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**06FlCE OF**  **THE A**  **’ ITORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 
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” Honorable char. Y. Castnac,~chlof Rleemos~ Dlrfrion state Board of Control Aurtln, Texas Oplnloa - \ \ Rer Da a delinmw’tc

din stats 8oh001 &II **ed** la the lest pet 2338, R. and

In OpinionRo. O-2746,tbiadepartmentheld that the **Board** of Control ham aumaary authopltp to effaat a transfer of inmates from the jumenile training aohools to other proper eleemorynary institutions when sucrh

inmates are iouad to be feeble minded, epileptlaof insane. The oonoluslonvns predloatedupon the provlslon of Seotlon 4 of Arttiole 5143a, Vernon’sAnnotated (llrll Statutes,OOnt8ined in the folloving rentenw of th@ rtatuteIEonorable Char. W. Caatnor, ?qe 2 

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**a*** **6 6.**  lrQper8on&allbe 

### 0Qtmlttod **to** olther l

ohool who 18 feeble minded, eplleptla ati ln8an0,but ii 80 ooamlttd the State Board of Cantcol 8hall ham the euthorLtJ to imedietoly 

### tran~f~r*tlJ the proper 

### l

lw mo8yM r y inmtltu- tion.

.

. The provl~ionva8 held aonatltutlonal upon the thaorp that, a ahlld having onoe bun judlalallydeetired a 'delinquent ohlld' by due prooe88 of lav, it become8 

### a ward ot the State and the State'arswr the porltlon of mn8 patriae. In ouch 

### a oapaolty a8 la pointed 

## out ln our i.nlan lo. O-2746, the State may plaoe a **minor** oommittedto 

### a **ntats** juvdnlle training 8ohool in the **proper** eleemoryna~ ln8tltutlonin hi8 ovn intersrt,ln **order** that ruoh minor map reaelve better treatPent,snd aarei R0Y.rthe1.88,the ohlld **under** rueh oLmlm8tanaer f.8 

### the uard Of the 

## stat., and the atate oaellpie8 the po8ltloa of paren pataloe sole17becaure of the adjudleaziono? the trlal~ court that ah ohlld 18 a 'd~l.inqueskt ohlld and found to **be** such under & provl8lonmof Title 16 OS th@'Code of' Crbninal Proaedure,titloles 1083 to 1093, lnolu8i~0,and Title 43 Artic188 2329 to 2338, laolurloe,Revlred Civil Bt8tuter o? Texerr. And the latter pert of Artlale 2338 a&err 8 oontlnuous jurlcldiotlon **over** the person of the juveallethur oomm.ltteiiI upon the trial oourt, 

### regardlsra of vharo ruoh child say **be,** if there by virtue at 8uch oonraltmerit. Bze 

### l pplloable language of suah ATtitle read8 a8 followrt

*a l #* The o rder or the o ou rt c o lmlttlng much ohild ta the aare and cwtodj of 8ny psrson 8hall **pre8ariM the**  length aftlae and the oonditlona of awh aommltmmnt. Suah **order** 8hal.l

**Under** thm **Qlr~hanC6~,** it 18 our oplnlon that the above quoted langusgevould aontrol, derplte the Provir~on8of Aptlole 3236, Revieed Civil Statuter of Texan. Such artiole~ 18 here quotedt

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**1** I Bonorable Cham. ti. Ca5tner, Page 3

t "All per8ons oomltted or admitted to

said institution (Austin State School) shall remain in it6 **cuatoag** a3 perwnent uards al z:hetate until releasedby the management

. The muporint~ndent and Board may in their discretionand subject to rovocatlon at any time, parole any such person In the auatody of parent or guardian for an indefinitepcrlod. lbtloe 31 all pmolss of longer duration thsn thirty darn shall be sent by the superintendent on the date of the parole to the coamltt OoUPt." (Parenthetical

inaartion oum. It is apparent that thin statutewould apply to all patients aommltted to the Austin State School 

### am auah, in aooordaacevlth the procedure outlined in Tltle 59, Artlelea 3867- 3871, Revised Civil **StOtUtbS.** We do not ngwe that it applies to a dsllnquent ohlld transferredto the Austin Stste Sohool by the Board of Control from either the OatesvllleState Sahool for Boya **or** the Oelnesvllle 3tate School for Olrla.



### We therefore

r%e~ectfully

advieo that In our opinion your question should be anaverod in th6 efflrmatlve. Yours very truly

ATTi)RNdY

GIWZRAL **ASSiStNit** BWrRS