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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Bonorable Ben Kin6
county Attorney
Burnet Count7
Burnet.,Texas
Dear Sir:
we are in rcccipt
ing as r0110rsr
‘.,“A.&od y qualified electors who ovn taxa21e
propert~iin,the city and who have duly rerd*..-ed
the sk,for taxation, skll be qualified t= vote.”
And we assume that your question relates only to F~O are qusli-
fled voters.
“^ r ^.._......_- ~.
~onor8ble Ben King, page #Z
seotlon 1 of Article 6 of #he Constitution reads as
follo~rr
*88otlon 1. The lolloring 0188s08 of persons
ahall not be lllond to rote In thlr State; to-wit:
Irlrrt: Porrona
under twenty-on8 y48r8 of age.
Bsoond: Idiots and lunatlor.
Third: All pbuper8 rupportod by 8ny county.
Fourth? All p8r80n8 oonrlcted of any felony, sub-
ject to ruch exception8 a8 the Leglrlature may make.
Fifth8 All roldlorrr, 188rInrrand seamen, employed
in tha 8emlc8 of the Army &nd Bavy of the United
stater."
8eotlon e of raid Article reads, In p&rt, a8 follow88
%a. e. Every psrron rubjeot to nono of the fore-
going dIrqualIflcatIons,viho 8hall hare attained the
ago of twenty-oneyoar8 and who 8hall be a citizen of
the Unltcd Stiter 8nd rho ahall have rerlded In tnis
State one gear next preceding an eleotlon and the la8t
rlx ronthr rlthln the dlstrlot ox*oounty In which such
perDon orsorr to vote, rbrll be daoaod a qualified elec-
tori l + l + * la and prodded further, that any voter
who I8 rubjoot to pay a poll tu under thr l.6~8of the
State of Texas shall have paid raid tu bbfore offering
to rote 6t 6ny eleotlon in thi8 State and hold a receipt
showing that 8ald poll tax ~a8 ptid before the first day
of February next precedlns such election. Or if 3ald
voter shall have lost or mlrrplacedsaid tax reccl>t, ne
or she, as the case may be, shall be entitled to vote
upon making affidavit before any officer authorized to
administer oaths t-hat such tax receipt .has been lost.
Such affidavit shall be made in writing and 12ft -c;;t:l
the judge of the election. Q 4 4 4 +t 4."
Section S of said Article reads as follorrr
‘Sec. 3. All qualified eleotorr of the State, a8
herein described, who shall have rerlded for 8ir months
.
lnmmllately an llootlon, within the
pmoedlng
limit@ Of w City OF OOrpoMto tom, Bhe11 have
the right to rota for W or and all other *loo-
tit* OfflOOP but illIs llootlona to dotormina
lx p ea dltu r e or lrnnptloa
of mono OS debt, only
thorn 8hall be qualIr lad to tot0 who p8f t8x.r on
property in Bald olty or lnoorgorated tomj pro-
vided, that 00 poll Wac ior the payment OS debt8
thur lnoumod, 8la8ll be loolad u9on thm persona
&barred from toting ln relation tirrto."
Bootion 8e of Artlole 6, ldoptrd lotrsbor 8, 1932, la
l8 fOllO-1
Wan an lloctlon la held b my oount7, or my
rNOb0~ Of 00lmti.8, Ol' Uly PO1 I tiOti 8Ubditi8iOZi
of the state, m any polltioal 8ub-dlrlrlonof a
oounty, or doilnsd dIrtriOt now or h8rWftW to be
dO8orlbod and defined zlthln th8 6t8to and daloh
amy or ~7 not lnoludr tornr, tillago ormunlolprl
oorpcmtioaa, cr any oity, tom or villago for the
pup080 of laeulng bond8 or othwu180 lo & owdit,
or lx9auUag ranoy or arr\Pring any drbt, only quall-
fkd 8lootoPr rho own taxable property in the St&te,
county, polltloal rub-dl+i8lon, dlrtrlct, city, town
or vllla;e Were 8~~5 election ID held, and s:ioi-ave
duly rendered t.;esaxo for taxation, shell 'ie~sli-
fled to vote 8nd 811 elector8 ah811 vote in Lx alec-
tion precinct of their residence.'
*Under the Constltutlm end lass 0: t:tiis,to.x:, a
voter subject tzereto mst p&y nls cltp poll.tax nt
tk time required by i61~ in order to qualify as a
legal Voter in 6x1~elaotion in thir Skte. 0bvlc~x3ly,
thI8 6nsear m&es it wmecessary to lsrer Cc sec3rld
certified qxcatixl.':
In the uoo or Roaomkl 1. mmv 1w S* 0. ma, tb
.ourt held that rape rondarod $0~ t- 3 ion would lnolude
M y p r o p er ~?ea Ldp r la rto th o llortlom. Although thm low
gMllde0 that the OmneM ot, pr0p.F FZ the 1hlto of tha
lorporalaa&all,betmeamwuy 70 il lot of lo h
w, rod.? umto r k utlo a ,t& lowt htrdthatthlr lo l
L lotory pawtdaa aa 80 tin & nxai*ioa ma not YBddo~.
llt1.a.townaala
Art1010loso,It.C* YI# rrrthooiwr
You MO, thontoxv, ldrlaod that an pormn ho hour r.r,-
aomd pre, real O? perooul, tox8tI oa in tho city or
for
Burnot for tb per 1948, or whore prop- lo oa tb rondltloa
Oh e Oto
o r k r r o ll0
ud lUb JeOt
to tU, ma r v0k a t luoh oloo-
&~,t~;thorwlm quallflod Imder tb Cozutltutlonami 1~8 of
l
I8 8ddlthn to the ooaotltutioml Md ltotutwy qualltl-
oatioar of i. ~ot~%orotoforo roatlonod, ~JAWO me ot;m- lktu-
tory requiroaeato rhich ax-0important and mat Le cx:oid=reC in
~oworlag rour qurotlon, which 80 do not quoto but atate t:?s
th 0r 00r .
lfr 00t
If tho City of .Eurnot levied a poll tax for Lo gear lfr44,
a person lubjoot to tL0 paymat of ouch tax mart have paliitho
lama barore February 1, 1946 (reroll vm City of mlrd, rugs), to
ba & qI.aallilbd rotor ia thlo lleatlola.
A perooa who waa not twoaty-oao your 0r a60 oa Jaauary 1,
1944, vao not luhjoot to the paymmt OS l Skto poll tu. Howver,
U luoh a person booclmro two&y-orn you-8 of ago before the fir&,
of February, 194s. or boocceo of @o botwoa tht date md the
day of tAo olootloa, ho mat 5ro obtalnod an exonptlsn certificate
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b efa n
St Of8 POUtU
hr to obWn M uaption 0ertUloota In oltloo or ~000
inhkbitWd8,