Barber v. Alexander
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Before Judge Gober. Cobb superior court. December 10, 1903. By special act approved August 18, 1903, tbe General Assembly incorporated the Olive Springs School District in Cobb county, providing that the schools therein should not be under the control of the county board of education, but “ shall be controlled by the trustees of said district, who shall report direct to the State School Commissioner.”
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Injunction. Before Judge Gober. Cobb superior court. December 10, 1903. By special act approved August 18, 1903, tbe General Assembly incorporated the Olive Springs School District in Cobb county, providing that the schools therein should not be under the control of the county board of education, but “ shall be controlled by the trustees of said district, who shall report direct to the State School Commissioner.” These trustees were to be elected by the voters of the district, and were to have control of the schools therein, employ teachers, fix their compensation and duties, cause a school…
1Opinion of the Court
LamáR, J.
The general law contained in Political Code, § 1353, provides that each county in the State shall compose one school district. The special act approved August 18,1903, creates a district within a district, destroys territorial uniformity, and sets apart one locality of the State in which the general law is not longer to be of force. If there can be one such independent school district in Cobb county, there may be a dozen. If one or more in Cobb, *32then so likewise in every county in the State. Each special act might differ in its terms, with the result of variety, where the…
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