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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable Luther C. Johnatan
c4uutJ Attorney
Andermoa County
Palestlna, Texa#
Dear flita
rrpuestfor our
quate rromyour
t prrsaa m0vmr outwla 0r oity',
e mamo oolmt7, bQrore (Ilaotlon,
e sntitlw¶ to rote without a
iieriasdcivil Natatea of Tmxas, pro-
~3~ory psreon who le oxempteb by law from
eke paymant or a poll tax, and who ir in other
rerpeotm a qwiri4a Voter, rrlu, rsrlds8 tm a
city of ten tliowaaa (10,000) lnhabitmntr or
more, shall before Eha let g{ of~e~#?~ E;-
tha yar when auoh vetor m,h
title6 te suoh newe.ion obtain fran the Rx
Nanerablo I&h@. C. John.t.n, P.S. 8
Col&ator of the oeunty of hi. or her rwl-
d.nob, a oartlflcata .houlng air or her OX-
mpti0n rr0rath. p8pi80nt or 8 poll tar.
"8UOh sxanpt pewaoa 8b.U on emth .t.t.
hi8 mime, age, raae, county 0r rwidenea, w-
oupatlon, the length or time ha ha8 .rwiaed
in seld county, and ths length or time la the
oitJr,and th. nimbsr or the ward or voting
prwfaot in uhfah he rwl6e8, and rhall al.0
atate his e&root addrssr by same and number,
lr mabend, and the greund8 upon whloh h.
alalx8 exanptlon rrom the payment or a poll
ta.
" . . ."
The above Artiela ZiWiB rela tsr exeltislvely to those
r88ldfag in a oik7 o t 1 0,000
lnhabitnnt8 o r mo r e,
a ndlx p r a ~a -
ly prQvide8 ad r84uire8 the obtalnfag of a oaxtlfleatoof
.xtenptlonon or b.tor. th. 3i.t da7 of January 0r the year
in rhloh thep oifiv te rote by ttiose~ exempted by law rroa the
payment of the poll tax. Thenron, your ilr.t que.tleB 1.
re48protfullyanmrrea in the nes8tiv..
With r.r.rcrno.to your moond 4usrrtioaArti.1.
Z968a, Rs~ised CSvll St.tut.8 of Ton., -.pplio.bi.to this..
realdingla a olty or 1.88 than 10,OQQ lnbabimkt8, prevld..
in p4rtr
~avsrg~jwmen not 8ub cot to t&r di8quall-
fixations mbt oat in,Artlo 3e ES54 of the Fie-
rlesd Cfviil Bfatutea of roe5 who do.8 net re-
al.. in a olty of tan thowiarrbiab.bltant8or
mom, aad who in oreruptrroa the payment~of .
poll txixby nm8on of the,faet that he or 8h8
hna not pst reached the we of twenty-one~eari
0~. tha’firat say or January praoadlng it8 .leTJ,
.,gxahcin exempt from the payment of a poll,tax
beqeune he or she wee not 6 r.rfdsnt of ths
Stets',onthe firat day of January preoedl~
lw 3..vy,but who ahall have slnos bwome .li-
p.lbl.to voO4 by rawson of langti of resldw4s
cl;age, shall, on or bef.on the thirty-rlrot
day or Januarg of the par :n whioh he or ehe
orrers to vote, bbteln rren th. k.*a:mr aa
Collector or Tax.. fer th. Bwnty or hi8 m
her maidenas 8 osrtiriwte oi rxemptfo~~ rrmi
the pa7mnt Of a poll tax, and aa 8uah PermoB
*O bus fails& or rntuond to obtain auoh eertl-
Hoaoreble &~ther 0. ~OhnStoB, P.g. s
riiae 0r oxwptiw frolathe PaPneBt 0r e
poll t.x .h.ll ba .ll.wed to vote.
It. . ."
(Sse‘~the oases or Clark v. Stubbe,
131 8. E. (.A) i%S, and
Rogers v. Yaith, ot al, ll9 S. vi. (2d) 678.)
we Fu0tO rrolp0piti00 NO. o-2434 0r thi0 de~rt-
m3at a8 r0iimr,r
Sprum en an8ly818 of this ertiole,.Jn-
fsrrlng to Art1014 EQd6a) it aypeara tW$ the
r4mwtrrg o&8888 or persona rxampt from the
payrnsntof 8 poll tax and ~midi~g elsmhere
than in e olty of 10,000 lohabitants or more
must obtain au eXapti.om eertlficata onLor be-
rote the 316 day or Jaauarp of the 'year in
whfck th8p 0rrw to vote, in order to entitle
them to uaat their balloter (1) Tho8a who nil1
reach the age of t.W.Bty-@Be years, 8rtar tlw
let 867 of Januer7 and bairn the day or a
rollowln electlen at which they may wish to
rota1 (a7 thou exempt from the payment of a
~011 tar beemme not a resident of the stat&
on the firrt da7 of Sanuary preoeding its 1.~7,
but rho lnve 8inoo becotieeligible to vote by
rwaoa or length ol r~esld8noe. . . .
". . .
"'It18 the iWthfBC OplihiOnOr thl8 dOpR&-
sent that those cursleptfmn tha pafzisent
of a
poll tax ror the ~880~8 art out in Aft1019
and
8908a, Vernon*8 Annotated Civil 8tiatut4a,.
rsaldlng elsewhere than in . oity of 10,000
lnbabftant. or QOre must obtain ..o8XClptiOB
oertifiast. ou or bsfore the 31.t day of Jan-
uary or the year 14 which they offer tJ wt.,
in order to be entitled to Wet their ballot..?
TLereicre, you exe respecifully advised that the ans-
nor to your second queatioa I. h neggutlveone for the raaaoll.
eet rorth in opinion Ho. O-8434, a aopy or ri:ioh1. e~olo84d
hamwlth.
In diditioii to the hrM,aabew rQSerre4 to opiat-
ion NO. o-2434, we are onoloslas herawith oopisa or opipionrr
%OS. (j-2155,O-174& O-414 nnd O-4520 written cm relate4
pwirtiono.
ri;e Muat thtlt the abac, satlefaatorlly amwor8
your insquiry.
DaDrao
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