Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-25

Proposed Amendment To the State Con-
stitution, Amending Articles Xl,
Section IA, OF the Constitution
Providing for Authorizing Counties
Bordering on the Gulf OF Mexico to
Build Seawalls.
Senate Joint Resolution.
Is. ]. II. No. 22.)
To amend Section Z, OF Article XI. OF
the Constitution OF the State OF
Texas authorizing counties bordering
on the Gulf OF Mexico to build sea
walls by adding Section Ia. so as to
authorize such counties to build sea
walls and designate seawall reclami-
ton districts for the protection OF
life and property from storm over
flow, and 10 build or condemn land
Tor seawall and reclamation districts.
the county to have States title 10
the roads and bay shore line to low
tide within the district, and the right
TO issue district bonds for acquiring
and developing the district and build.
ing the seawalls, and when district
is developed as townsite TO sell such
portions of the land as not reserved
for public use by the county.
Be II resolved by the Legislature a. the
State OF Texas:
That the following amendment to
he Constitution OF the State o. Texas
be proposed to the voters of the State
OF Texas for their adoption in accord.
ance with law. and that the Constitu.
tion OF the State of Texas be amended
so as to add Section Ia OF Article ri.
and that Section "a OF Article XI shall
read as follows, to-wit:
Section "a. Where protection against
the waters of the Gulf OF Mexico is need
ed for protection Of life. health, prop
erty the seawall. any county bordering
on the Gulf of Mexico may acquire Il.
tie to the land for said seawall or sea.
wall reclamation district as designated
by the County Commissioners Court
by purchase or condemnation of all the
land desired for seawall and land for
the seawall reclamation district from
the seawall to bay shore tide line boun.
dairy of the property abutting on the
bay, and the State hereby cedes to the
county, for such district, for reclama.
ton and general uses OF the district.
the title to bay shore lands in the dis.
trict between the property tide line
boundary and the low tide line of the
bay shore, and any land in the recla.
nation district that may have been
retained by the Republic of Texas of
tori the State for roads when the lands
adjacent were plated and sold. and
the county is given the right to dredge
In the bay or in the gulf for fill for the
district, and right to sell the land
when reclaimed and laid off as town.
site or otherwise, and where condem.
nation is used to acquire the land the
proceedings to be as under the
statutes for condemnation for rail.
roads, provided that the condemnation
shall vest title In fee in the county and
county may issue bonds or other evi.
dence Of district Indebtedness for &C
quiring the property. building the sea
wall, reclamation developments and all
incident thereto as expenses of sea
wall and reclamation district, with lien
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as county, through its Commission
ers' Court may deem best, and the
County Commissioners Court shall ap
point two persons who are owners OF
land within the district who desire
to sell for reclamation and buy back
from the county when reclaimed. who
with the county Judge as chairman
shall continue a seawall reclamation
district commission, whose compensa
tion shall be fixed by the court, and
this commission has power to make all
rules and regulation for acquiring the
land of district seawall building, re-
claiming and plating land of district
issuing bonds or other evidence Of In
debtedness for same, subject, however
to all such rules, regulations and acts