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~6 84 SPECIAL LAWS.
both. as the ease may be, and the trustees shall also name and appoint
therein a manager or managers of election, which election
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 or to issue such bonds may 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 the
election herein provided for in the manner now prescribed by law,
and the general election laws of the State of Texas applicable to
voting of taxes and bonds in independent school districts and returns
thereof are hereby made applicable to the independent school
district hereby created.
SEC. 10. The assessor and collector of taxes of the district shall
have the 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 any incorporated
town or village, and he shall receive compensation for his
services in such amount as the board of trustees shall allow, not
to exceed four per centum of the whole amount of taxes received
by him, and he shall give bond, to be approved by the board of
trustees, in double the estimated amount of taxes, coming annually
into his hands, which bond shall be made 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
taxes received by him to the treasurer of said independent school
,district.
S'Ec. 11. When a majority of the board of trustees of said district
prefer to have the taxes of their district assessed by the
,county tax assessor and collected by the county collector, the same
,shall be assessed and collected by slch county officers, and turned
,over to the treasurer of said district for which such taxes shall
have been collected: provided that the property of said district,
when
assessed by the county tax assessor, shall not be assessed at a
greater valuation than that assessed for county and State purposes:
provided, further, that when the county assessor and county collector
are required to assess and collect the taxes of said district,
they shall respectively receive one per centum for assessing and
eollectincr samee.
SEC. 12. Property valuations in said independent school district
:.hall be the same as fixed by the board of trustees thereof, and the
said board of trustees is hereby riven all power and authority now
conferred by law upon rommissione-rs' courts when sitting as
boards of equalization fixing, property values in said district.
SEC. 13. It is hereby expresslv provided that Midway Indenendent
School District as created by this Act shall assume and discharge
any and all indebtedness constituting valid and binding obligations
of Common School District No. 9 of Lynn County, Texas,
as heretofore created and established by the county school trus,
tees of said county.
SEC. 14. Any and all taxes heretofore voted by the qualified
electors of said Common School District No. 9 of Lynn County and
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1923-1925 [Volume 22], book, 1925; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth15500/m1/274/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .