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Rob. Claud aibmr, Page 2, V-161 

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aad declaring an l mergeaay. 

“Be it enacted by the Ieglslature 

OS the &ate of Terasi 

"Suc4lon 1: That Subsection 4 of 

Abtlclo 7150 of the Revised Civil Statutus of. TUMS~ 3905ir ,jm and the sam Is 

hereby amended so as to hbreatter .read as 

follows t :: : ~. 

“Subsect¶m 1. All property, whether 

peal or @wsonal, belonging sxcluelvel~ to 

this State, or any .pollt lo al subdlvls ions 

tllamof, QP the Vrtitru States, sxceptkhat”~ 

la cabh 6 

6tata bC sib 

mtr. la th$s W&o, uhere the 

l4w rw 

x&u had. ad .m@:aeqnlh and .oua 

P 

p*pmb of. establ.ldhlag. thb24+ :, 

on @eat* clnrs and rqM 

labosiwu Zktate *eeount,.. tL 

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 

hul.ld%txga iad other lmprovoabat 

t&~MaW'ead sitURW$ oa fbaM !a . 1. 

$yd by 

"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 
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HOQ. o~*,,a o-r, pys 3, v-161 

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need of bald taxea, In order to efflaloQtlY 

perform thulr goV+amsnat81 fwotlotm, .create 

aa euergenog . . : . (bipharrls adfled) 

firticle 5065, Subd. 3, now Article 7150, Subd. 

4, Revlsod O&v11 Statutes, as amended by OhaPtOr 159, 

. . “l%e 2a110u1u&J 

? 

rQgbr?,*tJ aha be OxMt 

Prom tox8Ulbn, to wl : 

II . . . 
Hon. Claud C+ilmm,~ Page 4,. V-161 . 

of operat Ierg such 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 owned by 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. The ‘ract tba; the ~st& -of 

Taxas has acquired valuable lads .ia!;~arloh? 

count,ies of’ the estate -of .S&aa tu. bb :ased 

In ceagbct 10s with ,tla6 State 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 

. . ‘. .~ “. 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 ut lonalit* 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. .. 

2891 Acts 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, PUbliO 
Hon. 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.lsh anJthlng but “an idle 

oxpendlture of public ~ftinds. ? . . 

Situ24 tho~ameadmeots crested by both %ouae 

Bill No. 12 aa Etouse Bill’- 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 Const ltutlon 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 

oft fexall, 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,