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IRmorsble Z. L. !?ashburn 

County Auditor 

Hounton, Texao 

Dar Mr. lmhbuMt 
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Honorable Ii. L. iYwhburm, February 13, 1939, pam #a 

e&at. mmer8 talld to tb extant that ho 

18 bound to rurnlsh euoh a lirt7 

(3) Nut the prop ero twny ed b e l otunlly 

looate nlthin the bouMar1.s of the IWrsir 

Ccnmtt Flood Control Dletrlot in order to 

Qtrdlify the eleotor withf.n the meaning of 

Seotion S-a Of Artlole VI of the Con8tltx+ 

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Ho~~ble H. L. WaShbUrn, F8bbruarf 13, 1939, page #S 

one year8 Of age, ffllotcr and lumtlo8, paupers supported 

by the county, all person8 oonvIote4 of a felony whoee 

citixW8hip ha8 not been M8tOred by pErdon, end all 

8Oldhr8, m8rin88 ant! seamen employ06 in the 8ORi0e O? 

the army or navy, are tlicrqualified. Con8tItutIon of Tera8, 

Artfols 6, Revteed Civil Statutes o? Texas, Art10188 i?OS4, 

et eeq. 

In reply to Your first 8peoifIo que8tlon, 

you B&B advised that this department has repeatedly ruled 

that an electcr who duly rentlered hfr property for taxation 

In lQS8, end who 18 otherwiao qumliflad to rote, I8 8 dolf 

gmlltled 818Otor In ?ebxuaq of lSSQ, to dotumln~ tha 

qU.StiMoi I8~bondaorOtherriBO lendlngordit 

within the di8triOt or other polltloal 8taMItidoa whorots 

the PMpertr 80 xw%dUed 18 fOOate& SaSd 8leOtOr ba8 until 

April So, 1939 to render his property for that you. 

m-4 to Your re~mnd quwtlon,~ouaro 

*driW that thi8 d8putawt ha8 h&d Ar$ieU M sob. 

~o~fitutional iOr the xwson that It laya &WE ~$il&tio~~~l 

~Ifl~tIOMfOrvOt~BthUI thO88pnnid@dInth0Can- 

~~-tiOn, a nd he-0 the ti l tRta r o lla wa uld 80% a .. 

-*ti.th.e~~bilit~ O? a ~rBM&bdx’WtBO qur&ifI&to 

TOti k l th8 l leOt$On nfmd to in pur letter, We fee1 

h-era that it 18 the duty of the tax oollro$or to fur&h 

the OleOtion #Id@88 (I 0Utifi.d l:Bt of the P.-M WhO haa 

duly readuti prop~,elthu real or puaonal, fortany 

t&On, 8&i that thi8 li8t E18r be ll8.d by the .leotbB w-8 

to detemlne the qualItloatIon or tha tot-8. 

-> In r8ply to qua8tIon 8, you are adds04 

that under the exproar telppu of the ConntloUtlon and the 

st&Utes of thir State, we are of the opinion that the 

9~rt~~~antrtbelwat~dthint~ boumlarfr ofth. 

IPafii8 County Flood Control Dirtriot, end *aid ,Pe*t 

mat be rendered for taPatiOZ8 dwn Mid bbtrht b wmah 

the o&.dae quallfled rot&r dO8ir.8 to TotO before he $8 

entitled to 08fIt hi8 ballot In 8aid eleotIOn* 

In reply to que8tC.m 4, we are quite 8ur8 

tbt.the L&alatum intended to use the word "MndRP 

in&w& of the wor6 "atm8668". It wuuld be ispo-I-' for 

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Honorable Ii. L. We8hbuml, February 13, 1939, peg0 #4 

the e&e&Or to *Ma88 his own Px'o~u%~. It 10 Ou1: underetamUng that you had 6 oonwm48t~on rlth Mr8. YSffie WilwnWaldron, formerly Of th18 dapartment,fn regard to the word 

"asaessa, as ured in your Speoial Act. We bra lnronmd 

that she explwfned to you the proper wording to ~86 in 

your bon& transcript. 

In reply to queatIon 5, you QTQ RdVi8.d 

that it 18 our opinion that an Othenri88 qURllfl8d elector, 

rrho xun?~ma land inBarr% Comity Flood Oantr&DI8trIot, 

and said property hating bean reader&l by a 2orm~sr omor 

of the land, the present mer la entitled to vote In the 

present bond ellsOtiOn. beoauao of the iRet that tha tax 

levywouldbea@Instthe LanaEnd notth8 IndiYIdual 8ad 

the preaant ama would be responsible for paflns.aaia tat. 

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