El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-06

the current revenues. Finally. sec
tiOn 40, as amended would authorize
the issuance Of bonds secured by a lien
on the real property of the penlten-
tiary system for the purpose OF con-
structing buildings and other perma-
nent improvements 1t should be dis
tinCtly understood that these bonds are
not issued to defray the running eN-
penses as has. been inEeniously sug-
Eested in certain quarters. 1t should
also be borne in mind that the inter
est and sinking fund on these Donds
can be paid for out OF the revenues
derived from the penitentiary factories,
and farms and need not add cent TO
the general taxes The foregoing
covers the amendment to section 80,
and in my Judgment shows II 10 De
meritOriOus throughout
aIu Advised Opposition
Certain opposition TO this amend
menu has developed from certain
friends of the A. & NJ college which,
in my judgment, is i'll advised They
seem to assume that If this amend
ment is adopted the legislature viii
undertake to remove the A. x NJ COLI
l5ge from College Station to Austin
or VIII establish q new A. & A. college
at Austin as a branch of the unlYer-
sity. This contention OverlOOks the
fact that fl is in the power of the
legislature to remove the A q n col
leEe without this amendment, unless
IL is prevented from doing so by sec
tiOn il is not sought to amend In the
second place, tins amendment would
add nothing TO the legal power or the
legislature 10 establish another A. x
NJ college at Austin, If IT. is desired
to do so. 1 am an eN-student or the
A. & NJ college and I believe no man
in Texas estimates its value more
highly than / do. / am not prepared
to say whether its removal from ITS
present location would or would not
advance its interests But DO re-
specially and earnestly submit that
the welfare Of this college should not be
made synonymous with the welfare or
the community near which the college
is now located. / have naught by the
friendliest feeling toward the town OF
Bryan. but / do protest that man
nay be loyal friend OF the coileSe /
AMI yet be Of the opinion that it would
flourish TO a greater advantage in an
ether location
Purposes Of the Bonds.
''The same amendment enlarges the
scope of section 50 of article three OF
the constitution The power to issue
bonds for the purposes therein stated I
may be determined by a majority vote I
of the resident property taxpayers, IN /
stead Of by q tWO-tnlrdS vote or those
voting at any election And second !
for the purpose of constructing WORKS I
to prevent Overflows, the bond issue
may equal One-half instead of one
fourth of the valuation of the land
The purposes for which bonds may De I
issued are as follows SUBDIVISION Co B
is so amended as to authorize the con- (
structiOn of bridges and sand-clay, or I
Clay-sand roads in addition to the mac 4
adamiZed, graveled and paved roads /
now authorized The need OF including I
bridges will be apparent 10 everyone I
The provision concerning the sand
clay or clay-saud roads is addressed I
to the needs OF the people Of east and /
northeast Texas in which there are
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gravel, but have deposits of sand-cl2y I
which have been found to make eN-
celent roads. Subdivision CD is added
and that authorizes the construction, I
and operation Of public
warehouses. This question has been
one of intense interest to the rural
sections Of the state for many years
Il has been made political issue III
more than one campaign and has re-
ceived the Overwhelming endorsemeut
of the farmers of Texas ] hope that
Eo man i'm West Texas viii vote against
this provision
West Texas Opportunity.
I'VE of West Texas have frequently
and with some reason.
that the people of East Texas legls-
lated without regard to our interest
they displayed little trace of such
spirit. Let US not be the first to res
urrect that sectional spirit.
Finally, the authority thus con-
ferred to issue bonds is based strictly
on an election held by the people IN
the territory to be affected by the
bond issue, and fl would certainly seem
that the constitution ought not TO
stand as a bar in the way of people
who wish to vote a tax on themselves
for the purpose Of needed public i'm
prOvements.
why sections 40 and 50 should have
been included in one amendment as
more than ] can tell Not particularly
germane to each other except in
general way both concern bond issues
The first four provisions included IN
the amendment are all embodied IN
section 49, and all belong there. The