OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
i!onOriibla Ga02@ H. Sheppard
Comptroller of Sublie Aocotmts
Aulrtln, Taxa
Dear Sir:
Your rrqusat ice 0 a8 baan conaldsred
.~ oarefully by this dspartmqit tionr with r4r4r-
41100 to the Ccmrtltutionel ALL nd bg Sonats Joint
opted by eloatlon
@ado aa iollowa:
ah or aomponontpert
For44 R484rv4, or
rvior or th4 Dnit4a
j ane yosr efter the oloss of tha rcalandar mar
/ in which said wer is termlnat4d.
knarabls George H. .;,heppsrd,
“Movldod, ha*cntr , that the forrgotie: provl-
slone of this ssotlon do not oonf er the rl&ht to
vote u m sny qrson wno .ls 4 mpmber of the regular
aetsbl x shment of the ?blfra states f~rmf, ~-invy, or
%irins Corps ; end provided further, tbst ~11 persons
lo the armed iorass oi thb tbitod Ststes, or the OOCI-
ponsnt branched thsrsof not members of th4 regular
establishment OS the dtad Stetee Army Rnvy
Zarlne Corps, are horebg dealsred not tg be dh?
pu4llflad from voting by reason of any provlaion
of sub-seotlon ‘Flit&* of Section 1, of this Axtlole.”
(Enphsala ours)
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Tour f lv st gusstlan lat
“1. I4 this aaandment in dfaot now, or ir
It moemarl for the Lsglrlatursto prss en -On-
abUng Aot5’*
Artlolr XVII, Saotlan 1 of the Conatltubion, with
r4qmOt to UN! mode 4f amondlng th4 UanstltutiOn, pravld44
that:
-. . . It 6ha3.l be tbr duCy Of the 64VQra).
returning offlo4rs of 8ald rloatlaa, to open 8
poll for, nnd m&4 roturns to thr Soorrtary ot
staa, of the number of lo@1 tot48 oart at aa
4b0tm rm and againat 6aia Om4~dmat t and ii
mere thou one be proparra, then th4 numbcx of
votes oast for rind, against la4h o? tbam; snd if
lt shall appear fran sald return, that a maJorltJ
or ths vat48 cast hats bern oast ln favor of nay
amandmnt, the said 4m4ndment 40 norlving a
majority af the votes cast shall beooar a part
af the Gnnetltutlon, and proolsmstlon shell be
mds by the Govarnor therco?.*
Tbfs emendslent booam a part a? the Constitution
upon the asoertslnment that it ha,d raoelved a majortty of th4
vottisaaaet fit tha olaoti05. ‘::ilaon v. State 15 Tvsr. Ct. kpp.
Sep. 150; Tarss ‘iater t asa CO. V. City o? &burns, 21 E. ‘7’.
393.
:,Iothing is now required of the LeglslOtUre to et-
feotuat.4 the dlotates of this amendment. It 18 not a more
daalaratlon of polloy expressed ln broad tdras, but is au
sot oaqlata in rind Of Ltrs4lf. Ytatctd 4riOthaP WWS tM.s
amanbnt is selr-enaotfng.
%ur aaoc%?n,d
curscion it38
"2. IS t!As amndmcnt IS ins afieot, should the
Tax IBS~BSOI!sod Collaotor upOn rsqurat iasur e tarn-
Forary 4Zo3ptian.7"
‘Ci?;Lsquestian mat b* anaworut in th4 n4&atlvo.
The atatuhs rslsting tie the leauan44 oi lxauptioa Orrtifiioatoa
(irl;loloa 2968 errd m68a, R. 8. 1925) apply only to Umao~por-
SMS who are oxeapt bf Ir* from chr lrq!?#& ar w;;Ed
thlr asendarnt dooa not 4xOzqt a3pt4 ?4m MO
poll tsr I4vlsd by ot&r sootion or the Conat& u on and by
th4 atatutea ln4ated im.ptuauano4 thoro&. 'Dir amudmnt
grovldoa aaly thst the
to I?+39a poll tex a? to
al&t h4v4 bean 4a444a4
$0 thslx rldlt? to vote
naurd poraona dll have the rlgkt to vat 4 togaral~aa of whether
or not th8y km paid a poll tax 4a4 rh88h4r 4r 3Ot th4t hold
a r404lpt fo the parmnt of w poll tu whlah lma boon
aaa4884a qalnat tihcm. ah 0th 3i02a8, this maitt48t oxrapt
nuoh gerrcm8 ircm the p~o~iaion8 of 34Otloa 2 Ot fit1014 VI ai
tha Cmatltiutlan @alah raqulro
“that 411y vatrrwha 14 aubj46t to p4y 4 pell tax
rmaor the laws of tbr Stot4 as Tata ahall h4vo
paid aald tax bafara oif4rln$ to v4t4 ab an
daotlm in thlr Stats and h4liI4 r84algC aIlo
dng
that said poll tax ms paid barer8 the first day
of February next premding such 4186tldo*,
end rma t&r pr~vlalcma of .&tialo fO& R. 8. 19ZSr that
*Xo aitlaan ahall be pmmltttd to vota, ualraa
he, first prsleanta to the dud@ of 414ation his poll
tax reoclpt or oertlfloats of u4r?rptloa iwudl to
hipl befcsc tbe iin~t d4j of F&z%mxy of the fear In
whi4h ho ofP4rs to rots, ex84pt as othexwl6e p8r-
rAtted in thl4 title, ~1444 the am4 haa bwn last
or mialald, or loit at horn, in orhloh 4v4nt h4 ahall
wake sn affiaavit of th0t iact . . .* ~~
Yoara vary truly
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