We era in reoa

w purporor over crrt8la I ruoh rohool dlatrlctr dirtrlot containing ahox-8 to ion8 8 oount rguarr ODB Of Art1018 29220, rlthout thr con trurt808 of @@oh Oounty llnr rohool dlntrlot. oountirr

Civil Strtut88, 1925, ruthorltar 888 to (roup annex rohool no to ibra rur81 high 8ohool trd Clrll Strtutrr, rastlr aa MOOM than 88 provided in ml018 2922r, 00nt8iidm orlty OZM hundred rqurrr alla@, upon a rota of aa rlroterr in thr mid pmporr a rural or th0 ~8iirm huh 8ehool dttrlot rOta rt an 8lrotlon callrd for 6uoh purporrrj and provided iurthor, thr 8816 *2 ~onorabla L. A. X0048, Fag8 2

board ot oounty rahoo~ tN8t888 a8~ ioro a iural high rahool 4l8trlct omtainln~ mom than eatan 8l@.X8Ilt@r~ di8triOtB Upon 8 tOtO Of 8 Z4jjority in 88Oh Of the 018~8~tBr~ Of th8 qUBiiii8d VOtera dirtriOt within 8UOh prOpO886 rUr@l high @Oh001 di@triCt.*

Arti RbIi8ed civil prOtidr@: StatUt88, 1925, "The county board ot tNata~8 of two more adjoining countirr ah811 hare the authority, u the srittrn order of 8 asjoritf oi the mambrrr o 9 l aoh CountJ boar4 001100~84, to l 8t8bllah 8 county ~1118 rural high 8abool dietrict, end to daaignata the oounty vihioh ahell hare auprrvlalon of raid oounty line rural high eohool dirtrlct. Sal4 oounty line rural h&h aohool diatrlot ahell be eovarnad 48 other tural hi&h rchool dlatriote herein pro- vldad for." (Un4 rrrcorlw our8.1

In Cdwlty School ?ru8taa8 ot Lubbook county ~8. Earral County Line In4apen4ant Sohool 3latrlot (T. C. 1936), 95 S.V. (24) 204, Xrtlola 29226 wee appllad by the court in 8 situation 8lall8r to that pra8anta4 in your latter. In thet 0888, thr Countr Sohool Trustee8 of Lubbock County had baan giron 8upar- olelon and control of the Herr81 County Line Sohool tletrlot which lay in Esla and Lubbook CoUntiaB. The Lubbook County School an6 8ttW8Qt~d t0 @-OUp thi8 COUfitJ TNBta88 081184 On l hCtiOtl line echool 418trlct with another dietriot to form 8 NrBl hQh @Oh001 dlrtrict contslni~ mora 100 8qUBra dlea, without tir8t bati!q BOOW84 the OOIlBent Oi th. County School TW8t.88 Of R818 COUlt~. Thr oourt held that the Lubbock County Board @Ct@d beyond it8 authority, 4nd iu 80 holding, 8tBkd:

VIara tha inhibition ap.ainrt thr 8nnar8tion of the territory o? one ocunty to oi *not&r ?or thr purpora of creating 8 rural huh aOhoO1 dlatrlct, without ftr oonrant given in the ssnnar provided in 8814 titiolr 2922a, ir, under above rule, plainly prohibited .,..'&loh l +8a18 pl408d by @pp@l14nt@ upon the right Of Lubbock County TIU@t888 t0 take the 6CtiOXI 8fOra88id ti81# kC4U88 County he4 thar8tororr l urrandarad to Lubbook Of th8 echo01 BitUBtad ifl the tOSritOr7 BUp8rriBiOll abraoad in the Har.xal. County Line 3iatriot, Bnd wtiloh ln4ludad 8 p’rt Of R818 COUllty, on4 @am@ had bean xeroi8e4 aontlnuou8l~ minor about 1916. The *3 Honorable L. ~:0048, i'aga

LagIslatura mmt here known, whrn It enacted said than, or ArtlOla that there -8 prOb@blr would tharar?tar ba, ntmamua oountr llna aohool 4I8trIct8, both comon and In4apan4ant. xeturally eoh or thee@ would have to ba 8Upa~I884 ?rom one county to 41014 oon?uaIoo. I? the mare rI&t gsva 18~81 rQht Of 8lUl8II3t:On to @U~@rVi@i0~ thr r-s rural high rohool d:@tr:otS, whr naot meld Art1018 29224, in It8 prraaat broad laneuaga,, ?or In every ca8a xbhera a comon or In4apandaEt 418trlot had bran forned, ouch rITht E? auparrialon In one or tha other o? the tw or lorr counties would be present? unacubtadly, tb3 le~I8latIva Intent m8 to prohibit any such annastation of tarrltory upon the prasant tect8, ?or the situation here Is to our sin48 plainly whst~ could .hnrs bean ?ora8ean a8 ex- Iatlng In sany c8aaa when ,Irtlcla 29224 ~49 oaat Into its pramant. Tha language la apaol?Io verbage. 8fld @&dt8 O? no doubt. Tlia :resant 8ituRticln is net ylda an exception, .sa It should hale bean, ard ooula aseil~ bc.ro bran, it such had bran lntonded.”

It 18 olrr oplnlon that t&n County Fosrd of F.chool Txurteaa or the county having, adainistratire control of 0 oounty line school district la rithout cruthoritf to conduct an alao- tlon and group or annex suoh diatrlct to snothsr school dletrlct to term 4 rum1 high echo01 dletrict, wlthcut tha consent o?

each oounty board O? aahool tNSt@e@, (I8 pmvidbc in Arti 29224, R~+lra6 Civil St8tUta#, 1925.

Tcuro vary truly ATTCRXSP GE:IBRAL CP TSXS Cm& C. Caaunaok A88istant ccc/O@ APFROVDJm 11, 1940

APPROVED OPINION COMMIRES n