Show attorney general s opinion on consolidation of school districts sait lake oily june 11 1912 mr A J ashman co supt bupt of schools fillmore rill more utah dear sir you state in your letter of the ath dinst just juat received that your board of county commission ers era is anxious to efream a consolidation of the school districts in ill your county so BO that the entire county will constitute cons titue but one common school district and you request tho the opinion of this office as to whether or not the autho ty so 50 to do is vested in said board by the terms of section 1801 of chapter 4 compiled laws of utah 1907 HB as amended by chap nor 3 section claws of utah i 1911 and further in the event that such consolidation ran can be made whether r th the e effect e fre A would w be to abolish the board of trus tees sepera Be te school die brict as now or fuch consolidated district would have a board consisting of three trustees only that part of section 1801 abl ab 0 ove e mentioned delegating to the board or of county cotha powers with reference to 10 changing of bion daries etc of a school district provides that the board of county corn inissa i i onery may change the boundaries of IF divide and consoli consolidate dato existing school districts n in the case of sixteenth district of davis county re rei pon dent vs boa board boad d of county commissioners of davis county appellant utah our supreme court has hold held that the above delegated power may be exercised by the board bard upon its own motion in the absence of a petition by the taxpayers tax payers so BO to do 1 J I an am of the opinion that by the powers conferred by br said section your board of county commissioners should iz ii bo be deemed advisable so to do may consolidate all of the tha districts now existing in ill lillard county and embrace all of the territory now n aw contained in said se districts into une one new district should thir bd dorte done it would operate as a termination of the of office nee of each trustee of the sev bev eral school districts now in ill existence and it would be the duty of the board of county commissioners to forthwith it appoint p three trustees for the said eaid new district dist riat who should be qualified electors ta therein and who would servo serve as such auch until the ensuing regular election for trustees trustee fl very truly yours v A R barnes attorney general of utah h |