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fl'HE 0 ATTORNM EY GENERAL
GERALD C. MANN AMTN n Txs
Honorable T. M. Trimble
First Assistant
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Austin, Texas I
Modified iby V-8721
Dear Sir: Opinion No. 0-3823
Re: Does the extension of the bound-
aries of the city of Texarkana
automatically extend the bound-
aries of the Texarkana Independ-
ent School District?
We are in receipt of your letter of July 25, 1941, in
which you request the opinion of this department as to whether
or not the extension of the boundaries of the city of Texarkana
automatically extend the boundaries of the Texarkana Independ-
ent School District.
Article 2804 of the Revised Civil Statutes reads as
follows :
"Art. 2804. Extending city limits to include
district. Whenever the limits of any incorporated
city or town constituting an independent school
district are so extended or enlarged as to embrace
;the whole or any part of any independent or common
school district adjacent to such incorporated city
or town, that portion of such adjacent district so
embraced within the corporate limits of such incor-
porated city or town shall thereafter become a part
of the independent school. district constituted by
such incorporated city or town.
"If within the portion of such district so em-
braced there should be situated any real property
belonging to such district, such city or town may
acquire the same upon such terms as may be mutually
agreed upon between the governing body of such city
or town and the authorities of such district.
"This article shall not apply where it shall
be determined at an election held within such city
or town by majority vote of those voting thereon
that the territory or any portion thereof to be so
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3823, text, August 7, 1941; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth261062/m1/1/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.