Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

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        OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
                          AUSTIN
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8titution,     whioh pratidoo~
         -rhok~i@lEmIr@ atallhV8 no power to
      SO10800 or rxtln bh. or'to autilarlnr tha
      rolaasl.ngor 0 &  glllrrbi~,
                                 In w;?o10or io
       art, the ~dObtoda888, lfabilft Or obliga-
       tion of 8ny oorporationor lndltItual t0
       tlh  St&o or to-any oounty or doflnoa rub-
       dltlolonthoroo?,or other munioi ISLoar Q-
       &Ion t!iomfn,axooptdelinquent?8XO8 u.loh
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       hnn been due ior 4 perloO of at lee& tam
       yetar.*
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hat8 no.autharity                                  in whole Oc
                 iIitObtOdnO88   liability   Or obh@~on    bW
        J oorgaratlO!l     e ki~ldtul, allAth8 dot0 pUO8d
           the aOll8titUtiOlB   bhibiti     th8 LO idatw
fraz authorizing nuoh a rol@aU          Oto8pt d.1L WOIAt tUOS
whfoh hue been tu@ for 8 pOrd           Ot at lOa8t,t&IlIOUh
                                    luthoritI*r,~000mo
             Ia rim of the torogolnr,
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BcmcrablaTrwtt IIubImrd,
                       Pago 4

re8peatful.l~adrfwd that it I8 th8 0pin10~1 of thlr de
partaentthat the ordlmnor    tmoad by t&8 covtwnlag-
body of the oity Of ill118POint On fanua~ 29 LOCO
r08Ohddlae         th0        POu      tkU lw        Ot s.ptOdW’5          i@%     18
indid,          Ona that the               ~1SOtiOU    jUd@8     Of .Yd    zandc   uOU!I-
tp     ha00   authority             to   r&me      to parPit     aay  por80a     to rot0
h      thS  fOrthOor;hg               DatlOOratiO     P&ilCie8     W!?O Wa8 8 ta8-
fdent of the Oity Of @i118 POht M Jamury 1, 1939,
but?IhOfoiled t0 pay hi8 8itY pOu WK.
                FI8are hsmmlth                 eCto108ing   8opt   O?   ;tg     ,“l&n
Ko.    O-069 whioh holda                   that it    18 tleQO8
8ea.ot    an lno0r~OrotOb                  oity    Or tooo,   whi3      lode8        a   pEU
tax,to oazes8 suah poll tax reocrlpt
                                   ln O?d8r to k a
       inrotor in a 8wnty prohibition8188tim.
qualifis
                l’l-lUft;ng         that    thi8   8at~i8f8OtOZ'f~      di8&‘0808        &
your     lnqolry,we             razukr


                                                        Your8 very truly




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