Powell v. City of Baird

The question, as the writer sees it, completely determinative of the only phase of the case discussed in the majority opinion, is this: Are ordinances of any city or town in this State, as the word “ordinances” is used in R.S.1925, Art. 2955, included in, or synonymous with, the words “laws of the State of Texas” as used in Constitution Art. 6, sec. 2, Vernon’s Ann. St., providing 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”? (Italics ours) There can be no difference of…