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SPECIAL LAWS. 129
and iliposedl upon independent school districts iieorporated under
thle General Laws of Texas.
SEC. 3. The management and control of all school affairs of
said Sharp Independent School District as here created shall be
-ested in a board of seven trustees, who shall be elected by the
qualified voters of said independent school distlic( at the time and
in the manner provided for by the General Statutes of Texas. for the
election of trustees of independent school districts. Provided that
the present board of trustees of Sharp Independent School District
of Milam County, shall continue to exercise full and complete authority
over said school district and school affairs until the full board
of seven shall have been elected, and
said seven trustees shall be
elected at thle next regular election for school trustees. p)rov-iled thit
at an
time after tlhe taking' effect of this Act, lhe (ollnity judge of
\lilaml County, upon petition of twenty or more of the (qualified
voters of said independent school district, shall order an election
to be held in said independent school district for the purpose of
election of seven school trustees. said trustees so elected shall meet
and organize as provided for in the General Laws of this Slate,
governing trustees of independent school districts. aiid lfhall determine
by lot which tih ee sliall serve until the next second geeieeral
election of trustees, and their'successors shall be elected froni time
to time as is provided for by the GCeneral Laws of the State o' emning
trustee elections in independent school districts.
SEc. 4. The hoard of trustees of the Sharp Independent School
District shall have and enjoy all of the rights. powers, privileges
and duties imposed and conferred upon the boards of trustees of
independent school districts, incorporated for free school purposes
only, under the General Laws of Texas, and shall be a body corporate
with powTer to sue and be sued, to make contracts and to do
and perform all the acts conferred by the General Laws of this
State upon such trustees of independent school districts.
SEC. 5. It is specially provided that no section or clause of this
Act shall be construed to interfere with or invalidate any local or
special taxes heretofore voted by the previously existing Common
School District No. 76, of Milam County, or of Sharp Independent
School District, but such taxes shall continue to be levied and collected
until changed or modified as is provided for by the General
Laws of this State in such cases.
SEC. 6. All public school properties now located and situated
within the bounds of the above described territory. belonging either
to Common School District No. 74 or 76 of Milam County, Texas,
or to Sharp Independent School District, are hereby transferred
and declared to be the property of and to belong to said Sharp Independent
School District as hereby created, and shall be under the
management and control of the board of trustees of said Sharp
Independent School District, as though or'iinally acquired by such
district.
SEC. 7. The county board of trustees shall not have the right
to reduce the territory of the district here created, without the
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1923-1925 [Volume 22], book, 1925; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15500/m1/139/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .