Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-10


Chapter SIS. S. B. Nos. IS and SO. An
act to amend chapter 1, title Ia, of the Re-
vised Civil Statutes of the state of Texas,
by the addition thereto Of article 340c.
Section l. Be it enated by the legislature
of the state of Texas: That chapter l, title
II, of the Revised Civil Statutes of the state
of Texas, be and the same is hereby
amended by adding article 340c, which shall
read as follows:
Article 340c. That all towns and cities of
1000 inhabitants or more which have here
tofore attempted to accept the provisions
of this title and to become Incorporated
cities of 1000 inhabitants or more, under
the general laws of Texas, and have failed
to comply with all the requirements of said
said general law, or which are not included
within the literal meaning Of those cities
which are authorized to accept the provis-
ions Of said general law, and all towns and
villages incorporated under chapter II of
title IL Of the Revised Civil Statutes or by
special charter or otherwise. but which
now have 1000 inhabitants or more, and
which have heretofore attempted to accept
the provisions Of this title in lieu of their
said town or village charter and become in
corporated cities Of 1000 Inhabitants or
more; but which said cities have from and
after the dates Of their several attempted
interpretations and their several efforts to
accept the provisions Of this title exer-
cised the functions of cities of the
class named, and were by the state of
Texas recognized as such cities, be and the
same are hereby declared to De cities of one
thousand inhabitants or more, and the sew
eral acts whereby they attempted to accept
the provisions of said law are hereby in all
things validated. And that all subsequent
acts of said cities and towns done and per-
formed as q city of one thousand inhabi-
tants or more, after they had attempted to
accept the provisions Of said law as afore-
said, be and the same are hereby validated
and declared to be as binding as if said
cities had been duly and legally Incorporated,
provided. that nothing herein shall be con-
strued as validating any act of said cities or
the councils thereof, unless same are author
lied by tho general laws Of the state under
which they were attempting to act, at the
several dates when said acts were done, and
provided further. that the provisions of this
act shall not validate the act of any town or
city in unlawfully adding additional terri
tory to such town or city, without the con-
sent of such inhabitants SO added to SAID
town or city.
Sec 2 Whereas, there are many cities in
Texas of 1000 inhabitants or more which
have heretofore attempted to accept
the provisions Of the general law as
stated in the preceding section Of this
article, and have attempted to incorporate
themselves. but have failed to comply with
the provisions thereof, but have neverthe-
less been recognized as cities, and have bor-
rowed money, incurred debts, purchased
property and levied taxes, built school
houses and engaged in many different en-
terprises for the public good; and, whereas,
the corporate existence of many of these
cities is threatened by legal proceedings by
which the creditors Of said city would be
without remedy, and the public interest
ut,
and an imperative public necessity exists
for the suspension Of the constitutional rule
requiring bills to be read on three several
days. and tho same is hereby suspended and
this act take effect from and after its pas
sage, and it is SO enacted
fNote-The foregoing act originated in
tia senate, md posed The sams b. yeas q.