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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ‘lZXAS

AUSTIN



### Honorable

trro~ L. MOON OoPntf AttQrnef EotJston 

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. . . ia8tltatlonr of purdl~ pablio 

### obrritl;end ell lews emopting prapertf from taxation

other than the abare mrentlsned

&hall br 

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and rqmlr 8a follou8: *'p. Pub118 eharltl~. 

### All buildingsbeleap;- to 

### lacrtitutiaa8 ob pnrelr-publie

ebarltr, 

### together

with tbr le,ndr belonging to and 

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by 

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### ualeao8n6b rents cad proiitb 

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### PalieW, aid Ua6 mlminist4r

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### vide homes tar 1ta h61pbS# *ad aapbaaeat menbere

## 325

Honorable Leroy L. Koorc, paae 3

and to chicate snd mintnln the orphone oi It.8 esoeenoe s3ambereor othsr p8rson8.*

Pa Butler ~amorlcl I:oepitalha8 no ceplta~ atook anC Its charter oontoine tte tollowing recitcle, mong othere;

*3iotlon 2. 3.8 purposes ior *blab this

. oorporetlon le romed em pare4 bcRevolea$, charltablr and cCuceticns1 nUlCi81 &D, en6 nut Sor iten6 no ilnenoial @D ehsll ever eoarve tc snp 

### twribsr OS this oorporctfoa, noi any ether person or institution lo the conduot of the eLlne,

but any reoelpte or t&Id oorporation in exeet~e

of the expense ot orectloa **and** mslntsnenoe of esid inetitution or imrtitutioo& prorldcd for bereln elm11 be **applhd** br the b%- rector8 to the care of charity patienta, and to 

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### anO enlar@ment oi e&id tastitoticas, to 

### oarrg but the purposes 0r 

### lto organlsrttioa

and oporetfon, ES the&- in their Judgnent map de95 wlee. It 18 orgsnised to eoquire or erect, end to equip, condcct end rmaintein, on tko broedset humanlterian prinoipele, IJ hoepltal **or** hoqpitcle, end eobool of echools for a~reb8, to dam for

the elok and

### injured, ani3 to l 

### dnorte 8aC trntn psroone .lin the o&we ct the olok end hjoret?, lesuing to ruab 

### pareon dlptorws apon gnb- \Ietioa,end creating cad %csidQoti~ suoh hoepIta or ho8pitbZ8, eohool or eokoole, or ether,lartitu

### tltia ea my bii%ioreeary 

### or QwaIrrble to oarry out,al.l



### of the said plupoaes. Ia erdrr 

### thet otir 

### oontpetent, legal, sklllrd, end reputable ~pby8b oiene end eurgaonc shall prcctfoe, operate 

### arid/or treet patients In the Bosplta~, or Ros,pitele,, or 

### othsr **institution8** owned, oontrolled and/or eonduotad by this aorpor&Lon, thb Board ot Bireotor8 ahall hem ruii #ml plenary power8 to eleot 4ob 8618ct, la th6 wmner euoh **Bbrrd** Of 

### DlreetW8 **ray** aetm boat, the phgsialane and/or **surgeons** who &bell bc pamitted to $ioprectioe, end to pm6aribe r&t pronul&e ler6, ruleor and Pe@iLetiona for thb **government** of encb hoepitsl, hos~ttale, **or** otbw Lnstitutions, sitaat suah phgeiebms, **surgeoae,** and **of** the rx3tient8,

mm368, osricere, vieitop8, **.4aeployere,**

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### T&a iiticotorr ohtill have 

### all authority and 

### powereconferred

uponDimetora, by law, anA 

### such otherauthority sti powera8 

### ir usually 

# bald by dlxectors of 

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