The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-13

by numbers, prlViurut mat Hhtn ulttflc'h
once established they she'll not he
changed without the consent OF u majority
ofthe legal voters In OH districts Effected
by such change.
80 go. Said school districts shall be- 80
made ore 30 be 90 convenient re possible -
thn 4Ch,l puc population; md sHld courts
shall give the notes aud hounds Of each
distf Ci, and shal designate tho same care
fully by giving the whole surveys and paris
ui aItyeys in each district, and each county
iulru thlll Clre'uliv rtcprt the same, nnu
raun district shall Dee rlion number,
which number shell be- painted Ia large
l.tfrrs or hgutoB over the doors OF me
fcholl houses; said signs - be provided by
he district tru. tcp1 OF elch distrIc
Soc. 81, That Whenever twenty or more
property holding taN-pHying voters OF any
district wish Tor the purpose oil taxing
themselves for huilting school houses or
supulCmenting the q e. school iund al'
p1ftioued 30 said district, sha make mp.
lliraUlOn TO the county commissioners
court, duly signed by them, said court
-gall enter udon an order Tor an election
- be held IN said district - determine
whether such tax shall be Levied or NOT
Said application she'll designate tho
amount of tax a'ked In be levied, and tue
order OF said court snail state: First, when
said election shHll be held: second, az what
pnint or points she polls shall be opened
thru, the amount OF tax 10 be voted on
provided, that no election shall be htl TO
determine tho levy of a TAX exceeding
twenty cents on the one hundred dollars
valuation OF property. The commissioners
court she'll order the sheriff to give notice
of suCn election by posting three notices
Iiu the district for three weeks before cleo
Ton, and Toe sheriff shall obey such order.
Not more than one such election shall be
held 10 the aame scholastic year.
See. 30. The county commissioner oourt
shall nppolnt a presi ling officer TO hold
said election, who shall make return there
Of, as 10 required by law Tor holding n gem
ersl election, aud all persons whip favor
taxation for school purposes shall have
written or printed on their tickets "ior
school tax and oil persons opposed 10
such taxation shall have written or printed
on their tickets against school tax
Sec, 80. All persons who are legal quail
fled voters of the state and county OF his
residelce, and who tre resident properly
taxpayers in said district, as shown by the
last assessment roll OF the county, shall be
entitled to vote IN any school district cleo
ton, aud il ut any u election two.thirds
OF such qualified voters voting at such cleo
ton shall vote for the tax, II shall be de-
olared by the county commissioners court
TO have carried in said district. and be so
entered upon the records OF said court to
nave been carried, and in oil cases the re-
turning oflicershall make u full and COM
plete return as in other elections 10 said
court within five days after said election is
held, and said returns shall be opened anu
counted at the frat meeting OF said court,
and the result declared.
SEc. 81. n n present. may challe' %
a votar but IL the challenged voter takes ga.
oath that he is q qualified voter OF the state
aud county, and that he ~ a resident prop
erty tax payer in said district, he shall be
enntled 10 vote.
Sec, 30. All polls TOR school district cleo
lions shall ne opened at 10 O'Clock a. m,
and not be closed before 4 o'clock y. M,
and none Of the officers holding such dec
tons shall be entitled TO compensation
therefor.
Sec. SO. All trustees for school districts
shall he elected by the qualified voters at n
school district meeting Tor that purpose ON
the first Saturday ofAugust OF eqch year,
except ~ he cinatter provided. The COM
m~is.ioners court shall appoint three per-
sons to mold such election, aud shall make
the return OF said election within i've days
| after the election to the county judge; and
# no election is held he county judge she'll
ri once appoint three trustees for said dis
trict for the ensuing yer. All PERSONS
living in the district qualified 10 vote Tor
state and county officers shall be entitled
to vote ut SAID election. No person shall
DN tllEluAt W 10 u ANAOph hNoNt "aO
cannot read and write.
SIC. 81. The trustees OF school districts
provided for in the preceding sections oil
this act, and their successors in office. shall
he q body polite n corporate In law and
shall be- known by and under the title and
name of district trustees OF district number
and county-stats OF Texas and as such
may contract and be contracted with, sue
ami be sued, plead I'd be implied d in any
court of this state OF proper jurisdiction,
AID may receive any 81 t, grant, donation
or devise made for the use of the public
schools OF the district. All reports and
other official papers shell be headed with
the number of district and name OF county.
Sec. 80. AT any time alter the expira-
ton OF two years after any district has
levied a school tax on itself, any twenty
resident property-holding taxpayers n
qualified voters of the district may have
an election held to determine whether
such tax should be sbrogatsd, increased or
diminished by making u written applica-
ton To the county commissioners court,
such election shall he held and conducted
as elections provided for IN sec. 80 Of this
act, and all resident property tax-paying
voters of said dist ict shall be entitled to
vote at such elections. The person holding
such ',ction shall make return of such
election within five days to the county
commissioners court, and said court shall,
nj lfH UTSt ulttNliE lhtiEGilEls bntn EN.tA IL
turns and declare the result, and said
court shalt enter an order to that effect,
and shall thereafter levy such tax on said
district rs may be provided for by the re-
suit of said election.
Sec, 80. fhe county commissioners court
shall at the time OF levying the tax for
county purposes also levy upon each school
district the amount of taxes said district
has voted upon itself, and il shall be the
duty of the tax assessor 20 make a separate
roll for each school district in alphabetical
! order, one o to be deposited with the
county commissioners court and the other
with the tax collector, and the taxes lsvied
upon the real property in said district snail
! be a lien thereon, and the same shall be sold
for unpaid taxes in the manner and at the
time sales 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 a commission of per
centum for assessing such tax, and the
tax collector a commission OF one per
ceutum 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 1t and TO pay the same as
other school moneys.
Sec. 30. The scholastic census shall 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 or
guardian as may be directed by the state
superintendent, and return the said list to
the county judge by the fret Monday in
June OF each year. The county super
~iptendent shall by the first Monday in
July thereafter aggregate the whole num-
Der OF children in the county, and make an
abstract in duplicate thereof, one TO be fled
with the county clerk aud the other TO be
forwarded by him to he state superinten-
dent: said census rolls shall be sworn to by
the trustees taking the census, aud aid abb
straots by the county judge before any Of
ticer authorized TO administer oaths.
Sec. Al. Cnildren within scholastic age re-