Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-25

school district special local taxes.
And It is hereby made the duty of such
commissioners court to levy such tax;
and it Is hereby made the duty OF the
tax assessor and collector of such
county wherein such taxes have been
levied to assess and collect the same
in the same manner and at the same
time as other taxes. And said taxes,
when SO collected by such collector,
shall be by him paid over to the coun.
~ treasurer And the county treas
urer of said county shall be custodian
Of all funds collected by virtue of this
law, and shall deposit the same with
the county depository as county funds,
and he shall pay the interest and prin-
cipal, as it becomes due on such
bonds, out of the funds so collected,
in the same manner as the law directs
in case of county courthouse bond
funds.
Sec Z. For the purpose of operat-
! ing and being known under the pro-
visions of this act, each political sub
division or defined district, now or
hereafter to be described and defined
for the employment of this act in any
county in this state, shall be known
as Road District No. ..of........
County Texas" being definitely mum.
bered and bearing the name of the
county in which it is located. Provid-
ed, this section shall apply only to
districts comprising less than a coun-
ty and shall not apply to bonds issued
hereunder by whole county, which
county bonds shall be known as
i"....... County Special Road Bonds"
taking the name Of the county issuing
same.
For the purpose of this act any po-
litical subdivision of a county or de-
fined district, now or hereafter to be
described and defined, accepting the
provisions of this act by voting such
tax, Is hereby made and created a
body corporate, which may sue and be
sued in like manner as counties; pro.
yided no road district created under
the provisions hereof shall ever be
held liable for torts.
The county commissioner in whose
commissioners precinct such political
subdivision or defined district, now or
hereafter to be described and defined,
| is located shall be ex officio road
superintendent of said road district
| with power TO contract for and in be-
( half Of such road district; provided
such contract shall not exceed the sum
&C $50, which shall be approved by the
/ commissioners court, and all con-
tracts exceeding the sum of $50 shall
/ be awarded by the entire court, which
contract shall be binding on said coun-
! ty, political subdivision or defined dis.
trict. When work is done by contract
in any county, political subdivision or
defined district bids shall be invited by
publishing an advertisement in a
newspaper or newspapers published in
such county, and in paper or papers
outside the county when the commits
sioners' court may deem it advisable
to do So and the contract shall be
awarded TO the lowest and best bid.
der; provided, however, that the com.
missioners' court shall have the right
to reject any and all bids.
Sec. s. Laws heretofore enacted
and known as Senate Bill No. 254,
which was passed at the regular ses-
sion of the Thirty-frst legislature and
signed by the governor on the goth
day of March, 1909, also House Bill
No. 727, passed by the Thirtieth leg
islature, together with all other laws
or parts of laws in conflict herewith,
be and the same are hereby expressly
repealed
Sec 9. Any county operating under
special road law may take adyan-
tage of any of the provisions of this
act.