OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS
AUSTIN
Em. Vlotor Ippollto
A8818tont county P.ttorney
Jefforeon county
l3ejeuuPiont
, T exai3
mar sir;
aan8truutlcn
xas, with re-
areln stattalnsb
ried voters o?
ot, olty or town,
lest preoeding
termlnlnf3the ptml-
plit5oEa IbIa-aiYl-
Viotor Ippofite, page 2
the pualifleb voters in any euoh oounty, or
politloalaubdlvfeion. + + * "
The~ords~aithe quaU.fisd~otsr~* ordlnarlly
WOuldhaYC MrerMoe tot&l zxtnBb8r orpe3op1e qlaalliied
to oa8t thelz?vote8 Fn alteleotfan by reemon of llddag
poIl tax reaeipta and j&oat8who by law are entitled to
aremptions.
The I&gidliature,harerem, ha8 apparently reoopp
nieed the extreme cllffioulty,if not the inpoaalbllity,
of dota UmLot lumber of qualuied7ot6r8 dth-
tall6
inaglvaadirrtrietat~a gl~attlaw bygirinseuehtesn
but a lldtednead.ng in pro*iding*taIdngthe~ot6a fof
Governor at the la& preesdlng general eleotlan ad t&
basis for the.purUfled
aet;ermisl.ng toters in a$ su&
ocxtnty, or politioal aubdiYirdon"r
You al80 atote that the preolnot LBYdlYeP b
yourinquiry
la mu wet and &fiba petition km5llkewL*e
been filed askLngthe Cmmlssi~mr~ Court not to aall.
an eleotion. 18 find no atatUtorJ authority far.tha rfi-
l.ngor a petithn aaklng that an elmtion not be held.
APPR&&dR7G 10, 1939
ATTORNEY GENERAL QF T-S