*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS

AUSTIN

Honorable Joe J. Flshor

Dirtriot Attornay

8an Au@m,tln*, Tuas

tm or ua;r 8, 1959, I Dopartmnt upon oounty lJahoo1 ootmtf, olti or town g.rmtt be piado liable, a d’aot ~loas than ten aor nmrwthaa twantytiassthr aniountaftho ardar, Uratt (' Jury osrtifioate, debt , a1al.n ar 1iabillty.m purohacmd or oontraot8d for. Rlthin the tea-m 'OtilOer', i8 inoluA@d ax-offiorrs until they hare rmlo a final *2 Honorable Joe J. Fisher, June 1, 1939, Pago %!

eettlement or their oftlolal aoaounte.w In Sohen v. Talfu: (T. C, A., 1934) 74 S. W.

(8) 337, the ooyt mtatodr

-It ir nnq~ aettlod that a aohool trustam is a oountp offloor, roqulnd to takr the oonstltutlonal oath and that a oontmt of hi8 l leotlon im-n- rsrablr to thm 66NlW.l law. low&r f.

Thomas ‘(T. C. A.) 875 8, W. 8525, and oamea them oitodew

While the abon oaae and tha other oaroo on this point whloh havr oonm to ouiattentlon wore dlrOetlf oon- owneU rith dlatrist sohool trartoor wk 'are of thhr opin- ion that the aama rule would be applioabla ~to oounty sohool trurtsas in this napoat, and that they are ooturty officers.

.It 18, theretom, OUT o lnlon that a’mber o? the ootmty nohool.bomd la psohib tad f from bprine oountr board transportation rouohers of hla oounty.

Very truly your8 ATTORbR3TGENKRAL OFl'K%AS AmHREY OEHERAL OF TEXM

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