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FORTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE-SECOND CALLED SESSION 1869
AUTHORIZING COUNTIES AND CITIES TO RENT SPACE
FOR HOUSING RELIEF AGENCIES.
S. B. No. 9.] CHAPTER 5.
An Act authorizing County Commissioners' Courts and the City Commission
of any incorporated town within said County to lease or rent
office space for the purpose of aiding and cooperating with the agencies
of the State and Federal governments engaged in the administration
of relief of the unemployed and needy people in the State of Texas,
and to pay the regular monthly utility bills for such offices, such as
lights, gas and water; to pay for such leases, rentals and utilities
out of the County General Fund when in the opinion of a majority
of the Commissioners' Court such is essential to a proper administration
of such agencies of either the State or Federal governments; the
provisions of this Act shall apply to counties having a population of
not less than forty-eight thousand nine hundred and not more than
forty-nine thousand according to the last preceding Federal Census;
providing for the validation of all actions, proceedings, orders and
contracts for such rental, lease or utility bills heretofore made by any
County Commissioners' Courts; providing that if any part in this Act
shall ever be held unconstitutional, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of the Act; and declaring an emergency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texasi:
SECTION 1. The County Commissioners' Courts and the City
Commission of any incorporated town within said Coun'ty of
this State are hereby authorized to lease or rent office space
for the purpose of aiding and cooperating with the agencies of
the State and Federal Governments engaged in the administration
of relief of the unemployed and needy people of the State of
Texas, and to pay the regular monthly utility bills for such
offices, such as lights, gas and water; and when in the opinion
of a majority of the Commissioners' Court of a county such
office space is essential to the proper administration of such
agencies of either the State or Federal Governments, said Courts
are hereby specifically authorized to pay for same and for the
regular monthly utility bills for such offices out of the County's
General Fund by warrant as in the payment of other obligations
of the County. The provisions of this Act shall apply to counties
having a population of not less than forty-eight thousand nine
hundred and not more than forty-nine thousand according to
the last preceding Federal Census.
SEC. 2. All actions, proceedings, orders and contracts for
such rental, lease or utility bills for such purposes as stated in
Section 1 hereof, made and entered into by any Commissioners'
Courts of this State, pursuant to which such service has been
rendered, are hereby validated, confirmed and declared to be in
full force and effect, notwithstanding any irregularity thereof
prior to the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. If any part, section, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase, or word contained in this Act shall ever be held by the
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1937-1939 [Volume 31], book, 1939; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18824/m1/147/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .