*1 AttQu Will Nann Rloherbon Opinion No. O-2057
Rel DOW the purpolla OlEMe Of %XeS Ctold- en Qlove At&&lo ABBool.etlon oome wlth- In Subdlv. 2 Art. UO2 as an eduoatlonal mid &arltabie organlzatlozt, or within Subdlv. 9, Art, l302, a8 an lnnoa8nt sport?
Pour reeoent request for an oplnlon of thin department, on the above rtated que&lon, haa been received.
We quote from your letter follomr *Ue are in xwelpt 0r fin epplicetlon r0r a ohartez iw the Texas Oolden Olove Athletic Assocla- Mon. Bbe purporo ol oorporatfon 40 ret out in the chmtes applleatlon 10 an iOllOWB~
'Thl* oorporatlon la r0a under the pro- vision8 of m~bdlvlrlon 2 of Article l302 of the Re- tired civil 8t&UtOB Of %!0%8# l!i+@, urb th8t ths of the oorporadlon are thore tyndaT~ oi eduw-
8ntoqprlw ln w ch it ~11 %l me oTtl* an l - ln l wk to dltfuw in the zE&gp eople a devotion to the art of toBtting
e ha BIUIICU~W dovelopmnt oi the body, ~the art of :.lt-defenw, dovoid of tba UK of my
kind Or dowrlptlon weapon otherulm then the
huma hand ltroli, and thus dlrao etheuaemd
a lle8tion of flreamm ln personal “yf lsputerj 8ad 8 80 to provide for other lnnoaent athlotlo 6portr.
oi mne rhall be devoted to a publlu aharlty, to be wled by the Board of Dlre&ora of the oorpomtlon, and no gain or pwit of 8ny kind whtitwever ah~31 be ruoelved kept or retalaed by the 6hareholdor8, used, or direotors of the oorporatlon.* 0tflCrWB
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*3&e appliomtr f0l. the oharterp0intoutth6t thla 0 iutiosl Will k OMdUOtOd WhdW th@ BUpWViBiO!l fg? $tpp$ Union, generelly ldentlfled &a of me XL tk A.A.U.
The purpoaea Sor uhlch prlwte ooqnmatlona 6my be fo& in the rtat43 of Tewa are enumereod In Mole l302, Vernon*6 Annotated WV11 at8tut.a.
Reotlona 2 and 9 of aald artlol. read 66 follower
"2. 9he support any benevopgt4 $mrlkble, edu06tlon61 or mlaal0nery under&king, "9. To auppw$ E a$ntaln blayole oluba, and
other lnnooent aporta, 231Ia department haa, In the past, rendered many oplnlona the subject of educatioM1 6nd oharltable corpor6tlon6, to-wltt by the lit& Oeo. E. Chrlatl6n on Deoember 18 1925, fowg ln the Reports Oplnlona, 1924-26, P. 4221 op lnlon by the Hon. .Rlce N. filly on lkrah 18, 1930, lo.
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OpMOn by the Hon. A.R. Stout on Deoomber 4, 1933, No, 352 et 0.
~lnlcn no, O-117l1
Opinion uo. o-7471 other too maww6 to mention. eplnlena Refemlng 'to the opinion of the 8onorlbb Qeorge 8. chrlatlen, aupre, lfrltbr aaya that
5. funotlon expreawd by e-aorporatlon will aetuaias 1ta t?harwtor.'
"a oorporatlon or wwalntlan orguilaed exolu- lvelyfor olentlfw, llteawy, Mbrazrp, trlotlc, 0x
hi6t0&$06l pW$‘OBW, W fOl' Urg on. Of 6uC -6.6, lB *3 Honorable N.0, Blouse, pSe 3 o-w7
moeaaarlly to aa0 extent eduaatloaal In it6 mture, cad ln the reaulta obtaIned from auoh organlaatlona.
An ao1uaIvely.hlBtOPiCal l 00lety does not gather booka, manuaorlpta, prlotuma, end antlqultlea l imply to lr -not alo? $0 d$cova:. hoard _ Ita te> p$rpor? rowme tunga and fact6 of hmtorlo*l~ value, but to p and reaord them th8t they may be aeon, read and L gudled, that greater knowledge may be l ttalnedfrom The Leglalntum, in lneludIng educational corpora- tlk and aaaocl8tlona in the flrat part of the statute OC 8BBOOtitiOAB w-d quot.&, b&endOd O~orRtioM la romethIng more than S3Mdentel duoatlon, whlah la
neaeawrlly derived from oorporatlons organlaod exclu- alnly fo r l cientlfI$, llteraxy, library, patriotic, or hiatorlcal prupoae~.
Xn M oplnlon of thla department by the Honorable T. C. 3eylor, March 26, 1919, It na ald tlptr
“A corporation ahartered 8e an educational under-
-~u;;~ymforce of tbe law e atrlatly educational
The ~.oplnlonr of thlr departutent on thick partloular aub- ject hve manlsoualy bald that to be an e4uaatIonal or a oharltablo corporetlon a ooqwatlon muat have for its primarp purpose the gl~vlng of Inatmot~ona ln 63~0 recognized field of knowledge, or mat have for lta prlaaw purpose cane oharlteblr undorizakins.
We belleaw tiat no additional authorltler we-8weeulrg of the above mentioned the lack of the propoaed purpom to dew&r& Bppllcmt to ~1lwIthIa tbe intention of the ImgIrlature In tpthorlclng the olnrterlng of an edwatloml or obarltable aarporatlon. above propoaed aorporatlon la
rovl44 for other lnnownt dove opwnt of the human ayatw, P
all which, wll be prerented to the public for its entertainment, 33atruatlena, enJoymat, *to.
In view QS tba foregoing you am re otiully adolred that ?z xaa Golden Olors it la the opinion of thla department that Athletla AaaoairtIon, If lnoorporeted, should be lnooxyorated under bubaeatlon 9 of Artbla l3C2, eupr8, end thet auoh oorporetlon uould Artlola 3914, Vernon’ a bpg$ eo! to thd flllng fee6 a8 pmvidad Civil Statutea, and alro subject o the franohlac tax aB ied -W-dby’L#r.
Triutlng that the above fil4 anaeors your Inuu*, wem
?oGra very tru4 ilxmIu -‘OF BUCh m “‘E% EEz *4 mu. x.0, Flow.ra, wtJ.4
AWobrro
APm~myp19,1940
a/ Osrald C. Mann
ATTORU8YQHREML aTEXAs
Apptived CmmIttoeby a/BWBChaIrnan