Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

s&ohooln am tbs lmttitutians of the #t&e es- tabllshad in the ctnmticls, sad, AS a &w-t of the stats’s go%tmm6n +utl policy leaiatainedlil part frm t-8 and other fund dkmtl.y ftarnlshed by the state and in part from intereat on the funds reell.%ed kmt the lsnds 5tttmstet¶by the 8tate to the famageamtttof the capafss16nast eourb of ihe tounties a.?e thus trnstees f’or af the state sahools, . ~. . 4 such trustmm their pwerr must be Serlet4 eonsitru8d. Thay may neither divest thdYar of the pcwsra eaaie``08 nor aaanm powers not ooaferre&. Cc+ rdsslamms' courte &all. 'astaiae such powsrr aad $twbdieticm ever all cmmty budao8s as is cenfwred by this Constitution ttntlthe Iws of the state or as may ba herkftar presoribsdo * . . .* xxt vhv of th6 fotxtgtahg it 3,s 8w CplttbJl th%t the counties are tnwtous for the baafit of the stati @dls rrm mWols urd the fW ltuWpt&mt %8uaty of E2l.l Teams8!Frmatse$or th9 Pstmaetat-Pmdundu,Az'ti~.282+, Vmmzm*s AnnotatedT- StatutM' mqnirad to k pkpercr ~a UttAtd &ate8 Uar~.l5amb msr&wml hy mawy art 8U the aeh4&llllt the pTop6rpad lega iawrtptlon to be ' Tntatlag that the forego~ hrlly anmfa41 your In- quti-y, ve am ‘Paprr very truly ATTm?cI fa!lrim OF Tas By I%/ A&ll Mlll%MR