A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879. Page: 843 of 859
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CONSTITUTION. 843
iidebtedness heretofore legally made and undertaken; but all such taxes
shall be assessed and collected separately from that levied, assessed, and
collected for current expenses of muniicipal government, and shlall, when
levied, specify in the act of levying the purpose therefor; and such taxes
may be paid in the coupons, bonds, or other indebtedness for the payment
of which such tax may have been levied.
SEC. 7. All counties and cities bordering on the coast of the Gulf of
Mexico are hereby authorized, upon a vote of two-thirds of the tax-payers
therein (to be ascertained as may be provided by law) to levy and collect
such tax for construction of sea-walls, breakwaters, or sanitary purposes, as
may be authorized by law, and may create a debt for such works and issue
bonds in evidence thereof. But no debt for any purpose shall ever be incurred
in any manner by any city or county, unless provision is made at the
tinme of creating the same, for levying and collecting a sufficient tax to pay
the interest thereon and provide at least two per cent. as a sinking fund;
and the condemnation of the right of way for the erection of such works
shall be fully provided for.
SEC. 8. The counties and cities on the Gulf coast being subjected to calamitous
overflows, and a very large proportion of the general revenue being
derived from those otherwise prosperous localities, the Legislature is especially
authorized to aid by donation of such portion of the public domain as
may be deemed proper, and in such mode as may be provided by law, the
construction of sea-walls, or breakwaters, such aid to be proportioned to
the extent and value of the works constructed, or to be constructed, in any
locality.
SEC. 9. The property of counties, cities, and towlns owned and held only
for public purposes, such as public buildings and the sites therefor, fire-engines
and the furniture thereof, and all property used or intended for extinguishing
fires, public grounds, and all other property devoted exclusively
to the use and benefit of the public, shall be exempt from forced sale and
from taxation': provided, nothing herein shall prevent the enforcement of
the vender's lien, the mechanic's or builder's lien, or other liens now existing.
SEC.
10. The Legislature may constitute any city or town a separate and
independent school district. And when the citizens of any city or town
have a charter, authorizing the city authorities to levy and collect a tax for
the support and maintenance of a public institution of learning, such tax
may hereafter be levied and collected, if, at any election held for that purpose,
two-thirds of the tax-payers of such city or town shall vote for such
tax.
ARTICLE XII.
PRIVATE CORPORATIONS.
SECTION 1. No private corporations shall be created except by general
laws.
SEC. 2. General laws shall be enacted providing for the creation of private
corporations, and shall therein provide Iully for the adequate protection of
the public anid of the individual stockholders.
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Thrall, Homer S., 1819-1894. A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879., book, 1879; St. Louis, Missouri. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5828/m1/843/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .