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 Athletic AssoclaMon. Bbe purporo ol the oorporatfon 40 ret out in 

the chmtes applleatlon 10 an iOllOWB~ 

'Thl* oorporatlon la r0a under the provision8 of m~bdlvlrlon 2 of Article l302 of the Retired civil 8t&UtOB Of %!0%8# l!i+@, urb th8t ths 

tyndaT~ of the oorporadlon are thore oi eduw8ntoqprlw ln w %l l ch me it ~11 o Ttll * wk to adltfuw n l - in the ln 

zE&gp 

e 

eople 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 

kind Or dowrlptlon of weapon otherulm then the 

huma hand ltroli, and thus dlrao etheuaemd 

a 

r 

lle8tion of flreamm ln personal “yf lsputerj 8ad 

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 whtitwever ah~31 be 

used, ruoelved kept or retalaed by the 6hareholdor8, 

0tflCrWB or direotors of the oorporatlon.* 
Iton0rebl. M.0, nowera, Page 2 o-*N37 

“a..**46 

thla 0 

*3&e appliomtr f0l. the oharterp0intoutth6t 

of me XL 

iutiosl Will k OMdUOtOd WhdW th@ BUpWViBiO!l 

tk A.A.U. 

fg? $tpp$ Union, generelly ldentlfled &a 

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. . 

Reotlona 2 and 9 of aald artlol. read 66 follower 

"2. 9he support of any benevopgt4 $mrlkble, 

edu06tlon61 or mlaal0nery under&king, 

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

other lnnooent aporta, 

231Ia department haa, 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 

3 op 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 

Opinion uo. o-7471 

and other eplnlena too maww6 to mention. 

Refemlng 'to the opinion of the 8onorlbb Qeorge 8. 

chrlatlen, aupre, the lfrltbr aaya that 

5. funotlon expreawd by e-aorporatlon will 

aetuaias 1ta t?harwtor.' 

"a oorporatlon or wwalntlan orguilaed exolul lvelyfor l olentlfw, llteawy, Mbrazrp, 

hi6t0&$06l pW$‘OBW, W fOl' Urg on. Of 6uC r 

trlotlc, 0x 

-6.6, lB 
Honorable N.0, Blouse, pSe 3 

moeaaarlly to aa0 extent eduaatloaal In it6 mture, 

cad ln the reaulta obtaIned from auoh organlaatlona. 

An ao1uaIvely.hlBtOPiCal l 00ledoes ty not gather 

booka, manuaorlpta, prlotuma, end antlqultlea l imply 

hoard te> _ Ita p$rpor? lr -not alo? $0 d$cova:. and 

o-w7 

to 

L 

rowme tunga and fact6 of hmtorlo*l~ value, but to 

p and reaord them th8t they may be aeon, read and 

gudled, that greater knowledge may be l ttalnedfrom 

The Leglalntum, in lneludIng educational corporatlk and aaaocl8tlona in the flrat part of the statute 

quot.&, b&endOd O~orRtioM OC 8BBOOtitiOAB w-d 

la romethIng more than S3Mdentel l duoatlon, whlah la 

neaeawrlly derived from oorporatlons organlaod exclua lnlfy or l cientlfI$, llteraxy, library, patriotic, or 

hiatorlcal prupoae~. 

Xn M oplnlon of thla department by the Honorable T. C. 

3eylor, March 26, 1919, It na l ald tlptr 

“A corporation ahartered 8e an educational under- 

-~u;;~ymforce of tbe law e atrlatly educational 

. 

The ~.oplnlonr of thlr departutent on thick partloular aubject hve manlsoualy bald that to be an e4uaatIonal or 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 additional authorltler we-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 obarltable aarporatlon. 

of the above propoaed aorporatlon la 

rovl44 for other lnnownt 

dove P opwnt of the human ayatw, 

all of which, wll be prerented to the public for its entertainment, 

33atruatlena, enJoymat, *to. 

In view QS tba foregoing you 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 oorporetlon uould 

bpg$ eo! 

ied 

to thd flllng fee6 a8 pmvidad 

Civil Statutea, and alro subject 3 

Artlola 3914, Vernon’ a 

o the franohlac tax aB 

-W-dby’L#r. 

Triutlng that the above fil4 anaeors your Inuu*, 

wem 

?oGra very tru4 

ilxmIu -‘OF BUCh 

m “‘E% EEz 
mu. x.0, Flow.ra, wtJ.4 

AWobrro 

APm~myp19,1940 

a/ Osrald C. Mann 

ATTORU8YQHREML aTEXAs 

Apptived Oplnlon CmmIttoeby a/BWBChaIrnan