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Honorable .Jim.D;Bomeri : .: -..Opinioa V-278 ~. County Attoraey, . ‘. : Bell county, .’ ,. :’ Belton, Texas, .: ._. Rer YU’glblllty of 

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’.: Febrral.felony toqualify a8 tmatm
Dear Sir: “ ’ 

### or oommoa rohool dlrtrlot. ‘A..’
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### we refer to Job setter 

## or reoeat-date801 knowledged by the Attorney General oa June 16, 1947, ihere%a ydu~repueet.sn oplaloa.of this offlae ooaoering the allglblllty .dfa :perroato be a frwtee of a oomoa ~ohool distriof who hae been oomloted of a.,,,Febera1 felony.

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-Inyour letter uad aroelleat brief thereoa, you pretreat,la substaaoe, the tollowlng iaots: ~. ., A perBoa was eleoted truat6e’of a oomda aohool dlstrlot who was oonvloted aad e85tenoeU by .aFederal Dlstrlot Court oa thaw oouatty

,eaohof whloh lr’made a felony by Title 86; Beotloa 8003, 8820 aad 8856, U.S.&A., the 

### Federal UQuor Taxlag Aot, served four month@ la a Federal prison and who paid (600.00 la ilaea pureuaat to mob seateaoe. On twb of the aouats he oould h&w been ooaflaed & maxlmm OS two yeam; oa the t+lrd oouat, a maximum of five yeare. ‘.

Title 18;Seotioa 541, U.S.U.A., de- : flaee Veloayn au aa ,oSfeaeewhloh may be ualehed by death or Lmprlronmeat for .a
-~ .. term exoeeUlag oae year.
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Artiole 8745; Se6tlon 1, V. C:S;, ~p*oviUlng for the eleotloa of trusteee of oonmoa rohoal’bintrlots and Sor their auallfloatlo~s reads, la part: *

. . ,~Provlclhg 50 pereoa rhall ‘bequail- ,Metlas truatee ualosrr he 1s a property 1.

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taxpayer la the dlrrtrlot-to wbloh he 

### 10 elootod a~~3othorwlw a qualltied totsr la 8Uoh.dlrtrlot.

. .Allw1oaaale88hall be rlllea by 

### the ooanty board of 

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### 6r.thoterminrhloh the raoa aoy

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### prorldes:'Artlole =,~8eotiO5 1, 0oa8tltutloapi Texa8,

"The Sollowlag ola8868 of pemoae 8ball.aot be allowed to vote la thl8 State, to-wit; (1.'.

. -'- *FoUrth: .&l per8oacl eoavibtod of aay rolonjr,8ubjeot to 8Uoh 

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. the bglslattarc8hall ra$e."

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.Artlo&~8954, V. C; S.., pq?ride8,lapart: "The roiiarriag

ola89e8 of per8oa8 ;ha&5ot be 9atltled to roto,la thi8

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.Ia aoddrdaaoe'dth thk prwl8loae~ of'.&tl01s g745,.Seotloa 

### 1,tie88 theperebn'ls a 

### quallfl6d voter 

### in the dl8trlot, he 18 sot 

### ellglbl6 or 

### quallrled a8.a trU8tee Of a oommoa 8OhoOl dl8triOt;alld IrtiOle ' VI, 6eotioa 1 oi the Uoastltutloaprorlde$,'la 8Ub8tWiOe, that all perrroalr

ooavloted of akq'tolow 8bell not-be-allowed 

### torote in thi8 State 8Ub,jeot to 8uoh eroeptloa8 a8 the ti ielature ehallmake. The Logialature ha8 kade a5 exooptfoa $a Art1010 8954 'rbiohproYlde8, la BUb8taaO0, that those person8 

### oowloted

## or emyfelonyIho.have been ,reirtored

to full oltleeaabip aad right 6r Wfrage,'or pardoned d0 not tall within the prohlbltlo~e of hrtlo~o VI, &+otion* oi,the Ooarrt$tU~~~a.

* 'Shouldth6 

### abow &ed T&a; #lawr~laoor&- atlng the.$angtmge, *ooavloted~of say $elonJ", bo ooa-

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.8tr~edto dS8franohlee also those persona who havb been ooavlcted 0s a Federal felony a8 well a8 thoee persons who have been ooavloted of an offea8e defined a8 a reloay la the Texae lawe?:We think they 8hoUld be 86 ooa8trueq. We oannot tibeorlbe to the~propositloa that the ftiIWr8 or our Oonstltutloa lateaded a tblng 80 anomalous, lllogloal and unjuet a8 to say that%hose gullpy of oertala orlmes against.the lane-of the United State8 and Bleter State8 are eligible or qualiiiedto Vote la Texa8, while those guilty oftcertain orlmer agalaet the lane 0s thla etate are ineligible.

. . In Harweil v8i Morrli, 143 5. W. (2d)‘tiOQ, an election ooqtest oaae deolded by the rlrmarillo Court of Civil Appeals, wherein it was proven that a person was ooavloted in a Federal oourt for vlolatlo'iYof the Harrleon Narootlo Aot, and hle pUti8hmeat was a88e8md at 81x months in jailwhloh wa8 8USpeaded for two year8, it nae.hela.that 8uoh pereoa was aot qualiflea~tovote' 

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### primaryeleotloa beoauae under the provieloae of the applloablq Federal law he could have been oo&fined la the Federal pe@.teatlary by the Federal oourt. The punlebment actually aesesrred by the oourt'opoa a trial doe8 tit control the olaes 0s the otfease. R. Y. [zorden ~8. State, 135 Tex. Grim. Rep.., 438; Attoraey Oeaeral'e Opinion No.:~0-4121.

In several other State8 iihloh have ooaetltUtional and~.utafUtory provl8loae similar to the Texas laws herela quoted 

### underArticle VI, Seotloa'l'of the Coaetltutloa, and Article 2954, it ha8 beea~held'that a ooavlotloa of a felony in.a Federal ooU.rt, or a'oourt of another State or country, reader8 that pereoa ooavlotea lnellglble or 618qUali?$68 hlm~to vote .lasledpk$ held la the State. See oltatloae 

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. .Aooordingly;it 18 imr opinion, that a 

### p&- 8oa who ha8 been oonviot,ed ot a Federal felony whereby he is deprived of hla right to vote under LLrtlOle VI, Seotloa 1, Con8titutloa of Texa8, and llrtlale.2954, ' v. c. s., i8 laellglble or

## ai9q~liriea to 89X70 a8 truetee of a oommoa eohool 618trlOt by rea8Oa of the provleloas of Article 2743, Seotloa 1, V. 0. S., uale88 and until he ha8 been reetored~to full oltlzenehlp and 'right0s suffrage, 

### orpardoned.4 ~~~lrtuw or:fhe provlrloa8~ofArtlole MU, 

### 6eotlon1, Artlola 08543. 0. 8., ~-4 brtlole VT. Seotloa 1, 

### Con6titatlonar yaxacr,a-per8oa who ha8 been oonvlotea nf 

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### FedOr8lQr&ate, l.8

### laellglble or not 

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