OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS
AUSTIN
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ma. c. 3. dltis, Jr.
COUAtf Atto?aef
Oatesrille, Texa8'
Dear SLrt
request the opfnio
queatioa. Your
ed a oertltiaato
Ie uuoh en exeaption authorized
t. PO00 3.c.s. whersla it is pro-
ind person is entitled to an ex-
2Q80, Vlrnoa~s Civil~tatutes, provideat
Wmrg per6oa who is nwmt than rlxty years
old or who ir blind or deaf or dumb, or is pi-
arone3tl.y disabled, or v&o has lost oae hand or
toot shill bo tmtitled%o vote tithout belag
rer;&sd to pay 8 poll tax, if he has obtain&I
his csrtiiioata of axaanption frcxathe couaty tax
collector when thr 8ane ls rerpiced by the pto-
rialoru oi thi.8 tit14.*
Eon. C. 3. .il+le, Jr., page 2.
Thle c,u%stllon was pas~fnl upon by the $ourt of Civil
nppgals of Pex:~ in the aaQ4 of I:oCamiak VS. Jester, 115 s.%.
298, wherein the court helu:
“The court erred in holding the vote of 3, D,
zllkingtoa zit the as box uslid, & la fnlllag to
deduot the same from the votes cast ilt 8ald box
against prohibition. This votsr did not ha~o ;a
~~l$“~* 31 wa8 42 pears old. &a cl&nd to
t iron payment of a ~011 tax by reason or
be- Tb iod, or at least disabled. Ths statute
exemgta thase imm the papent of a ,311 t& who
sre permmeatly diaob cd or blind, Gen. Iawe
1905, p. 521, a* 11, f8 This toter ke?t a wld
drink stand cnt RI. Sic t~atiiledr ‘I walted on
my trade and custozere fitymr,* Emnever a OUB-
to;psr would osll for any aert6l.n drink ‘T w%lU
~1~0 tt to hi& and ?fhaa he would kind ze the
nonby f vlould’&Ye hlrr back the Oha~u. I wuld
?ut ny soda water bottles in the lee bax and
assort thm aUt tpyeelt.’ EIeOould Walt on his
austorsrs, get the right artic1e oalled for, and
make hiB QwnOhua@. se #a8 not blind, nor par-
Iraaeatly dlrsbled, withia the mmalnir~of the eleo-
t1on law, Aots Leg, 1905, p* 521, 523, 0. 3.3.
98 6 and I21 Bl&ani vr Clubi (Tex. Civ. AFT.) 65
3s ET*59s.r
Therefore, you tire rfHpsatlully sdvlssd that lt is
the o&~lon 4r this departmeat that tan ladilriduul who is
blind in on8 e e, but has good vialon in the other, 1s not
blind WSthln t IT6 mf%ilfly af i&i019 2960, VWAOA’fi ~1~11
statutes and is not sntIttled to Y poll tax %xen$iion under
said ;,rt~cls due to bllndnessr
by ou we aro aaalosing hsrewlth cap-
AS rscueeted
1%~ 31 OUT &At081 0- f 941, O-2434 and O-&Xi.
X08.
Trusting that the foregoing satisractorlly dispose8
of your lnqdry, we r8mul.n
Ywrr wry truly