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*1 :onornblo Theo. i,. Cheat, ILI!rch ~1, 1939, i'.q:e 2
trlct ah311 be un:ar tkolr oontrol; GJ~C? t~'~cy shall 121~ ‘-;ovcI:~~ e:zla hev0 the ~XC~U~~VO ;?o~der to lylnage sohoole, md rtil rizhtn nnd titles to g-operti~ mhool purposes heretofore vaateb in tk12 myor, olty oollno1lt3, or 6ChOOl tnurtees by articles 3995, 4013 cne 4032, 1k4ssa Statutes or 1.005, or other rtatutor, @meml ~l6 spoolal, except such cities aa are a~pted by- this title, shall bo vostad in raid b0m-d 0r truetces fmi their 8u00e880r9 in or- rlatt; me tiiolr clalxm stir311 apply to nny ootion or cult w?dch ray orlns to *oh said born? i.6 a party."
Sootian 2 of hrticla 2%27 ndm as iollover
"Looal~~hool runde from dimtriot tars8 tu- ition ~HIJ or pupils not antitled to rree tultiolr an6 other lo-1 sourcem my be u8ed fbr the pur- poaom amaerated rar State ma oounty nmae and ror puroheaing applinnoes sad upDUes, ror payrnollt or :nsurance premlualn janitors and otbr aaployw, ror buyln& sohool site., buying, build- ingand repedrin~ Md rtmtlng sohoolhouses, and for other purposee neo*saary the oonduct of t&a publla sobools to be d8termlned by the limed OS Trwteos, lb aooount8 and vmwher8 for oounty diatrlots to bo approved by the county uuperlntai- &Mat; provldeb, that when the State avallablo mhool fund In any olty or tlisttiot is etiriolent to mlntaln the schools thermi in any year Sor at least eight months, md leave a surplus, suoh sur- plus may be eqxmded for ths purpo6es mntiowd hareln.*
The first above quoted Aztiola, to-wit, Artlole t780, WUJ pased ln 1906 as a *art 0 : 8 lony, Md cosprahmsive school aot (Senate Bill No. E10, Chqtor 1X!!, Aot8 lQO5, pp. 263-311), and a reading of the orl~nnl act skews that tbla partiaulnr providon n~?lles to all indepmdent oofiool 6ietriets. In la11 t&lo hrtiole wss r~dlfied aa Art1010 2092; and rofmrlxg, to it by that number f.n tho ease or Teupls Mepmdent Sohool Dlstfiot vs. Prootor (Clv. Qp.) 97 S.W. (2d) 1047, the oourt tide
l + l *artlola 2SQ2, R.8. lQll, MUoh brought for- u8rd in part motion 168, &te lWBI olaarly ap- pllai, we think, to i%lJ. tmt0e8 of lndopendrat &triote, whether appolntad.bl the oity oounoil or oleoted by popu&w WA& * A relerutoa bo ' tih0 oited 1rti0i0e 0r th0 I.896 a.~. 0l0arl..y ah0wa that it WQM Intent of the Le&islatUm that said article 2S92, R&i. 1.911, should apply to all type8 independent diatrlota,* * + n
"Lock1 school CUII~~, tkt lo, ?uti~i~ :lot do- riV9d fro:3 t::t: EtAtO ~213 Cou-ity, L1T.r ‘JO U35t: (CA) ?OS the ~J,U-~OClOf3 fO‘or V:::Ch L.‘vltO cud ‘,Oilllty funds nay bo used; (b) ror imrck~nln;: ox~llonceeo nnd su~~lloo; (c) for t&c poy:ioht of ~nsuronce :me- rml otknor a~loyees; (d) for buy- siwns, jnaftors, in? r&toe buylnc, builiing cmc repirini: wld rent- 1n1; ochoo -houaao; i and (0) other ?ur~oaos ncoesccry to conduot the public ooi;ool:: to be dotcrAned by the borlril of trusteee. Subdlviulon 2, artiole 282'7."
Let us3 now try to deter&he wht uuthorlty the trwteeu ln this cnee hsve by virt-tu, of tneae two ortioles. :Wtlolo 2780 says that *they shall hme the exclusive power to paw aaC Lpvsra aaid B&oolS". Artlels 2827, in zection 2, says that "local school fund* frou diotriot taxes * * + fmc other locul souroos may be UEed + * * for puralraslng appllnnoes and eu?plfce, for the pq-zont of ln- + l * r0r buying 5c:1001 sites, buyiog. bulldin:: 3lr r anae p rtiumu find ropalrlng and renting sahool housea, mc for ot.her~mrooses nsOww the ooaduot of the mbllo sohoole to be detstined bx Board 0r nwtaee**. i:e tShk these hrtlclea olsarly aut.3orize the Board of Trustee:, in t&is CL~GD to spend t!ic .aoney in r,uootlon for a school bus.
Cm nonoy in quontion 5.0 Liound to be low1 sohool funds :~~OZUCJ~ tho o.?ly dhar kink of school ,%r16~ we ;t.iito ricd oounty school funds, rend t!ioy connot Cc used Tar builkihs school houeec, ~:~iilch is by vLrtuo 0;' Amtlon 1 of :ztlcla Z327, which retie rm .nllov:s:
"Yhe Stcite and county nV:lllL~blo Tunrls still be ueud eri.Aunivoly Cur t!la pqI3ent or tefiOlieI73’ and uuperintendentu* sularlo~, fooe taking saholestlo oehsus, and intoroot on noney borrowed on s::ort tin0 to 3ay t-~lc.rloo of tenohere and sup erlntezdonts, when t!rose scilarlos booom &MI be- fore t!lo school *aImis fnr U:u current yew bocolle tht IIC lcnnti :'US tAc :mrpom a~allc.Llo; poviCo9 of pnymnt 01 tauchcre &xl). be Snid out of Zundc other t>nn ti;oco :':II t:;o thori mrrunt :mnr." *3 ,.- Aan t!ILs acl.mrl !mueo *a built, it ::2;1: wilt 3&t!; idCU1 -:ni now t&t it has burneC tir>liu we think t&t rumba of eosm kind, ::a ln6urfmas 2.oscy Lxll:. SC conniiiemd hn lo& ;u!!.c.
In thk day em.? w den travel by bus hu becow so zu%atlaal that Per; fc~ people objact to it, m(: mweying sohool &UTUA by bus la SODC 1~ mst oazuunlties, .HIZ believe that the buy&n& of t&5 bus ootitd bc d8a;ord.a purgose .xmmmx-y III t210 eon- dot.-of the ~obocl, and, t!mmf~e, justified \itier %ctlon 2 of-
rtiole 2327, Ua rinll as under Art1cl.e 2730; ,wovWu~, d' aourso, z.!! tru6tee~ are actin:: In GgLv3d rnltp. hZYCt tohe t3XOhI- *ochoOl tl'U6tt3~6 OrdllltUd.1~
sivo c0ntrol rmc ~~~~pient so3001 property tM sxolualvs posssoslon thereof. In excrclsin~ this dlscret~oa they.zmy looate and constzuct din- trlct buUln.@ upon spph altsa, an4 in aoaordauee vdth mah plaxs rpb spealflcatlons 9~ in theair ---.,.I$~~~~-=~~~~ ~,~n$e;--& o;f&
didrotion will not b; revi&& T'ls p&r must, horsrer, bdexorclsed 80 as host to sarvc the %i=--- .- tarests of t30 ,?ubl.lo."
Our 6nawer to your 1fhquix-y 1s t&m: Go ii&i off Txuatees 0: Qo lmlepoB6*nt sohoolhave the euthorlty to tee the ~Omy col- leoted as flro insuraxtos on a aohoolhouse destroyed by fire and user thl~lxaoey TV buy a school b;La withrhlah tu transport tha C*;fidTea in thcf vicirrity to anot!mr school in that Uatrlot, pm- ridlug the tnurteae.are aotlng in good faith.
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