Town of McMinnville v. Curtis

Mb. Special Justice. Tomlinson

delivered the opinion of the Court. *

Chapter 602 of the Private Acts of 1945 provides that payment of a poll tax as a prerequisite for voting in any municipal election in the Town of McMinnville shall not be required.

The question for determination is whether this private act violates the provisions of the first clause of Article XI, Section 8' of onr Constitution, in view of the fact that under the general law carried in our Code, Section 2027 et seq., it is required that every otherwise qualified voter in this state shall, as a condition precedent to the…