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           Article 666-32 Vernoon~s               Panotated Penal Code of Texar
 reada, ln part, aa follour:
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       the7 nrId8            to dotrralw           rbther         or wt         the algaerr oi
       8Wh    titiOa Ar@ lm fbOt q~&liried wt8?8 Or th8 OOUQt7
       or p0E t1Oal 8PbdiV1810~at tb tiw r&oh p8titiOo 18
       pl'O8Mt.6, ati t0 OOFtiiJ tb th. 6WBi88iOW,r8 OOUFt
       tiU nWb.E Of QWliftid VOtOr8 844fAhQ 8U8h mtition.'

                 Uo quot. Vol. 16, 98n8                     h?18pWbW,                     ~860 2l, A8 fool-
1OW8:

                 Qf th8 lw direotr an dtloor or OmOOr8                                               to ardor
       a a lleotioa rh8a l oertalo aub8r                              or ptmliflo~ totor
       hAv0 jolwd la l petition    for the                            maw, it 18 ude                   th8
       duty      0r   th8 officer8 to ucortala rhothmr or not the re-
       qUl8lte        UUdW       Of    TOt8P8      &vO        jOiWd       10    th8       ptitiOti       arid
       Whether they 8F8               qwmed.                6OUeWr, the               OfriCid8          ~111
       b8 lllouecl to axerclre their own di8CretloR 1~ thlr mat-
       t8r, provided that tbsir d8ClriOn 18 based Up9Q F8a8Ofl
       ati f&irWll, sod 18 Iiot lmpellsd by fraud Or C4prlO8,'

                 It   18   OLW   OpiniOn        that     tb     COUIItJ        018Fk,         VhsWV8r        l &X%tl-
tioa  called for under Article 666-32 18 prswnted to hb, may lopt
any means he deem@ uecsasary 8nd proper to determine vhcther or not
the signers of ruch a petition  are qualified voters of the county
or political  subdlvlrloa and to a8c8rtaln the aqmber oi qunllfied
voter8 signing the sama.
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