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**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

i%wroble A. J. Luckett Cmity **Attorney** ccm41c0unt7 ihi 3raunfel8, TOUr8 Dar Sir: 

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appoin er*tq a guardlsa over thi b6 **3** r ruoh peF8on a8 **be** perron of unsound mind? This will aokzGi?&edge r&e& of your letter of reack.ouatsof guerd~am, and trtUI34Otall bU8fU888 appqtalning $6 tie ertates of mlaoc8, **perronr** of **unaouhd IJO@:**  **habitual** drunkards, and **other** perron for vhoa a guatidianis appointed."

\ 1' Article 4104, Revised Civil gtatUte8, provide8 Sn part as fOllOW8:

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. Idiots, lUnatica.or Insane person3 are persons of unsourid mind.HonorableA. **J. Luokett,**  **pago 2** 



### ‘4. & habitual drunkard 18 one VhOre **mlad** ha8 bOOO3te80 ISp&Od by the U8e Of intOXIO8ting llquorr or drug8 that he 18 inoapablo 

### 0r taking care **of** hla8rli.8 Artlole 3233, Revlred Civil 8tatute8, providesa

**‘ A**  Serb10 minded ohIld, 

### a8 defined herein, I8 000 Of.8UOh feeble mental OrmOPa ROVer8 a8 t0 be unable to profit by the Ordinu*gmethod8 of education a8 

### enp1oyedin theOomm 8OhOOl8. **A foeble**  mInd8d adult 18 0110 who 

### 18 unable under ordinary Oil'CUWt@lO88 t0 pl'OteOtand 8UppOrthI.m8elfa8 a~ law abiding oltlsen beoause Of laak of mental **paver, ’**  A8 pointed **out** In 7&t101e 

### 4102,mprb, the **6ounty** cJwt can appoiat guardians POr the8 general 01888e8j namely, Moors, 

### permns Of UnrOUnd m.l11d8 and habitual drUnkaX?dS. He are aesumlng that the perron 80 **owmltted** to the **Au&In** Stab School a3 stated 3~ your quertlon i8 over tventy-one year8 0r ase, for If sot, and need be neoe88ary, 

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### guardleo. oouldbeappoInted upon the faot Of hi8 wzorfty. Therefore, the Query I8 ubether or not **a** feeble mlnded person OOI308 VlthIn the purvlev ofpersons of unround **mind** vIthln the meaning of Artlole 4102, supra. MS hrrV8found no authority directly in point.

m0 LegI8iIStLWJha8 &fiDOd pbr8CSI8Of UMOUId IBind a8 Idiots, lUMtiO8 OF in8plro pBl'8OMa UO do not believe any con3tructIveRlPpO8. vi11 be 8ePVed In setting forth 

### VdWiOus deflnItIou8 Or the8a VOrd8, a8 th8 OOru't8 and lexiOOgrapher8 have gono from one extreme to the other In their defInItlcnL8. By reading-the 8tatutas on OuardIan and Yard, 90 **are** of the 0pInIon that the L6gi8lfitUre ha8 empovered our oounty OOUCt8 to appoint

### guardian8 ov8r perron 

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### pwer are Inoapable of taking 0-0 

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### of thi8 fact is the definition the LegIllature ha8 given to habitual drunkards,her8tofore qUOt8d, a8 veil a8 the nature of the other classes 

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### guardians maybe appointed. **A** feeble minded person **acoordlug** to the'lsnguage of Art.1016

3233, oupra, 18 one vho 18 

### unableto protect and support hlmself beOau88 of lack of mental power, In other YOrd8, suoh a person I8 on6, who **for** 8Om8 mental deflolenoy, 18 Incapable of taking care of hImself, and thus vould be one who Would need. 

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%mrable A. J. LuOkstt, MO 3

**4** guardian, If thee bs 8ny need thsrofor, to look after his **estate.** 

### Ye bellevorush a psrron vou2d be Ola88ed a8 ens of m8ound 

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### facta perron**ha8** been rent to an elesmoclyi, XU?J institution 

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### to guardldn8hl prooeed- -8. 300 m8t Vo ~NIE, u4 f0%. 205, 132 se v. 

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### It i.8 **lrOt th.**  **int~tiOll** Of **thi8 Ooinia**  **t0 ipip**  

### t&t feeble minded 

### peoplearein tho oam8 IwItal 02a88 as Idiot8 and **ti8W mOplO.**  **No**

### fu22yreoognise**the Int42eotua2**  **differenao** 

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### proceed% s to have a person adjudged a8 feeble mIndad. See Artlcles 

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It **18** therefore th8 opinion of thlr deportment that ;our question be anrversd in the afflrmatlvo. **Very truly**  **yo~r8 ATTORHEY** **ORlRSUL Op** **TEXM** 

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