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480 SPECIAL LAWS.
piration of the term of the prior Board. The election of preliminary
Directors hereunder shall be after such notice and in the
manner provided for the election of Directors by said Chapter 25,
provided, however, that during the preliminary period the entire
Board of Directors shall be elected, and such elections shall conform
to the time herein provided. Further, the term of preliminary
Directors serving at the termination of the preliminary
period fixed in this Act shall terminate with the end of said preliminary
period. After the termination of said preliminary
period, the election of Directors, insofar as applicable, shall conform
to the provisions of said Chapter 25. If at such election a
majority of the electors voting therein vote "For Dissolution of
the District," it shall be so.
Provided, however, said election shall not be ordered or held
until the pre-election Directors named in Subsection (a) of Section
6 hereof shall deposit with the County Clerk of Bexar
County Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars which shall be paid
out by said Clerk if the District be dissolved upon vouchers approved
by a majority of the said pre-election Directors for the
expenses incident to the election, any money not so paid out to
be returnable to the said Directors.
(c) The Board of Directors of the District (to include the preliminary
period) shall have power, either voluntarily or upon
petition, to exclude lands, or defined collective areas of land from
the District, after such notice, after such hearing, and for the
reasons set out in Section 8 of Chapter 280 of the Acts of the
41st Legislature of Texas, Regular Session, as the same now provides.
Upon the petition of the owner of any land, or upon the
petition of five (5%) per centum of the owners of the land in
any defined County, or lessor defined Governmental Unit within
one or more Counties, or other lesser area comprising contiguous
lands held in more than five (5) separate ownerships, the Board
shall give notice of hearing of such petition, shall hear the same,
and shall grant or refuse the same upon the grounds set out in
said Section 8 of said Chapter 280; provided, however, that no
area of land may be added save upon a favoring vote, or verified
petition by a majority of the resident qualified voters who own
land within the area proposed to be added to the District, and
who actually vote, or petition, concerning such proposal. Any
election held hereunder shall be controlled, insofar as appropriate,
by the provisions of said Chapter 25 relating to a proposal
to create a District thereunder.
SEC. 4. (Specifications of Powers) Any and all powers,
whether general, special, express, or implied, and as well all
rights for procedure, conferred by this Act and by said Chapter
25 upon this District, may be exercised within the boundaries of
the District, and, when deemed needful or helpful to effect the
intent of this Act, then such powers may be exercised beyond
the boundaries of said District. The specification of powers
herein contained shall not-'be held to exclude or diminish any
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1929-1931 [Volume 27], book, 1931; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16362/m1/1913/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .