The Laws of Texas, 1925 [Volume 23] Page: 474 of 822
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462 SPECIAL LAWS.
tices of the same in three public places in said independent district
for twenty days before the election which notices shall
state the time and place of holding the election, and the rate
of tax to be levied, or the amount of bonds to be issued, or both,
as the case may be.
SEC. 10. No person shall vote at such election unless such
person be a qualified voter under the Constitution and laws of
this State and a property tax payer within said Bledsoe Inde'pendent
School District; and those in favor of the levying of
such tax, or of the issuance of such bonds, shall have written
or printed on their ballots "For the tax" or "For the issuance
of the bonds and the levying of the tax in payment thereof" as
the case may be; and those opposed to the levying of such tax,
or the issuance of such bonds shall have written or printed on
their ballots "Against the tax" or "Against the issuance of the
bonds and the levying of the tax in payment thereof" as the
case may be, and due returns thereof shall be, made to said trustees
within five days after the day of election, and the result
thereof shall be recorded by said trustees in a well bound book
to be kept for that purpose.
SEC. 11. The assessor and collector of taxes of said district
shall have the same power and shall perform the same duties,
with reference to the assessment and collection of taxes for
free school purposes that are now conferred upon the city marshal
of an incorporated town or village, and he shall receive
such compensation for his services as the board of trustees shall
allow, not to exceed four per centum of the whole amount of
taxes received by him, and he shall give bond, to be approved
by said board of trustees in double the estimated amount of
taxes coming annually into his hands, payable to the president
of the board of trustees and to his successors in office, conditioned
for the faithful discharge of his duties, and for the payment
of the amount of taxes received by him to the treasurer
of the said Bledsoe Independent School District.
SEC. 12. The trustees of said Bledsoe Independent School
District shall have full authority to fix the values of all property,
both real and personal, within said district, for taxation
for free school purposes and the property valuations in said
Bledsoe Independent School District shall be the same as fixed
by the board of trustees of said district; and the said board
of trustees of said Bledsoe Independent School District is hereby
given all power and authority now conferred by law upon the
commissioners' court when sitting as boards of equalization,
for fixing property values in said independent school district.
SEC. 13. When a majority of the board of trustees of said
district prefer to have the taxes of their district assessed by
the county assessor and collected by the county collector, the
same shall be assessed and collected by said county officers, and
delivered to the treasurer of this district for which such taxes
have been collected; provided that the property of this district,
when assessed by the county tax assessor, shall not be assessed
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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/m1/474/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .