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Hon. Ramie H. Griffin, page 3 (V-1330) 157
someone duly authorized by the taxpayer
in writing to pay the same, and to fur-
nish the Collector the information ne-
cessary to fill out the blanks in the
poll tax receipt. Such authority and.
information must be signed by the party
who owes the poll tax, and must be de-
posited with the Tax Collector and filed
and preserved by him . . . Article 2962
is hereby repealed."
Under the provisions of the above
quoted article, there is no distinction made be-
tween residents of cities under ten thousand in-
habitants and residents of cities over ten
thousand inhabitants. Under this act, an unsworn
authorization giving the necessary information
will be acceptable after December 31, 1951, in
all cases when presented by such agent upon the
payment of the tax.
Passing to your second question, we
find no statute limiting the time for giving such
authorization and no provisions for dating it.
If the written authorization complies with the
statutory requirements at the time it is present-
ed to the tax collector, it is acceptable and
valid even though it was written some months be-
fore when another statute governed such authori-
zation.
SUMMARY
On and after January 1, 1952, an
unsworn authorization signed by the per-
son owing the poll. tax, accompanied by
his signed statement of all information
necessary for filling in the poll tax
receipt blanks, will be acceptabl.e in all
cases when presented by the agent to the
I tax collector for payment of the tax.
H.B. 6, Art. 43, Acts 52nd Leg., R.S. 1951,
ch. 492, p. 1097, (Texas Election Code).o
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1330, text, October 26, 1951; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth266148/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.