Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Thirty-Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas Page: 30
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30 HOUSE JOURNAL.
By Mr. Nicholson:
H. B. No. 25, A bill to be entitled
"An Act creating and incorporating
Common Sohool District No. 16, of Jef-
ferson county, Texas; defining and de-
termining the boundaries of said school
district; prescribing the manner of
changing and modifying the boundaries
of said school district; conferring upon
said school district, except as otherwise
provided in this act, all the rights,
powers, privileges and duties as are
conferred and imposed by the general
laws of this State upon common school
districts; providing for a board of dis-
trict trustees and prescribing the quali-
fications for members thereof; contin-
uing in office the district trustees of
the previously existing common school
district until the expiration of their
respective terms of office and until their
successors are elected and qualified un-
der the general laws of this State;
vesting the board of district trustees,
except as otherwise provided in this
act, with all the rights, powers, privi-
leges and duties that are conferred and
imposed by the general laws of this
State upon district trustees of common
school districts; vesting the manage-
ment and control of the public free
schools in said school district in a board
of district trustees consisting of three
members; providing that the board of
district trustees shall be a body politic
and corporate in law, may contract
and be contracted with and may sue
and be sued, and plead and be im-
pleaded, and may receive any gift,
grant, donation or devise for the use
and benefit of the public free schools in
said school district; vesting in said
school district, its board of district
trustees, and their successors in office,
with absolute title to all property and
school funds heretofore vested in and
belonging to the previously existing
common school district; validating all
maintenance taxes heretofore voted and
levied in said previously existing com-
mon school district and continuing the
same in full force and effect until modi-
fied as provided in this act; validating
all bonds issued and all bond taxes
levied for and on behalf of said pre-
viously existing common school district;
authorizing the issuance of bonds and
limiting the rate of maintenance tax
and the rate of bond tax that may be
voted, levied, assessed and collected in
said school district; prescribing the
purposes for which maintenance taxes
and bond taxes are authorized by this
act and the disposition of the funds de-
rived from said taxes; providing that
this act shall not impair or invalidateany bonds, contracts, obligations and
debts of the previously existing common
school district; providing that all the
bonds, contracts, obligations and debts
of said previously existing common
school district shall constitute valid and
binding obligations upon said school
district as created by this act; provid-
ing that said school district shall as-
sume, pay off and discharge all bonds,
contracts, obligations and debts of said
previously existing common school dis-
trict; providing that this act shall, ex-
cept as herein otherwise provided, be
cumulative of all general laws of this
State, applicable to common school dis-
tricts, and that in case of conflict the
provisions of this act will control; re-
pealing all laws and parts of laws in so
far as they are or may be in conflict
with this act; providing that in case
any clause, section or sections of this
act shall be held by the courts to be in-
effective or unconstitutional, such de-
cision by the courts shall not affect or
invalidate the remaining sections and
provisions of this act, and declaring
an emergency."
Referred to Committee on School Dis-
tricts.
By Mr. Nicholson:
H. B. No. 26, A bill to be entitled
"An Act determining and fixing the an-
nual salary of the county superintendent
of public instruction of Jefferson coun-
ty, Texas; providing for the payment of
said salary; providing for the payment
of office and traveling expenses, and
declaring an emergency."
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Williamson:
H. B. No. 27, A bill to be entitled
"An Act amending Chapter 127 of the
General Laws of the Regular Session of
the Thirty-sixth Legislature, relative to
highway traffic officers, so as to require
the wearing of uniforms by such offi-
cers and providing for the payment of
salaries of such officers, and that no
fees. shall be charged for any service of
such officer, and declaring an emer-
gency."
Referred to Committee on Roads,
Bridges and Ferries.
By Mr. Merritt:
H. B. No. 28, A bill to be entitled
"An Act to provide for the bonding of
every person and every chauffeur operat-
ing, either directly or by agent, em-
ployee, or hired hand, or by any repre-
sentative, any motor vehicle upon any
public highway or thoroughfare in this30
HOUSE JOURNAL.
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