The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-05-21
Proposed Amendment to the State Constitution
In Regard reformation and Taxing Pow
er Of School Districts.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. Is.
HOUSE JOINT RCSOLUTION to amcno
Section ot Article of the CouStitu.
ton of the State OF Texas. in regard
to the formation and taxing power O.
school districts.
BE it resolved 10y the Legislature of
the State of Texas:
SECTION |. That Section , of Ar.
ticle ot the constitution of the State
of Texas be So amended a. Ia here
after read a. follows;
! SEC. ). Oue-fourth of the revenue
derived from the State occupation
taxes and poll tax of 81 on every
male iuhabitant of this State between
the ages of II and 80 Years shall be
set apart annually for the benefit of
the public free school, and in addition
thereto there shall be levied and coll
lected anannual ad valoremStatetaX of
such an amount, not to exceed 20 cents
on the 500 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 a period of
not less than six months in each
year, and the Legislature NAV 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 ere
ated by general or special law, may
embrace parts of two or more coun-
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 Sclool or
schools Ot such districts, whether
such districts are composed of terri
tory wholly within county or in
parts OF two or more counties. And
the Legislature may authorize an adj
ditional ad vulorem 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
ing, therein, provided that u ma jori- |
ty OF the qualified property taxpaying |
voters Of the district, voting al an |!
election to be held for that purpose, |
shall vote such tax, not to exceed in |
any one year 20 cents On the sl0O val |
uation OF the property subject to tax
ton upon the amount OF school dis
trict tax herein authorised shall not
apply TO incorporated cities or town,
seperate and independent
school districts.
SEC. >. That the above and fore
going proposed amendment shall be
duly published once Il week for four
weeks commencing at least three (3l
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
" 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
directed to issue the necessary procla-
nation for the submission of this pro-
posed amendment to the qualified
electors for members of the Legisla-
ure. At such election all persons
avoring such amendment shall have
written or printed on their ballots the
words, For the amendment to Sec
ion ,, of Article !, of the Constitution
II regard to the formation and tax
ng power of school districts" and
hose opposed thereto shall have
written or printed on their ballots the
words, Against the amendment TO
section 3, of Article !, of the Consti-
ution in regard to the formation and
axing power of school districts.
SEC. 3. That $4,000 or as much
hereof as may be necessary, be and
ne same is hereby appropriated out
+ any money in the Treasury not
therwise appropriated, to defray the
expenses of advertising and holding
he election provided for above.
"a true copy.) w. b. TOWNSEND,
At Secretary of State.