OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAS:, OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable R. Il. Ulnahip, Jr., 8uperintePdent 3 

Oatearlllo St*te Who01 t6E Bow 

aatowzlle, ax88 ( \,: \ 

Dear MS: opiniorr lso:-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 tnatter haa been reo6lvod b,j.ulLs dmpprwasnt. lie quoto 

from your 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& When the prooeedlIlg La ulth 

a jury, the Yerdict shall 3t8to Vhether the jUYtile 

ia a ~ddinqurnt mldc vmaan the maning 0r this 

Aot, and ir 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: 

*” . . . . 

“(2) Commit the 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 hCiWS for 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 wm8ary 0r It0 wormatua oc~~~orning 8uoh ahad 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 aud under tho 

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 confsnesent in jail; 
453 

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

“(0) or who habitually violates any m 1.~ 

OS this wxt0 0r th0 grad0 or iabdeaeanor vb0ro 

th0 puaiw0a pcesoribed r0r 8wh 0rr0n.0 is by 

pea-m f- -41 

‘(d) OP uho bebltuelly vlolat.8 any penal ordinance or a poluiaal subdivlrlan 0s this atate) 

*(o) ar tmo habitually violataa a ccspclsory 

mhcfol attmr\snne lav ai t&is statej 

* e(r) al- vho habltmlly 80 deport. bAneeli 88 

to 4ure or endanger the 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 8g0 or ten (10) yearr and unaer me 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 Xmoosrcrry that 

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 rropl the 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 oup StatUtea u&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