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2 SPECIAL LAWS.
SEC. 5. That all proceedings and orders made by the Board
of Trustees of said Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent
School District passed since the consolidation of said districts
are hereby validated.
SEC. 6. That all orders and proceedings made by the Board
of County School Trustees of Starr County, Texas, subsequent
to the consolidation election held in said districts on August
9th, 1926, and pertaining to the consolidation of said common
school districts and said independent school district and the formation
of said Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School
District, are hereby in all things validated.
SEC. 7. That said Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent
School District shall have and exercise, and is hereby vested
with all the rights, powers and privileges of a town or village
incorporated under the General Laws of the State of Texas for
free school purposes only, and the board of trustees of said consolidated
independent school district shall have and exercise and
is hereby vested with all the rights, powers and privileges conferred
and imposed by the General Laws of this State upon the
trustees of independent school districts, including the right and
power to levy taxes and to issue bonds for said district for the
purpose for which bonds are authorized under the General Laws
but said district shall not be subject to the limitation provided
by the General Laws upon the rate of maintenance and bond
taxes, but said Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School
District shall have the right and power to levy taxes at the rate
of not exceeding, for any one year, one and one-half (11/.) per
cent of the total assessed valuation of all taxable property within
said consolidated district for the purpose of the maintenance
of the public free schools within said district, and for the further
purpose of the payment of all necessary expenses, salaries,
contracts and insurance premiums, of whatsoever character, as
are and may be deemed advisable and expedient by the board of
trustees of said district for the benefit and best interests of said
district and the public free schools therein; and, said Rio Grande
City Consolidated Independent School District shall have the
right and power to levy taxes at the rate of not exceeding, for
any one year, one and one-half (11/2) per cent of the total assessed
valuation of all taxable property within said consolidated
district for the purpose of paying the current interest on and to
provide a sinking fund or funds sufficient to pay the principal
of any and all bonds issued and to be issued by said consolidated
district for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, repairing
and equipping public free school buildings within said district
and purchasing sites therefor; provided, however, that the aggregate
amount of maintenance tax together with the bond tax
of said district shall never exceed, for any one year, one and
one-half (11/2) per cent of the total assessed valuation of all taxable
property within said consolidated district; and provided
further, that before any maintenance taxes or bonds taxes may
be levied, such maintenance and bond taxes shall be or shall have
been previously authorized by a vote of a majority of the quali-
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1926 [Volume 24], book, 1926; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16124/m1/34/?rotate=270: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .