Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1940 )

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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
lIon0rabl,r Mwritt 1. Rln.8
County At torltey
aUdi8+aa c0my
Xldland, Trxrr
Ipt ot ~our‘lottw of xay 26,
upon the rolmf-
drpartmmrnt
perroar rrraptrdiL
rLlbln& rlrruharrthqn,
or mora obtain rxamp-
rlrr to know whrthrr t&la,
n opinion rrndersdApril 3,
nnlal Report or th* Attorney
rifeat that *the obtaining of
trr by thora rrrlding llrrwharr than in oltlsr
inhabitantaor mom 18 not rrpulrad a8 a pro-
uanoa of lama 18 nolthrr ro-
or to tha ranotment of Aat101.r 2%8a* Rarlrrd Cltil
Statutea, 1925, In 1935, Aotr 1935, Uth La6Irlaturr, Ch. 292,
p. 686, the r b o trltatrsrat or the law rrfl.rOtrQIn thr opinion
or thlr arpartment,drtad April 3, 1924 was undoubtrdly oorrrot.
florwv*r, numrour otkrr opinlon8 of thir drpartmsnt ara tn au-
eoru tharetith. For example, see ~pialoa NO. .,-2436,f;&6 voy
3j919pu,svol~57, p. 3961 Opinion dated Baptrmber 21,
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In tier of ohangrr in thr rlaOtiOtI rtatutsr, h&r&,
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Banorablr Merritt t. Hima, Paga 2
lrt UI rr-ummlnr the qu88tlon JOO.propouad.
Art1418 2960 O? the R4tl804 Civil Stmtutem, 1925, r4468
48 iallowrr
“Art. 2960. 2943 Grmmpt from poll tu.
Worry p4rron who 18 aora than rlxty roara
old or who 18 blind or deaf or duab, or 18 per-
manrntlf dlMbl86, or hmr lost on8 h4nd or root,
rhall be lntltlod to tot8 without belrr(r
rrqulrrd
to p4y 4 poll t8x, I? ho ha8 obtained .hlrorrtlr-
104tr 0r u8mptlon ?rom thr oountr tax roll4otor
whoa thr 841~ 18 rrqulr46 br th4 provision8 o?
thlr tltlr., Id."
It 18 olrar ?rom thlr rrtlolr thmt thr ?ollorlng 0148808
0r prronm 8r8 lx8mpt from th8 prym8nt o? 4 poll tart (1) Thor4
who are otrr rixty par8 of 860; (2) thorr who 8~ blind, doer or
d~mb~(3) thom who lr o p8r!WwItly dl88blrdl (4) tho8r who hatr
108t oao hand or Soot,
IJots that
th88r olarirr o? perronr are rntitl4d to rot4
without prpemt o? 4 poll tex I? a arrtlflortrof rxrmptlon ha8
barn obtrlnrd tram the oounty trr oollrotor,but thlr 14 n4oe8-
mar7 onlf *whwkthe 8mmm 18 requlrrd by thr prorl8loo4of thlr
titlr."
WQ mwt drtrrmlno naxt than, wh4n 4 orrti?lo8tr o?
rxemptlon l8 r4qulrrd to br obt4inea by the prorlrlon8 or Tltlr
50 of tbr R8tlrrd Civil Statut48, 1925.
Art1018 2968 rrqulrr8 thr obtaining o? 8 orrtl?lo8to
or rxemptlon b ythoar lx8mptmd bl 14~ ?rom thr pryment o? 4 poll
tmx, but thl8 lrtiola rrl4ter 4xolu8lr4l~to thoro rrrldlng in
a oitf or 10,000 lnh8blt8ntr or more. It 18 therrrorr aluri88rd
from oon8ld8r8tlon,
&Uolr 2969 of the Rorl88d Clvtl Statutrr, 1925, pro-
rldmr thmt rrtirr per8ort who will ro4oh the rgr or tmnty-one
p a r sl#ter the flrrt de of Juiuar~ end brforr tlm dmy O? a
roiiaily rlrotton at ud oh he or rho wlrhrr to vote, mb who
po88888a8 all th8 other q~8ll?io8tlonro? 4 toter WI8r thr Con-
rtltutlon and 14~8 of Taxa r&l1 be atitlrd to rots et ruoh
almotion without the n8orrrltr o? pwlw a poll tu. The rrtlolr
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~OAO~8bl8 MSTritt p. HiXASS, P-8 3
8O~tinU88 With thr ~O?iSiOlL, 80r40T@r, th4t it Sb11 BOt bO
fl8O8884r~ tb4t ##Oh pSl!S~ obtmia 4 O@rti?iO@t4 O? SXO~t~O~.
* thtr SXtOllt, &0WSVO?, &tiOlS -69 h88 b@#n #UpU##&@~ bl
th8 8daS ~888llt Sll48tIOOXt A?tiOlS 29688, ~VUn#ll'S hBOtSt&
CiVil ~t8tUt88, srm oplnioa Ho. o-4l4.
&t1018 29688 r@k4l
t##
X0h#it#l~ t0 thO84 FOBid-
8188Wher8 th8E in 4 811, O? 10,000 iZI&blknt8 or aorm, 8ad
PrWidSS iE p#rt 48 ?Ol 1 Q18I
'Art. 296k. aUtifiO8tS of l
XOl@iOSl8 without
SUbj80680
8088
Mnt
80 SSrt@in
Of ‘~011
%Orl,
tS&
qUSii?iSd
p8r8Oll XOt lob
VO68rS
OOt t0
not
th. ai8pU4ii?i88-
per-
a
tiOn8 888 Out in miSi0 2 d 5b Of th4 R#~i##d Cbii
8ktUtSS 0? 195 WhO&OS not rOBid in 4 SitI Of
t#X thOU88Ed iah4bit8ntm Or mOr?, 8rd who i8 XOmpt l
from the ppID)nt or 8 poll tex br r8480ZI 0s ta0 feet
the8 h8 Or ShS he8 IlOt yOt romohod tho 480 Ot twenty-
one yomrr On th8 ?irSt a4y 0s Jmnumryr448di
18Vf, or who i8 l xmmptfrom tho prym0 ltih+!I:t8
t4X bOO4U88 he or she WI not 4 rO8idOIht Of th4 St480
On 8h4 ?irSt &St Of ~82Ut4~ pPOO#dfm it8 iO?J, bU8
who shall lure 8Faoo b84oa4 4ll8lbl8 to rots br rom-
80ZI Or 101UOh Or rOSidOaO4 Or @&!I. Sh4lr On Or D6
for0 th8~ arty-flrrt a4iof J&&Y or ih8 year lit
-oh he or ShS OrrorS to lot obtain from th A+'
80880~ 4110 UOAl4OtOr Of 24X48 th8 OOulltY a: hi8
or hor r4ridrna8 4 o rtiiiorto o?~u#mptloo~?rom the
pp8nt 0s 4 ~011 d x, mnb no woh prrron V&O ham
ml46 or r4ru8od to obtain ruoh O4r8i?iO8tO 0s mx-
8m Clan from tho papmIlt 0s 4 poll tax Sh811 b8
81 P OWOd 80 IOtS.”
en 4m41~818 Of thi8'jrtiO18,it 4pp4US th4t th8
hpa
r0110r~ 0188808
or p0rronm SXwpt from the paymnt or 4 poll
trx end rm#idi~ 4l88Wh4~4 then in 8 oltr 0s 10,f&J hh4bit4ntS
0 8 PLO,
t 0bt4in 4 urnptlon 00rtiflomtO~0a ‘0.r bOfor0 th0
!I#? cf., O? f@ZNlSrl, 0f th8 I882 iQ UhiOh thS)l Q?fU 80 VOtS, ill
OrdSr to #litit~# thea to 048t th4lr b8llOtSl
11) Th088 v&o
will rrrsh tho 460 of brmntr-one yeerr @Star the 1st dmr of
JSllU@r~ 4na berorm the a4 0s 4 followl4 8l8OtiOll et wbloh
the m4J wish to vatal (23 thorn0 4xempt from th4 paymen 0s 4
POJ t4X b8O4U8O UOt 8 rSSidSn8 Of th8 St4tO On 8h8 ?iTSt d@y
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Honorabl8 Yorritt F. ?Iinoo,PaageL
‘. 1, of January pr8oo6lng Its lrry, but who h8vo rlnom booonu rli-
,. gibl4 to tot0 by r0480n length 0s ro8id0no0. so4 Opinion
0s
NO. 0-174u,e Copy of which is enclosed.
IIIv;OW Of th080 8t~tUtO8, YOU 4rS r@#p80t?Uii~ Sd-
ti00a, and it 18 the opinion 0s this dopartmont, th4t those
por8on8 ro#ldlng rl80~h0r0 then in 4 Qlty Of 10,000 lnhabltonto
or more 4na oxompt rrom the poymoht 0s 8 poll tax In aooordano0
with the provirlonr of Artlolo 2960, Rotlood Civil St@tUtOS,
n04a obtmla no l xomptlon oortlrio4to In order zto ontltlothem to
VOtS.
18 the iprthor OpiniOli Of thl~.~d~p~~~O~t
It that thO84
lx o mpfrom
t the p4yPolnt0s l p o ll ta x for the roamam rot out in
Arti 29668, vOlWO11’8 AMOt4tOd ciril St#tUt@#, and roo1dlng
ll8mnhor8 then la 8 018~ o? lO~,OOO inhabitmtm or morm surt ob-
tain en SX4aptiOn oortiflo4t8ozror beforr the pat da7 0s Jan-
umr or the yorr in rhloh they offer to tote, in order to be mn-
titI#a 60 0488 their bSnOtSn
Yours vorr truly
AT’IQRNBY WNBRAL OF TEXAS
JDs/o*
APPROVEDJUN 29, 1940