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*1 OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
,,.; - 2 Bon. T. E. Trimbh, Pa&r 8
*sso. 2. Said tillano IndepsWent School Flatriot shall have and onjoy all the right@, powers, prlvllegor ar?d duties oonferrod and imposed upon la- dependent nchnol dirrtriots incorporntsQ under the General Laws 0r the state of Tarar.
"sec. 3. The msaagemnt and aontrol or all ra!iool afrairs or the Mlano Independent Sohool Dfrtrlat an oreated by thl8 &at shall be vorted in 8 Board or WY~D Trustae8, who sha1 be eliotad b3 th0 gUIiiffed YOter8 Or #cliQ IndOpendent BOhOOa Dlstrlot at the time and in the menner provtdrd bp tb0 fm~rai mtutbs r0r tb ei00ti0n or trum~8 la indepsndent school dirtrlato; provided that UpOn the takin6 l it4at Of thi8 A& the i5aKadiot~ly county jUd60 of tilam oounty ahall order an l loot%on to be held in raid IndepwibOnt School Dlrtriot ior the purpose or cleating 11ovan eohool truet**m* *id truetoes when eleoted ahall aeet and organl%e a8 prorlded by the General Btatuteo and r~ll~etormlno law whloh three &all oorve ror two year8 or un- til the tire. Saturday in April, 1919, and which row shall #wve ror one or until the fir& seturday in April lOl.6~ and their nuocaoaors shall bo alsatad rrom time to tlas as prorldod by the Uanera .Statuk# eletetione in frrdepondsnt rohool govoraing truatoe di8triotr.' of the Matriot were enla~~gsd 87
The boudarier B. B. 170, 4th C. 6.. 33th Le&lattuxe. W. a16w~ that the Dlstriot still opaxmtee uwdar tha above special a&8. Art- 16le 2781, Retired Cl711 Btatut*r, made2
"The Board of TrUrteoo Of ray Oity or town or any iaarpendoat sohool dl8triat way employ 8 auparintaabnt, prisoipal, teaahar, or other em- in the eahoole therein r03! a tax5 ,outlvs orrbere not to erooed three years, prooidml that the Boa%?6 of Trustee8 of an lobopendrnt rohool district whioh had a fmholartio population of 6,000 or mom in the last proaodine; rcholartic year may saploy a sugmrintendsnt, prlnaipal, teacher, or other exeoutire orrfoors in the ri~hools therein r0r *3 Ronorable T. M. Trlmble, Page 8
tern not to exoeed ffve yeare. x11 twelve-month Oontr6ota made by tru6teea of ini!6?6lld8nt sohool district.6 with employscr herain mentioned shall begin on Duly first and end on June 30th of th6 766X. tVSlfIl6tin~ the OOntraCt.‘
Assuming that no other contract 6toOd in the Way, on Ootober 27, l!XW, oould the parties have made 6 oontr6ct the three 6Ohool year6 1989-1940, 1940-1941 end OOVeriBg 1941-19427 If 60, we think that mutual oonsent they could emend their existing contract 60 66 to make the aontraot Qover that period of tiac. OthOmii66 not. It re6OlV66 it- self down to the question a6 to when the three year oontraot mentiOn6d in Artlole 8781 lpary 6tart. fro86 the d8te Of
IS the three year6~ to~ba 16666~266 thi6 oontreot? We do not think 60. For, in aotual pr6otfoe, it would be (L lititation of two pare. Coat 6uoh oontreote are sta&Ct, and lnanif'86t~ it 16 &OOd praCtiOe that they ohould be made before eehools close in the 6prlng. To hold that the three pare would start fraa the date of th6 oontnot WOOid here 6uOh OOntr6Ot6 ending while school 16 in 6886iOn. ?ze do not believe auah 8 oonstruotion should bo adopted un- lree oomp6116d, and inas spinion it 26 not.
Doe6 th6 three gem provinio&apgly only to the length of the tar& of tho oontr6ot, thus lsevingl the p6rtie6 to rake a oontraot oovering any thr68 year prfcd in the future, amy a tom beginning in Bepteaber 19481 Llkewi6e we do not believe that Wa6 intended, 6UOh conrtruction would be #nwhole6ome and is not oompelled.
The aeanlne, 16rt i6 that the limitation it t0 a period of three year6 beginning with t,he next eneuiB& eohool . To us thi'a conrtruction Ieem& the moat rearonable. 6chool year &ft8r Qotober 27, lPz@, WI8 the gt?ne~t 8B6UiBg 1939-1940. And the SOhO perr 1941-1942 is the third year 0r the oontraat. cur efrir6mtive en6wer follow6 to your quertlon.
Yours very truly %W.ST ASSi&NT
dTTOR.NEY CililNEFu,~,
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