The Laws of Texas, 1921 [Volume 21] Page: 428 of 1,670
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24 SPECIAL LAWS.
SEC. 3. The Stamford County Line Independent School District,
as created by this Act, shall have and exercise, and is hereby vested,
with all the rights, powers, privileges, and duties of a town or
village incorporated under the General Laws of the State for free
school purposes only, and the board of trustees of said Stamford
County Line Independent School District shall have and exercise,
and are hereby vested and charged with all of the rights, powers,
privileges, and duties conferred and imposed by the General Laws
of this State upon the trustees of independent school districts incorporated
under the General Laws of Texas for free school purposes
only.
SEC. 4. All maintenance taxes heretofore voted or bonds heretofore
issued by any former school district, or school districts included
within the bounds of the Stamford County Line Independent School
District, as herein created, shall remain in full force and effect in so
far as the creation of this district might in any manner affect the
same; and any territory taken from any districts having an outstanding
bonded indebtedness shall remain and be chargeable with
its pro rata part of such indebtedness.
SEC. 5. The board of trustees of the Stamford County Line Independent
School District shall have power to levy, ,assess, and
collect taxes for free school purposes for the year 1921, and annually
thereafter as provided by law.
SEC. 6. The board of trustees of the Stamford County Line Independent
School District as hereby created shall have the right
in the name of the Stamford County Line Independent School District
to receive, convey, take, sell, hold, transfer, and dispose of
both real and personal property.
SEC. 7. That Chapter 2 of the Special Laws of Texas passed at
the Second Called Session of the Thirty-first Legislature and all
amendments thereto, are hereby specifically repealed.
SEC. 8. The board of trustees provided for in this Act shall
provide for elementary schools to be retained, as far as practicable,
at the present locations of schools affected by this Act, and shall
provide uniform buildings and equipment for said schools, and the
board of trustees of said district shall arrange an annual wage
schedule for the teachers employed in any such school that shall
be as nearly uniform as possible. It is herein expressly provided
that the instruction in these elementary schools shall embrace the
first seven grades of school work as outlined in the course of study
issued by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction of the
State of Texas.
SEC. 9. Chapter 44, Special and Local Laws of the State of Texas,
passed by the Thirty-seventh Legislature at its Regular Session,
is hereby in all things repealed.
SEC. 10. The fact that there exists an urgent need for more
efficient control and co-operation for school purposes in said district
creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity that
the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
days be suspended, and the rule is hereby suspended, anl this Act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and it
is so enacted.
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1921 [Volume 21], book, 1921; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14933/m1/428/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .