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*1 OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Honorable Homer L. Moss
Cat&y Attorney
Fheeler County 'Sheeler , Term
Dew Sirs
tar 0r lW8h 6. 1943, in whlah you abmi qautlonr for 8ur oplnlonr an4 anOly#ir 0r eta-
brief th roar reqwd, ~4 which ham 0 to w tn proprriaq our 0plLnlon. 76, as l neatrd in the 19IBS ooditiaatioa 8~10, provi484 only thet rerideatr 0r ats might vote for aouaty 8shool trw- Cmlb&Queion Chapter tU, page Sil%i (ArtiOle 8948-r., $@I- seatlon [8] not8 1937, 40th Legl818ture, Firrt tiw 8, Veraoot8 Tow8 Civil 8Nattlt.u) pr0vbQs fallarsr *2 Xommble Komr L. Kt%im, Page 8
"One oounty trwtbe ahall be eleots4 rr0m the eowty at large, and one from eaah ~Omai8- slonere9 preolnct by the totem of the dletrlok under tha eupervleion of tha aounty trustees an4 no eohool district not under the aupenl6lon ol suah trustees shall partioipate in their 4140- tlon."
%;e do not consider it neoewary to determine whether there 18 a eonfllat be&wean th8 l buve quote4 prwIaIon an4 Artisle gk39f3 8in4e Artiale 8476 he8 been l ub6equently imuaea 8p44iri0aijr 4erIgnetlng the penons entitle4 to vote in 8aob eleotlons and would be oontrolllng UJ a more reoent exprearlon ot the Legislature In the event suoh oontliat should 8xkt.
Htlele 2676, Revired Clvll Statutea, 1923, aa8 by ,&ate 193E, 42k14 L@&., 3rd C. S., Ch. 34, p. 9@, 80 ~404 88 to prwl4er
*The general menagement an4 the eontrel publIca rI-08 8Oh@OlO an4 high 8shool8 in uoh OoWty, wle88 QthWWi8e pX’OV14od by law #hall bo vwted ill riv4 @I oewty MhoOl trort~r l loetoa flwm the cmlnty, (we 0r whom shall be
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44X8.)
s6ettOXI 8 PXWViaOa that tb0 ht 8h4ulb apply to al aountl4s hwlng not le88 than LO,868 an4 not more then 10,JIO Inhabitants by the Iart, preooUirq$ Fedex-ml 04n8a0. Section 3 do&are4 (up rraurgmay beoewo sf the fwt that the dottnty Board of 8ohaol trwteu 4xerol8e4 control over oon8olI44to4 in4epen44nt *oh001 4IstrLts 8n4 that andor l xIrtIag ler votam Su@h distriat dld not hmve the prlvIle&e qaellile4 at voting for sahool trustee8 et
This &at wW a$aiI3 4msadd by Aotr 1934, lard Leg., Bnb c. s., Oh. 88, p. 108, br re-enaatinE the above quoted provld~os~, viilidating the el8etidn or tru&Oea theretofore leote4 In aeeordeuoe with tholr~ prwlrrions, elMnat1~ *3 Eonorablo Homer L. #&88, pame
5eotIon 2 thererrom, ana repealing all laws or parts or law8 In oonfllot therewith.
It is evident tbzt this amendz.ent was passed to ellmlnete oonfuslon caused by Seotlon 2 of Acts of 42nd Le6., lat C. S., Ch. 34, p. 90, and to make the statute ap- plloable to aountles generally.
It is our oplnlon that Article 2676, ns amended, oontrols the answer to your flr8t question end only qualiibd voters or oonsmon end oonaoltdate4 Independent aohool dla- trlete of a oounty sre entitled to vote far oountp school at tnmtec
A elmllar ruling was m&de by this Departmut. in an oplnIon dated Febraarf 9, 19321, a44resse4 ta Hon. 0. X6.
Mann, Letter Book S60, page 927, oonatruing the mm4 language In Auts 42n4 Leg., 3rd C. S., Ch. 34, p. 98, al- though oo rsrerenoe was made therein to Seation 2 of that Aet.
Artlels 2677, Rwlw4 Clvll Statutea, lQE5, pro- VIUU the .gmir204tiOru or aounty 8ohOOl trtwt444 and reads In part r0ii0w8:
The oovnty 8ohool truste68 shall be qwlf- rIe4 vet8rs or the praolnet oonnty Xrorh .WUch they are eleeted, 8nd four of them shall reside In dirrermt dosmiseioners~ preelaats. They 8hall be of go04 mral oharaater. able to read and speak the English language, 8hall be persons of good 44u- eation, and eball'be in sympathy with Che pub110 rree aohool. . . .* 2630 doee not purport to deiins the quall- Artidle
Sisatlons Or 0ouaty tmrrtees. The requirements or Artlalo 2477 with referenae to the realdenoe of the aounty eohool trustee at large only requires that snah trustee be a resident of the county rmn whloh he la eleate4.
It is our opinion that a county mhool trwtee at large 1s not requlrrd to reside in a OO~QQOII or oonaolldate4 *4 soho aistriet, but may be a rerrlasnt inaepdmt iin inae- sohool diatrlat 1x1 the oounty from whlah ho 18 tleot- t?dont .
Yours very truly ATTOBXEY OXX+ZAL OF TlLUS APPROVEDMAR 18, 1943
ATTORNEY GENEFiAL OF TEXAS