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0gth S~Hl6 DistrPiot was tore in the year 1931. Salt district
was tomi e as a istriet inodluir~ g ls than one hundred square
alles of tertery At th ime ai4 district Vas formed
n O at an is xll ts, t seems that .iA tistriot actually
lnelated en than one hundred square nlos of territory.
rticle at8g , ae non's Annotated CiU Stuatutes,
entet4 in 1925, reade as feloe:
"Ro rural high school district, as provided
for hern, hall eantala a greater area than one
hundred eqnare* slles, or ore than seIv eleseatary
schooll distri so, except that the eo aty school
Oard o f school trtees mayl ton. rral high school
sriSt, au.provited La atife 2988l, containing
se ~than onue h *dret square les, pau a vote of
a majority of the quality M electors in the sald
popornetrural hih school distries y ctn* M an
elelti oaled -or such purpose; aAd provided
further that the said board of eounty sool
tr ees n may.rm a rural hgh school 4istriot
ooatainng.. more tha seven eaemtga dtrifts
upon a v ote of a majority of the q fled voters
in each of the elemntary districts within such
proposed minimal high school disti.",
article l2e*, Vernon's Anastat Civi Statutes,
enacted i 19R5, heads as follosat
She seatro and maAement of the sools
of a rural bih 91hool district established under
Stprovisionst of this Act sha be Iatest in a
board t seven trustees, elOte by the qualified
voters ef the said district at large, ut shall be
elo* ea an m isa aoodaaoe fith the provisions
oft Oeeral Law relative to oma n school districts,
eezept, as ay be ot e rse provided herein; ana pro-
Sv1i .stb a such eleenuapry dLstrite inelted in suoh
rural hgh school Uistriot anst be the resident
of at least one aaber of satid board. Ay reas
shall be iflled o the e uxpired tera ~ appointment
by bthe count board of trustees. Froviyed that for
a rual high school district ored with more than one
hundred square miles of territory, or containing more
thaa sevea elementary districts, as provide in this
Aelt, the board of trustees, s herein provided for,~I r
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3787, text, August 7, 1941; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth261026/m1/2/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.