Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-29

That Whenever a number not lesi
than ilily ireehOlders Of am county
shall petition the Couhly Court i0I
an election TO take the opinion d
the electors Of sneh county ON
proposition that said county shall
aid in the construction OF railroad
or other work of internal Improve
ment, either by taking stock, max
ing n donation thereto; il shall b
the duty of said county Court, al q
meeting which shall DO called with
in twenty days amer tho Iresenta'
tion of the petition, 10 order ~
election 10 be held IN not less than
thirty nor more than forty days
/ thereafter, TO take tho op'nion oi
the electors OF the county upon
such proposition.
/ SEC, .. The order Of the court
shall DO entered on the minutes,
and shall state the time when, and
the place where, the election shall
bt held, and how long il shall con-
! TIME, and shall appoint three mana,
gets To conduct tho cleet!on, aud
namo the time when thcy shall
makS q return thereof 10 the court.
The order shall also state, IN clear
and concise language, whether the
proEosition bc TO take stock, 10
make q loan, or TO mako n dona-
ton, and tho amount of aid TO DO
given, and tho particular road or
work for which il is 10 hc used.
The said order shall DO published
for three weeks previous to the
election, in some newspaper pub
lished in the county, If there be
one, but if not, then by posting cop
les thereof at the Courthouse, and
at two other public places in the
county.
SIC. 3. If any of the managers
fail to attend on the day ramcd for
such election, or if any Of them fail
or refuse to act, those who do at
tend shall I'LL any vacancies caused
by such failure or refusal, and they
shall have the authority to appoint
two clerks TO assist ut such election.
SEC. 4. The vote on tho PROPOSE
tion shall be by n ballot "for tho
proposition" or against the propo-
sition." Every resident OF the
county who has n right to vote, un-
der tho provisions of article six,
section one, Of the State Constitu-
ton; shall be allowed TO vote upon
the proposition, and n record shall
be Ecpt of the names Of all persens
who voto. The. managers shall
count the votes and make state
mcr. of The result, to which there
shall be attached an affidavit OF the
managtrs and clerks, that the elcc-
ton has been conducted according
to the law. And one of the
maNAgers shall, within three days
of Tie election, make u return to
tht county court of the result of the
cltction, with the ballots and ro-
cords ofthc persons who voted.
SEC. 5. A special meeting of the
county court shall be Held on the
first Monday after the rtturn day
of such election, when the court
shall aeccrtain and record the re-
suit of the election; ana if two
thirdS of tho qualified voters Of the
county shall have voted Affirmative
ly, t!en it shall be the duty Of the
court to make such orders and
adopt such regulations as will give
practical effect to the proposition SO
voted, and for that object the court
shall have power to issue county
bdhds, to draw interest not exceed
ing ten per cent. per annuh, and to
levy tax upon all real and person
al property situated in the county,
not to exceed two per cent. on the
assessed value of such PROPERTY in
any ono year.
SEC. 6. All county bonds that
may be issued in giving effect to
such proposition, shall be signed by
the presiding justice of the court,
and Shall be assessed by the clerk
with the seal Of the court. But no
such bonds shall be issued until the
court shall have first levied an an
tual tax upon all real and personal
property situated in the county,
whith shall be sufficient I'd pay the
annual interest, and not less than
twb per cent. annually of the prin-
tipal, of said bonds, besides the ex-
penses of assessing and collecting
the same, which levy shall continue
in force until the whole amount of
the principal and interest of said
bonds shall have been fully paid.
Provided, that no bonds shall be is
sued or dchation made hinder the
provisions of this act, except for
such portions of the work in aid of
which j. Is proposed to issue bonds
or make donations, as shall have
been completed at the time when
the bonds are issued Or donation
made.
SEC. I. II shall be the duty of the
county court TO cause all bonds is
sued by il. under. this act TO be pre-
scented for registration in the office
of the State Comptroller, aud it
shall be the duty Of the Comptroller
to register all such bonds so pre-
sented, and to endorse thereon in
the following form: "The within
bond is registered in the office Of
the Comptroller Of the State ofTex-
as" and afiix his Official signature
thereto.
SEC. 8. All taxes levied under
this act shall be applied solely TO
the objects for which they were lev
led. under the direction Of the State
Comptroller, as follows: First, TO
the payment Of the expenses of as
sessing AID collecting the same
second 10 the payment Of the annn-
al interest and not less than two
per ceht. Of the principal Of such
boods and IL there be any excess