 parson nm3 sot at L&0 ilaie ti2.0 1lVld the officer of aounty oom3&mionfn endtruotoe of 8 rural !I%,& sclloo1 dlrtrlot for the remon that c&oh oCClco~ QTU incon- . pat%b%Q