Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-08-18
SHOW INCREASE
IN STATE and
COUNTY TAXES
Special Road Tax Response
bic for County Increase.
Regular County Tax Low
: cred s Cents

State and county rates. passed today
by the commissioners court show
slight increase over last year. the IN
crease for the county being due 10 the
special road tax voted to take care of
the bonds voted on June 10.
The state tax this year will hc a.
rcntS-an increase of l.; cents over last
Year. The regular county tax rate.
which has prevailed since and including
ihr year 1919. will he lowered q cents.
but on account of the special road tax
fo axe care Of road bonds issued dur
in- the year il will lie necessary % in
crease the connty TAX q cents. making
tho total for the county III cents. Tn"
county tax for the years 1919. 1920
and 1921 has been ~ cents, and would
this wear lie "a cents. il il were not nee
cs:ary TO add II cents to the rate o.
take care Of the road bond issues.
Drainage District No. =, whirh last
year had a total tax rate of Sl.Gp. will
have ~ CENTS this year. aud Drainage
District No. =. which last year had Sl..h
will fhis year he lowered to Sl.2J The
-cmmis sSioners also levied school taxes
for the los FrrSnos Independent Dis
tri~t amounting to 10 cents.
Following il the county lax rate for
the wear:
General Fund NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Tick Eradication ..................n nl
Road aud Fridge Maintenance. 10
Roads and Bridge Bonds and
Warrants IL
Special Road Tax. 1922 Bonds .. .12
Jury Tax ..-...........-o -oi
Court House and Jail. 1911 ... %
Permanent improvements .... 10
Following is portion of the or,le,
fixing the tax rate. IA passed 10y the
commissioners court:
And there H. further levied and n
Ses>ed upon every person. firm. corpr-
ration ar association of persons pursr-
ing an occupation for whrh n tax is
provided hy the statutes. the statutory
amount Of the occupation tax provided
aud all the laws AMI statutes relating
thereto are hereby adopted and made
part hereof
1T is further ordered that a POLL tax
of One and 1l-lOo dollars Isl 75l shah
be levied and collected from every per
son between the ages of iwcnty-onc
aud sixty years. residents within the
county on the first day of January. I9.c-
not including persons insane. blind.
coma, deaf and dumb. or who have lost
one hand or foot. in the amount nf one
dollar (xl.ml for the benefit "f N.
state free schools. fifty (Jnl cents of
said levy for state general revenue pur-
poses and twenty-five 90 cents for
county purposes.
1t is further ordered that 4 tax of
fifty 90 cents each one hundred
fSi0n dollars valuation br ami IN,
same now hereby j. levied upon All the
properties within Cameron County
S'h"ol District Number Nine 90 IN
Cameron County. Texas. the same being
for Maintenance purposes for said COM
mon school district Number Nine
III iS further ordered that n tax oi
s"venty-five ii!,i cents on each one hun
drcd fSln0l dollars valuation bc and the
same - now hereby levied upon all the
properties within Common School Dis
tr''t Number Eighteen (lSi of Cameron
County. Texas: sixfy-fivr cents If said
levy being for maintenance and ten
cents for interest and sinking fund.