Applications for exemption from poll tax, 1918-1966.

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Applications for exemption from poll tax, 1918-1966.

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Alabama required a poll tax to be paid by all voters over 21 and under 45 years of age until it was ruled invalid in 1966. Certain voters (such as World War I veterans, the disabled, and active military personnel) were exempt from paying the state poll tax upon application to the probate judge (see Ala. Code 51-238 [1958 Recompiled]). This series consists of application forms and provides the name of applicant, date, and a statement of military service. This record began in ca. 1918 and was discontinued in 1966.

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Alabama County (Ala.). Probate Judges.

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Authorities: Acts of Alabama, 1849-50. Code of Alabama, 1975, Vol. 2, Constitutional Amendment No. 328. Norman, Keith B., ed. Handbook for Alabama Probate Judges. 3rd ed. Atlanta: Darby Printing Co., 1982. A court of probate was established in each Alabama county in 1850. The act that created the probate court abolished the county court and the orphans' court and transferred most of the jurisdiction of the county court to the court of ...