The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-06
Proposed Amendment 10 the State
Constitution Providing for the
Creation OF Improvement
Dlsfricts Ia Certain

NlNiths
Joint Resolution amending Section
o, OF Article s, OF the Constitution
OF the State OF Texas, providing
for the creation OF Improvement
districts In cities Of more than
five thousand inhabitants and
charging the cost Of certain inn
provements made therein against
the abutting property.
Section /. Be II Resolved by the
Legislature OF the State OF Texas:
That Section OF Article OF the
Constitution OF the State Of Texas,
be so amended as to hereafter read
as follows:
Sec. 8. The state tax on property,
exclusive OF the tax necessary to pay
the public debt. and Of the taxes
provided for the benefit OF public free
schools. shall never exceed thirty
five cents on the one hundred dol
lars valuation; and no county, city
or town shall levy more than twenty
five cents for city or county purpos-
es, and not exceeding fifteen cents
for roads and bridges, and not ex-
ceeding Fifteen cents to pay jurors,
on the hundred dollars valution, ex-
cept for payment OF debts incurred
prior to the adoption Of the amend
ment September 25, A. D. 1888, and
for the erection OF public buildings,
streets, sewers, water works and
other permanent Improvements, not
to exceed twenty-five cents on the
one hundred dollars valuation, in any
one year, and except as is In this
Constitution otherwise provided; and
the Legislature may also authorize
AN additional annual ad valorem tax
to be levied and collected for t..e
further maintenance Of the public
roads; provided, that majority Of
the qualified property taxpaying vot-
ers OF the county voting at a" cleo
ton TO be held for that purpose shall
vote such tax, not to exceed fifteen
cents on the one hundred dollars
valuation, OF the property subject to
taxation in such county. And the
Legislature may pass local laws for
the maintenance OF the public roads
and highways, without the local no.
tlce required for special or local
laws.
In addition to the foregoing, cit
les OF more than five thousand in
habitants may lay out within their
corporate limits, improvement dis
tricts in which they, by ana with
the consent of a majority OF the tax
payers owning real estate therein,
may build sidewalks and charge the
cost thereof against the abutting
property, and may build sewers and
pave streets and charge one-third
OF the cost thereof against the abut-
ting property on either side OF the
streets upon which such improve
ments are made in such district, and
the amount charged against all such
abutting property shall be deemed
and held to be a tax against and
lien upon such abutting property,
and the Legislature is required to
enact laws prescribing the means for
ascertaIning the amount properly
chargeable against each parcel OF
abutting property, and providing for
Che enforcement OF It's collection.
Sec. 2. The Governor is hereby
directed to issue the necessary proc
lamation for submitting this amend
ment TO the Constitution to the quail
fled voters Of the state OF Texas, on
the first Tuesday in August, A. d.
1907, at which election all voters ia
vorlng this amendment shall have
written or printed on their ballots:
For the amendment to Section 8
Of Article 8 OF the Constitution, per-
hitting property owners in cities of
more than five thousand inhabitants
to create improvement districts, one
third the cost OF which to be
charged against abutting property
on either side OF the street" And
the voters opposed to said amend
ment shall have written or printed
on their ballots the following:
Against the amendment to Section
Q OF Article OF the Constitution,
permitting property owners in cities
OF more than five thousand inhab-
itants TO create improvement dis
tricts, one-thlrd the cost OF which to
be charged against abutting property