OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

T!on. ~XllLicm

w. Allen Countyhttorney Lnvaoa County Eallsttaville,Texas

Deslr Sir:

inot be printedin,


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rarlous

(10,000) 

### r eaoh greoinot in a otty of ten thcuaund

inhabitanta or mre, oi' wblcb notmore than rirtp (50) shall be aertiftoatsr of srsnptlon, and a greater or l6re nruabm of eaoh fn ~a8xiprbaortloawhen 

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reosipt and omtlfloate ohull, inC(;“Y
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f‘ esuohbook, be bound lmnedlately over a daplioat8 Oopywhioh 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,uetahow the mrd, etreet,end nunbar, if numbered, of the oltlzen'sresidence (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 judicialpurpoeea, except that the voting preolnataoed not anpear therein. Xhen the tax receipt or Oertltiaate is delivered to the oltiZen, it shallba detaohed fraz the book end rretalnedby 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 orovldedwhl0h shall.bemrksd '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 'TaxReoeipt **Book***
a receipt to e&d ap?llcant l Nhich shall Save printedon th8 feoa ol BinIdreoatpt 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 Collootormy 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.ots1939, 48th Lag., 3.6. ( $343, @ 2.m

Lrtlole 2970, euprs, speolflcellyprovides that, "eachco~mlssloseracourt,befora tkQ 1st dcy of fotober in everyyanr, a511 s'urnlnhto the County tux OolleCtorblank booka for each voting precinote, Mich shall be o;arked with,/.-. Ilru. .._--- -- .. . .*-e-T.. - #.AbV v

tkswe hl nuober of the precinct for which they ere intsn5ed* * ** :;e are ot the oplnim that this statuterec~irqsthe oo.mis~icnere ccurt v8itbl.n the tine therein speolfiedto furnish to the county Tax-~~sseesor-~olleotor blank Polltax books for each voting preainot for rrhichthey 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, getsout the fern of poll tax reoeigte and provldeethat eachpoll 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?&etaxpayer is

a citizenof th13

Cnited States, and if 80, whether 6 native born or a naturalized citizen of t3e L'nited States znd the :atateof the United 3ates or the foreign country where the taxpayerv;a8born, 2nd the 1enCt.bof tine the tsx-cayerresides 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'soccupationand lost office address, or if living

~-’ ln an incorpcretsd city, ttie wcrC, street rend number of rseidecce~lnsuch city or tck-n. %e pcll tcr.reco:;t still be in t?.ci for,-; ns set out in the statute and n~uzbcredconsecutively in each book 2rovidodend A-title 2970, suora, provides thatttt.e

receipt and certificate shall be numbered ia conse-

,.outive order.

In view of the foregoing statutes you are respeotfullyadvised ttit it is the opinlcn of this dez%rtmcnt that thepoll tPx bcoksmet be mrked Fith the nm8 ccd nmber of ths 2reoinctfcr i:hichthey ara intended, r;:hon dollverad to tht Tax-Assessor-collector,but the mmber of the voting preOleCton the receipt or certificatemy be left in hlmk and filledin by the collectorw!mu Isming the receipt or certlficrte **out of**  **;ke** book msked~*zith t!z ?~CZI end z*ux.ber

of

the rrecinct for rrhicht,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:‘:ersyour In-