The Laws of Texas, 1925 [Volume 23] Page: 415 of 822
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SPECIAL LAWS. 403
said Survey No. 17, T. thence S. 57' and 56" E. 2515 vrs. along the
southwesterly line of the Blas Reyes grant to a point where the
Barosa Creek crosses said grant lines; thence N. 30' and 30" E.
3551 vrs. to a point on the west bank of the Nueces River; thence
down the Nueces River with its meanderings to the place of
beginning.
SEC. 2. The management and control of the public free schools
of the Asherton Independent School District as created by this
Act is hereby vested in a board of seven trustees, to be elected in
accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, in such cases
made and provided.
SEC. 3. The Asherton Independent School District created by
this Act shall have and exercise and is hereby vested with all the
rights, powers, privileges, duties and liabilities of a town or village
incorporated under the General Laws of the State of Texas
for free school purposes only.
SEC. 4. That all indebtedness now due and owing or lawfully
contracted to be paid by the Asher Common School District No. 2
of Dimmit County, Texas, together with the unpaid bonds issued
by or for said common school district, be and the same are hereby
declared assumed by the Asherton Independent School District
and the said Asherton Independent School District shall be
bound and liable therefor, according to the terms and conditions
thereof; and shall have full power to levy and collect taxes under
the Constitution and laws of this State, for the purpose of paying
the same.
SEC. 5. Any and all taxes heretofore voted by the qualified
electors of said Asherton Common School District No. 2 of Dimmit
County, Texas, and now in force in said common school district,
are hereby validated and continued in force in the Asherton
Independent School District hereby created until such time as a
majority of the qualified property tax paying voters of said independent
school district shall see proper to increase, diminish or
abolish the same, under the General Laws of this State.
SEC. 6. The condition of the public free schools within the territory
comprising said independent school district, and the fact
that a large part of the residents thereof are now unrepresented
upon the board of trustees of said school district, creates an emergency
and an imperative public necessity exists authorizing the
suspension of the constitutional rule requiring the bill to be read
o nthree several days, and that this Act take effect and be in
force from and after its passage, and it is so enacted.
[NoTE.-The enrolled bill shows that the foregoing Act passed
the House, 110 yeas, 0 nays; passed the Senate, 27 yeas, 0 nays.]
Approved March 17, 1925.
Effective March 17, 1925.
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1925 [Volume 23], book, 1925; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15499/m1/415/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .