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Rob. Claud aibmr, Page 2, V-161

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“ Be it enacted by the Ieglslature OS the &ate of Terasi "Suc4lon 1: That Subsection 4 of 

### Abtlclo7150 of the Revised Civil Statutus of. TUMS~ 3905ir ,jmand the sam Is hereby amendedso as to hbreatter .read as follows t :: : ~.

“Subsect¶m 1. All property, whether peal or @wsonal, belonging sxcluelvel~ to this State, or any .pollt loal subdlvls ions tllamof, QPthe Vrtitru States, sxceptkhat”~ la cabh 6 6tata bC sib

mtr. la th$s W&o, uhere the l4w rw x&uhad. ad .m@:aeqnlh and .oua

P p*pmb of. establ.ldhlag. thb24+ :, on @eat* clnrs and 

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*eeount,.. ag ttlaro.oa.~con%W

psakteatiary -.~--

aald ciountf.rad. to the tax assessoF’ dr: dach tadepaadeat sa!mol district.., In ~whlOh;.siiid.iT POpWtyj or any pa& ‘thereof, la’located; and the taxes on saaa shall be assessed and oolidoted

.In the manner 

### requlred~by’ law,? ‘f ’or t4b assessrat ‘and ooll~ctlon’:.oi.:oth~r~

,. taxes; ~oS%dad, that ~ral.&k~ee~-shall ,&e i‘:~ assesebd and .co~leoted Sor aountf .aad’ ladePt’ school dlstrldt par

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iad other lmprovoabat 

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### "Bee.2. The fact that oounty taxes are dellhqwat, and unpeld agalnet various ,&ate farms oovered by this Bubseotion, and the further fact that the counties. In which aaid State tams am looatbd aPe in. dire. - HOQ. o~*,,a o-r, pys 3, v-161

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### needof bald taxea, In order to efflaloQtlY perform thulr goV+amsnat81fwotlotm, .create aa euergenog . . : . (bipharrls 

### adfled) firticle 5065, Subd. 3, nowArticle 7150, Subd. 4, Revlsod O&v11

Statutes, as amendedby OhaPtOr 159,

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. . .Hon. Claud C+ilmm,~ Page 4,. V-161 . of operat Iergsuch farm, and no debt shall be- created analnat, the general Enud of & State In case om 

### ramm 40 pgsaid tsxes sy %~venues of ’-% such farrm.B provnedurther, that In a=- lng at the amount to be paid In taxes to the corntim the value .of the land shall bs considered and not thC value of the bulldlags and other Improvements ownedby the State and situated on said land. %uc .; 2. This Act shall repeai Subdlvlalon 3 of Article 5065 of the Revised Statutes of 1895, only in so far,as the aam IS ‘In:confllct herevith. 2. “SbC.~3. 

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### ~st& -of Taxas has acquired valuable lads .ia!;~arloh? count,ies of

’ the estate -of .S&aa tu. bb :ased In ceagbct 10s with ,tla6State pyiit&atiary. 8Jstam; thqrqby depr~\r~Ahe ‘6Wntlos~~wl.qe **.3ald** Uads ~am,:locatbd .of .any **rtjwtiW~~fr:@n** .: t&x0* therdn;. aad .&the farther ~iact:.*tliit~: **.thO** mat&l&3 **IWhi3r-u**.Bald:f&i&hr6 ,...lOo&ed nood skld’reveaue, ,cruats ‘an’ emrgency 4 i

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.mlphaalb. adgyl~ < It will be ‘noted irun a .oomparlson of the emphauIesd portlona~of:.the two.acts;: that: the. import-. aat &ange. made’~ by the FoNy-&tith.:dglalaturo ~was 30 ’: reMal that .po~tloa of ‘the.~orlgInal.:.act -.whlch ,provlded for t o- pa~naa o aertaln taxe&md~ lnatead specifi-. that p &j& w & I&?$@&$m &&general fund’ oally prooIde that au& taxes, ‘lacludlng all delinquent t,ax+s, am I?s,Q&& .a & t& d#nsral SWI.

: Without dlsouaslng th6 obvious Unconat it utlonalit* of House.

Bill Ro.. 289, Act8 49th.bgl~slature, beaauae of Its dofeotlvs daptlon (brtIole~III~, Section 35, CcimstItutloa.of~,Texas), It is oletar that both &use Sill Ro(01

12 A&a~31st bglalature and House Bill. Ho.
.. 2891Acts 44th bgislature, are unaoastitutlonal and ~014 Insofar as either of anch acts attempt8 to amend or roped1 the. provisions of Subdlvlsloa 3 of Article 51065, (now Subdiv~sl&a 4, &tlcle 7150) siace each Is violat ivd of **Article** XI, ,Seutlim. 9, of .the~ ‘Constitution of .Texas, which reads as follows:T!&~prop4rt~ of oounties,~olt~es an4 tovns, ova04 aa4 hoi4 0aT ?or publio,purpoma, such as pub110 bu J 4lrrgs an4:the sites themfor. Fire englass an4 the iumlttu’i thereof, 5~9 all p$qertr used, or lnteM44 for extlr&iiibAag flr44, PUbliOHon. cla.ud Gilmor, pago 6, V-161 .
on4 pook4t f0r the purpose of putting it into 8nother -- leas-the cost of assesslug and ool14ctlng th4 texr dbvlotmly that proc44ur4 could never aacompZ.lshanJthlng but “an idle oxpendlture of public ~ftinds. ?

. . Situ24 tho~ameadmeots crested by both %ouae Bill No. 12 aa EtouseBill’- No. 289 above quoted are uncoastltutlonal an4 ~014 Sor the roason stated, House Bill No. 38, .Flftlsth Legislature must be consldsred

, as a asparate and dlst.lnct bill, the constltutlon~litg~ OS vhich must be determined solely from the construction of Its own pr.ovlsions under the Constltutlon and laws .of %xaas, which existed prior to the passage of Hous Bill Ho. 12 by the Thirty-first. Legislature In 1910,

,.. Arti&III; .*0t1& 5 oftfexall, provides ia-$8rt of the condtltutl~P that. 4 L9gIslature ah.931 &we. ~ti.power to malts’a grant. QP .authorUs the tlk-

~:. Rou& Bill &!o ~j".EFl&lOth fsglslatare 

### ~~~ecaingar the pqmsnt of certafn texoa 0; State ‘am~4:l.aan4s ta certala.counties~'dut of the &qorai Fund oft th4.8tate, la unconstltutlonsl and -wild as vlolatlve of the provlelone off Artiols z11, Se&ion. 5X, and Ar8lcle %I; **&34tiOn 9,**  **OOIl4t%t,Ut;iaa Of**  **T4=8.** YOu.r8 VOI'Y tl'llly,