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OFFICE OF THE AmORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Ron. I. Pmd4oki bounty Auditor c4l+euton coculty Ga1reaton, Terar
Dear sir:

**for opinion,**  whioh

pour opinion on
latinp,

to the filling ot h more than 58,000powar 20,000population, saeb aeloot irem 

### the Ust of unty au ahown by the tax lists 4 for th4'burrenty44r.' 0 in the Tax Asaeasor’u oifioe should led as ‘taxlists’? tha poll-tax lirt be regarded a8 rtax he purview OS oaid rtatute?'
*IL would the oubon 4opier of **reoeiptr** lerued 

### for atttamabile

llaenseo be regarded as tax llataTa

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### Ron. I, Pr4drokl, 9464 2

- &tie18 2133 at seq.,V. A. C. 9. of T4144, sets forth 

### the gualitioatiotm ot Jurors generally throughout the Stats or 

### Texas. Tha statutes Just mentloged 

### 8r4 general laws, and

## rtthetin4 of the enaoabnt of the original Jury wheel aot or **1907**w4r4 in Ofre0t 

### and **bud** so been **ror naaf**  years. The original jurywheel aot Oi 1907 did not 0pemt.e to ohango the then-existing Statute8 SO far ao sanm 

### applied to the ala88 

### of oountira 

### to whioh tha 

### nor was tha l

iieot 

### or it 

### to make i

### ury wheel 

### aot related1

unava lab14 for Jury l errio4 in 

### those oountlra aomfng under the jurywheel sot, miyman heirlng 

### qualitioationa ~praacrlbed

### in said 

### statutes ilrat above mentioned. Prior 

### to the 

### enaotmant of said 

### jtiy wheel lm all jurors 

### in the State wore oomt~nly selectedby fur7 oommlaalonera, 

### and this selection involved in it the blbdmnt or disoretion. The OfrOot or the 

### jury wheel law was to 

### rwm~0, in the aountles afrbm3d br 

### aald law, the alenent or diaore

### tlon involved in the sbleotlon ot Jurors **by** jury 

### .commiaalonera,’ and to subatltute **for** this elemant ot dlaorition the sbouring of Jury panels

### by mPaohanioa1 ~~8118~ Art1014 **209k**0r Vernori*a Revised civil Statutes provides& *aatwb4n the Iiret and fiiteenth days of August **or.** eaoh year, in eaoh oounty having a population of at leaat tirty-eight thouaacd or hering therein a oltg oontaining a population of at least twenty thousand,

### am shown by the preoedingFederal Census, thaTar Collsotor or one oi hls daputlea, togetherulth the Tax Assessor or on4 of h.ia deputies, togathurwith the **Sheriff** or **on6** of hi8 **deputie@,** and thb County Clerk or one of hlo deputies, .aadthe Dlatriot Clerk 

### or on4 

### of his 

### deputlem, shall m8rtt at 

### tho oourt house of tholr Qountp and seAoat irom:the liat'ot qualifi4d jurorsot auoh oountg am shownbr~the tax lists in the Tar A8aomor+a 0rrf00 

### ror thb **ourrent** 

### ye*r, til7- 3urora



### Sor l srtios in the Dlatrlot sub County Courts ti suoh oounty for the ensting gear in the aanmr hereinafter 

### prorldbdr* (r;iPpharle ouro)ROn. 1. FTbdOOki, Dag9 3

ml010 a095 or v. A. a. 9. 0s TOXU is 44 r0l3m4: 

### "Said oitio4rs 

### shall write the n41rmao? all menwho 

### are &nounto be Quali?ied lurora under the law. reaidlnq 

### inhlbir ronD6Otive oounti44,

### on soprate oardo 

### o? unl?om~~ aias 

### and color. writing al80 on Bald oardr. whenerar ~048ibla, the

### post 6??ioa uidreas o? eaoh juror-se 4414oteil, exoept that 

### in oanntiea of ono 

### hundred tifty thoauand popu

### lation, or over, aa sham **by** 

### tie preoedlng Pedbral 04nm4, the oomni4rlo~mr~4 oourt &all provide a sumn4004aary, not oxoeading three

### hundred (#SOO.OO)dollars in my 0114 fear. ror thertarmuit of anoh 

### trolatand other 4x~a44ea 

### a8 iiay64 neaess&y; 

### who shall u&r the dirsotion kd suporViSiOB of the dirtriat-, typo the nanem and addrosaea o? said qualifiedrotera upon %he onrda as herein desoribed. Be oards containlna eafd name4 shall **be** d4DOSit4d in 

### a oiroular hollow *h&l, to bo poridod 

### for S&I purpose by the Convaiasloner*a Court a? the aounty. Saidwheel shall be made o? Iron 

### or steel and stall be 40 conatruotedaa to ?rrely revolve on its axle:

. . .* (~phaels ours) The Jurywheel law, as first onaoted, did not oontain 

### the refersnor to the 

### *list o? qualified furors of suoh oounty as shown by the tax lists in the Tax Assessor*a otflo4a, whloh now appeara in 8aid Artiole 2094. The ofiioera dealgatad 

### in the aot were le?t to asoertaln thenamaa o? the qualliled jurors in their aounty through their own personalknowledga o? said persona. The namesplaoed in the jurywheel were limlted by the extent of 

### information as to who were qualifiedjurors 

### In the oounty,posaeeeedby the 

### orfloers named.

In 1911 the Legislature **amended**this Jurywheel law by ohanging the time ot ?llllng the Jurywheel and **by** inaertlng a olause requiring said of?losr4 to look to *the tax llata in the Tax Aaseamrls 

### o??ioeW in making l 

### eleotlons o? the names to be plaaed in the jury

### tieol. The amendment left in full effeat thatpart or the aot requiring said o?iioers *toplaoo in **the** jury wheel the names o? all 

### men reafdlng In the oounw who 41-e known to them to be quall?led jurorsunder the law.*

### 609

Ron. I. FTodoeki, pago 4



### Arti 813s l



### t l 

### OQ., of the Rotlsad 

### Statute8 or lms, thin8 the ptdiriO~ti028 or juror8 

### gonerally bbrolgh

### oat th0 

### State, aad 

### the t*a utfoler 0r the J0.r~ rh0O1.14~ j-t 

### quoted,all being gaaeral laW8,most ba no o0n8tr~0d togother .%8 tit give a rO08OnablO OffOOt t0 ai Of 

### thbn if 8UOh 001&8tXWO

### tica be QO8aible.

tin8tXtiag 

### thoeohw8 

### in aaoordaase 

### with the above rrferred tc rule or Oon8t~OtiOIl w8 do not believe that it was th4 i&tent, -080 or effooiOr the jury

### whorl law to render atrvailablo to? jtWy 8OlriOO in th080 OOUEltiO8 

### wbioh Oam 

### WdO? 8Ush hf, w Mal 11 OUOh OOWktiO8

### who had 

### the qUdiiiOltiOlt8

### ofa jtlror prescribed 

### insaid

### Artlolsf&?D, Ot IOQ. In oonrtrulng that portlan of Art&ala ;K)94

### (a8 mended) uhioh prOWidOl 

### thlttha acUne3 

### used fcr filling the jury wheel arm obtained *ffom the Wx 11Ut8 in 

### tho ht A880880?‘8 

### ofiioo ror 

### the ourrent year, * togsthorwith thatprotiaion ti 

### Artlolo 8095 (as amended),whleh pmtidea that the drrignated orrioers *8hall

### writs the aames or all men who am knom to be 

### qualified jurors under the law,

### * on cards whloh shallbe plaoed inthe whesl,. wa ara inarltablg lad to the oonalu8lon that it was thspurpose and **lntsat or**  the Legislature fn 

### eaaoting the jurywh& law to 

### (a) praearrs tha arallability as jurors or allmen In the **oounty** qualified ror jar;r 80l’ViOO under the Fenoral law: fb) to abolish, in oountlss oolningunder the

### proririone si the Jurywhssl law, the olsment cf 

### dlsorstion involved 

### in the selsotion, br jury oommissioners 

### or tho 

### individual jurors tomake up Jurypanol8, and to utiliae instead 

### the salootlon or jury panel8 by 

### meohanioal mans1 and (0) to aaaotioa by 

### law the use of the tax 

### list* In ths tax amm38or*s 0rri06 

### ror the ourrent roar 83 w aid to ths designated 

### ot’?ioars in their perrc-manrr

### or their duty to bee thatthe d&aee or 

### all thorns know to be qualified jurors under ths law fiad theirway into the jurywheel. SO think the law OOIIt~~lS~W that ths doalgnated 

### orriosrr should be dilige"t 

### 12 their effort8 

### t4 oolleot and plaoe In the fury rheol tha 

### namn of all mai la the oounty having the qoallrioationr or 

### jurors a8 **psrorfbed** by **the** 8ta**We8** Or TMCa8. And alway the oontmllla& objeot to bo etrooted Is tha plaoing in the jury rhea1 of all tha qualiflsd fU?0Z8 il the OOWlty.

### 610

Hon. I. **Prodaoki,** 

### pq$o 5

The dO8i@uItedOrriOW8 have a0 awar to

### diroriminata agaia8t any qwiiri04 

### juror kaaua to t iam whore JIM48 4pDaar oa tha tax liStI (300misooa 74 State, 104 aTim. 40222 Xnott v. state, 140 Grim. Rap. 4481 Atwaad v. 3tat0, Rap. 94 Ori& Rap. 8448 yabquas 7, State, 74 Grir. Rap. 371 &%I&.& v. St&O, 44 Orim. ROD. 335)

The **designated** 

### orrioora 

### donottar0the **powwto** 

### leaveout ofthe jtuyahaol thenlasr or qualirlad jurors who are ontitled to 

### exemption iromfrrf 

### rartioa, M 

### nroh **exemption** ir

### not a dl4qu4llrloation 

### rcr jury 8orvioo but 

### 18 a prltilaga whioh say OTmy not be 

### ol.aimad by 

### tha pemon **afreoted** thereby 

### at hi4 option. (YeeRandolph T. State, 117 Orb. Rap. 80; ard AtwoodT. ':;tata, **rupra)**
In 

### tha 04~4 OrXoEIaalv. :3tata, 101 him. Rep. 114, our Court ot 

### Criminal Appeals said8

*Itre comprahand the lan+aga of Arti~ola5151, supra, in its **rafareaoa** to the filling or the jury wheel *rrom the liab or qualified

### jurors af auoh oounty **a4** shownby the tax list8 in tha Tax .maa8aor*8 

### 0rri04 ror the oturahtytiar,'

### thl8 maeha that a OOuDlata list of suoh Darl)ons

must be had and usad.* 

### (sph48i8 ours) lmun what we have **aaid** above you will uudarstand that our amwer to your qnaation Ro. 1 **ia that**  thr list in the Tax Asaasaor';l ottioa,whioh should properlybe alasalriad aa a tax list within ths uaanin5 of tnu jurywhebl law,18 the rendition llati but this llat is to be used in aid Or the designated orrioarr In a diligent 

### effortoa 

### theirpart to sea that the name8 of all qualitled jurors In the 

### oouaty rihd 

### their way into the jurywheel. In rurtharanoa of thl8 arrort, it is DaraLi88ibl8 ror 3aldorfioare to rarer **to** and ahaok the all tax list ror the ourrent 

### year against tho raudltlon Pist) but it wauld be error ror the offiorro to use said poll tax list as the exolueira 8du?OO from whloh the maad to be pla8e4

## in the jurywheel 

### wouldbo 

### obtained.

z.8the

### OasOOrBri8eOu 7. st4tu, SOpI%,WhiOh war a death penalty 

### oa80, and in mhloh 

### (Imotion 

### for rohaariw wab 

### o~arruhd, our **Court** 

## or Criminal Apws **aald** 

### I,.



### 611

Iloa,I. Predeokl, paga 6

9t (thejury 

### who.].) M* rerllled

. , . on the



## rilling the rhea1 haa bean approvedby the oommlsrionera 

### court on the 9th day of July, 1925,

. . .The oomplaint t&t nsma# la addition to there on tho tax lists warm plaaed In the uhaal raa~~~s wlthout sumit. Artiale 2095, R.C.3. (1925) expresslydlreots the offloerr

## riiliAg tho ahsol to plaoe therein ‘thename8 or allmen who are Lnom to be

## qtlaiiried juror 8. *l In the oase or Knott T. Sate, supra, in an opinion having to do with proper prooedure under the jurywheel lrr, the oourt said!

*Th6y (the orrisers designated by statute)used the tax roll 

## 0rthe tax aas*asor*8

## orit r0r the year 1922.

. .They mpplemsntad the tax rollr from the tax assessor*8 oifioa with the 

### poll tax rolls for tho aama year, oheoklng

### rromon0 to the other

## in an erfort eo leave thempr or no‘one out or the whrela whomight be known to be a quallrisd juror. Some n-es not upon tha tax rolls rram ths tax assessor*s ofrlos wars also plaosd in the jurywheel ii itwa8 knom to the

## orrioers that theywere qualifiedjurors.

. . We oonoludr it ahowr a substantial aomplianoswlth Aztlola5151, SlS2 and 5153, R. c. 3,”
In the above oasonotion for rshbsrlng

### wa8 orerrulad by the oourt.

In answer to your seoond question,we advise that the poll tax list is not to be regarded aa *tax list* wlthin the meaning of the jurywhoa1 law, butwa further ray that raiarsnoo to thepoll tax list may be had bl the derlgnatsd 

### offioer8 aa an aid to thus in the prrmniMOe Of their duty to 888 that the names

## 0r all the qualiflsa jurors in the oounty r%nd their

### way into the wheel, In this

## OOAAOOtiOA ws oallyour attention 

### to

### 612

Ron. I. FmdookI, ~8 ‘I

tb dealsion to the oam orAtwood v. State 94 calm.Rag. 

### 249, wherein our Court of UrIminal A;pealr in rwerslng 

### a orisinal oontiotion had this to say:

“There la no dispute of the faet that 

### the who.1 was filled from the poll tax list only. , . W think thhsaotlon or the authorities erroneous 

### andor auoh ?natsrialIty aa to require a ravsraal of thia judgnwnt.* 

### Tha,-in maso whlob militates agalnrt the usa 

## 0r the poll tax 

### lI*t ror 

### tha &Wpores 

## or tha 

### jury who.1 law, I8 that the poll tax llet rrom 

### 313 very nature or it aould 

### not **and** 

### would not oontain a 

### aomplefxlist of all thoeo 

## men IA t.he 

### aounty qualiried ror 

## jury aerrioe. 1%ham foundno deoiaion **ln direot**  point **tit&** 

### the quo&Ion, but the 8ame rearonlng or ths oourb 

### whlsh oonrtrai;ledl than to hold it 

### error to use the poll tar 

### list would obta:n tith equel **or** 

### ,@eator toroe to the oarbon oopler or reaelpta ror autoso

### bile liacmmsa. You are 

### t!?arerore advised ttat carbon oopier(:or reoeipto 

### issued for automobIle lioense8 do not 00118

### within the Aaanlng 

## 0r *tar lIsta= as

## that term

## is us8a in the jury wheel law, 

## Your3very truly

CIB:AMM -/