The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-02-14

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ID tr-rs uF hIuFrs Over tIe iuus ~ lIr
yuull h,u-ts; said Signs u be provided ny
he tisIticI trustees Ut racA nislTO,
| see. a. Inut whenever tN-n'y or NOR"
| prl.rTy -hI iiug tx pay Inc voters OF anS
/ fsruer Wlru iOF tue purpose AZ isNlhs
/ prms,l 3rs tor building schuol houses or
I .uuu!rmenlinr lac 81 q feAnfl ilnd AZ
/ 10 rtIaued Os ia district, shs make sp'
! / ration 10 lhe cauuiy commissioners
/ 3 tprt. duly sgUei nv them, said court
mol plt tf udOl "a order ir an ''-oll'n
In, b. held IT, sald district - determine
/ IN, ther fuch tax she'll be- levied or mo-
.HI appliea'iOn sh II designAie the
AMOUNT uf tax I a a. ha levied, aud the
order OF said cOnIt snail tate; First, when
s4id eiett ,On sn,l be h' 4; second, st what
mont az points ina polls shall DO opened;
tara, the amount oi tx 10 be- voted on
ur0VidTd, tnat uo'l 'ttion sha b. hi "a
iF,tFmlns the levy oi tax exceeding
Werty ,en,s on the one hundred dollars
yfluaiinn NJ property, The commissioners
court IN n order tne sheriff TO give notice
VI suca II, ciiOn hY posling three notices
IA toe di tflcl Tor thres wr' k' before cleo
nn, aud toe snefiH rhail oosy such order.
Mt more Than one suen election shall b
n,ld a. the same scholastic year.
| Sec a. The comfy commissioners oouri
hall appoinl prgsi mig officer % hold
said eI.clion, who shs make return there
nj. rs il required by law tor holding gen
ef,l clio ,ou, aud I'll persons who favor
nx,tion for school purposes shall have
written or prinied on their tickets "Ioi
SCHOOL tax" ard I'll persons opposed "a
slch tx on shalt have written or printed
an their ticket. against school tax"
Sec. 80 All persons who are legal quail
lied voters II the state and county OF hi
residence, and who are resident property
| psyeIs In said Ill, tfict as shown by the
Iatt assessment roll OF tle county, shall b'
enii,l ID 10 vote IN any school district cleo
non. aud II mt any such election two.ihird'
OF sucn qualified voters voting ut such elec
ton shall vote for the tax, Il shall be de
20 have carried In said district. and be SO
g. tered upon tho records OF said court &c
hay, been carried, and ia all cases the re-
turning officer shall make full and com
pIete return as In other elections to SAID
court within liz Q days after said election Il
held, aud said returns shall be opened aud
cour.t I'd Mt ne first meellug OF said court
and the result declared.
| Sic 81. Any one pre- sent may chall "'
av,tsr. bnt II tue challenged voter takt9 ul
oath thst be IL u qua iIen voter Of the state
and county, ana thst tie is residett prop
erty tax piSsr IN said dat cici, he shall bt
entitled 10 vote.
sec % Aip,l's for school district elec
tions snail ne opened at 10 O'Tlock n. m.
aud not be al Jsrd before o'clock y. m
aud none oil the officers holding sucn Il C
ions sbal, be eLt.ted TO compensation
therefor.
SEQ. 80. All trustees for school districts
shull he elected by the Dual tisd voters az d
ssaot district meeting Tor that purpose on
The fret Saturday OF August OF esch year
excru; as hereinafter pr vided. TIE com'
missiuuers court shall appoint tlree per
sons TO hold such election, aud shn maxi
ne return OF $ id ,l.ttlon within five dsys
alter the election to the county judge: aud
ruo eltciiou is held t1e equity judge sh Il
{ oLca appoint three trustees iur SAID dis
rlct tor the ensuing ye r. All ferson'
living In the district qusl fled t. vot' foi
,'ate and county officers shell be entitled
TO v, { > vt SAID cleo ion. No person sbal
be elipitls to serve rs school trustee WHO
cam, rred and write.
SIC. 81. The trustees OF school districts
provided for In the preceding sectious o
this act, and their successors in office, shal
he a body D litio and corporate in law anc
shall be known by aud under the title anC
name of district trustees OF district number
land county-ststs OF Texas ard es suct
may contract and ne contracted With, su'
an be led, Plea . ID be nipple 10 any
court OF this tt4te VI proper jurisdiction
a. ID mayr c,vs any cit, gIaht, donst ior
or devise made for lhe use OF the publ't
schools OF the di.trict. ALI reports anC
other official papers shall be headed with
the nun Der OF district aud name of coui -
Sec. 3S. At any time alter the expira-
ton OF two years after any district has
levied school tax on ITSELF any twenty
resident property holding taxpayers and
an election held to determine whether
such tex should be sbrogated, increased ol
diminished by making written api CO.
| ton t. the county commissioners cOu't
such election shall be htl and conducted
s elections provided for in sc. 30 OF this
act, and all resident property tax-payine
voters of said district shall be entitled IL
such ,le ton shall make return OF such
election within five days to the county
comm ssioners court, and said court shall
| n, g first meeting thereafter, open aa:d re-
! turns and declare the result, apd said
court shall enter an order ~ that effect,
and shall thereafter levy such tax Oh sad
district as may be provided tor by the re-
sui of snid lection.
Sec, 80. The county commissioners court
shall 1t tie time OF levylng the tax for
county purpo es slso levy upon each school
district the amount of taxes said district
has voted upon it self aud it shall be the
duty of the tax assessor to make separate
roll for each school district In alphabt tical
order, one copy to be deposited with the
county commissioners court and the other
with the tax collector, and the taxes levied
npon the real property in said district shasl
be lie thereon, and the same shall be sold
for unpaid taxes in the manner and at the
time les occur for state and county taxes,
The tax assessor shall assess and the
tax collector shall collect said district
taxes as other taxes. The tax assessor
shall receive commission OF pei
centum for assessing such tax, and the
tax collector a commission of one per
centum for collecting the same. The tax
collector shall pay all such taxes to the
county treasurer and said treasurer shall
credit each school district with the amount
belonging to it and to pay the same aS
other school moneys.
| Sec, 90. The scholastic census shalt be
taken, by the district trustees under the
supervision of the county judge, of all chill
dren in each district between the ages Of
eight and sixteen years. giving name, age
color, sex and the name of the parent OF
guardian as may be directed by the STATE
superintendent, and return the sad list to
the county judge by the first Monday in
June OF each year. The county super
intendent shall by the first Monday in
| .Jnly thereafter agg regate the whole num-