OFFICE OF THE A?TORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

tioh we Quot., ln 

en (I&) mInIat. during the 

. ID the noon hour oondderostho rahool6a~~ 

'I am *loo iaiormed that thlr ‘relligiour lnrtruotion, 18 OS 8 Qwt1ouhr dbzia8inbtloa OP 8QOt oxoluriroly, end 18 aot merely 6OXWti lnrtrwtloa ln 

PO11&$Oa. Th8M gulal heolhour8uw r framSto0 

A.M. to 4tOO P.M. during the day.* 

Pou rtrtb thet you uw Informed that the lnrtruotlon 

18 Of e PWtiOti- dmcnniMtiOlL '2hi8 OpiniOl3 i8 OQrO8Bl~ 
Honorbblo Joha 0. Yarbur@r, Q~O /a 

rritka On th. a88UQtiOA tbnt suoh iniMtiOn 18 oomot, 

end It la rooordirrgly oo llmlted. 

It 18 wu ~IIOWII that 0~ Of th0 6PUIO8 Of the 20-8 

rp;,ia ~a8 the aforoed MtlOnrJ r8llgloa of the Rapubllo 

A8 l 8OMOQUMIO0, b@rh%Ih ~OVi81OIh8. WOOP• inO~U6- 

l d la OUF*~Oll8titUtiOtt to dlromr th8 rhurah f&8 tho dkta 

and to @wantee abrolute reli OU8 hsednr. 88otion8 6 and 

7 ot ow Bill of alghta (Artlo 1 of the Tuaa Corutltutlon) 

r@tLd 2'88peOti+@~ a8 iO33OTS@ 

,688. 6. All am hat. a aetuml uad Indot to wrr8hlp Alalghtr God aboordOat08 Of theil, Om eOKl801OtIOO8. 

MO man ahall be ooxt~elled to attoad, rreot or 

mlppo~t any plao. of WOr8hip, or to rul.mtaln 

tiny minirt~ e@i.xUt hl8 OOn8.t. IO hymn 

~uthorlt 

trel or In 

ought, In aq oap* mhatevot, to oontbrfWr with the right8 of,ooarotenco 

In utter8 of relligion, and n0 pretwonoe rhlll 

6ver be given by law to any r~ellglou5 society or 

mode or uorshlp. But it shall be tka dut of' 

tb ~~i8letUW to p&58 ruoh &LU8 88 mrj L 

Ii40088W~ t0 pZ?OteCt l Q-u 

duuu8iaation ia thd paoeab 1 

W8m Zeli&OW 

0 

om mod& or pub110 worahlp.o 

l njoymeat of it8 

%*o. 7. Ho MDOJ ahall be appropriated, or 

dim rp0ra w ~r~8 

8eOt; or Z+miOU8 800 0 , ~tiO&Oti Or M 

uqs the benoilt OS y 

1161OU8 8-l MC 

to the state be 

proport bolong3ag 

jm808.W 

approprlahd ror any 8u0h purbootion 6 OS Artlcla VII, aonrtltutlon of Texar, proVidO8, in &MI+, &I fOuOV8: 

í 0 4 l And no law &all ever bo maoted ap 

oay pert oi the poraenent or arallfUXbdtO~otber~8. tit.Wsri 
Eono~ Johll 0. mrbwgrr, page #S 

aar dmll the ume, or 

U& 8W&5Uic80f#01J l 0 l “. 8U a180 &tie 

, . . . 

ThW p~0~i8101i8 ~0~0 bOfOF0 thr sU~r8W GOId Of 

T-8 ia tb U8a Of -Oh et a l. ta h r llOOl k t ti., 1 09 

6.1. ll.6. Ia that U(LM It RI hold in *Shot that the holding o imc dng l xmalrer ln t&o pbllo 8oh0018 8hloh oon8lrtd of tuedlag by the tuohor rlthout ooameat of .non800- 

Wirn UtreOt8 irao th0 Blblo, &nd th, 8lnglrr& Of aPPrOoprlmugs, in uhloh the pap118 were lntlkd but aot rsqulrad 

to jola, wu eotlonablo uader the abow quoted prori81OPI Of tb 8u al80 Na.ffes t8 Board 0r 

Eduaetlon (Wish.), 77 f. U. P60~ People u ml. Oollmar ve 

S~.U~OJ (Cola. , eb6 ?. 610~ mOk5tt fe Brook8vlll0 (Iraded 

6ohoOl Wit., 

Dirt. 1. 666. 

I IQ.), 87 8. I. 798) ~tO~WI8OlI 1, Fi8nyon, 7 k. 

H0WW.P~ th0 OOUPt splphrtioall~ 8tim88Od t&O 

p o la ttb ettl b x~~I~s~o~~~~l~lno~o~r. w* 

QUO- the f~llo~lng from th8 opinion of the oourt: 

’ l + l It 8O8 tb5 PUrpOW Of th0 cOll5titUtlolr to forbid Uie u6e of publlo fund8 for tha 

8uppO?t of any pertiotier dmKdnatiOn of roli&orU PO 10, 

of otbr lpo P 

Wh0-r th’3J b8 OhPi8tirn, OF 

lgfoa.e." 

mdri6r0, 8XWOi808 ThiCh would holUd0 UiJ OXQl'O88iOXl 

reptmeaWt6tho peoullar or dl8tinatlntlew.6r do6wot uy 

Hot or duurirution would not ba taon8eoteriath Such l XWOiU8 

would ba ia +lol~tlon OS our Conrtltution. 

ItkcCorQtl8 &Pi8 (&fOl'JM le, p-08 w, 913) it 18 8trtl d that tbm 18 aom a tmdeno both ln oonrtltutlonE1 prorl810~~8 and In judloal oon8truot 3 on to exeludr any rollglou8 in8tZ’UOtiOfl lIl th0 pub110 8OhO018. See r380 16 C. J., No. 604. 

&U supnV aOUFt in the mlb~k Oa#O ha8 not 6OM tbrt tOr, 

but it definitely omaultted ltaelf to the doutrlne that If roli&iOW UWO18.8 @PO hrld, they EUBt b 8tl’iotly nOMOOt~;eIi 

in ehamato?. You rtrto that the ln8truotlozr Is .of a partlouLu dwnmlmtioa or 8eot erolwlr~l~ 

lwtrwtlaa in r*llgloP.' 

and Ir not merely general 

Your first quartion Is, therefore, 

uu~med b tha negatlvo. 
l.! 

YOU S8k tithSF thS LlooLI hOW 18 PU’t Of thb 8OhOO1 

day. There ou1 bo DO doubt that under Art1010 R906, Retl8ed 

OiViL. 8titUt@8, it IS. 800 that pert of Artlole 0906 whioh 

provide81 

.A .OhOO~ mOZ&h 8hdl OOIlli8t Oi tlOt 1088 thrn 

tibatr 8ohooldrp8, lnoluslto of h0lld~78, and 

shall bs tau& for not 1088 thaa 8woa hours 

gL$iEi: sii$$Fif 

ilItOti88iOn8 & ~eOOUb8.0 

However, won without this statute ss think that ths 

noonhourmuldbs a QIst of ths 8ShooldAy. ThO baud of frwtee6 drtWmin.8 th6 time U.d tOZl&h Of Z'tJOOS8O8~ and thr 8tUdents sre SubjeOt t0 tie SUpOmi8iOn Ot t&O 8OhOOl authoritior. 

Tour 8eoond question IS, ttrsreioro, uurered in tie afilrmatlYe. 

You ark the rsoond qu.stion in ooMeotion with the otiWing of X’S1iglOUS i.MtZUOtiOa in m sohool. W@ think it 

propw to 8ktS how ths lolloring rule uznounoed by the Supreme 

Court In Joralgen v. F'laley, 90 Tu. 206, 58 S. 7i. 24, in constzwlng that part OS Saotion 6, Art1010 vxx of the Constitution 

tioh we heye heretofor. qtlotodc 

sThs Lsglsleture osnnot do by lmllrootlon 

whst It oamot do dlrsotly.m 

W* think thl8 r ulinl ppllos g to all three.of the oon8titUtiOti proYl8lon8 under oon8ideratlon. In other 8Orb8, 

th8 rohool oennot ofrer religlow inrtruotlon of a seotarlen 

ohsractar ragerdlu8 0r when or how It 18 oftered. The 00h001 

osmot do by lndireotlon whst It oennot do dlreotl7. 

Wr wish to thank you tar your very able brief.