SCHOOL DISTRICTS ‑- CONSOLIDATION ‑- STATUS. School districts which are consolidated for all purposes for which such districts are operated lose their individuality and become a new and distinct entity for all such purposes except as to those matters expressly reserved by statute.

MASTER AND SERVANT ‑- CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE NATIONAL GUARD ‑- STATUS -- MILITIA Civilians employed by the Washington National Guard as caretakers and clerks, pursuant to 32 U.S.C.A., sec. 42, are employees of both the state and federal government and therefore are qualified to participate in the state employees' retirement fund.