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TEXAS STATE CONSTITUTION. 369
Article VIl.-(Continued.)
the sale of the lands and the investment of
the proceeds in the manner as provided for
the sale and investment of school lands in
Sec. 4 of this article.
University.
Sec. 10. University Lands and Funds.-The
Legislature shall, as soon as practicable.
establish, organize and provide for the main-
tenance, support and direction of a university
of the first class, to be located by a vote of
the people of this State and styled "The Uni-
versity of Texas," for the promotion of litera-
ture and the arts and sciences, including an
agricultural, and mechanical department.
Sec. 11. University Funds; How Invested.-
In order to enable the Legislature to perform
the duties set forth in the foregoing section.
it is hereby declared all. lands and other.prop-
erty heretofore set apart and appropriated
for the establishment and maintenance of the
University of Texas, 'together with all the
proceeds of sales of the same, heretofore
made or hereafter to be made, and all grants,
donations and appropriations that may here-
after be made by the State of Texas, or from
any other source, except donations limited
to specific purposes, shall constitute and be-
come a permanent university fund. And the
same as realized and received into the treas-
ury of the State (together with such sums
belonging to the fund, as may now be in the
treasury) shall be invested in bonds of the
United States, the State of Texas, or counties
of said State, or in school bonds of munici-
palities, or in bonds of any city of this State
or in bonds issued under and by virtue of the
Federal Farm Loan Act approved by the
President of the United States July 17, 1916,
and amendments thereto; and the interest
accruing thereon shall be subject to appro-
priation by the Legislature. to accomplish the
purpose declared in the foregoing section;
provided, that the one tenth of the alternate
sections of the lands granted to railroads
reserved by the State, which were set apart
and appropriated to the establishment of the
University of Texas by an act of the Legisla-
ture of Feb. 11, 1858, entitled "An act to
establish the University of Texas" shall not
be included in, or constitute a part of, the
permanent university fund.
[Note.-The foregoing Sec. 11 of Art. VII has
been twice amended as follows: (1) Adding a
clause giving the Board of Regents of the Uni-
versity of Texas latitude in expending part of the
permanent fund for buildings. Submitted by the
Forty-first Legislature (1929); ratified Nov. 4,
1930. (2) Eliminating this latitude allowed the
Board of Regents and restoring the original pro-
visions of the Constitution which limited invest-
ments to bonds of the United States, State or civil
subdivisions. This last amendment added also the
clause "except donations limited to specific pur-
poses." Submitted by Forty-second Legislature
(1931); adopted Nov. 8, 1932. Proclaimed Jan. 9,
1933.1
Sec. 12. Lands to Be Sold; No Relief of
Purchasers.-The land herein set apart to the
university fund shall be sold under such regu-
lations, at such times and on such terms as
may be provided by law, and the Legislature
shall provide for the prompt collection, at
maturity, of all debts due on account of uni-
versity lands heretofore sold, or that may
hereafter be sold, and shall in neither event
have the power to grant relief to the pur-
chasers.
Sec. 13. Agricultural and Mechanical Col-
lege; Appropriations.-The Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas, established by
an act of the Legislature passed April 17,
1871, located in the County of Brazos, is here-
by made and constituted a branch of the
University of Texas, for instruction in agri-
culture, the mechanic arts and the natural
sciences connected therewith. And the Legis-lature shall at its next session make an
appropriation not to exceed $40,000 for the
construction and completion of the buildings
and improvements, and for providing the
furniture necessary to put said college in
immediate and successful operation.
Sec. 14. Branch University for Colored.-
The Legislature shall also, when deemed prac-
ticable, establish and provide for the main-
tenance of a college or branch university for
the instruction of the colored youths of the
state, to be located by a vote of the people:
provided, that no tax shall be levied and no
money appropriated out of the general reve-
nue, either for this purpose or for the estab-
lishment and erection of the buildings of the
University of Texas.
Sec. 15. Land Appropriated for University;
How Sold.-In addition to the lands hereto-
fore granted to the University of Texas, there
is hereby set apart and appropriated, for the
endowment, maintenance and support of said
university and its branches, 1,000,000 acres of
the unappropriated public domain of the
State, to be designated and surveyed as may
be provided by law; and said lands shall be
sold under the same regulations and the pro-
ceeds invested in the same manner as is
provided for the sale and investment of the
permanent university fund; and the Legisla-
ture shall not have the power to grant any
relief to the purchasers of said lands.
Sec. 16. Terms of Office in School Systemn.-
The Legislature shall fix by law the terms
of all offices of the public school system and
of the State institutions of higher education,
inclusive, and the terms of members of the
respective boards, not to exceed six years.
[Note.-The foregoing Sec. 16 of Art. VII is
the first of two amendments numbered 16. (See
following section and note thereon.) This amend-
ment was added for the stated purpose of pro-
viding for fixin of terms of office in public
school system. Submitted by the Fortieth Legis-
lature (1927); ratified Nov. 6, 1928; proclaimed
Feb. 6, 1929.]
Sec. 16 [a]. Taxation of University Lands.-
All land mentioned in Secs. 11, 12 and 15
of Article VII of the Constitution of the State
of Texas, now belonging to the University of
Texas, shall be subject to the taxation for
county purposes to the same extent as lands
privately owned; provided, they shall be ren-
dered for taxation upon values fixed by the
State Tax Board; and providing, that the
State shall remit annually to each of the
,counties in which said lands are located an
amount equal to the tax imposed upon said
land for county .purposes.
[Note.-The foregoing section, which obviously
should have been numbered either 16-a or 17,
was designated as No. 16 in H.J.R. No. 11 of the
Forty-first Legislature (1929) in which the
amendment was submitted. It is customarily
printed in legal references as Sec. 16 [a]. This
amendment was added for the stated purpose of
providing for taxation of University of Texas
lands. It was ratified Nov. 4, 1930. Declared
adopted Dec. 17, 1930.1
Sec. 17. Confederate Pension Fund Tax;
College Building Fund Tax, Permission to
Issue BondS and Distribute Proceeds There-
from, Etc.; Reducing Ad Valorem Ceiling for
General Purposes From Thirty-five to Thirty
Cents.-In lieu of the State ad valorem tax
on property of seven (7c) cents on the one
hundred ($100.00) dollars valuation heretofore
permitted to be levied by Section 51 of Arti-
cle III, as amended, there is hereby levied,
in addition to all other taxes permitted by
the Constitution of Texas, a State ad valorem
tax on property of two (2c) cents on the one
hundred ($100.00) ddllars valuation for the
purpose of creating a special fund for the
payment of pensions for services in the Con-
federate Army and Navy, frontier organiza-
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