AttQu Will Nann 

### Rloherbon Opinion 

### No.O-2057 Rel DOW the **purpolla OlEMe**  **Of** %XeS Ctolden Qlove At&&lo ABBool.etlon oome wlthIn Subdlv. 2 Art. UO2 as an eduoatlonal mid &arltabie organlzatlozt, or within Subdlv. 9, Art, l302, a8 an lnnoa8nt sport? Pour reeoent

request for an oplnlon of thin department, on the above rtated que&lon, haa been received.

We quote from your letter **811** follomr *Ue are in xwelpt 0r fin epplicetlon**r0r** a ohartez iw the Texas Oolden Olove AthleticAssoclaMon. Bbe purporo ol the oorporatfon40 **ret** out **in** 

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### under theprovision8 of m~bdlvlrlon2 of Article l302 of the Re**tired civil**  **8t&UtOB Of**  **%!0%8# l!i+@,**  **urb** th8t ths **tyndaT~ of**  **the** oorporadlon **are** thore **oi eduw**  

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# l ch it ~11 %l me oTtl* an l - ln l wk to dltfuw in the zE&gp eeople a devotion to the art of toBtting

ha **BIUIICU~W** dovelopmnt oi the body, ~the art of :.lt-defenw, dovoid of tba UK of my 

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### the huma hand ltroli, and thus dlrao etheuaemd a

### r lle8tion of flreamm ln personal “yf lsputerj8ad 8 80 to provide for other lnnoaent 

### athlotlo 6portr.

oi mne rhall be devoted to a publlu aharlty,to be wled by the Board of Dlre&ora of the oorpomtlon, and 

### no gain or pwit of 8ny kind whtitweverah~31 be **used,** ruoelved kept **or** retalaed by the 6hareholdor8, **0tflCrWB** or direotors of the oorporatlon.*Iton0rebl. M.0, nowera, Page 2 o-*N37

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thla 0 *3&e appliomtr f0l. the oharterp0intoutth6t XL of me iutioslWill k OMdUOtOd WhdW th@ **BUpWViBiO!l** tk A.A.U. 

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The purpoaea Sor uhlch prlwte ooqnmatlona 6my be fo& in the **rtat43 of**  Tewa are enumereod In Mole l302, Vernon*6 Annotated WV11 at8tut.a.

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Reotlona 2 and 9 of aald artlol. read 66 follower "2. 9he support of any benevopgt4 $mrlkble, edu06tlon61or mlaal0neryunder&king,

"9. To auppw$ E a$ntaln blayole oluba, and other 

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aporta, 231Ia departmenthaa, In the past, rendered many oplnlona the subject 

### of educatioM1 6nd oharltable corpor6tlon6,to-wltt Oplnlon by the lit& Oeo. E. Chrlatl6n on Deoember 18 1925, fowg ln the Reports 

### of Oplnlona, 1924-26, P. 4221 

# op 3 lnlon by the Hon. .Rlce N. filly on lkrah 18, 1930, lo. 0 at P* 76% OpMOn by the 

### Hon. A.R. Stout on Deoomber 4, 1933, No, 352 et 

### 0. 3951 ~lnlcn no, O-117l1 Opinionuo. o-7471 and other eplnlena too maww6 to mention.

Refemlng 'tothe opinion of the 8onorlbb Qeorge 8. chrlatlen, aupre, the 

### lfrltbr aaya that 5. funotlon expreawd by e-aorporatlon will aetuaias 1ta t?harwtor.'

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olentlfw, llteawy, Mbrazrp,r hi6t0&$06lpW$‘OBW, W fOl' Urg on. **Of** 6uC trlotlc, 0x

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moeaaarlly to aa0 extent eduaatloaal In it6 mture, cad ln the reaulta obtaIned from auoh 

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does **not** gather booka, manuaorlpta,



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Lrowme tunga and fact6 of hmtorlo*l~value, but to p and reaord them th8t 

### they maybe aeon, read and gudled, that greater knowledgemay be 

### l ttalnedfrom The Leglalntum, in lneludIngeducationalcorporatlk and aaaocl8tlonain the flrat part of the statute **quot.&, b&endOd**  **O~orRtioM OC**  **8BBOOtitiOAB** w-d la romethIngmore than S3Mdentel 

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whlah la neaeawrlly derived from oorporatlonsorganlaodexclu

### alnly for l cientlfI$, llteraxy, library,patriotic, or hiatorlcal prupoae~.

Xn M oplnlon of thla departmentby **the** Honorable T. C. 3eylor, March 26, 1919, It na 

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### tlptr “A corporationahartered 8e an educationalunder- -~u;;~ymforce of tbe law e atrlatlyeducational

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of thlr departutent on thick

partloular aubject hve manlsoualy bald that to be an e4uaatIonalor a oharltablo corporetlon a ooqwatlon muat have for its primarp purpose the gl~vlng of Inatmot~ona ln 63~0 recognized field of knowledge,or mat have 

### for lta prlaaw purpose cane oharlteblr undorizakins.

We belleaw tiat no additionalauthorltlerwe-8weeulrg to dew&r& the lack of the propoaed purpom of the above mentioned 

### Bppllcmt to ~1lwIthIa tbe intention of the ImgIrlature In tpthorlclng the olnrterlng of an edwatloml or obarltableaarporatlon. of the above propoaed aorporatlon la

rovl44 for other lnnownt P dove opwnt of the human ayatw, all of which, wll be prerented to the public for its entertainment, 33atruatlena,enJoymat, *to.

In view QS tba foregoingyou am re otiully adolred that it la the opinion of thla department that the?z xaa Golden Olors Athletla AaaoairtIon,If lnoorporeted,should be lnooxyorated under bubaeatlon 9 of Artbla l3C2, eupr8, end thet auoh oorporetlonuould bpg$ eo! ied to thd flllng fee6 a8 pmvidad 3 Civil Statutea, and alro subject Artlola 3914, Vernon’ a o the franohlac tax aB -W-dby’L#r. Triutlng that the above fil4 anaeors your Inuu*, wem ?oGra very 

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