The Laws of Texas, 1927 [Volume 25] Page: 356 of 1,111
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340 GENERAL AND SPECIAL LAWS.
voted in favor of the issuance of said bonds and the levy of taxes
in payment thereof, and, whereas, said bonds, for the said total
principal sum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00)
are within the limitations prescribed by Section 52, of Article
3, of the Constitution of this State, it is further enacted
that the said bonds shall be issued and delivered after approval
thereof by the Attorney General and registration thereof by the
State Comptroller of Public Accounts, and power and authority
is hereby expressly conferred upon the Commissioners' Court of
said county to pass and adopt all orders and to do all acts necessary
in the issuance and sale of such bonds, and the said court is
hereby expressly authorized and empowered to levy a direct general
ad valorem tax upon all taxable property in said road district
for the purpose of paying the interest on and principal of
the said bonds, and which such taxes shall be levied and provision
made for their assessment and collection in the same manner
as now provided by law for the assessment and collection
of other ad valorem taxes.
Sec. 3-e. That said orders. and all other orders adopted by
said County Commissioners' Court in respect of said road district,
bond and taxes, as the same appears upon the records of
said court, or copies thereof duly certified, are hereby constituted
legal evidence of such orders, and shall be authority for said
court to annually levy, assess and collect taxes in an amount
sufficient to pay the principal of and interest upon said bonds as
the same mature and become due, such taxes to be levied and
assessed upon the value of taxable property in said road district
as fixed for State and County taxes, and that any and all
Acts and proceedings had and taken by said court in the construction
of roads and turnpikes from the proceeds of said bonds
are hereby validated, approved and legalized.
Sec. 3-f. That the Legislature hereby exercises the authority
upon it conferred by Section 52, of Article 3, of the Texas Constitution,
and declares said defined district as a road district,
as above described, to have been legal and valid from the date
of the adoption of said order, defining its boundaries, and confirms
and ratifies said acts and proceedings of said court in
respect of said election authorizing the issuance and sale of said
bonds, and levy of taxes to pay principal thereof and interest
thereon, and the construction of roads and turnpikes with the
proceeds thereof with like effect as though at the time or times
said acts and proceedings were done or had, there existed statutory
authority for the doing thereof, and the bonds of said district
that have not been issued and sold, having been voted by
the necessary majority of the qualified electors in conformity
with the provisions and requirements of said Section 52, of Article
3, of the Constitution, shall be the valid and binding obligations
of said Road District Number 4, upon their issuance and
sale under the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 3. That Section 3-b, of said Chapter 65, of the Special
Laws of the First Called Session of the Thirty-ninth Legislature
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1927 [Volume 25], book, 1927; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16125/m1/356/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .