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Daor Sir:

Oplnlon No, o-92

Rsr L&@ity of.ounday Football Cams8 You roymot an opinion of thle Departmnt In m8~oase \ to the yxstlon whothcr Toxcm Tsoh, balng D State lnatitutlon, 10 prohibitma fro:: plajiinc a football @ma on Sunaq.w

Your Gttontion is t?irootoa to Chapter :! of Tit10 7 of tho Penal Code of 3.mm, bcir..g Artiolos FX33 to 287, laOlu8I~ ontitlod WuncQq~ Laws". Thoao statute0 oet out In aetdl whd 00t9 cre pr0hIbitoa on mneay, to.ather with nmerouD a?cooptlonEI to the prohibitions thoroln oonta ned.- . !?

There in no qxoIf.~o stotutorJ provioion prohibitin&' the plnyin:; of football or other nlnilcr ~apso on 8undtIy* iC!l PA p:.~.rCe no:1zrmw, GO max. Cr. R. XC?, 131 S.W,,llOl, 32 L.R.A. Pt ~a5 hold that Astlole 199 of the Psnal

8 ) llw Co&'thcr. in offooi (now Artiole fit36 of the penal COae) &I&not prohibit the illo;fn;;: of a bmobnll (gum on &maw, for rhloh 811 a@d,ooIOn fee ~23 oh.miW.

In vie.7 of thn fom~ol~ a80iai0n al Miatutae, It la our opinion .t!int tho ?laylc~ or a football @EI@ on Sunday is not pro!dbItoa by law. i'l0 Co not know of my OtatUtorg pXWh3lapl which viou1i: prohibit the playin:; of 0. football ga!nQ on wlnday by Texm Toohnolo~lonl Collo~s, by rcxmon of the taot that It Is 0 Stcte Institusion.

Cur lnvostl~~tlon has been llmlted to the general 8$at8

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statutes, ana IYO havo not unaerteken to deternine the srieot; it any, which any orWm.nco OS the City OS Lubbook may have upon the -, quoatlon oubnlttea. *

YOur6 very truly ATpOR17EyGEFIT3RhLOF!IBXhS

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