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68 TEXAS ALMANAC.-1947-1948.
Article VI.-(Continued.); Article VII.
See. 2. Poll Tax Payment Required of
Voters.-Every person subject to none of the
foregoing disqualifications, who shall have
attained the age of 21 years and who shall be
a citizen of the United States and who shall
have resided in this State one year next pre-
ceding an election and the last six months
within the district or county in which such
person offers to vote, shall be deemed a
qualified elector; provided, that electors liv-
ing in any unorganized county may vote at
any election precinct in the county to which
such county is attached for judicial purposes;
and provided, further, that any voter who is
subject to pay a poll tax under the laws of
the State of Texas shall have paid said tax
before offering to vote at any election in this
State and hold a receipt showing that said
poll tax was paid before the first day of
ebruaryl next preceding such election Or if
said voter shall have lost or misplaced said
tax receipt, he or she, as the case may be,
shall be entitled to vote upon making affi-
davit before any officer authorized to ad-
minister oaths that such tax receipt has been
lost. Such affidavit shall be made in writing
and left with the judges of the election The
husband may pay the poll tax of his wife and
receive the receipt therefor. In like manner
the wife may pay the poll tax of her hus-
band and receive the receipt therefor. The
Legislature may authorize absentee voting.
And this provision of the Constitution shall
be self-enacting without the necessity of fur-
ther legislation.
[Note.-The foregoing Sec 2 of Art. VI has
been amended four times, as follows (1) To in-
clude provision that declaration of foreigner must
be filed at least six months before election to en-
able him to vote in such election. Submitted by
Twenty-Fourth Legislature (1895), ratified in an
election Nov. 3, 1896, and declared adopted Dec.
18, 1896 (2) To make poll tax receipt certificate
of registration for voting. Submitted by Twenty-
Seventh Legislature (1901), ratified in an election
Nov 4, 1902, and declared adopted Dec 26, 1902.
(3) To provide for woman suffrage Submitted by
Thirty-Sixth Legislature (1919) and ratified by
election of May 24, 1919 (4) To limit suffrage to
citizens, allowing husband or wife to pay poll tax
for other, authorizing absentee voting Submitted
by Thirty-Seenth Legislature (1921) and ratified
at election July 28, 1921 t
Sec. 2-a Poll Tax Exemption for War Vet-
erans; Exceptions.-Nothing in this Con-
stitution shall be construed to require any
person, who at the time of the holding of an
election hereinafter referred to is, or who,
within eighteen months immediately prior to
the time of holding any such election was,
a member of the armed forces of the United
States or of the Armed Forces Reserve of the
United States, or of any branch or component
part of such armed forces or Armed Force Re-
serve, or the United States Maritime Service
or the United States Merchant Marine, and
who is otherwise a qualified voter under the
laws and Constitution of this State, to pay a
poll tax or to hold a receipt for any poll tax
assessed against bim, as a condition preced-
ent to his right ro vote in any election held
under the authority of the laws of this State,
during the time the United States is engaged
in fighting a war, or within one year after
the close of the calendar year in which said
xar is terminated
Provided, however, that the foregoing pro-
visions of this section do not confer the right
to vote upon any person who is a member of
the regular establishment of the United
States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps; and
provided further, that all persons in the
armed forces of the United States, or the
component branches thereof, not members
of the regular establishment of the United
States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, arehereby declared not to be disqualified from
voting by reason of any provision of sub-
section "Fifth" of Section 1, of this Article.
[Note.-The foregoing Sec. 2-a of Art. VI, an
amendment, was added to give World War II
veterans exemption from payment of the poll tax,
and to further define last paragraph of Sec. 1
Submitted by the Forty-Ninth Legislature and
adopted in an election Aug. 25, 1945.
Sec. 3. Electors in Towns and Cities; Only
Property Taxpayers to Vote in Certain In-
stances.-All qualified electors of the State,
as herein described, who shall have resided
for six months immediately preceding an
election within the limits of any city or cor-
Sorate town, shall have the right to vote for
ayor and all other elective officers; but in
all elections to determine expenditure of
money or assumption of debt, only those shall
be qualified to vote who pay taxes on prop-
erty in said city or incorporated town; pro-
vided, that no poll tax for the payment of
debts thus incurred shall be levied upon the
persons debarred from voting in relation
thereto.
Sec. 3-a. When an election is held by any
county, or any number of counties, or any
political subdivision of the State, or any
political subdivision of a county, or any de-
fined district now or hereafter to be de-
scribed and defined within the State and
which may or may not include towns, vil-
lages or municipal corporations, or any city,
town or village, for the purpose of issuing
bonds or otherwise lending credit, or expend-
ing money or assuming any debt, only quali-
fied electors who own taxable property in the
State, county, political subdivision, district,
city, town or village where such election is
held, and who have duly rendered the same
for taxation, shall be qualified to vote and all
electors shall vote in the election precinct of
their residence.
[Note -The foregoing Sec. 3-a of Art. VI, an
amendment, was added for the purpose of limit-
ing voters participating in bond electrons to those
who have rendered property for taxation. Submit-
ted by the Forty-Second Legislature (1931) and
adopted in an election Nov. 8, 1932; proclaimed
Jan. 9, 1933.]
Sec. 4 Election by Ballot; Registration in
Cities of 10,000 Inhabitants or More.-In all
elections by the people the vote shall be dby
ballot, and the Legislature shall provide for
the numbering of tickets and make such other
regulations as may be necessary to detect
and punish fraud and preserve the purity of
the ballot box; and the Legislature may pro-
vide by law for the registration of all voters
in all cities containing a population of ten
thousand inhabitants or more.
[Note.-The foregoing Sec. 4 of Art. VI is an
amended section, the provision for the registration
of voters in cities of 10,000 or more population
having been added. The original section provided
that 'No law shall ever be enacted requiring a
registration of the voters of this State." Submit-
ted by Twenty-Second Legislature (1891), ratified
In an election Aug. 11, 1891, and declared adopted
Sept. 22, 1891.]
Sec 5 Voters Privileged From Arrest.-
Voters shall, in all cases except treason.
felony or breach of the peace, be privileged
from arrest during their attendance at elec-
tions and in going to and returning there-
from.
ARTICLE VII.-EDUCATION-THE
PUBLIC FREE SCHOOLq.
Sec. 1, Public Schools to Be Established.-
A general diffusion of knowledge being essen-
tial to the preservation of the liberties and
rights of the people, it shall be the duty of
the Legislature of the State to establish and
make suitable provision for the support and
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