Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6968 Page: 3 of 4
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notablee John C. larburger, page 3
in counties having a scholasti population of be-
tween three thousand (3,000) and five thousand
(5,000) scholastics, wherein the office of County
Superintendent has not been created and a Super-
itendant elected, then in such counties the question
ft whether or not such office is established shall be
determined by the qualified voters of said county in
a special election called therefore by the Commission-
era' Court of said county, upon petition therefor as
hereinabove specified."
. 'Article 2689, V. A. C. S., is as follows:
"The county superintendent shall first take
the official oath and shall enter into a bond in
the sum of one thousand dollars, with good and
suffielent sureties, to be payable to and approved
by the commissioners court, conditioned under the
faithful performance of his duties. Any sum col-
looted on a forfeiture of said bond shall become a
part of the available county school fund."
Article 2690, V. A. Co S., provides, in part:
"The county superintendent shall have, under
the direction of the State Stperintendent, the im-
mediate supervision of all matters pertainl g to
public eduation in his county. He stall confer
with the teachers and trustk&e and give them ad-
vice when needed, visit and examine schools, and
deliver lectures that shall tend to create an in-
terest in public education. He shall spend tour
days each week visiting the schools while they are
in session, when it is possible. for him to do so,
He shall have authority over all of the public
schools within his county, except such of the in-
dependent school districts as have a scholastic
population of five hundred or more. In such inde-"
pendent school districts as have less than five
hundred scholastic population, the reports of the
principals and treasurers to the State Department
of Education shall be approved by the county super-
intendent before they are crwarded to the Stat;
Superintendent . . . "
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6968, text, 1945; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth264245/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.