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FORTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE-FIFTH CALLED SESSION. 213
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appoint a board of seven trustees for the consolidated district.
No person shall be trustee who cannot read and write the
English language understandingly, and who has not been a resident
of this State one year, and of the district six months, prior
to his appointment or election. Those elected at the first election
shall determine by lot the term for which they are to serve.
The three members drawing numbers one, two and three shall
serve for one year, the two members drawing numbers four and
five shall serve for two years and the two members drawing
numbers six and seven shall serve for three years, or and until
their successors are elected and qualified; and regularly thereafter
on the first Saturday in April of each year three trustees
or two trustees shall be elected for a term of three years to succeed
the trustees whose term shall at that time expire. The
members of the board remaining after a vacancy shall fill the
same for the unexpired term. District trustees shall qualify by
taking the official oath which shall be filed with the county superintendent
of the county wherein the district is situated. The
board of trustees after being qualified shall immediately organize
by electing one of their number president and another secretary,
a report of which organization shall be filed with the county
superintendent. The board of trustees of the district shall
appoint three qualified voters of the district to hold said election
and make returns thereof in like manner as provided by law for
holding elections for trustees in common school districts, except
that the persons holding said election shall each receive from
the general fund of the county two dollars a day for such services.
SEC. 4. The control and management of the schools of a rural
high school district, established under the provisions of this Act,
shall be vested in a board of seven trustees, elected by the qualified
voters of the said district at large, who shall be elected and
serve in accordance with the provisions of general law relative
to common school districts except as may be otherwise provided
herein; and provided that each of the original districts included
in such rural high school district must be the residence of at
least one member of said board. Provided, that for a rural high
school district formed with more than one hundred square miles
of territory, or embracing more than seven districts, the board
of trustees, as herein provided for, shall be elected from the district
at large. Should any rural high school district fail to elect
a trustee or trustees as provided for in this Act, the county
board of trustees shall appoint said trustee or trustees. Those
elected at the first election shall determine by lot the term for
which they are to serve. The three members drawing numbers
one, two and three shall serve for one year, the two members
drawing numbers four and five shall serve for two years and the
two members drawing numbers six and seven shall serve for
three years, or until their successors are elected and qualified;
and regularly thereafter on the first Saturday in April of each
year three trustees or two trustees shall be elected for a term
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1929-1931 [Volume 27], book, 1931; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16362/m1/225/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .