The Laws of Texas, 1925 [Volume 23] Page: 134 of 822
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122 SPECIAL LAWS.
ing voters voting at an election to be held for that purpose,
shall have voted in favor of the levying of said tax or the issuance
of said bonds or both as the case may be; provided that
the specific rate of tax need not be determined at such election.
SEC. 9. The election provided for in the preceding section
hereof, shall be ordered by the trustees on the petition of at
least ten property tax paying voters of said Fivemile Independent
School District, at any time not less than thirty days from
the date of the ordered election; or said election may be ordered
by the board of trustees on their own motion and initiative,
which order shall state the date when and the place where election
shall be held, the amount of tax to be levied, or the amount
of bonds to be issued, as the case may be, and the trustees shall
also name and appoint therein the manager or managers of said
election, which shall be held as nearly as may be possible in conformity
with the General Election Laws of the State; provided,
that when a proposition to levy such tax shall be defeated, no
election for that purpose shall again be ordered until after the
expiration of one year. The trustees shall give public notice of
such election herein provided for by placing notices of the same
three different places in said incorporated district at least twenty
days before the election; which notice shall state the time and
place of the election, and the amount of tax to be levied, or the
amount of bonds to be issued, or both, as the case may be.
SEC. 10. No person shall vote at such election unless such
person be a qualified voter under the Constitution and laws of
this State, and a property tax payer in said Fivemile Independent
School District; and those in favor of the levying of such tax,
or the issuance of such bonds shall write or print on their ballot
"For the Tax," or "For the Bonds and the Tax," as the case may
be; and those against levying of such tax, or the issuance of such
bonds, shall write or print on their ballots "Against the Tax," or
"Against the Bonds and Tax," as the case may be, and due returns
thereof shall be made to said trustees within ten days
after the day of election, and the request thereof shall be recorded
by said trustees in a well bound book to be kept for that
purpose.
SEC. 11. The assessor and collector of taxes of the district
shall have the same power, and shall perform the same duties
with reference to the assessment and collection of taxes for free
school purposes that are now conferred by law upon the city
marshal of an incorporated town or village, and he shall receive
such compensation for his services as the board of trustees shall
allow, not to exceed four per cent of the whole amount of taxes
received by him; and he shall give bonds, to be approved by said
board of trustees, double the estimated amount of taxes coming
annually into his hands, payable to the president of the board of
trustees and to his successors in office, conditioned for the faithful
discharge of his duties and the payment of the amount of
taxes received by him to the treasurer of said independent school
district.
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1925 [Volume 23], book, 1925; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15499/m1/134/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .