603
28, 1949
Bon. A. C. Wtiborn Opinion Xo. V-865.
Mstrict Attoriwy
Rowton 2, Texas Re: The applicabilityof the
RSecret Ballot Bill" to
lmlI6lpa1, independeilt
school-distriot,looal
option, road bond, and
other electloBs,es&lIs-
.~ lated questions.
Attention:W. K. Richardson
Reference is made to gom.reqoest of recent
date vherein YOU propound a number 0r questiona concern-
inn the a~pliaabi1it.yof the Sewet Ballot Bill to-var-
Loos elecM.oxie
. -
Your fIrat question is as follows,:
"Do the psovlsiow of B. B. 357, present,
Legislature, apply to any and all eleations
in Rarris county?
\ Article 2923, V,C.S., the,first statute In
Title 50 on elections,provides:
*The provisions of'this Title shall apply
to all electLone held In this State except as
othemrlse provided herein.'
\ Article 2978, V.C.S., provides in part%
'In all eleotions by the people, the vote
shall be by Official'ballot',whhh shall be
numbered, awl election& so guarded and aon-
duoted as to detect fraud and preserve the
parity of the ballot. Ro ballot shall be wed
or special
in voting at;any general, prilltary
election held to eleot public officers, select
candidates for office or determine questlans
submItted to a vote of the people, except the
eon. A. c; Winborn, page 2 (V-865)
official ballot. unless otherwlseauthorized
b&& At the top of the officialballot
e printed in large letters the words
'OfficialBallot.'"
, ~tlcle 2980,~, $.c:‘;*; r&Oh prescrlbes the
form of the official ballot, was amended by H. Bi 357,
Acts of the slat Legislatum;:and said.@tlole~noy pm?::.
videsi ,- 1.
.,
_ _.., *,
i1_:_ " ""I" -2~.
?Yrq3
V,'UAii'biilol&ahall be printed wl'chblack-~
:Ank on alear whlte.paper of uniform style and
.',of:.sufficient
thi&uess to prevent the marks
thereon from being seen through the paper.
The tickets of each,politlcalparty shall be
placed~oz.prLntedon one(l) ballot, arranged
side by side in colmns qeparated~bya paral-
lel rule. The spaoe which shall contain the
title of the office and the name of the cau-
d&late shall be of uniform style and type on
z said tickets. .-~.At.
.the.~~ead,.c3f.:eaoh..ticket
.: " .sbalLbe.,printed the me of-the party; ', -:.' :
tlup~~'&& 0&&l && &$e sh$li;. & _.
i;rj.:
I
in the top right-hand corwr a detachable stub
formed by~.a~perforated-~e~uvhiOh:.shall start
two (2) inches~belaw&he top tilght-hand corner
of:the.~ballotana..?iQall~~qxteqid
two .(Z!)~lnches
to t&3:J,eft-:w t$enoe~~~*o.,~the:$op
edge:of~:the
ballot. T&on the stub thw fom&ther+ ahall
be no printing or wrltlng except the number of
~,~suoh~~ballot~m%l
the date:lqnd,deslguatl~of
the election, and th&wmg"l?OTE~ l$O$R'S
SI~WATURETO BE AFF'IXEDOW TEE REVERSE SIDE.'
All~-b~lo~tgs
prepared:.f~S.~art:;;election
ehall be
tonseoutively.,;be~w,aith.~o. 1,:.
nwuber~~~~-:
and the identical nmnber.tha$ ,appearson the
stub shall also appear in the top left-hand
corner~~of,~the
bal.&ot~i.
:,3!hose..Identlcalnumbers.
18 the tdp left-hand corn6r and on the Stub in
the;top,:right~:co~~rshalL~be:pr~ted or
stamrped~is~.conseaatlve-order,on'all the bal-
lots~.prepared~fer~~eleotl~n,.ti~ha ?eP,: .~
rate nmnber'.fm.~
each baJLgt:jMatthew,time .of~
prlnting:and~~before:theyamj,div%dedup and
delivered to the~elec>i~~~j.&dges. ,,~,
.~.,~ ,, ., .~,, ~,
. .
ROJL,A. C, Winborn, page.3 (V-865)
bwhen a pa&y h@ not mmlnated a full
ticket, the,titles.of those nominated shall be
in posltl~~opposlte t&e,same office in a full
ticket, and the titles of the offices shall be
printed In the correspondingposltlons in
spaces where no nomln%.tlonshave been made,
In the blank colums aud independentoolumus,
thentitles of the offices shall be'printed in
all blenk spaces to correspondwith a full
ticket. When presidential electors are to be
voted~upon, their names shall not appear on
the official ballot, butthe names'of the can-
didates for President;and Vice-President,re-
spectively, of the polltlcal,parties,as de-
fined in the law,.shall appear at the head of
thelz~respectlve.tSckets, and t~;votes for
presidentialelectors;ofthe va14ous parties
shall be oenvass.ed,'counted,and returns made
in accordancewith Artic&es 30798 and 3079B,
@the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925.
When Constltutitil &mndmen~s or other prop-
ositions are tobe voted on, ~IJ?~saineshall
appear cage on each~ballotin uuiform style
\=-e*'.~.~ '~ as.antezxled, bf Howe Bill 357,
Article.3109,
prescribes the same form .ofballot~for~prlmaryelections
as that-prescribedIn Article 298Oi..Consequently,it is
not necessary to copy me .p??ovlslons.of said Article,
We next call gouia$tention ~toSectioni35, 7;
and 7a of Howe~Blll.357, which read as fql+wsr
"Sec. 5. That Article 3122;Title 50,
Chapter 13, oftt&e Revised Civil Statutes of
the State of,Texafi,lg25,be, and the same is
hereby amended so as to read as followS:
\ ".'ILl.tlcle
5122.~~Piedaution~
Against Fraud.
'9he~ SW precaut&ans'reqaired~ by law to
secure the purity of a ballot box In general
elect~ions,in regard,%0 the ballot boxes, look-
ing the ballot boxes, sealing the same, watch*
rul care of them, the secrecy in preparing the
ballot in the booth or pl&ce prepared for vot-
ing and the prooedure involving the removal of
the detachable stub end the depositing of the
.
HOG.A. C, Winborn, page 4 (V-865)
ballot and the stub in the proper boxes shall
be observed in all primary slections;l"
'Sec. 7. The provisionsof this Act
shall not apply to electionsin whiah voting
machines are wed as provided fez elsewhere
in this title."
'Sec. 7-A. The provlslonso? Articles
2900, 3008, and 3012, Revised Civil Statutes
of Texas, ,1925,as amended by this Act, rela-
tive to the form numbering and secrecy of the
ballot, as well as the procedure involving
the selection of the ballot and the removal of
the detachable stub, shall apply to all prl-
mary electionsas well as those held under or
by authority of Chapter 467, Acts, Secoqd
Called Sesslon, Forty-fourthLegislature,as
amended, except as provided l.nSection 7 here-
of."
A careful aaalysls of the above statutes shows
\ that H.B. 357 is applicableto general, prlmry and lo-
cal option elections (Cha ter 467, Acts Second Called~
Session, 44th LegislatureP with the exception 0r elec-
tlans where voting machines are wed.. Also, the perti-
nent provialons are applloableto elections where con-
stitutionalamendmentsare voted on, for Artlcle~2980
provides that "the ssme shall.appearonce on each bal-
lot in unir0m style and type." In order for this or-
flee to determine whether the "Searet Ballot Bill" IS
applicableto elections other than those just enumratied,
it will be necessary for us'to be advised as to the na-
ture 0r the election.
In keeping with the above statementue now
quote *our second and third questionsas foll?ws:
"Is it the duty of the County Clerk to
fumi+h stub boxes and ballot boxes, or either
0r same for mnlcipal elections (primaryand
geueralj and lndepe%@entschool district eleo-
tlons?
'Is it the imtention 0r this Act that
Harris County purchase, own,sndprepare the
stub boxes to be wed or is It intended that
the munlclpalitlesand independentschool dls-
trlots purchase an6 own their own stub boxes,
. .
Hon. A. C. Winborn, page 5 (V-865,)
and at each el&tlon that the County Clerk
check and prepare these boxes for delivery
to the Ms$rict Clerk?"
We vi11 first aousider the port$.Onof~your
questions relatlve~to-mimlclpal el?ctlons. This,dls-
cwzarrlon~wlll
Gt~incltlde the num6rous special elections
that may-be held wlthln a city or town, for y+ h?ve
not inqu.l.rti.about
th& same; Artlcle~2931,V.C.S., Ti-
tle 50, ma+3 w part'~ae~pogFz
"All p+c&isQmi of this Title which pre-.
'.~scrlbtiquallfl,cations~~df
voting an&which~reg-
ulate~th&hblding:of el@ctlons shall apply to
eJ.ectionS'incltl.eB~+nd~
!~a.,"~~
A: "~,.
Article 2997; !&C.S;; i?e&dsas followsa
'The expense of 'allcity elections shall
be paid by the city3n w@Lch same are held.
In all el&cti+i in~lncorpora~edoitles, towns
and villages,lie mayor)~:-$h'.c+t$~
clerk or the
governha& bo+yMiaklYdo 'and'pePform each act
in oth@r elec$ions- r&qulred.tb.~be~done
and per-
fomd respectltiely by the,oonnty~jadge',
$he
countS clerk oti,the:'cessloi~ers!'
j co?ti
A~~ti&vUw:of the v&ious ~eleotionstatutesap-
pUc+ble to .citieslMtii?ijOFE$ed:mder the general law
reveals that:said electlana.:~spa~~'be'h~ldand governed
by the general laws,of this,-,JJtate
.axceptas otherwise /
herein provided." Also, in Article 1165, VX.S., which
is applicable to ho&mFule c$t+es;'we.findthe following
languagea; ~, .. .". ~,_I._. ~I"
I( - ;R.o&a&&r or~tiy ordinancespassed
under kid chai?terShall &ntaln ang provision ~,
inconsistentvith the Co$iltuti,onor general
lawS'(ifthis State;" .~; ~':
.'.After'a'
earefal '&~3lyals~ofthe above statutes
and the &he+ statutes quot+ in this opinion, we are of
the opinion th&t the‘bertinentprmlsions of the Secret
Ballot Law eze applic&ble:toallygeneral.andprim
electionsheld in 'cltles.~d towns except where voting
machhes~ are used'..Also; iC~is~Our:6pinion'that the ex-
pense of all city 6lectiohs ii$allbe'paid for by the
city in keeping wlth'the~proviai&s MArtlcle 2997.
. .
bin. A. c. Wlnbo+ page 6 (v-865)
Consequently,It is the duty of the city to purchase all
stub boxes audballotboxea sndpayallexpenses in con-
nection wlth or incident to the holding of city elec-
tions. Further, It la ouv opinion that the mayor, the
city clerk aud the governing body of the city shall do
and perform each aot in the city elections that 'isre-
quired to be done by the Cot&y judge, county clerk and
comLeslonersl court in general electloxm. Therefore,
there is no duty l~~osed upon the county clerk in connec-
tion with city elections. All of the functions that the
couaty clerk would ~performin a general election should
be performed by the city clerk in a city election, and
the stub box should be deliveredto the district clerk
bs the city clerk In order that the~districtclerk may
.Gepare th& proper lists and seal said stub box as pro-
vided.in Section 3 of Howe Bill 357. Awtti V; City of
Alice 193 S.Wa2d 290 (Tex. Civ. App. 1946, error ref.
l!TBd)
We next consider portions of your questions 2
and 3 as to whether H.B. 357 imposes a duty upon the
county to f'urnlsh,aadprepare the ballot boxes aud stub
boxes.for.elect$ouaheld Ln ludepeudeutschool dletrlcts
and,vhetherthe county clerk Is required to perform any
duties in connectlouwith.said elections; We assume
f~can~0th qwstlons and brler that you.are only concerued
vlth the election of school trwtees 3.nlndependeut
school dlstricts'andthe expense in ccnuectlcutherevlth.
Since the school &leetlous lnqulred about are general in
nature, there is no question but that the appropriate
~~38.8,"" of the Secret Ballot~Act ave applicableto
.
\ Artl,cle2746a, V.C.Si, vhich is applicable to
the electlcm of school trwtees izaacdumousohool dis-
tricts aud iudependeuteohool districtshaviug fever
than 500 scholasticsreads in part as follows:
-
“Any persoa desblag to have his usme
placed on said offloial ballot, as a caudidate
for the office ef trustee of a cowm school
district or 0r an wependent school distriot
as herein provided shall, at lewt ten days
before said election,file a vrltten request
with the cowty judge of the couuty in'vhlch
sa3.ddistrict is located, requwtiug that his
name be placed QD.the 0rficial ballot, and PO
caadMate shall have his .p~llpe
printed on said
Hon. A. C. Winborn, page 7 (v-865)
ballot -mless~he,~hascomplied with the provi-
sUns 0r w-48 Act;~pmmm&d~that rive', or mix-8
resident,qua&lfled~~voters in the district may
request that i~&taln names be printed; The
sogty-j*e,:,upon receipt ~oi. stiah,liritten
re-
qw?t;.md &.least five t$ays.before the &lec-
.tlon,~shall~~have~theballota'prlntedas .pro-
vi@ed in this'Act, placing oa.the ballot the
name0r each:oan&tdatew~o~.has. conq;ilieil'with
the~$emus,ofthis Act; and didiver(t$ suffi-
cient numI?erof printed'ballotsand amciuntof
suppll~s necessarg:ror~swh election to.the
presiding ogfio&.of .theelectkmat'ieaat one
d@y:before:saM~election1s.to be held, said
ele&lon suppilim, ballots, boxes, Gad tally
sheets to be deliveredby the ,couatyjudge by
mail QC @,any o$JkePznam~ezby him~.deemed best,
to.the presiding.~offIceF of,~saLdelection in
sealed anvglopeswhich sh$Ll not,b&'openedby
the election~officerknt~l the d,ayof the elec-
tion. "The ,expenses~pfpa$ntlngt~ ballot8
and dellverlng s&@;to the presidiiigofflder,
together vith the other ekp6nsbs~~incideatal to
said ,electlonshall be paid out of the avail-
able ,maintenanc~~funds'beloiglng to the school
district in.w~ch Baid'electionls,held,,orto
be.held:.~
'The,offiirers-of"said.el.~ctianshall
be required.to.w'eth&,ballots so:fwnished by
the copnty judge as.ppofldedherein.-.'fbe'elec-
t@n oifioers,,sball.make,retnrns of said elec-
~tlonto the,county judge and certify the result
in the same mapner as 16 '.nowrequtred by law,
and did ballot boxe6 whi~hhshallhave been
-shed by .lboal~~scLi~ol~offioiaia
shall~be
sent to the county'judge,~and.said election re-
turns shall,be canvassedby:the commtssloners~
court and together:,wlthballot b6xes 'shallbe
safely preserved foi.a period of three momths
nextafter .the~date;of .the~-eleotlou."
\ .,.;.
Article,2776,'~V.C.S;:,,ienacte~
in 1915) which
is applicable.to.the'electlon~ofschool trustees in in-
dependent school'dl&m~M-,shaving 500 or more scholas-
tics read8a
"All,ele&.&tis k&l be ordered by the
board of tiwtkes of.each independentschool
district; and such order shall be made at
Eon. A. C. winborn, page 8 (V-865)
least +31~days before thedate of election;
anda notice of the order shall.be Posted at
three differentplaces in the diatr.lct.The
- - 0r school
board _ - trustees
.- ez- at the . ._ 0r 0r-
- time
aerzng sucn election 8na.u appoint wee per-
sons to hold the election,aud shall designate
the plqces where the poll8 shall be open . . .
All such elections shall be held,.aml returns
thereof made to the board of sahool trustees
in accordancewith the general election law.
The board of school trustees'shallcanvass '
such returns;.declarethe result of such elec-
tion, and issue certificates0r election to
the persons shown by such returns to begelect-
ed."
Sect106 3 of S.B. 157, Acts 44th Leg., R.S;
\ 935, chh;55, p. 135, belug the same Act which amended
Article 2746a, V.O.S., which now appears as Article
27&b in Vernon's Civil Statutes, is all inclusive as
to election expense? In all common and independent
sahool dlstrlcts. Said Article reads as follows:
"All expenses lmmrrea in connectionvith '
or lucldentalto any schoo$ dlatrlot election
in connectionwith the public school wlthln
such school district shall be pald cUt of the
avallablemaintenancefund belorrglng to SUCh
district for the fiscal year durlng which such
election 1s held, 0~ out of f'uudsaccrtrimgto
s&d district for iihenext ensuingflscalyear;
provided, hcwever, that the payment of any such
expenses out of the fUnda accrued or to accrue
tosach school diiitrlct for the nextfiscal
yeas aft,erthe ye& in whlch.such election is
held shall be authoricedby the county,srzperlnr;
tendent prfor ,tothe holdlug of such election.
The present statutm require that all expense8
lncnrred in connetition with or .inoldentto~any School
. district electFon~shal.1be paid out,of the available
malntemce,fUmd belongingto tich district. Therefore,
it is ou@ 6~QxLon that the cost of ball& boxes, stab
boxes, election supplles,8nd all other expenses incl-
dent to a school trwtee election shall be paid by the
school district rather than the county;
. .
611
&n. A. c;-Winborn,page 9 .P-865)~.. .~
From readfng.the statutes.on school elections
and ai1 the prov5s.s'iims of:~HiBi ,357,..we~do not believe
'thatit-~s.~.the- int6ntltm 0r.,the,.Leglslature tl-qitthe
tounty-Clerk.shouLd ~epar~.~e.ballot..baxea,orthe stub
boxes for truste6~electionst.o.be.hel&..lq scbool dls-
trlcts;. In this conuectionwe call your attentlcn to
the provl8lon~0r Art.::2746a,ap$l$ga~let,o,commonschool
bistrlcts and independent sOho eatriots having leaa
thsn 500 qhel.ast~caj,qhichprovides t&at.@@ county
judge shallihave a.+eficiest .nu@er~@ pp$nted ballots,
necesaarysupplles,~ballot boxes,and~taUy sheets,de-
Llveped to the preslding'officerdf said election at
least one.day before,,the.eleationg :A180we.call your
attention to the language 'inArt. , as amended by /
H.B. 357; which~'read84:\;,:.: .,
~:
I;.
-:,:<.~I,
i. :&s.s-box,
r;ili 'b; deGv;;& :t, ihe
-.n
,.'...
l,i
.~.
"W
election judge .at:tbe~4iuie~:$l&e ..,~~
In view of the fact that,.thecounty $&e 1s to prepare
T and deliver the regulaz.ballot:b~mcea, supp$les, etc., to
the presiding judges Of~.$he..electQmS ~&eld~pursu& to
Art; 2746a, we feel.that~~t~is.a~so.~~..daty of the coun-
ty judge to dellver-tbs.:stub.~,bax;to,~~e ~4Zstzlctclerk
for proper~ .prepaI?atlonand :se,al%ng;.;;:Jlpte~,the stub box
is prepared:;an&-sealed by.-the:.d$sta$ct .olerk;the clerk
should return.the saim-to th6 county jUage'in order that
the judge may deliver~said,box.to~-the election judge at
the same tine the ballot.$ox.ea and suppllesare dellver-
ed. -.,
Wheu a trustee election.lSheld & an independ-
ent achool.distrlct~conta$nZng~~O.,or more:sCholaSticS,
the same is held in-accordancewlth.the provislon~ of
Art. 2776~ .Since s~ld~statt&te~~oea
not impose auy duty
upon the county judge.in..$hat4gpeof~ ele@$zm, but, on
the contrary,t@e s&oo~;board ,ls.?har@d tith the duty
of ordering the qlectiqn-.appoiatlng the .personsto hold
the election; canvass-the~retVm&sof the~e&ectlon,etc.,
it is the:duty of the board&~trusteem of sam lnde-
pendent dist5lct to~prepare'%md~dellver the stub boxes
6s!
Eon. Al C. Winborn, page 10 (V-865)
to the.dietrlctclerk for hls sealing, etoi, aad that
the dlstrlct clerk should return said boxes to the board
of trustees in orderthattheboardmey del$ver the stub
boxes to the presiding judge at the same time the ballot
boxes end other supplies are delivered.
Xour next quebtion is as.follow8:
."Howdoes Section 6 pertainingto abaen-
tee voting oonform to this Act Ia providing
secrecy in voting?"
\ Section 6, H.B. 357, reads a8 followsa
~?Yhe appr&priateprovlsicna of t&La Act
shall also apply to absentee voting, in which
aase the person casting an abeentee ballot
shall not remove the~detachablestub from the
ballot. After the ballot has been prepared
by the elector, the elector shall affix his
signature on the reverse side of the perfor- '
ated stub aad then shall cast the ballot a8
now provided byilaw;
."Shouldthe elector be unable to sign hi8
name, he shall place the ballot face dowa 80 .~
as not to expose thb.number of same and shall
on the b$ck ef the perforated stub an
:$y The attesting officer shall then urlte
the elector'sname on the back oi the stub.
%he absentee ballot shall then be de-
livered to the election judge In the praper
re,tnct as is q,~ovlt+ for In ""8 tl-~
. i!. . .
%erore the eliictionjudge deposits aa
absenteeballotas elsewhereprovidedfor In
this t&tile,he ahall detach from aaid~ballot
the perforated stub aad place it l.nthe stub
box. If the name Of the elector ,does.notap-
pear on theremrae side 0r said @8rferated
stab the election udge Shall Write the name
0r the elector on the bask of said stub be-
fore depoeltlng888~ irrthe stub box.'
hon. A. c. wlnborn, page.11 (V-865)
A carefal study of.Sectlon~6 and the former
statutes relative to absentee voting shows that it is
hum8nly impossible rar3ihe same_procedureto be followea
In absentee voting that %.afollowed where the voter
casts his vote in person. The mere fact that the absen-
tee voter's ballot and stub are placed in the IMSpeCtiVe
boxes by the presiding judge.of the electionvould not
render the section on absentee voting inconsistentvith
the other provls$on8of-the Act& because the first sen-
tence in Sec. 6; provides that the a
slons of this act shall also apply to a sen ee voting.
TF=P wovi-w
You ask ia your 'last.questlon
whether the pro-
visions of E;B1 357 (SecretBallot Bill) are applicable
to road bond electionsheld Incounties and road dls-
trlcts; .Artlcle 752g,,V.C%, which Vas enacted in 1926,
provides as .followa:
~"Eaemanner.Iofholdlng~~s~uch
election
(road band elections)and canvasslngand mak- 4
ing returns thereof aball be governed bythe,
general laws 0r this State when not in con-'
'fliotwith the provlslons of~thls tact."(Par-
enthetical Insertion added..)
In view of this statute,.webelleve that the
“Secret Ballot Bill" is applicableto such elezl&en,
and sh~ouldbe~folloved; We:are not nnmi
h0iaing 0r the court Or Civil-Appealsin 1923 in-the case
I gfwLtt v, Rays ,,253S.W. 6lO;~emor d.lsndssed, to the
t that road Lnd elections are special elections
and are not.governed,bythe.provlaionsof the general
electlon.laws. At.~thetime of~thls decision there was a
statute similar to Artlcl~ 7528. .I$owever,the statute
was not discwsecl or me& $11
'ed In the opinion 0r the
court. Moreover, in more.recent decisions deal- with
school elections, the.courtshave held.that statutory
i' enactments s@llar to Article 752g make the proviSion
to such elec-
6 (Tax.‘WV. App.
ex; Civ; App:
slons we cannot say
general law
ad bond elec-
tions; but we believe.thatthis would be the safer pro-
cedure.
Hon. A. C. Wluborn, page 12 (v-865)
SUMWARY
The provlslons of the Secret Ballot Lav;
H.Bi 357, Acts 51st I&g;, 1949, are applicable
to general, prlm8ry and local option electlons
except where voting machines are wed. The
pertinent p~ovlaiona of said Act are also ap-
~~~ti~t;~ectlow sub3uZttlngCowtitution-
.
The pertineatprovisiow of the Secret
Ballot law are applicableto all general aud
primary electlow held in cities 8nd towns
except where voting machines are wed. All
sgpplles,ballot boxes, stub boxes, wed in's
city election should be paid for by the city
as provided in Artlole 2997, V.C.S., and the
city clerk is required to perform each act In
a city election that.is required to be done
0 by the county clerk in general electionsheld
Ln the cbwty.
The approp&$e provlslonsoi+H;ti.,357.
are applicableto~electlons.heldin.lndep‘e&-
ent school district8 for the purpose 0r elegt-
lag aohooltrwtee8, ana all expewes 3.awn-
fiectlonwith or incident to said eleetlow
fihouldbe paid out ~ofthe maintenance,fwd‘of
said SChOOl diStl'i&S..In indewud8litSChOOl
dlstrlctsha* rm62 than 500 s&olastlos,
it Is the duty of the comity judge to prepare
all ballots, tally ~StS, ballot boxe@;stUb
boxes and-all other neceeeq suppILes aad de-
liver them to the proper.p$rtlesi In lude-
peadent school districts-wvlng 500 or more
ScholaStiw,,it 1s $he duty 0r the S&O01
boa+ to perform these fuwtlons.
If is advisable to r0im the pertinent
pG0visi0ns 0r If;B.357 in.rwd bozidelectf+ui
held in &&ntles and ~m&d di8trcictSi
~&+,A. C. Winborn, page 13 (V-865)
Section 6 of H.B; 357, conaernlng absen-
tee votiag, la not incopsidtentwith the Other
~0viSiOnS of the Act. :
Yours.very truly,
ATTORI& GERERALOFTRXAS
J. Ci Dads, Jr.
JCD:b:bh Assistant
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