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44 SPECIAL LAWS.
CREATING THE MINERAL WELLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
DISTRICT IN PALO PINTO COUNTY.
S. B. No. 79.] CHAPTER 14.
An Act creating the Mineral Wells Independent School District in Palo
Pinto County, Texas, defining its boundaries; divorcing the school from
the city of Mineral Wells, and divesting the property out of the city
of Mineral Wells, and into the board of trustees of said district; providing
for a board of trustees, their election and term of office; providing
that the present board of trustees of the Mineral Wells Independent
'School District be the board of trustees of this district herein
created, and the terms of office of said trustees shall expire as heretofore,
when their successors have been elected and qualified; authorizing
the board of trustees to elect from their number a president and
secretary, said president and secretary having the authority to administer
oaths and affirmations when acting in their official capacity; and
authorizing said board of trustees to appoint a board of equalization.
-a tax assessor and collector and a treasurer and fix bond for same; the
trustees to exercise all the rights, and powers conferred by General Laws
on trustees, giving to said district, all the rights, powers, privileges
and duties of a town or village incorporated for school purposes only,
and vesting in said board of trustees all such powers, rights, privileges
and duties given or imposed by general law upon the trustees of independent
school districts; validating and continuing in force the local
maintenance tax heretofore voted in any part of said district as herein
created, until the voters shall increase, diminish or abolish said tax;
providing that any tax provided by General Law or by this Act and
voted on during the year 1921, shall be collected for 1921 as maintenance
tax and all subsequent years, and may be levied, assessed and
collected on or before January 31, after such election, and annually
thereafter, as provided by general law until changed by a vote of the
District; and providing that the outstanding bonds against the Mineral
Wells Independent School District as it existed before this act, shall be
paid by levying a tax against said property in said independent district
as it existed when said bonds were voted; providing that other
territory may be added to said district and also for the collection of
delinquent taxes; providing for the appointment of a person to take
the census of all children within the district for any scholastic year;
providing for special tax elections and the election of officers of said
district; and providing for the cancellation of contracts with and discharge
.of teachers on ,proof of unbecoming conduct, inffieciency,
neglect of duty, incompetency or other fault; providing that if any part
of this act is held ineffective or unconstitutional the remaining parts
shall not be invalidated, and declaring an emergency.
Be it enactedl by the Legislatwre of the State of Texas:
SECTION 1. That there is. hereby created and established the
Mineral Wells Independent School District for school purposes
only, of Palo Pinto County, Texas, including all of the present
Miileral Wells Independent School District and other lands and
territory adjacent thereto and is described by metes and bounds as
follows:
Beginning at the N. W. corner of T.
thence East with the N. lines of T.
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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/m1/448/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .