**. .**  OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

lIon0rabl,r Mwritt 1. Rln.8 County At torltey aUdi8+aa c0my 

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### Ipt ot ~our‘lottwof xay 26, drpartmmrnt

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### or 

### mora **obtain** 

### rxamprlrr to know 

### whrthrr t&la, n opinion

### rrndersd April 3, nnlal Report**or** 

### th* **Attorney** 

### rifeat that 

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## tharanotment of Aat101.r 2%8a* Rarlrrd 

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### or the 

### law rrfl.rOtrQ In thr opinion 

### or thlr 

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### the qu88tlonJOO. **propouad.** 

### Art1418 2960 O? the R4tl804Civil Stmtutem, 

### 1925, r4468 48 iallowrr

“Art. 2960. 2943 

### Grmmpt from poll **tu.** Worry 

### p4rronwho 18 aora than rlxty roara old 

### or who 18 blind or **deaf or**  **duab,** 

### or 18 per

### manrntlf dlMbl86, or hmr lost 

### on8 h4nd or root, rhall be l

ntltlod to tot8 withoutbelrr(r rrqulrrd 

### to p4y 4 poll t8x, I? ho ha8 **obtained** 

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### th4 provision8o? thlr tltlr., Id." 

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### otrr rixty par8 

### of 860; (2) thorr who 8~ blind, doer 

### or **d~mb~**(3) 

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IJots that th88r 

### olarirr o? perronr are 

### rntitl4d to rot4 without prpemt 

### o? 4 poll tex I? 

### a arrtlflortrof rxrmptlon ha8 barn obtrlnrd 

### tram the oounty trr oollrotor,but thlr 14 n4oe8- mar7 

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the 8mmm 

### 18 requlrrd by thr prorl8loo4of thlr titlr." WQ mwt drtrrmlno naxt 

### than,wh4n 4 orrti?lo8tro? rxemptlon 

### l8 r4qulrrd to 

### br obt4ineaby the prorlrlon8 

### or Tltlr 50 of tbr R8tlrrd Civil 

### Statut48,1925.

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## or rxemptlonby thoar 

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### o? 4 poll tmx, 

### but thl8 

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rtiola 

### rrl4ter 4xolu8lr4l~to thoro rrrldlng in a oitf or 10,000 lnh8blt8ntror more. It 

### 18 therrrorraluri88rd from oon8ld8r8tlon,

**&Uolr** 2969 **of the**  

### Rorl88dClvtl **Statutrr,** 

### 1925, prorldmr thmt rrtirr per8ort

### who will ro4oh the 

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### tmnty-one parsl

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### rho wlrhrr to vote, 

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### without the n8orrrltro? pwlw a poll tu. The rrtlolr

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### year lit -oh he or ShS OrrorS to **lot obtain**  **from** 

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### ml46 or **r4ru8od to**  **obtain** 

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### 4 poll tax Sh811 b8 P 81 OWOd 80 IOtS.” 

### hpa en 4m41~818Of thi8'jrtiO18, it 

### 4pp4US **th4t** th8 r0110r~ 0188808 or p0rronm SXwpt from 

### the paym nt or 4 poll **trx** end rm#idi~ 4l88Wh4~4 then 

### in 8 

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### Q?fU 80 VOtS, ill **OrdSr** 

### to **#litit~# thea**  

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### will rrrsh tho 460 of **brmntr-one** yeerr **@Star** the **1st dmr**  **of** JSllU@r~ 4na 

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### followl4 8l8OtiOll **et** 

### wbloh the m4J wish **to vatal**  **POJ** 

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### th4 paymen 0s 4 t4X b8O4U8O UOt 8 rSSidSn8 Of th8 St4tO On 8h8 ?iTSt d@y 

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Honorabl8Yorritt 

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### length 0s 

### ro8id0no0. so4 Opinion NO. 0-174u,e Copy of 

### which is enclosed.



### III v;OW 

### Of th080 8t~tUtO8, YOU 4rS r@#p80t?Uii~ 

### Sdti00a, and it 18 the opinion 0s this dopartmont,th4t those por8on8 ro#ldlngrl80~h0r0 then in 4 Qlty Of 10,000 lnhabltonto or **more**

### 4na oxompt rrom the poymoht 0s 8 poll tax In aooordano0 with the 

### provirlonr of 

### Artlolo 2960, Rotlood Civil St@tUtOS, n04a obtmla 

### no 

### l

xomptlon oortlrio4to 

### In **order** 

### ztoontltlothem to VOtS.
It 

### 18 the iprthorOpiniOli Of thl~.~d~p~~~O~t 

### that thO84 

### l xompt from the p4yPolnt

0s l p oll tax 

### for the roamam rot out 

### in Arti 

### 29668, vOlWO11’8 **AMOt4tOd** ciril St#tUt@#, 

### and roo1dlng l l8mnhor8 

### then la 8 

### 018~ o? 

### lO~,OOO inhabitmtm or morm surt 

### obtain en SX4aptiOn oortiflo4t8**ozror** 

### beforr the pat da7 0s 

### Janumr 

### or the yorr in rhloh they offer to tote, in order to be mn

### tit I#a 60 0488 their bSnOtSn

Yours vorr truly

**AT ’** **IQRNBY WNBRAL**  **OF TEXAS** 



### JDs/o* APPROVEDJUN 29, 1940