OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

T!on. ~XllLicm w. Allen 

County httorney 

Lnvaoa County 

Eallsttaville, Texas 

Deslr Sir: 

inot be printed in, 

e be hit blank 

in by tbo oolleossuing ttlo rarlous 

(10,000) 

r eaoh greoinot in a otty of ten thcuaund 

inhabitanta or mre, oi' wblcb not more 

than rirtp (50) shall be aertiftoatsr of srsnptlon, 

and a greater or l6re nruabm of eaoh fn ~a8xi prbaortloa when 6urrteih for the votare of the proclnot. !Suah reosipt and omtlfloate ohull, in 
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esuoh book, be bound lmnedlately over a daplioat8 Oopy whioh when filled out shall correspond 

with the reoelpt or certfflcate in its nuzber 

and name, length of resldenca In the state nnd 

county, and the voting Freolaot, raoe, oocupat&on, end post-offlce eddress’of the oltlzen to 

whom the tax r8CetPt Ox CertlflCOte of eSerr;ptioS 

1s glvsn. If the voting ia in the olty, the 

reO8lpt or certificate and iuplioate r,uet ahow 

the mrd, etreet, end nunbar, if numbered, of the 

oltlzen's residence (in lieu of post-office address) and the length or tine he has resided tn 

suoh city; the reoe?pt fmi OertirifJate8 ehall be 

nmbered In consecutiv% order. ::lmilor blatk 

books of poll tax reoai?te shall be furnished to 

ouch unor#rnized county uttsched to such oouzty 

for judicial purpoeea, except that the voting 

preolnat aoed not anpear therein. Xhen the tax 

receipt or Oertltiaate is delivered to the oltiZen, it shall ba detaohed fraz the book end rretalned by hi5 for hia future us% nod ideiGiflC8tion 

in voting, nnd at the tice said books are mde, 

the C&ssicners Court shell prepare a 8s;arats 

boOk for each greolnct ae herein orovlded whl0h 

shall.be mrksd 'Allen Toll Tax 2soelpt Book* 

and if the tax certificate prcvided for in Artlele 

2965 of this Chapter diaa?.oeaa that said egpllaant 

1s sn ellen then the Tax Colleotor ohall l$oue 

fron the book marked ~Lllen Poll 'Tax Reoeipt Book* 

a receipt to e&d ap?llcant l Nhich shall Save 

printed on th8 feoa ol BinId reoatpt the word *alien* 

not lees than two (3) laohas In hei@i, superinposed In c&line type, pAnted In red Ink, and in 

order that the fax Collootor my carry out thl8 

provlolon, It shell be the duty of the comzisrlcnsre 

Court to provide the stagmats book Oe tirein met out 

and hsve the receipt prepared in nald &ok in conformity with the above ~rovlslon. hots 1905. let 

C.S., 9. 520, e 14; r.ots 1939, 48th Lag., 3.6. ( 

$343, @ 2.m 

Lrtlole 2970, euprs, speolflcelly provides that, 

"each co~mlsslosera court, befora tkQ 1st dcy of fotober in 

every yanr, a511 s'urnlnh to the County tux OolleCtor blank 

booka for each voting precinote, Mich shall be o;arked with 
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tks we hl nuober of the precinct for which they ere intsn5ed * * ** :;e are ot the oplnim that this statute rec~irqs the oo.mis~icnere ccurt v8itbl.n the tine therein speolfied to furnish to the county Tax-~~sseesor-~olleotor blank 

Poll tax books for each voting preainot for rrhich they are 

~jntended; with each book being mrked wtth the name and 

nu2ber of t,he prooinct when delivered to the County Tar-Aseezsor-Collector. 

Article 2965, V8mon1e Annotated Civil statutes, 

gets out the fern of poll tax reoeigte and provldee that 

each poll tax recelrjt and Its duplicate ehzll show the nsme ~ 

cf tke F.arty for whom it was issued, peyEe,snt of the tax, the 

ape and race of t.be tax ayer end the length of tine the texpayer has resided in the atate and whether t?&e taxpayer is 

a citizen of th13 Cnited States, and if 80, whether 6 native 

born or a naturalized citizen of t3e L'nited States znd the 

:atate of the United 3ates or the foreign country where the 

taxpayer v;a8 born, 2nd the 1enCt.b of tine the tsx-cayer resides in t&9 c6unty, the votins nrecirct in %h:ch the tax- 

>Yyer 1i.Q OS, eXCC$. Kiiore in an u&rronizsd county, the 

taxpayer's occupation and lost office address, or if living 

~-’ ln an incorpcretsd city, ttie wcrC, street rend number of rseidecce~ln such city or tck-n. %e pcll tcr.reco:;t still be 

in t?.ci for,-; ns set out in the statute and n~uzbcred consecutively in each book 2rovidod end A-title 2970, suora, provides 

that ttt.e receipt and certificate shall be numbered ia conse- 

,. outive order. 

In view of the foregoing statutes you are respeotfully advised ttit it is the opinlcn of this dez%rtmcnt that 

the poll tPx bcoks met be mrked Fith the nm8 ccd nmber of 

ths 2reoinct fcr i:hich they ara intended, r;:hon dollverad to 

tht Tax-Assessor-collector, but the mmber of the voting preOleCt on the receipt or certificate my be left in hlmk and 

filled in by the collector w!mu Isming the receipt or certlficrte out of ;ke book msked~*zith t!z ?~CZI end z*ux.ber of 

the rrecinct for rrhich t,hey ere,~?urnished. ,:~3icl rocsipte or 

oertfficat-a .-,uot 0.2 nmbarod In consecutive order by the Tax- 

~r.9ea~or-Collectar. 

Truetin< that the forsgoin~ fully c32s:‘:ers your In-