I NO. so54 

o p lnll oMtrulng n Artlola t997a, and holding: 

1. Shoup Voting Yiohlna, upon arml.nat1on, he14 to OomPlJ 

rith the roqulromont8 oi Baotlon 9 and Sootlon 28 

i oi Art1010 Z997a, rbioh Artlolo l o ta forth roqulremntr of rotlng robin00 in Tuba. 

t. 0 lnl~a'uprotsly l ondltloaod and m&do mubjoot to 

&ullngm or throo ua mlnum l 8 proridad for in 

800ti0a 1 or utioio 8997m. 

. 

ku Mr. wlllluri 

* 

Rot Whothor.or not Slmup Voting Maoh- . 

ino ocmpllor dth Sootion Z aad 

m0ti0n IS or ktioi0 ~997a, R.C.S. 

W&r 19 in npl to hour lottor of May 8, 1959, in whloh 

~Jou nQuort the OR lnl on of thlr Doputmont upon tho quortlon of 

whothor or not the Bhoup Voting Maohi~o oanpllor with tho roptimuntr of 8aotlona 8 ati I.0 oi Art1010 9999a of Vomonvs Anmtated 

01~11 Btatutoa Of Torae, which Artlolo lo Chapter WSot.tho Aots 

or tho Tourth Uallod sualon Of tho 4lat Laglalaturo, a0 &?iOndad 

by Chapter se of tho Aoto y the 8ooon6 0alloa so8rlon ot the 45th 

LsglrIaturo. 

~‘.~o’quoto tho following PortionS ?i your lotto?: 

'1 dorlro an oplnlon from your .mpartmant u to * 

whethor'or not the Shoup Votlne Maohbo OO~P~~OB dth 

Art1010 89978 BootiOh 8 05 tho ROViOed CiTil 6tatUtOU 

of TUW 19eb. I aloo bodro to know if tho rorldom 

of rootlbn l8 Art1010 tQQ7a of tho Rovlrod C f rilB%atUtOr 

or TOXU loeb rould prorod hla.mnohlna being rued in 

T~XE,E u&or thi ddflaltlon of rpubllo uxb prOtOOtiv0 

oountom" in Eeotlon .SS of Art1010 t997~. 

*par JOUZ- oonvadenoo, gttaohad am photograph Ot 

thd Shoup Voting k3OhinO." 

T&I are adriaed that in oompllanoo with our roquost, Er. 

-=x-o06 006 YT. rumsty or *hia nqortment L l ~o to d th. Sh o w 

VOting Xaohh in the City of Aurtln, TODXS, on &by 5, 190~9. 

Before umvoring tho speilflo inquiry 00ntdno4 in your 

lotter Of lday 5, 1939, we dodro to call your attention to 

. 

SOotlo! 1 of Art1010 Z999a, whloh provldoa as tollmrs: 

Vrovidlng for raminatlon and Approval of Voting 

Maohines by tho Seorotary or St&o. Any peraon, rlrm 

or aorporatlon owning or oontrolllng any voting naohl~ 

and dOmiring to haro tho same adopted for use in tho 

Stats of Toraa map apply to the Seoretarp of State to 

haro moh~maodno oxar&wd. Before tho rxamlnatlon tho 

applioint 8hall pay to tho Boorotary of State the mm of 

iour hundred arty ($450.00) dollars. The Sooretary of 
. .Ilan. QL.Au~O A. Nllllui, abne 1, 1939, mg~ t. 

I. 

lkto 6hll oauoo 0.14 rohlno to bo -06 ‘o bmbftu DrwidOd And Oh811 m&O Add f&i0 md koop UL 

fii0 bI th0 OrriO oi th0 SoOMOrt Of Et.to . rn&.t 

02 auoh ,OXadmtiOa; whioh ab~ll ahow whothor tho Liti 

of YOhinO 00 Usdhod OUI ufoly k uati by tho rotorm 

l t M *lOOtiw On p r ir u2l lwtiM, -y uador tho oon<loM 

horolndtor' prwidod. If th ?WOrt 6t.t.~ thmt tho 

nObin aan ti.60 ~806, it ah11 bo domod A~~X-OVO&, 

- mohlmo of lt.0 kind M bo ‘6OPtOd. ior MO .t 

l lOOth lO ëlipd h ia I 

WO= mklnu ‘ml fifing mob report tho 8oorot0 

l lOOt on6 ‘6 herola prorldod, 

Stat0 ahall roauln aoh rot* mohin0 to b0 0 

W t&u urminur.tO bo ‘PDOintO~,bb tho 800rotarf of 

x8&Z 

M‘tO for luOh DWDOIO, OM Ol wha ab011 bo .M oxport 

b PAfOnt lmw, UII tho othar two roohdloal l xp0rt0 0116 

l h11 =WbO OSthrpla wdttannport m l uahmohfno, . 

MU rhioh roportr ah0ll bo l tt o h oto a tho ~OOW,A~ 

Of ~*~tO O TOPOrt l nb k b p t 0n Zllo . & o h l xamlnw 

l ~n001r0 tha l amoraxlo huldroduIdflfty 

lblthor tb’ Sa o m 

. 

, 

ported on ,puroumt to law ind ita umo rpoolfloally l uthorhod by low :oannat bo turd ‘t any l lootloa or p r lmhy l l~odon in the 8tatr of Toraa.* 

BJ Thtuo of the ~Uotm4 prmi#iolu oi bootion 1 a@ the Aot, 

It ir rdo tho duty OS tbo l3oontmy OZ et&e to hro tho maohlnm 

in guortlon l xetmlnby ed throo mamlnors, one of whao #hall bo 

an axput in ptont law and Q&o othor tw moolualoal oqmrtn, 

*ho 6hd.l a8ko A WrittOri rapwt t0 tho SOOrOt8q 6f St&& 

Boo0uao ot tho prorl0lona oi Sootion 1 of th0 Aot, n bollovo 

the Loglrlatun plainly 0Onto8@0tod ana lntodod thot tho Boontuy ot 6tote*a ootion in AD rwlng or ~~OAPP+~JI~ a partloulu 

tot- rohlno nhould bo l‘r&on, &OiorllOd ‘d oontrollo~ by the 

,: uwfcmtlon ‘nd mDOP$ Of tho U‘dnu6 prWi404 for ti tho &w. 

In auoh riow of tho Stotuta, our o)lnlon 011 ,th6 mttor 18 mado 

//I l ntlraly l &riaory AM la aubjoot to tho finding8 UI~ report of 

! the l8mlnwa provldod for in the l tatuto; Thnt lm to any, it thl a raminor6, oftor 8n mmlrution, a h o rfind iland d report th att he bhoup Votlnq M~ohSno 6001 notuot tho rrqulr0wnt0 

l 0t Out i2t mi0ie eo99a, 8nd ii OUO~ rindin 8nd r0mt AN 

‘D~WOd by tho Soomt‘ry ot St‘to, our ODiniOn dU. bo 0011- 

troll04 by tho hoto found by tbo oxport l x wlnwe. 

Th~'in~~otlon 10 ha-0 88Q0 Of the &up VOtbg XMhinO 

ntoalr that auoh maohlno oontdrm tro oountarr. On0 oi l u0h 

oOuntor0 la l&at06 On tho titaldo oi the raohlno in 0 position 

wlmro it will be rlalblo to and. in full~lw of tho l lOOtiOn 

atilolalm whll0 the rotor 18 toting. Buoh OOuntor, ao 8~0 

lniormud, noordo tho total mumber Of mwamonts of tho ODU*ting 

loror a nd l uoh oountor 00na0t bo n-•ot. Wo are rumor 

informocl, and thlo OpitiOn 10 ooudltlonod upon tho rOtit Of 

0-h lnazmntlon, th8tth8 opontlng lwor, *ho mwownt8 o? 

whloh .m noorded by tho out&do oountor. Qan OBb to mmoa 

wboCa rot0 la 00Ot in M l 10OtlM. In Oh-t, w0 Or0 O&loO~ 

thAt the WTWOIitS Of th0 OpUAtiIUJ lOTOr On tb PaobiM *rdI 

idontiod in number ulth the tote0 6ut antho m00hlno. 
i-J 

On tho in8ldo of tho roh5.110 la found wh.t la tonod A "&fly 

rotor oountor,w mhloh oountor, wo .N lnformd, rao~rtl~ only tho 

number of to to a l a a t On tho m.ohino during A pmtloul8r l l~otlon. 

.Thlr oountar l an bo roaet, It10 80 DhOOa th.t it dll not bo in 

Pull tlow of tho l lootlon 'Mr1o1.18 wbllo tho votor lo rotirrg 

for tho ro.80. that tho aurtdna of tha to t- rohlno l utm&o.lly c 

01088 l raund A voter whllo ho la votjdp, thoroby ob8tauotlng tha 

full tlow of tho l lootlon off1ol.16. 

Iootlon 6 .f &tlolo 6999. a'..68 .I f~llowa: 

-A rothi@ uohha #ppror#d b 

muot bo w l o na tmo toia d to 

tho Soorekry of Bkto 

mot I do foollltloa ior toting 

for auoh l odld.toa a0 uy k lo6.lly pl.004 on. b.llot 

lntha St&o of TSXAOS Itrmatclao parrit. totor in8 

6onozrl l l.ootlon to rot0 for my paraon for .4 cbfloo, 

whothor or rot nadaetoao~~ l uidl&to by.4 gwtybut 

rho80 aamo la legally en ttm Mllota 88 us indopmnbont 

osndldota. .nd muot pa-t toting ln .b8oluto l oorooy. It 

8l.80 nuot bo 00 ooxutruotod a0 to proront tot* for mu0 

than 0110 prroori tar tka up0 ~flao 8nd:ot tha mm0 tiu 

pwontlng hla toting r0r the ~uu puron Moo. lt muat 

bo peal&od dth a look OFl&oh, by,tha uao of whloh mdktoly door tho poll6 .rg olo806 or the sparation of l uoh 

mohlna Sor auoh aleatlan~br @.mry la oomplotod, any MO- 

* ' hunt of the tot&n6 ox ro6lotiring uohudm la ob.olutou 

porontok 6uohrohlno l h.ll bo l qmippod with ono or uro 

protootlto oouatora.* 

-.' '8ootlm UJ of Art1010 69!7* rude, la p.r$ 80 follora:~ 

,. 

=a.n?.aa of tho Voto A@ tho ~FrQ&&ion ot tho Roiult. 

' .Ao soon 08 tho pol&8 ai% aloaod, offlol.18 thorod l h.ll 

. ~odlotoly look the uohlno ogolnat rotin& They than 

#Ml1 alga A oor tlflol 8ttotlog’that o tho'maohini no look0d Md SOAlOd, (YivinP: fh0 lx AOt tkq auoh Ob ~ifiOAtO giv- 

%n6 tho numbor of votora ahown on tho'publl~'oamtora. rbioh 

ahall bo tha toW.aw&or of rotor aaat on 6uQh mohino in '. 

thd proolnot~ tho aumbor on tho mall tho nwbor ra6latorod 

.c on tho protaotito oountar. (This #lao l lmllbo tho proooduro 

ottto oloro of obooatoia rotin when the mohlnoa uo uood 

. for l baantio voting prior to l lootlon 6.y.) They thon 8h.U 

open $ho oountia& raiputment in tho pmaonoe of ntohor8, 

. o n& l t lo *a at n0 mpnoont8tlvo of a ny ~mwopipar or pm08 

l aaoalotlo. uhloh .eoa to bo npmaantad, 61~1~16 fnll tlrir 

of 8l& tho eounto? .&umbora. Tha pmaldiry oftloor l lmll 

andor the a&utiny'of &ho ntchua, ln tho ardor 07 the -.

Diilodr .o thdr %ltloa ua u-rmgod on th? maohlno, rmd 

and anaoun~o Ln~~atlnot tonoa theJ doalmuWn(l numbor l nb 

lottor 00. •AO~.~OUIL~W iOr d#eh o#ndi6#to*~a.nam# And tho 

kault is ah- br tha aountar numbora, and old thon 

m.d ,tho “tfo j.,+*. ,‘: ‘: 

.8ootiQn id'at'ti,olo 2999‘ oontnlni 6oiialt1Qni Qr torna uood 1.

in the AOf. The tori *pr~too~lro 0auntorR 8nd Eplbllo oountora uo 

doflno4 go ~follQw*t :.q'.,; :' .i .- 

;:T,- . 6 t~'~~btrot~t-bo~t~~~~na~ili~~rata-anmt~r '~ ?;"' " . :

intO tho nuohlno *hioh oannot bi roaot, and whloh rotha total numbor bi iol8manta of fho operating lo-r." 

u;r -ho tirm *pibllo oountor@ amns l ~dovloo la full rlor 

l lootlon ofiilol.18 whlla tho rotbr la Votlly whl.h 

,tho numbor oi rotor oq OIL th. ~Ohla0~' 

&oti6ll E of tho Aot, whioh l ota out the 8’.qUir~entO Of VOtincl 

not npuiro that tko totlq mnohlaoa hato 8 *pub110 
HO& Ol~d8 A. Willi‘ma, JUL. 1, 1939, A60 4. 

l Nntu.* Bald aootlon 4oaa ngulra that A tot- rohh0 hate Oor more wprotootlto l ountora.~ Thm outaldo oountor whloh wO rind 

on tho 6hOuD Votbq M~ohlno oloorly moots 011 of tho ropulrOmontg 

ot 8 " 

Our 1 

rotootlto l ountor” 88 A~fln~d in Sootion 6A Of the A0t. 

OR nion, mob OutslAo oountor l lao oampllo# dth all Of the 

fn 

mqulraanta l ontdned fn tho doflnltlon of l -Dub110 aountgr* l g 

l ot forth ia l ootlon 66 Of tha Aot. The outaido mountor on tho 

‘Ehoup Voting Uohlno la 0 Aovloo "in till vln of tho l lootion Offil lal rhilo tho voter la toti* #nd auoh l ouator, l odordlllg to our 

informtlon, •~o~rA# 0nl7 tho numbor of rotor o#at On tho uoh1no.r 

Wo ire, thorofon of tho opinion that tho oataldo l o untor On tho 

8houp Voting Wohino la not only A l pretootlro oountor- but la 

0180 a apubllo oountor- within tho moanlug or the Aot. 

four nquoat for On l plniOn ~laoa tho pruatlon 88 to vbotbar 

tho n~uiraonta of Sootlon LB oi tho AOt do not, by n~o~aury kpllution, n@ra A yotl 

2 

m‘ohkio to hto l ttaohod to it ln full tlow 

of tho l loot:Ou offlola A o&&or whloh l UI bo so t l t wro ot tho 

boglndn& of A prrtloula~ l lootlon on& whloh will rooord 0nly tha 

OxOot muabor Of tot08 ooat l t i partloular l lootlon. The partloular 

&uugo in IMotion l0 whloh nlaoa thlo 

th8t tha offlo~la ot on l loqtlon l hOl1 r 4 

uoatlon la the mpulmmont 

lo l oortlfloato ot tho 

l ~nolurioa 0s tho l lo0tlOn, "NOh oortlflo‘to &lTl!l& thr number of. 

totor# #horn an tha bllo l ouutora, whloh shall bo tho total 

pnbor of totoa uat% auoh Mohlw ln tlmt Pmolnot...w 

Utu a 08mrta l onoidoratlon, wo biro oom to tho oonolualon 

í tlmt tha l bovo quoted Zllyugo in 8ootian 18 oi the Aot dome not oxpramsly, nor by noaoaa 

‘%a 

imD~i#‘tiQll, ~~I&‘0 t&t tb OUtSid 

l auntor an A toting rch bo A Aotloo that @an bo meet l t LOX-O 

at the bo 

f 

inning Of .thA l lootlon. It Is our oplnfon th8t a oountor 

dotloo wh oh othorvlao moots 021 tho rapuk#monta et tho law but 

‘wbloh iuuwt bo mart 8t noro at tho ba&nn& ‘a? l ooh oldon, 

M A .rhioh moorer 0 

9 

the numbor Of totes oeat OPL the maohlno, will 

uublo l lootl0n oft10 ‘la to OamD17 fu14 dth tho 1.W in MklW tho 

l o r tlflo ëtropulx%A o by Sootion I.& .By A #Imp10 groooao ot aubtxmotlan tho judgoa oan l aoortaln tho u8ot numbor of totoa ooat on A : 

pOrtlaular m#ohln# ln #n l lootlon a6 ahowa by tho outddo aountori 

Tho oortlfloato la roqulnd to show tho *tot8l numbor af totoa uat 

o n l uoh rohlno .in th8t proo ino t.î By A proooaa of aubtnotlon that 

numbor eon be l r r lto l d t by tho l lootlon oitlol#lo UIA tho roault Of 

tho l ubtraotlon la the numbor, in our opinion, whloh la rOquimd to 

bo lnaortod In tho oortlflodo. 

-0thor l aotlona of tho Aot oponto 88 i&+rdo of tho 800ur807 

OVA l umty & tho l lootlon l 0unt. bypopulring that A ponnmont 

moor& h k mp or t the flguma h c m ontho l ouptora o f l ooh mkohiaa. 

In i@ltlon, tho.I)houp VotlneEaohinm, ~l~'OOnt~ln8 A oaunth6 dorioo 

rhioh 1~ loootoe an tlm f.00 Of th0 ~Ohb0 And whioh r#OOrdO Only 

the NO@ U OS to to g ooat in A p #r t$ Oul llootlOn~ u This 68d.O~. Mtu~;;~,ll opamto !a A furthor hfopuard MA ohook up~ootion 

-.+‘. 

. 

~oo&Ain6ly '&:$ro l ~tlaod th8t in our opinion tho Shoup 

V0tln6 Xao&o &hplloo dth sootlon 6'0f Artlolo 6999:, RwlaoA 01711 

6tOtutoa Of ma, 1966, UIA also with Sootion l6 oi tho a#810 Btatuto. 

in l na vor to y o ur l eo o nd q no a tlo n, y o u uo l Atla a A th a t vo find no thinp in Sootion 18 .oi Art1010 69990 vhioh will tent tho Shou Voting 

X.ohlno rnrP bolng urea ~j.n Tax.‘ under tho ear E tlon 0s “pub1 P 0 OnA 

.protootlro oountora* #o uoad in Sootlon 65:d thatJOt. 

\ ._. 

Tour0 tory truly 

RQCIZIT 

This 0piri.i~ h A# boon l onaldemd in ONfOmnOO,, ApprWOd, 

M A o r dud moorAo4. . _.