Hon. PaulineR. Kibbe OpinionNo. V-150
ZxecutiveSecretary
Good Xeighhbor
Commission Re: Legalityof segregationof Latin
Austin,Texas Americans,prohibitingtheir use
of a county swimmingpool.
Dear PIadam:
Your requestfor our opinionupon the above subjectmatter
is as follows:
'liI"ne
Good NeighborCommissionis in receiptof com-
plaintsagainstthe arbitrarysegregationof Latin Ameri-
cans in Port Stockton,Pecos County,Texas,particularly
in the county owned and operatedswimmingpool.
"1 am enclosin*y
herewithphotostaticcopy of the
lease enteredinto betweenPecos CountyWater Improvement
DistrictNo. 1 and Pecos County on April 11, 19hh, as well
as photostaticcopy of a Resolution,datedJuly 7, 19113,
with regard,evidently,to a previoussimilarlease, dated
March 6, 1939.
"You will note that the ResolutionprohibitsLatin
Americansfrom using the swimmingpool in question,and
mentionsno reasonfor this segregation.
'%Jerespectfullyrequestyour opinionas to the legal-
ity of this Resolution."
The photostaticcopy of the resolutionconnectedwith the
lease presentedby you, in subdivision1, declares:
"That the propertyset out in said lease contract
above referredto owned by said district,and partly by
Pecos County,and being a stone bath house near the waters
of ComancheChief and GovernmentSprings,and the water
from said springsand Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
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