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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

of an tt&paderA$ rohwl district 

tnrsteee Of.'the distriat, 

aozltro~ofDahoorp~rtY 

l 

Trustees of Independent 

Demoor etla Exe4 mtive ml-~ 

71 . m#weo w with r ea p ea t 

oontPo1 the Lard of tmlr 

tees stands in the position of a timdee, an&, w ou2 Supreme 
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E~mble f. H, 'X'dmble, Page 2 

the Olub to uw mauh pmaperty w a rite fop bcrrebell &$amee 'for 

whlob au adm$wiao See VW ohaged. ln rettim ,for the pAv+- 

lage of 10 w&g the pwperty the Club undertook to.~reot 8 

fenwenuzoslngtheentlPe l ohoolgroumu,8\roPr~oetobe-. 

aonm t$aeprqerty of the mhool dirtriotr 8nd to maiat8iathe 

feaw r0P.e pedod of three~ywra, In-holdto& th6t the board 

OS ~)rwtwS wa# aathorirled to enter, mio two lmw, me mart 

srrid. 0% p.~ ~Ozk: 

*The oantraot under 

lirraoftherehQolgmmds 

OS thie lntem~ betwwn 

In .%he spr5ag wd @m bsginnzsg of the term in the 

r~ucniingrall, andwillresiltinquite arf.n+nelal edvent~ to the sahool dietrIot. Ttmay be 
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ma8gB6ent r&heP tbaa of 0 b-&ah of tPuBl t lnW Blmh l lease 

enable8 the school dlstriot to rqpl 

t&t uhtoh ethwwlse ~v0ul.d hue 

tm&neet&$"y? 

. 
‘: 730 

However, the lnatant pzobleaa 6068 beyond a mePe_ 

leulng of SOhO pwqmr 

templated use ls for the % 

COP IIOIL-BCdXKbl,3BO .SinfH ## OCBIaehlng oi reetarlau docrtrLne8 by 

lastrvatorr OS a pertimler rr%l.&xu m. 8WtiianB 6 and 

yptte1e YI of OUP 0aQstitut1oI4 Pead reBpeetlvely as Solilble 

aseo.. 6. Allmoahavesnaturalanb~iabeSeax%&at to vorshlp AlmZ@xty Qod aaooiding to 

the diatmter of theirs own 00n80h~1088, X0 mau 

i-.bU O~pUlbd to ottend, We& OF BUp$ht any 

p&a@3 .Qf ltOl’Ship, ,Oi’ t0 Mi+&l w ariniBtrJ 

sgalust his ~OonBeat+ mhuuanauthorityoooght,ia 

8ay 0680 whatevtm;‘ to ooatml or Interfere with the 

lqhts of ooaiolqB iPm8ttwB of rellgLton, aa a0 

pxefwenqe ~hallgv0rbegivanbyl8vtoarrg~rel.G 

<lB OQOiety OP,pode Of WOPBaip. BUt it Shall be 

tb'Cbt;J Of the ~giBh&UPCS t0 -88 BUOh hVB M 

stay.be &eOeBBw to pmteot equ8ll.y eve* re2lglou8‘ 

d4@X&J&iaXl in tb pO8Oelibl.e 8lljOyMllt Of Ita OUa ? 

ISO+ of publle VOPBIXI~. : 

a&o. 7. x0 money shall be 8pprOpri8teds or 

$x-mm ~PUE the Treamrp Sor the benefit of any 

*eat, or ~~U.glous sooletj, theologiaal or cellgbaa seplinsrgi nor shall I?Ba?w?tZ.belonglng to 

the s&&t0 be 8ppPopristed for eny 8Uoh pUrpoBeSs" 

R0m3gv~~ sm3tion 5 of Artiole VII pbovldes in parts 

l . . And no law shbll ever be ena&etl 

eppmprG*.saypsrtoi theptmmnentoravsildale eobool fund to any other p urpo se vbatevifr~ 

nOp 8&8lZ the *a im, or any part thereof ever be 

appropriated to or used Sor the support of any, 

l ~OtW?%.%U B&O013 . . . .* 

In - v* Bulloak, log 8.W. ll5, our supre@e 

Gourt sold with ref’erenoe to Seotbn 5 of Artlole VU *It w&n 

ths purpose OS the Constltutlon to forbid the tie OS pub110 

f’ubds for ths support of any particular denomlnatiora oi reli- 

@ttS people, lih6tther they be f%PiBtianB~or Of other rw@oM," 

and lga the mate o&e explained Seation 6 of Artlale I a~ ic@- 

loIra/s "me primary PwOBe of that provlaion of tile Conatltution 
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IbUpuWnt SohooX Dirttiot 

Beptl8t OhuPoh to hue a ‘bar suppezato. the B&k001 

bll¶&mg8ad~~the~,~~sPcmtheoatergrtrevepe 

li.Od w bhe ObBB $OP it8 OW ptlDpo808.” BZld:th@ m 

Otlvr US08 hrrd bOt%Zt lB8de Of th0 bUildb# w lOd@B 8&pri- 

*4ti iads.v3.dual8. The mlrt OS cnru.AppealB PeveP8ed.a 

l&w&r court deomae and denied the la$unotioh 05 the ground 

th& th0 OOUPtB hBd 

neUhes uttwlsed nor 

Bin00 th0 phtI&t%ff~hsq 

ted the uM?xhtratWe x4bmedibs 

Scum&e6 vrongm of the kind uadq oaa~%dthe appllcat%oa for writ of ermr; the 

a.u. 78)~ 

%hUe we d0 not doubt the jurl+lotlon of the 

dtstriat aourt over a soit,, to prevent the Smp~ 

PO%We ’ Of BOhOOl p 

. t&on .Sa th%s ease 

Pty, yet, ala00 the pe 0, 

to di~olose an mum of 

i%oretian ap. tae W?C or tm trwiee6 8uan aa 

glve,~.aeuse or isotiloa to 8 ~rlvae oituma, 

lfo- resuB0 tIw WDllO8tlOAl top tne *fit ,os error.” 

XBptlUiB added) 

While the uuderrllaed laagmge does not reveal wtth 

~?@OiSOli@BSB WhOPOilk old in obrt XBBwOt pbilltiff’8 ptition 

f&led to ahov e 08tue oi eotlon, yet the text--item heve 

late retie8 this dealsia%to aesn that %ho Stxp~ Court has 

holdSat the tmotees may pem%t the we of bu%ldQg 

OlUbB md fl’t%tePlld BOOtOticrB, BtUSiedl 0-dOtB,*~- 

BOhOOb, l&O., WhePo SWh US68 d0 IlOt i%k~tifOPO vith thme \uB 

?OX’ BOhOOl nO(IeB,’ 37 %X. Jhr. %8, aad t&i 0880 h&B beOL4 

Oikd in (u3 O&&itOn N OUP pPOB0.d &%4lf ati00 ia WOPt Of 
Ea$opable T. lb ‘fpladb, Pep 6 

lug for other pWpase8 0-r than thet of oaadootlng a 

BOhOOl thOPdA, eBp@Oially WhOPO it iB a WBi-p\lbliO porC 

PO-. * yhloh the Publie grrv~ly Is laterested, p~~vldod 

t-h@ pl'w US0 fOP'OdUO6tiCOl8l purlpoBOU iB Wt wtePiZ&y 

Q&e&wed tith.* ~P’.UtO~B Of fndep@ttdUXLt S&00% Diatriot 

V. sohaBon couaty DeolooPetlo xxeoutlve aarrmittee, 52 8.Y. 

(a) 68, PB~~PB~U on other gpowda 52 8.Y; (2d) 7l. 

&JWt f'FOm the pOBB~b%e pert.ttiOnq Of the Ssn Antonio 0680, OUP OOUPt~~.~.+~O,WV~P OolrBidsZ'Od the 8ppl.tOab3.ll~ oS.$he awve quoted qOnr$.%tut%onal ppov$~Zons to the type of 

question. heay under *au*J;$Xematlan. %mddoration8 or the .qpe+- 

ti&l~ +lf OthW j&X'iSd%Oti@ii# hW0 1BBd t0~ VW+&; OOnO&i8i~~. 

C88e8 dqqlag the,rQjht to leari 80hool ppopert$ to seat- 

~POUQB, Stem larg@y~Srom the leadiaig aa of Spenoer v, &ii&t 

Sohool.Distriat, 15 girrrs. 259, $2 Am. Rep. 268,,.yherefn it 

lras Sam 

*Thcpubllo k&ioolhoure ¬~be osed for sap'priV8te pUP&iOB68. The ergwent is a short one. 'Paxatiaa is invoked.to raise Suskd8 to erect the buildIn23 but t=8tiOl.t 28 lZlegitim8te to protie solany private purposes Toxatloa vlllnot lie to 

~8580 fbmls to buS.ld ~8 plam SOP a rellgioua~soc2ety, 8 polftical BOOh~, or 8 **aLJ%l club. Whet 

oannot'be done direotly aannot be done lnd.lreotly. 

AS you may not levy t&XeB to build a ohuroh, no 

1103% nuJ YOU lew tOXB8 t0 build 6 BOhOOlhOUBe and 

then base it Sor 8 ohuroh, N&r is it au anaver 

to asp that its use ror school purposes ls~not titerferod with, and that the u8e for the other purposes works little, p&&s a0 ioneaiate~y peraeptlble, &jury to the bu#dlng, oal resultr la the 

reu&&pt OS ?.smwUato peauuiary benefit." 

As osn ho seen, the K0it888 aourt rested its decision 

upon the proporltlon that any u8e of sohool property for other 

thnn ~BOhOOl pprpoees bwaOhe8 the.trUBt imposed up011 the bQstd 

of trusteo8, rogm?dles8 of the benefits to the school distriiot 

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m#altiag m soda use erd regudlur of the absenae of 

lntePf.Pelfltno te h he a b lvltleor f the l OhOOl. & a u* 

IUtla OpP f t@ e d@oiBioPu fíOuo r iUa1g 6%t lb ~Oo r d. VII& b he. 

088P. W8& 8 tb t OUh i8 b iS.d q P a 8 n~P O& QOBitiOZQ 

be that CDnagiated by th6 tnru 0-t. Beer 5 A.L.R. 

db8fad %B 

the &Q=dae wm vhloh there &OiB$OM EPe pmd$Peotw OOSbtPU7 

OtMPtB in t?ojlO 

to $h8 pOBit%bXQ ii&0a by OUP 

Buplur. vl, ?Od 

t lBa&3olM~twlet VI Roltrrbudt, 

WPBriltwirar sU6hprarise. 

O&a withoP tiuenoo nor OOntrOl.tb OOUPte Of EhlB $$6k. 

tiOll iB 

BOSt ltlt8Pw OO~BpOSldiog t0 th0 iZl6taDt BitUSth0 0680 Of #ioholr V. SOhOOl DinotOr8, 93 Ill. 

Xn this oaoe the grant&g of the tmlhawe, vhm mt'wed Sor'~ohool 

QBtingB &d w OOhOO~B VOB fJGc 

PQlVOl&tfOll Of 0~BtitUtiQIl.l Pl’OVfto Bitpport 8 p&se 

) th8tnoperson8houldbere~ulred 

of worship tb&blnst his oament, awl that 

&o prefexwiee rho&d be 

nablen or mode of 

yith P9BpWBt t0 ~biJAtiffqB 8OQbtbntiOIiB - OOtWt Said1 

l xt SW to II8 a vez7 Btrrined inte mtation to 

attempt to b* the prsrent 0-e vl 3&i the reach 

of either one of the shove oonatit7&&3nal provi8ions. 


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Eeaor6blo 2, x.2rwbl0, Pm&e 10 

It wSll k aot4oQ that ma0 of the tie oitod 

0 

. . . .1ttenot~b8bBleahtthe& 

'-boagnlonmdlaW%at toueeite reae 

swe 

9mmortiee for t& 04w8tion of the l ahole8t;~e 

-oh~@-D=-Y@ lafrupat potultoue uses 0r tho property 

r0r non-eehoel Mupoeoe. Aniajvane*ion~bkpnol~~ 

laJwl%ty to prove that euah us. te lllcmly to oQatlnua, vhlle 

en aatlon far d&megoe aS@kt bo oomp r&ended by the przn01910 or 
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lttmowbl*2. &%Mmbl.,P~11 

,we Qo sot hum rtteapt to Qof4o or to drum&t the 

l -b lo ma elQer Niwhhh o aa 9.a e8 o o ee4 a& reue f or 

th tek 4 Atlotom$aatlonof Q.. tbad%reenQawtoa$6? ewhí 

@oaelQeratloa liesw, o feel, wSth 4 the dleontioauy p a we otClwbo~of~tlAu~e,urd,~~~eueofo~~oaap2wo.agwoatehev~beoaaQv8nwQagelaettho oamaluiiOn &tiia +xpr6880Qdr It is ugu@ (a) thtt ln Qietrfotg 

hi *hioh a m8jtmlty of tJ30 nelQoate belong to a given JMU* 

gioue‘eoet the prqw4yrqk leu~#rolwivexJ to that 

soat u+¶ doabd to mlnerity -8 with&~ the Qietriot, 8nd 

t 

te 

tho bowl of tru8toae w 10880 the property r0a 8n 

or flatitbue oeixeideE&Loa aud thue do by lx+ 

dlrO8tioa thet whioh they Qannot do dlreatly. Tlw snowor $0 

theso eautonthae ib briofr Wo eeawt aemma that the board 

ortrrm~e~bs~~~to~~trcutor,wlllostin 

l d4or im4 a to ~ ~r a o h to a 4 th o llllwp a b o ve Qeeor%bed, no * 

oanwproQ%oota males of oe&&otupoa euohaa~etmrptiaa~ 

nther wo must 8eeuw that ao@ue of the bard, as publio 

ofl%6lale, w&Xl ueroSeo, their dleorstltm end perform tblz 

an4 imp&Ptlally. aorwmor, 4 the swat that 
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