OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Assi8t8nt
Honorebls T. II.T?lmble, Fiffrot
Std. Supaciate~4ent a? Pub110 Iwtruotlon
Atutln, To%80
D8ar Sirr
Ve hnr
whloh uo quok in
olrouutanoor luntlono8 lb5v*,
trusuoa8 or hbl8 sohoa &la-
YIogrow to U(IOthe rohool build-
U8Od by the Uhit8 8tubbIAt8,rOr
brOiein$ t-h@%%'
8tUdO<#?'
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YOU have fUirthmr btiOZ'MdiU8 th8t th0 aWh%AO 8kOp8
8r8 if'l
8 bUilah&# 8OpW8te irarr: O&t nob 8 p8Ph Of the TO&Or
high a8hMl bullUla~, 8nd th8t th4 @-@Bar period whleh 18
$0 bC U8d tOX th0 8X8iai~ Of nOgO 8tUbflt# Will no8 k
8t 8 tin WhSa the hl@b 8OhOel bedlalag 18 bein& U806 for
the tO8Ohillff
Of white PUPi18.
Your qusstl0a involve8 * oonrtruotlon or oortaln
OS our Con~tltutloan~l mb etdutory prW181OW. ~r6tlon 7
or nrtlole VII, GoamtlWbblonof %X88, and Art1010 9900,
Rati8ed Clrll f?t8tak8 of 192!4,praide re8paotlnly 88
followr
'8.0. 7; SpaT8t6 8OhO018 8h8ll k prodded
ter the whit8 8ad eolond ohlldron, rad inprrtl81
pWJV18%On 8h8i2 k BOdh to? wth.-
“Art. mm. (28974) f3#wr8b* 8OhOOl8
=fil 8V811abb pilblio SOhO fWb&8 Of Oh18
St8tO 8h8%1 ti l F Op l+ldWt 1 9 lOQhO@ OQtyfl3T
th. lbuntiOQ 8x it0 0i *itO 8l44 oolozwl ohlldnn,
8d iamFti81 ~Fori8bBR8 8hal.rbC M48 i0F bOth
m-89 SO Shit0 &ildscla 8h811 a t%08
la6h ti@
supported SOT oelorod .Uldzw% nor 8hal.loolon~
ahlldroa daoad 8ahoo18 ruppor~o4lror white oiilfd-
MR. The toru *oolomd ~m'm4 'oelomd ehll&
TM’, 88 U8d in 8hh t&81*, iS~lUd0 8u pMS0U
0t 31X& blood &.8OMk&4 flW3 ROgfo 8l&OW817.*
TQtrr~W8t~~ P8W888rilJ n-1-8 itMlf intO l
detexalnctloo of what 18 noant b the tara "SqMr8t@ 8ehOOl8".
fa o$hor roda, if %t 18 38wit t l ,a* 8098XWte bulldlag8 8h8n
tn r1.l aVWlt8 k PFOtidod iCn, b&R Jo?U qWC8ti63 3Mt k
8-d i&t th0 MdjltiVO) tOX iia th@ t8Ot ~itMti6ll 88 Wb-
lirua'lrtJO&U lattrr, twgre stuhat8 wald k tnlaed ln the
)pil&tiagU8ti by rhiti 8tUden88. ~OW~VW, it lWp8MtO bpild-
insp, 88 800hh 18 Rot 3Mn$, thdr l diff8TWt lW8t&t d&t
?@8SMl8bly bC l?88Oh8&.
A nl?dOX Of Other 8kte8 h8W proti8i6Sl8 SiWilW
tathon Of thlm mate. T&r OOlut%tUti008~itf 0i thM0 pro-
rimion ha;9 bean 898fi8itie& 8~3 loQ$ a8 the 800~8t&a8
l& t8dlltl88 $WWlbd 8F-8 8Ub8tWtf8tiJ t&i8 Iuy iOr 8OOh
X808. u. 0. J. 606; 14 C. J. ?L 1272. Wo bon aed* 8D ox-
h8Umthe lbe8rOh Sf the lUtkOrlt%88 6f thf8 irt8w 8Id OtbrP8,
tit we h8ve found 60 #me 00 the pmoloe point latel~~~ 1~
t&i8 OpiRiOR. T h e nto r cwa,,
mua rb eso x$
o 0 lnrloyw 8uthor-
it&O8 ana eonatruo ssotlwa 7 er Axtlele VII end Art1010 WOO
in the light OS cn0h 8uth0rlti8er
wblo T. JI.TL'imbl*,Fir&D A~tmt~$, 38m 3
“School” 1s derinod by IFebder'8 Sew IAtOXMtiOA81
~$O810~8ty of the E~glllrhLo~&Ugo, Umbrldgod (P,eooAd EdltloA,
19331, 88 follaws!
-1. ~a 1nstltUtlOA for teaahlng.ohFldrrP. . .
HoAOOI, 8 The body Of a9118 8ttOAdiAd A SOhOOl.
b A 8e881on of OR h3t P tutfon or in8truOtioti.. .
0 KAtl. A @l’OUp Of 0108808I llDO, 8 iOX3. d A
buildlu; or rosa glron war tie irmtruotlon'~
*
eohaolhouse. . . .
I. . .
‘I. The preoe88 of belag Ilutruotod or edu-
arti04in laatltutione fm to8o)rlng the youngb . .*
ThA ~OiiOW%A(ldOfiAitfC?A,AAOAd otherr, 18 t$iVOU
by the eW 8UthoSit$’ iOr the 8djOOtftO “bOP8T8to”,;
“1. 8 hO-OtOd; ii& U&%%t.dOX uffO6ht.d;
&18%iAOt;. . . .
'2. Being 898rt h?s Another or AtbOT8$ *it&-
drrra rmk mole1 tAteroew80: rsllt8ry; reoludedg
88 pporato OOnfinOmAt.
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WO SO. that th0 WOX6 'EOhMl* my B308A 0 hitldiA&,
iBt’ lt38f-8A 8COkOtbiA$ ACU-0 fUAdAQOAt8 ) th8: 18, tb.
vrooem of bolng fnet~ated or 8dtmatOd t . WO 8N lnoli~d
)ulooopt t8e 18tkr r8tia45 80 the OAO intendAd by 6ho
frOAAr8 At t.kiO COAOtltUtiAA whoa thOf PWSAldJltOd !i%AtiOA7
at Ao%lolo YII.
'gto8PO rtroA@uAed la AAr rlew bl tha rouorln(r
dOflAitiOA8 Or th. WWd “LOhMIR whirnhlp p 8X 1P qO?d8 la d
Phr88ee, Foraa~~n% Edltlbn, YO~WEU 38, p8@$e8305,)06r
l1Eahaolt 18 a grawlo toma. eAd dOAUk 8A
iA8titUtlOAfor 1netlWitlOAor ldue8tlon. hnorlo8a
#38y1UE of De& 8Ed Duob t. !'holrAiX
mk, k COAA.
172, 177. 10 a. uoo. 112.*
-'A *ocrbeol*18 cm inetitution oi ~o~x%%AI$br
lar 8 aolLem or bualtorrlty,
e ~1800 0r aiarrry
Yl0A0r8bLo t. It.TPirble, tlret A8#1&8a%, Page 4
ln*truotlon,
an& nOr8lly reter8 to OVA or
goblie lohoOl8 IIPAtrlAOd 8t ohs OqOh8. Of the
pub110 8Ad 18 8 ( teller t
ie
O?Ui,8Ad dOA0t.SlP i 1 x1 .
8tltdOA for iAOtSU#tiO ldue8tlon,
A~OP 8lLd i8
not Cie88utmd b tho WllS of 8 bslldlng. ct8t.
t. Eolaber, 121 R. W. 1060, 1061. lb5 ri8. 243..
k quota tho rollowlng rwor9t tram tho oo8e of IWamlde v.
t%Oh b O (lObUlt$, lt 81., 261
l‘fbO WW’d8 'hlah WbOOl'. M l088 it 01 08r lT
8ppOOx8 by the OOAbh they hive eako other w8-i-
&t -the e88e of Stats es x-01. Bl80k v. Booxfl of
Dlr~tO~8.~f Sahwl Dl8t. HO. 16, &ntipaDrY CoUnty,U2
P. 1. 545 (X922), the %19rrrq Court of Arkurur h8d ktore
t;$& @tat&8 8Imilrr in vwl$&#o to tho oao under oo~l~orr
. w0 pUOk th0 rOuOWiA4J rmt ah0 0piAl0A ab th0 OOUX$I
*f&O -Or .Ad SAtOAt Of the 8t8tUt. A.8
t0 pXO7ORt 8-181 lqU8l.ltyOT lAt.nfA&ln(r Of
$hO tilt. 8Ad AtlriO8A r80.8, thwaby mtAt8iA.niA.#
h-y 8Ad pe8Oe In th8 8OhO018. . . ."
We believe th8t the ptwpen ai our Donstttutloml
on& 8t8tutory bhe 8010 88 thrt lrpruw
prorfeim8 ir 8b0v0.
ti other vmrd8, le land OA tho or(jmiutiOA or pro0088 Ot
8dUOOtiaA 18 bl f8Ot kept lRtitiy 8ml-t 8Ad 8o9W8to 8Ad
r sr k co efOh etwo moo8 8xwlth8r8wa
e f x olm
A.18llatero.Ure8,
t& PXOhibitiOA Of seOti0A 7 Of kXti.1. 111 8Ad ktiOl0 2900
i8 AQt tlolrtod. COrtlriPly, OAT tJ0A8tltUtiOA muld inhibit
the teoohlng OS Whit0 8tUdOAt8 and m&r0 8tUdORt8 in the 8UO
bplldlng or 01888r00m8t th8 8~08 tim. &OWver, thi8 9to-
hibltlaa ia AOt liasit6dto tho t88OhiAg et AtUdOAt8 fA th0
mm ol888roar or hlldhng;
it would pxohlblt thr tO8O&fll~
at the 88~0 oi 8tUdOILt8 at tith noe8
tfmo in.618M08 held
outelde the bulldiA&. The prohSbltlon 8ppliw to tho phy81-
081 8efgIWg8tiOA of *Bo whlto and oelorod 'BtdoAt8.
xa our 18ttoF you 8t8%8 that A0 Milt0 penoao rruld
bw in the bul3dilggwhllo the noya 8tudentr vaz8 belirdtrolnod.
@aor8bl8 f. 16. Trlablm, .fb=StA8d8tU\t, p8458 6
Whit@ 8tUdOAt8 8r8 bOiKigtaught OA& WkR t&r8 $8 AA intO&!-
8iBgiiIigOr fdMbOr8 Or th0 tW r8aOP i8 AOt OAO 8Ab th8 08~0
thing, bUt, to OIV AlAdm, tw.us8thlng
entiro1Jrdlfferant. TbO
18ttOT Il~tiI~tiOR -8 UOt bbtOW the %mh c8~mA8 ?UpIWM
C’JUl%, IiOr W88 it p88Md UpOn by the CQUrt.
A aanalu8ion
other than the one whloh wO harO rO8ObOd
woula A80888lt8tO the ooasider8tlon 0r 8nothar &rat0 8ti aerl-
OU8 QU88tdOB. The Abilane fndep8adant 21ehoolDietriot r+id8nt-
u do.8 AOt 8ffOl’6 PPsohiAO ShOpi t0 it8 A.50 8tUd8At8 :A t&b8
8OhOOi bUiidiZhs8 tOT 8Ueh 8tUC%Rt8g Oth8rUhO tka qUb8tiOB
MUX not b81O bcrOA88k8d. TO hoI& th8t no&x% 8tUdont8 owl4
not urn the errchinol&hop8 in the emnor 88 wiha in paw
l.ttermight 8AOUAt to 8 di8aTb&i8thI OOAd8m886 b EB. -itad
IRtdb88 sUjW8E%O Court iA Etd8 Of xi1480Uri 8t th8 R8 8tiOIi Of
Lloyd Q8i~08 t. P. W. C8~48, 305 0. ,L?.
337, 83 L. %I. 206.
IB th8t O88O J?OtitlOAOr,8 rU&WO, W88 rOfU8Od 8dAi88l0A t0 th0
!8hOOi Or LOW Or ha88Oi~i &IivWitf. % thb~~ h8tftUtbd 801
&uItf~twA8AdAW8 to Oop~rl tbO OUZ8tOl’8 Or tbhr UAiVWOit to
tie st8f8 Or a88OtUs WhtIiM~ IlO 18~ 8OhOO for
AOW 8tUti.llt8, bat it #II PrWittdl by atShUt that the 8t8t8
VW14 $81 tbO tUitiOA r808 rOT bh8 lttM 4 8AOO
Or 8ueh
8tUb B tl
bt 8 UAiVbr8ity Or 8A 844808At 8trtb t0 t8ke Q8OPtM Or 8b&y
offOnd 8t B;ic@oWi UAfV8r8itr but BOt QtrOrrdnLfA8OlA uB&VOF-
8itl, thS AWO UAhP8itJ in xb80ofi~ 7:. qUOf0 th0 fO&lOW
big in the opinioa at the Court, speaking through XT. Chief
Jwtleo Fhigho~c
. . . .
*The eqwl protoatiOn of the law8 i8 ‘8
pledgo f9rme ptatwt1w 0r oqwl low'. flak
WQ v. 8OpkiR8, 118 V. ". 336, 369, 30 L. 04. 220,
226, 6 6. Ct. 1064. . . ."
YOU 6tOtO in JoilX 1Ott.l’ Of S8qUOrt tbat them
WORM be no white people in Wbe build- ulhilo the aam
muMat are &elms trained, bat wmt “then wcwld nstrlrall~
be an lahrrl
&MlBd Me 0Y of t&e WOSkkf~~p*rloUm.
lmtudn&ll.aa %a merely inaldmitalto the ahan in nurts
8~6 f&en 18 no sooialLntorooum ktnoo *auronta or tbo
tuo nau wo aa not bo1lu* CBat the kras QT *piFit02
t&o a00~tit~ti0~ rould be rloletod. wo do mot belie~o tbea
this wmld bm intumltt$lliy, but woul4 k on the mm* lor.1
a m wh iti g m o p lo p o UhI& R Op o U un th e ltr o et*.
taia oplatfon
pun8 aal&&pe~ the fmo8 lltamtLm
wiwll
fM &I 8Ye
p r uM b o e,M
la lrpnral~llBitoa
e roo0l-b
lal8lY.
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion