The Laws of Texas, 1923-1925 [Volume 22] Page: 462 of 1,648
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452 SPECIAL LAWS.
tion; 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; and the amount
of tax to be levied, or the amount of bonds to be issued, or both, as
the case 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 elections 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
ihm, 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 succeeessors in office conditioned for
the 7a.ithful discharge of his duties, and the payment of the taxes
received by him to the treasurer of said independent school district.
SEC. 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 such county officers, and turned
over to the treasurer of said district for which such taxes Qhall 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 collecting
same.
SEC. 12. Property valuations in said independent school district
shall be the same as fixed by the board of trustees thereof, and
the said board of trustees is hereby given all power and authority
now conferred by law upon commissioners' courts when sitting as
boards of equalization fixing property values in said district.
SEC. 13. It is hereby expressly provided that Grassland Independent
School District as created by this Act shall assume and
discharge any and all indebtedness constituting valid and binding
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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/m1/462/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .