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t-s OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
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AUSTIN
1
of an tt&paderA$ rohwl district
tnrsteee Of.'thedistriat,
aozltro~ofDahoorp~rtY
Trustees of Independent
l Demo o r 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 pmapertyw a rite fop bcrrebell&$amee 'for
whlob au adm$wiao See VW ohaged. ln rettim ,forthe pAv+-
lage of 10 w&g the pwperty the Club undertook to.~reot 8
fenwenuzoslngtheentlPe lohoolgroumu,8\roPr~oetobe-.
aonm t$aeprqerty of the mhool dirtriotr8nd to maiat8iathe
feaw r0P.e pedod of three~ywra, In-holdto& th6t the board
OS ~)rwtwS wa# aathorirled to enter, mio two lmw, me mart
srrid. 0% p.~ ~Ozk:
*The oantraot under
lirraoftherehQolgmmds
OS thie lntem~ betwwn
In .%hespr5ag wd @m bsginnzsgof the term in the
r~ucniingrall, andwillresiltinquite arf.n+n-
elal edvent~ to the sahool dietrIot. Ttmay be
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ma8gB6ent r&heP tbaa of 0 b-&ah of tP u Bl
tlnW B lm hl lease
enable8 the school dlstriot to rqpl tm&neet&$"y?
t&t uhtoh ethwwlse ~v0ul.dhue .
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730
However, the lnatant pzobleaa6068 beyond a mePe_
leulng of SOhO pwqmr COP IIOIL-BCdXKbl,3BO .SinfH ## OCBI-
templated use ls for the % aehlng oi reetarlau docrtrLne8by
lastrvatorr OS a pertimler rr%l.&xu m. 8WtiianB 6 and
yptte1e Pead reBpeetlvelyas Sol-
YIof OUP 0aQstitut1oI4
aseo.. 6. Allmoahavesnaturalanb~iabeSea-
ilble x%&at to vorshlp AlmZ@xty Qod aaooiding to
the diatmter of theirsown 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 Interferewith 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.yeve* re2lglou8‘
d4@X&J&iaXl in tb pO8Oelibl.e 8lljOyMllt Of Ita OUa ?
ISO+ of publle VOPBIXI~. :
a&o. 7. x0 money shall be 8pprOpri8tedsor
$x-mm ~PUE the Treamrp Sor the benefit of any
*eat, or ~~U.glous sooletj, theologiaalor cell-
gbaa seplinsrgi nor shall I?Ba?w?tZ.belonglng
to
the s&&t0 be 8ppPopristedfor eny 8Uoh pUrpoBeSs"
R0m3gv~~ sm3tion 5 of Artiole VII pbovldes in parts
l
. . And no law shbll ever be ena&etl
eppmprG*.saypsrtoi theptmmnentoravsil-
dale eobool fund to any other p u r p o se vbatevifr~
nOp 8&8lZ the *a im, or any part thereof ever be
appropriatedto or used Sor the support of any,
l~OtW?%.%U B&O013 . . . .*
In - v* Bulloak, log 8.W. ll5, our supre@e
Gourt sold with ref’erenoe to Seotbn 5 of Artlole VU *It w&n
ths purpose OS the Constltutlonto forbid the tie OS pub110
f’ubds for ths support of any particular denomlnatioraoi reli-
@ttS people, lih6tther they be f%PiBtianB~orOf other rw@oM,"
and lgathe mate o&e explained Seation 6 of Artlale I a~ ic@-
loIra/s"me primary PwOBe of that provlaion of tileConatltution
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xorioxd$e T. td. Tdmble. Page 5
IbUpuWnt SohooXDirttiot
Beptl8t OhuPoh to hue a ‘bar suppezato. the B&k001
bll¶&mg8ad~~the~,~~sPcmtheoatergrtrevepe
li.Od w bhe ObBB $OP it8 OW ptlDpo808.” BZld:th@ m
Otlvr US08 hrrd bOt%ZtlB8de Of th0 bUildb# w lOd@B 8&pri-
*4ti iads.v3.dual8. The mlrt OS cnru.AppealB PeveP8ed.a
l&w&r court deomae and denied the la$unotioh 05 the ground
th& th0 OOUPtB hBd Bin00 th0 phtI&t%ff~hsq
neUhes uttwlsed nor ted the uM?xhtratWe x4bmedibs
Scum&e6vrongm of the kind uadq oaa~%d-
the 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 Pty, yet, ala00 the pe 0,
. t&on .Sa th%s ease 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~tifOPOvith 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$opable T. lb ‘fpladb, Pep 6
lug for other pWpase8 0-r than thet of oaadootlnga
BOhOOl thOPdA, eBp@Oially WhOPO it iB a WBi-p\lbliO porC
PO-. * yhloh the Publie grrv~ly Is laterested,p~~vldod
t-h@pl'w purlpoBOU
US0 fOP'OdUO6tiCOl8l iB Wt wtePiZ&y
Q&e&wed tith.* ~P’.UtO~B Of fndep@ttdUXLt S&00% Diatriot
V. sohaBon couaty DeolooPetlo xxeoutlve aarrmittee,52 8.Y.
(a) 68, PB~~PB~Uon other gpowda 52 8.Y; (2d) 7l.
&JWt f'FOmthe pOBB~b%e pert.ttiOnq Of the Ssn An-
tonio 0680, OUP OOUPt~~.~.+~O,WV~P the 8ppl.tOab3.ll~
OolrBidsZ'Od
oS.$heawve quoted qOnr$.%tut%onal ppov$~Zonsto 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, $2 Am. Rep. 268,,.yherefn it
lras Sam
*Thcpubllo k&ioolhoure¬~be osed for sap'pri-
V8te pUP&iOB68. The ergwent is a short one. 'Paxa-
tiaa is invoked.toraise Suskd8to erect the build-
In23 but t=8tiOl.t28 lZlegitim8teto protie sol-
any private purposes Toxatloavlllnot lie to
~8580 fbmls to buS.ld~8plam SOP a rellgioua~soc2e-
ty, 8 polftical BOOh~, or 8 **aLJ%l club. Whet
oannot'be done direotly aannot be done lnd.lreotly.
AS you may not levy t&XeB to build a ohuroh, no
1103%nuJ YOU lew tOXB8 t0 build 6 BOhOOlhOUBe and
then base it Sor 8 ohuroh, N&r is it au anaver
to asp that its use ror school purposes ls~not ti-
terferod with, and that the u8e for the other pur-
poses works little, p&&s a0 ioneaiate~yperaep-
tlble, &jury to the bu#dlng, oal resultr la the
reu&&pt OS ?.smwUatopeauuiary benefit."
As osn ho seen, the K0it888aourt rested its decision
upon the proporltlon that any u8e of sohool property for other
thnn ~BOhOOl pprpoees bwaOhe8 the.trUBtimposed up011the bQstd
of trusteo8, rogm?dles8 of the benefits to the school distriiot
c
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m#altiag m soda use erd regudlur of the absenae of
lnte P f . Plflth
e no th
e ea b lvltler
o fth elOh OOl. & a u*
IUtla O
pfPt@ ed@oiBioPu f’Ouo r ia
U1 g6
%tlb~Oo r d.
VII& b h e .
088. P W8& 8tb t OUh i8’b iS.d qPa 8 n ~P O& QOB itiOZQ
be that CDnagiated by th6 tnru 0-t. Beer 5 A.L.R.
the &Q=dae wm vhloh there &OiB$OM EPe pm-
db8fad %B d$Peotw OOSbtPU7 to $h8 pOBit%bXQ ii&0a by OUP
OtMPtB in t?ojlO t lBa&3olM~twlet VI Roltrrbudt,
Buplur. vl,?Od WPBriltwirar sU6hprarise.
O&a withoP tiuenoo nor OOntrOl.tb OOUPte Of EhlB $$6k.
BOSt ltlt8Pw OO~BpOSldiog t0 th0 iZl6taDt BitUS-
tiOll iB th0 0680 Of #ioholr V. SOhOOl DinotOr8, 93 Ill.
Xn this oaoe the grant&g of the tm-
lhawe, vhm mt'wed Sor'~ohool
QBtingB &d w OOhOO~B VOB fJGc
Of 0~BtitUtiQIl.l
PQlVOl&tfOll Pl’OVf-
) th8tnoperson8houldbere~ulred
to Bitpport 8 p&se of worship tb&blnst his oament, awl that
&o prefexwiee rho&d be
nablen or mode of
yith P9BpWBt t0 ~biJAtiffqB 8OQbtbntiOIiB - OOtWtSaid1
lxt SW to II8 a vez7 Btrrined inte mtation to
attemptto b* the prsrent 0-e vl 3&i the reach
of either one of the shove oonatit7&&3nal provi8ions.
796
Eeaor6blo 2, x.2rwbl0, Pm&e 10
It wSllk aot4oQ thatma0 of thetie oitod
0 . . . .1ttenot~b8bBleahtthe& swe
'-boagnlonmdlaW%at toueeite reae
9mmortiee for t& 04w8tion of the lahole8t;~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 lllcmlyto oQatlnua,vhlle
en aatlon far d&megoe aS@kt bo oompr&ended by the przn01910 or
737
lttmowbl*2. &%Mmbl.,P~11
,weQo sot hum rtteapt to Qof4o or to drum&t the
l-b lo ma elQer Nio wh h
a ha9.8
a eo o eea4 & reue
f or
th tek 4 Atlotom$aatlonof
Q.. tbad%reenQawtoa$6? ewh’
@oaelQeratloalies w, o feel, wSth 4th edleontioauy p a we
otClwbo~of~tlAu~e,urd,~~~eueofo~~oaap-
2wo.agwoatehev~beoaaQv8nwQagelaettho oamalu-
iiOn &tiia +xpr6880Qdr It is ugu@ (a) thtt ln Qietrfotg
hi *hioh a m8jtmlty of tJ30nelQoate belong to a given JMU*
gioue‘eoet the prqw4yrqk leu~#rolwivexJ to that
soat u+¶ doabd to mlnerity -8 with&~ the Qietriot, 8nd
t tho bowl of tru8toae w 10880 the property r0a 8n
te 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 d4 o r 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&XlueroSeo, their dleorstltm end perform tblz
an4 imp&Ptlally. aorwmor, 4 the swat that
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