OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAS:, OF TEXAS AUSTIN

HonorableR. Il. Ulnahip, Jr., 8uperintePdent 3 Oatearlllo St*te Who01 t6E Bow aatowzlle, ax88 ( \,: \ Dear MS: opiniorrlso:-04 ‘i au: InteBpret8tlon or the laot paragraph sf.?ectaux l3, hnato Bill Hdz 44,‘~-Aotr ./‘of the 4dth **&gi&Uture,** / IIplar 8eSSlon. A’

“\\ **x0rp** mum r0l?Okd’&&~~~lr, thb bm~b0~0 08pttoued tnatterhaabeen **reo6lvod** b,j.ulLs dmpprwasnt.lie quoto fromyour lettcrr u rollomr ‘\ v, ,*’452 “ ’

Bmorable R. R. WSxmbip,Jr., page 2

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‘If no jury 1s Qaandod, tha Judge ebell~roteed Tit21 the hemur& Whenthe prooeedlIlg La ulth a jury, the Yerdict shall 3t8to Vhether the jUYtile ia a ~ddinqurnt mldc vmaan the maning 0r this Aot, andir theJudge or jury tad8 that th6 Qhlld 1a dellaquu& or othet’ulse Uitlztn th. ~OYlaiOM or thla Act, the **oourt** nay by **order** &ul~ **entered** pro0m a8 r0u0vn: *”

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“(2) Committhe ohlld to a slritable publio institutlon **or** agenay, or to a aultabla privets lnstltutlcia or 8gfana~

authorized to on&e Ioz ohlldrena or to place then in euitablo famllp htamb or parez&tal hCiWSfor a!&1Pdstmte p?Niod Or tine, ZiOt axtmcUngbayondth~tlme~ahlld*)ullrelb~hthO age 0r tventy-cnu3 (21) x0erwi a

. . . . iUh&rer the oourk ah@ll wmxalt a ohlld to any .inrtitutlon or sgenoy, it &mll tr4mamlt vlth th0 order 0r caanitmeat, a wm8ary0r It0 wormatua oc~~~orning

8uohahad and&iv8 at the order or oomltnmnt the birth date of the ohlld.or **attach ’**  therato..a aertiiled copy of the birth certltloate.”
r0u&3 I Seotlon 3 **of raid**  Senate Bill 44, rem28 in part aa

a

. . . 2hetem’delin~usatcbfld’mea1~any haala person wmr the age of ton (LO) years and wer the afg0

0r 0ighmn (ia) yeaa aad~la;r toal **por ’** **eon**

**over** the 8 e 0r ten (10) yaarr audundertho age of seventeen t 17) yaarsx

“(a) vho violate8 any p lfni or thi8 state 0r the grade or relonyj

“(b) or vho vrolatea any lxnaal lau of this state or the wade o< mlsdmaeenor where the pualahment pzmcrlbed f

’or suoh osfenae maybe **by** confsne**sent** in jail;453

ficnorable R. PI. Wuhip, Jr., W. 3

“(0) or whohabitually violates any m 1.~ 

### OSthis 

### wxt0 0r th0 grad0 or 

### iabdeaeanor vb0ro th0 puaiw0a pcesoribed

### r0r 8wh 

## 0rr0n.0 is by pea-m f- -41

‘(d) OPuho bebltuelly vlolat.8 anypenal ordinance or a poluiaal subdivlrlan 0s this atate) 

### *(o) ar tmohabitually violataa a 

### ccspclsory mhcfolattmr\snne

lav ai t&is statej * e(r) al-vho habltmlly 80 deport. bAneeli 88 to 4ure or 

### endangerthe norala or heaUh of him-

“(6) or vho babltually and l.mmor.1per.one.” und6rth0t0m3orth0 delinquent 

### boy i8. fmmitte~ 30 a,asscclater with vlolou3

a hs 8hau be 

### 0~0~th0 8g0or ten (10) yearr andunaerme a66 

## 3r sev0ntoen (17) yeara.

Paragreph(2),ReotQxLl3, prcvlder thatadellIiWe&t child ~axx

b0 acamltted to a publio lzxatituticn ior aa lndeternirute period of time, 

## not eztendta& beyond the time tbe cblld 3hall reach the age of tusnty-ome (21) yearem

St It aandatcry **that** the btith date of the **boy** be glve~ ln the conmltment or a oertlrled copy or the blsth certlrloate attached thereto in 

### order ror tbe 3upeclntendont to bo in a poeltlon to deterane whether or not the boy le ellgfble for admleeion to ‘said lnstltutlcn. Further it 1s Xmoosrcrrythat the 3uperintendent reeeloe the above LllfbFEIotioLL in order t0 deteraine vhen the boy reaohea twenty-one (21) years of am, 00 tbet he say release him 

### rroplthe lnetltutlaa.

In adciltkn to the above, 

## 3ecticn li plainly provldea that the date of blrthehallbe inaluded inthe wXmlt.Inexat Or a certified copy or the birth certirluato attached thereto, end ft **is** very obvious **that** the CtitmeAt le 

### not comp~eto end in complienco 

### vlth oupStatUteau&L886 the birth 

### dat0 1. contetned $;z:; or 8 oertlfled copy Of the birth oert+ficeto attaabed

.454

2cwrabla R. H. Wlnahip, Jr., pego 4

Invleu of the ffsef~o%ug,lt2m the 0pinionoftM.a depsrtmn~ that the Sqm’inturciarrt ahall refuse to reoeive 8 boyOolaattedtot&a~tesvl.lle stat. sohoolfaFBoy8vh8nt&e ocormittlag oourt rclll8 to eve, %a the order of ooml~t, tha birth date of the child or attaoh thereto a certlticd oopy 

## of tbo birth oertlfioate.

Although it ia amdatmy on the 

### oourt to trpnsnlt with thaorder or oaslpltawaat a mumary of 

### f,nhrrmtlou ooncmaIng the ok&l& 8uch iaforaatloa 3.8

## not a prt ai the 0omltaQeut~

‘
. It 1a thawrare our opinion that li the oon88Ltment omplias vith the twms of QUIP atatutsa inoladillR tha date of bf&th or 

## 8 certified 0013~ of birth asrt:tioate, t&e ;Jupe~ls~Gzndent rwl receive the boy, au13 t&e above desoribab lnform6tlon can be rsoelved at B ltbter date. Very truly youra A%JEaRYaIcBwALc?TBxss 

## BY $Le. a-4 $7 ’ s. C. Dwrlr, Jr.

Asriatant

*PPROVEEMlff

23, 1943