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*1 ., ‘rai OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TEXAS OF

AUSTIN Dear sikt ./ ,- . .

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tartmy an&~un%y'attorney wa#,.fo .&&~'a# the mitt fttttotioa~@..tha~~ o?flosrr.the pprostwu- tion of ~OXlmlnal ealsw.*

It la stated In Taxas J~iqmudanoe,.Tol. 39, p.

9451~

"Itvan in the absenoe oi pow@7 bi!.~r~lrly ..,,> ,. Morn& oonferrd; trustsea nay -ploy x!r to ln8tiltuto a&J prowoute aotl. In their

behalf as a'oraeaeary lnoldent 6;i thelr.poaer to aontraot, to sue and to a&ago and to

oontrol the sohool affair8 and inleirs88r.

r,ibmdao they may pay auoh an attorney a

rewfmab&s 0mapen~8810n Out or th0 epeotil~ .rln%snanoe fund in the saaagernent~ and eon-

trol of tha.tZuaQees. And it 16Aeld t&t

theBo~W Irf~Eduo&loa of the oity, rhloh .har essrrmsd @tr.oL or its aohool.8 a8 an In- dopsndeati diatrlet, may entploy M qEtor+y

esthar to .@mm+te or-defand:ti~CI LitlmtiOn, lnvolriag the l&te*&ty of anp~ttie-or regu- IaClon &eWtbd by thW JZeOeBB~ fit! 8h;he inain- tenancm of an efflolant system of sohoo.la Sor t&a say.

'gut hosteua ham 110 pwur, either ex- gawt6iad or $.mplied, to employ oounssl and

s~pend publie fondr ot the dl#tri$$ln M

aCtapt ta s*ouxe 0% &if*t lrglelatlon; ln-

deed ,apih bontraetq am ordinarily oontrary

Se publl~.~pgl.$ay and are void.*

,It; &,tblmo,,that Ar$iele 354, eupra, prorides that Dlerlot and opunty Attorneya sbalJ advlre and $lw opln- low to t&a nkrlow fmunty sob preoiwt offiaurs :$m@tlng $hulr QlilOlal 'dUti68. Roworer, we do no8 think tlkt~ this i : artiolh.aao~bs; oo~trusd sWiapoai~& upon ~a Dfa$l%ob or

It iO,tke o+IiOn of this ~dupartwhntthmt thwu la . &CI duty ~osSa~.ti~o~ the~Cou+i%y Attorney: by lar .tii perfom the abotb ment~~~d~h~io~~l~ OQllWO*ti0~ wlihh,att eleotlcpn to eon#olida$e ii&apnidWit eelrot& dWtrlot8 and that~ dald dlatriot or dl@t&olP mky legally sontraot with the- County Attorney to p&?@p suuh 8etitoes and pty.hi2t.a reaaanablr oompensatlon ~hc3mfoc out of tha'iq@*al apalutesianos t-d in tha muagmto!lt and Oontrql Of,ths frarrteese.

"Truatingg that~tho foregoing fully,answere ymr lJiQulry*~w~ are

YOore very truly ATTORmrrr~L OPTXAS COMMn-rcs 0. APPROVED OPINION .YW --