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SPECIAL LAWS. 71
SEC. 7. The trustees chosen under this Act shall meet within
ten days after the election, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable
for the purpose of organizing, a majority of said board of
trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business,
excepting levying taxes and ordering bond election, when
two-thirds of the trustees shall constitute a quorum, and they
shall choose from their number a president; and they shall also
choose a secretary, a treasurer and assessor and collector of
taxes, and other necessary officers and committees.
SEC. 8. The trustees of said Clauene Independent School district
shall have power to levy and collect an annual ad valorem
tax as is or may be provided by law for the.maintenance of the
public free schools, therein, and a tax of and not exceeding the
limit, as now fixed or may hereafter be adopted, on the one hundred
($100.00) dollars of taxable property within said district
for the purpose of creating, constructing, repairing and equipping,
or either, of public free school buildings, within the limits
of said Clauene Independent School District; and of purchasing
sites therefor. Said trustees shall have power to issue coupon
bonds of said district for building purposes, and to equip such
buildings, which bonds shall be payable not exceeding forty years
from their date, in such sums as they shall deem expedient, to
bear interest not to exceed five per centum per annum; provided
however, that when such buildings are to be constructed of
wooden material, the bonds herein provided shall not run for a
longer period than twenty years; provided that the aggregate
amount of bonds for the above named purposes shall never reach
such amount that the tax as now fixed by law or may be hereafter
adopted on the one hundred ($100.00) dollars valuation of taxable
property within said district shall not be sufficient to pay the
current interest and create a sinking fund sufficient to pay the
principal .at maturity; and provided further that no such tax
shall be levied and no such bonds shall be issued until an election
shall have been held within said district wherein a majority of
the property tax-paying voters, voting at an election to be held
for that purpose shall have voted in favor of the levying of the
tax or the issuance of such bonds, or both, as the case may be;
provided that the specific rates of tax need not be determined at
said 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 Clauene Independent
School District, at any time not less than thirty days from the
order of the 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 the 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 a manager or managers of such election,
which shall be held as nearly as possible in conformity with the
General Election Laws of the State; provided, that when a
proposition to levy such tax or issue such bonds may be de-
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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/m1/83/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .