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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

property

owned be 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+ tlon?’

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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 felonywhoee 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 

### thedi8triOt 

### 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,

and he-0 the ti l tRta r olla

wauld 80% a.. 

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### a **~rBM&bdx ’** **WtBO qur&ifI&to**  TOti kl 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 

### realorpuaonal, 

### 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 

### undertheexproar telppu ofthe 

### ConntloUtlon

andthe 

### st&Utesofthir

State, 

### weareoftheopinion 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 

### thewor6 "atm8668". It wuuld be ispo-I-' for .r

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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. YSffieWilwnWaldron, formerly Of th18 dapartment,fn

### regardto 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&lby 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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