The Laws of Texas, 1931-1933 [Volume 28] Page: 253 of 2,111
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FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE--THIRD CALLED SESSION. 25
terest therein described, giving the name of the county or district
by which they were issued, numbers, amounts and dates
of maturities of the obligations and interest to be paid with
instructions to the paying agent, bank or trust company to return
to the Comptroller such obligations and interest coupons
when same are paid, and the Comptroller shall, upon receipt of
said obligations and coupons, credit same on his records and
send them, duly cancelled, to the Commissioners Court of the
appropriate county, which shall cause to be duly entered a record
of such cancellation.
(k) Expense necessary to be incurred in the determination
of the indebtedness of the counties and defined road districts of
the State in the construction of designated State Highways, and
in the discharge of the duties devolved for the payment of such
obligations, shall be paid from the County and Road District
Highway Fund, upon the approval of the said Board by warrant
of the State Comptroller; and the sum of Twenty-five
Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) out of said Fund, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for that
purpose. The Chief Accountant shall receive a salary not to
exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) per month; Auditors
shall receive a salary not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00) per month; and the Bookkeepers and/or Bond Clerks
not to exceed One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) per month;
Stenographers and/or Clerks not to exceed One Hundred Dollars
($100.00) per month, said salaries to be fixed by said Board.
SEC. 8. No provision of this Act shall ever be construed to
authorize the giving or lending of the credit of the State to any
county or district or to pledge the credit of the State in any
manner whatever for the payment of any of the outstanding
road indebtedness herein referred to of the counties or districts
of the State. It is hereby declared that all eligible obligations,
as herein defined, shall remain obligations of the respective
counties or defined road districts which issued them and said
counties or districts shall remain liable on said obligations
according to their terms and tenor; and it is not the purpose
or intention of this Act, or any part hereof, to. obligate the State
of Texas, directly or indirectly or contingently, for the payment
of any such obligations or that the State of Texas should assume
the payment of any of said obligations, and this Act is not to
be construed as obligating the State of Texas to the holders of
any of said obligations to make any payment of the same, or
any part thereof, nor shall such holders have any rights to
enforce the appropriations of any of the moneys hereinabove
provided for, but the provisions hereof are intended solely to
compensate, repay and reimburse said counties and districts for
the aid and assistance they have given to the State in furnishing,
advancing and contributing money for building and constructing
State Highways, and to provide for the use and application
by said counties and districts of the moneys to which
they shall become or be entitled under the provisions of this
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1931-1933 [Volume 28], book, 1933; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17293/m1/253/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .