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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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br th8 otornfn# Bad d bald oily reroladtng
thlr $0f1tOx lN.7 Ior t&O yOsr Of 19S6."
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l8 fO11Orrl
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b lb tCoUlt~& TOth 4lUthCltit~ to r8ntO@ m]r pram
thr rfOht*o WtO in th0 iorthOa6 h~Of8tio &fUZ’y~o
n0 8 rO8tdOat Or th8 Oft7 Of uiu8 POint,On JWUT 1, lQs~,
but follo6 to I hi8 OftT PO= t8X, bUt l&O paid bI 8 st8te
8na OOMtt ]Fo 3 t8X Qld l888 Oth8lW1Oo @811fi8A to vote?
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or the stoto. S8t@8 we -pti@m u8 3.u. 89s; mrr18 t.
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by hOtl lead LO&., Chr 288, rOod8 8o fOlhW0:
"Thr City Counol1rho11 hOro pcwor to tvy
ld OOllOOt W (PZN8~ Ml t8X, Mt to 0X8.04 On0
((1.00)Dollarof lrort InhrbltOntoi 8816 Olt;r
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the St8tO f’OTOX
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b tb a t& t. g oI 1t8x lXOIQtOd, UhO i8 8 SO8idmt thorwi
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B8ard, lS3 &We (SA) VIM, the SqpTanbtlourtb.li8
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
r:
hnn been due ior 4 perloO of at lee& tam
yetar.*
rt I8 l1oimBn on& +il&Jom
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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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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