The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-05-14
Proposed Amendment TO the State Constitution
In Regard tot Formation and Taxing Pow
er Of School Districts.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION no. Il.
House JOINT RESOLUTION to amend
Section ; of Article of the ConStitu-
ton of the State of Texas. in regard
to the formation and taxing power of
school districts
BE it resolved by the Legislature of
the State of Texas;
SECTION |. That Section 3 of Ar
ticle of the Constitution of the State
of Texas be so amended as to here
after read as follows;
| SEC. ). One-fourth of the revenue
derived from the State occupation
taxes and a poll tax of 81 on every
male inhahitant of this State between
the ages OF u and 60 years shall be
set apart annually for the benefit of
the public free school, and in addition
thereto there shall be levied and col
lected an annual ad valoremStatetax of
such an amount, not to exceed 20 cents
on the 800 valuation, as with the
available school fund arising from
all other sources, will be sufficient to
maintain and support the public free
schools of this State for period OF
not less than six months in each
year, and the Legislature may also
provide for the formation of school
districts by general or special law,
without the local notice required in
other cases of special legislation, and
all such school districts, whether Gre
ated by general or special law, may
ties. And the Legislature shall be
authorised to pass laws for the assess
ment and collection of taxes in all
said districts and for the management
and control of the public school or
schools of such districts. whether
such districts are composed of terri
tory wholly within a county or in
parts of two or more counties. And
the Legislature may authorize an adj
ditional ad valorem tax to be levied
and collected within all school dis
tricts. heretofore formed or hereafter
formed, for the further maintenance
of public free schools, and the cree
ton and equipment of school build !
ings therein, provided that a MAORI
ty of the qualified property taXpaying
voters of the district, voting at an
election To be held for that purpose.
shall vote such tax. not to exceed in
any one year 30 cents on the 800 val |
uation of the property subject to tax
alton in such district, but the limita-
ton upon the amount of school dis !
trict tax herein authorised shall not /
apply to incorporated cities or towns !
constituting seperate and Independent |
school districts.
SEC. 2. That the above and fore
going proposed amendment shall he
duly published once week for four
weeks commencing at least three (3) |
months before special election to be
held for the purpose of voting upon
such proposed amendment on the first
Tuesday in August, 1909, in one week
ly newspaper of each county in the |
State of Texas in which such newspa-
per may be published. And the |
Governor shall and he is, hereby |
to issue the necessary procla-
nation for the submission of this pro-
posed amendment to the qualified
electors for members of the Legisla-
ture. At such election all persons
favoring such amendment shall have
written or printed on their ballots the
words, For the amendment to Sec
ton ,, of Article I, of the Constitution
in regard to the formation and tax
ing power of school districts, and
those opposed thereto shall have
written or printed on their ballots the
words, Against the amendment to
Section 3, of Article I. of the Consti-
tuition in regard to the formation and
taxing power of school districts"
SEC. ,. That 5000 or as much
thereof a may he necessary, be and
.he same j., hereby appropriated out
Of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to defray the
expenses of advertising and holding
he election provided for above.
"a true copy.) w. b. TOWNSEND,
AT Secretary of State.