. 909 

OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Honorable ~3dm~dha.m 

Secreta 

Awilll) %a xae 

Dear Sir: 

Attention: Kr. 8. 3. Long1 

i 

our0 a permit to do 

esr in t&e State of 

,‘and related watt-s. 

Uainfstrations of. thlo departt such oorparat ion8 em not re- 

“1, Is a non-profit eduoational~, oharitable, 

religious benevolent fore1 

noa-profit foraisn oorpaxat r 

aorporatlon, or any 

on, reqalred to eoourb 

a permit to do bueineee ia this &ate? 

‘2, If suah oorporat ien8 ire ‘retpaired to Bewfe a permit, what riling fee should thla deptirt5ent request? 
. I 

910 

tbnorablo Sidney L&ham, ~38 e 

“S. If l uoh oorporatiorra are required to 

seoure a ~p etla l ithotid , this depetimnt EollbOt 

a franohiao tax for their operations In this 

State? 

“4. If aaah oorp0ratlona are not reqalreb 

to secure (I pefndt fro- thla 0rri0e, are auah 

oorperatlona aothoris& to Ilo buainarr In thI8 

Steta without a permit?* 

rides: 

Art$olq 1589, Vernon~a Annotated Civil Statutes, pro- 

*Any oorporation for peounlary profit, exoept aa hemigdter prevideb, o?ga,aaiwb. or oreate 

nndor the la wa o ? l 4 other Sta ti, or o f a 4 territorl W the Uslted Statra, 0s any munlolpallt~ 

ot anoh State 01 territory; or of tiy foraign &ovenment, anrerelgnty of muzkiolpalIty, desiring to trenagot or aolicrlt bwiiaeaa la Tsrar, of to establish a 

general or 8peelal oifioe fr thI8 State rhall file 

with the Seoretary ot State a duly oerdfled @opt 

of its artlalea ai inaorporation; anb thereupea l uoh 

offisial shall ieaue to *al6 corporation a parrit bp 

traneact bualnen in this State ior a period of tea 

yeare from the date OS 80 illlly l ald artifolor ot 

incorporation. It eueh oorporat ion 1 a created too 

more 3h.m one purpose8 the petit may be llalte4l to 

one or more purpoae8. 

It in stated la Hildebrand*a “Texas CorparatIonr,* 

v01unI, 4, page 131 

l AoeordLn& to Vernon’s Annotated CIvIl atatutaa 

Artiale 1889 only foreign oorporatlona for peounlarr 

prorlt that tranaaat or wllslt buaineaa Ia Texas am 

required to take out a pWalt. A torelgpr aorporatioa 

for benotolent , rell&ma, philmthroplo purposes where 

the charters provide that all of its revenues except 

reasonable expenses will be devoted to one or more aueh 

purposes is not organfeed for peouniary prsflt. Suoh a 

aorporation doea not @one within the prerialoa oi the 

Texas statute, and, therefore, aould reaover 08 a oldr 

due It without proving that it obtained a peralt. h 
oorporction organiced for the abovo purpose has authorIt to buy land reasonably neaeaeary to further 

its oharter power*;* 

Xn the oaae of City of Saa AhtonIo. et al v. Salvation 

6-P 

137 3. II. 860, In oonstruing itrtioler 745 d 745 Revised 

ta utea, 1695, whloh contained praatIaa117 the %e la&uage as 

hrtlolea 1529 and 16S0, Vernon’s Annotated Clvll Statutes, it was 

said i 

a* l * The aorporatloa not being organtsed 

or operated for &n~ou.niarf profit, but by the terma 

0s its inoorporatloa atriotlp prohibited from beIn 

wnduated for peeuni~j pmrit, etiolr I46 sad ‘144 

have no applloation to it, and it was not required 

to obtain a petit to operate and eonduot its aifairs ia Pexaa aa a oandltlon pree8dent fo Its 

mebitalning this aatIo&* 

titer oarefull~ considering Utiole 1539, rupra It la 

apparent that auoh statute applies only to SoraIgn eorporatlona 

oreatsd for peaunlary p0rit and a088 not apply to any ncbn-profit 

$(rrign eorporatioacr which ate not lnoorporated for paoaniary pro- 

. 

la view or the rorei5oIng authoritlea, wa reepectfallP 

amwer your first quo&ion as stated above In tha aegatlte. 

As we have anawered your rirat question in ths negative, 

It neoesaarilP follow8 that 70~ aeauad and th.lrd queatfonr require 

no answer. 

Ia view of whet has heretofore beea said, your fourth 

question i8 rospeatrolly answered in the afrlr5ctlve. 

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AIrIy:RP 

k-dell Nilllema 

Aaaiataut