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GENERAL AND SPECIAL LAWS. 355
tificate of election to each of the seven candidates for the office
of such trustee who received the greatest number of votes cast
for the office of trustee, respectively. And upon the issuance
of such certificate of election to and upon the taking of the oath
of office provided in the Constitution of this State, by each of
such trustees, they shall, respectively, be deemed to have fully
qualified and shall immediately enter upon the discharge of
their respective duties. When each of the seven trustees have
so qualified as herein provided, they shall, respectfully, file
their oaths of office with the county judge, and proceed with
the organization of the board of trustees by electing one of their
number as president of the board of trustees, electing a secretary
of such board of trustees who may or may not be a member
of such board, and by election a treasurer and an assessor
and collector of taxes, and such other officers and committees
as shall be deemed by said board necessary.
Each of the seven trustees who were elected at such incorporation
election shall hold office until the next regular trustee election
to be held on the first Saturday in April next succeeding and
until their respective successors have been duly elected and
qualified, at which time seven trustees shall be elected for said
independent school district, whose respective terms of office
shall be determined in the following manner and by the following
method: Such trustees shall draw by lot, and those trustees
drawing the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 shall serve one year for the
term of office ending with the next regular trustee election on
the first Saturday in April of the following year and until their
respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. And
those trustees drawing the numbers 5, 6 and 7 shall serve for
two years for the term of office ending with the next regular
trustee election on the first Saturday in April of the second
year following their election.
The said board of trustees of each of such independent school
districts incorporated under the provisions of this Act shall
have and exercise and are hereby vested with all the rights,
powers, privileges and duties conferred and imposed upon the
trustees and boards of rtustees of independent school districts
by the general laws of this State.
SEC. 3. Should any of the provisions of this act be declared
by the courts to be inoperative or unconstitutional, such decision
by the courts shall not invalidate or affect any of the remaining
provisions or sections of this Act, but such decision
shall invalidate or affect only such provisions of this Act so held
invalid or unconstitutional.
SEC. 4. All general laws and parts of general laws in conflict
herewith are hereby expressly repealed.
SEC. 5. The fact that the general laws of this State now in
effect and relating to the formation of independent school districts
are wholly inadequate to the public interest and so seriously
restrict the progress of the public school system of this
State, creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity
requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended, and
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1927 [Volume 25], book, 1927; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16125/m1/371/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .