The Laws of Texas, 1926 [Volume 24] Page: 476 of 1,784
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444 SPECIAL LAWS,
scribed and defined in that certain order of the Commissioners'
Court of Cherokee County, Texas, passed and adopted by said
court on the 9th day of September, 1919, recorded in Book G, page
430 et seq., minutes of the commissioners' court of said county,
a certified copy of which order is on file in the office of the
State Comptroller of Public Accounts, is hereby created and established
as a defined road district in said county, under authority
of Section 52 of Article 3 of the Constitution of the
State of Texas, with like effect as though the metes and bounds
description thereof appeared herein, for the purpose of constructing,
maintaining and operating macadamized, graveled or
paved roads and turnpikes, or in aid thereof, and such district
is hereby made a body corporate and taxing district under the
Constitution and Laws of the State of Texas.
SEC. 2. That the organization and establishment of said
Road District Number 4, of Cherokee County, Texas, by the
commissioners' court of said county, is hereby approved, ratified
and confirmed, and the power and authority of said commissioners'
court to create said territory into a separate road
district and taxing district for the purpose of issuing bonds
for constructing, maintaining and operating macadamized,
graveled or paved roads and turnpikes, or in aid thereof, and
to levy and collect annually a direct general ad valorem tax upon
all of the taxable property therein appearing upon the assessment
rolls for State and county taxes, in payment of such bonds,
be and the same is hereby delegated, ratified, approved and
confirmed.
SEC. 3. That the order adopted by the county commissioners'
court of said county on the 9th day of September, 1919, submitting
to the resident property taxpayers, who were qualified electors
of said road district, at an election, to be held in said road
district on the 11th day of October, 1919, the proposition of issuing
bonds of said road district in the amount of one hundred
twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000.00) and the levy of a tax
upon the taxable property therein to pay interest on said bonds
and provide a sinking fund for the redemption thereof, for the
purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating macadamized,
graveled or paved roads or turnpikes or in aid thereof, and
the notice published and posted at said election, the form of ballot
used thereat and the canvass of the vote cast at said election
as recorded in the minutes of said county commissioners' court,
revealing that a two-thirds majority of such resident qualified
property taxpayers, who were qualified electors, voting on the
proposition voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds and
levy of such tax, are hereby legalized, approved and validated.
SEC. 4. That the order or orders thereafter adopted by the
county commissioners' court of said county authorizing the issuance
of said bonds of said road district, prescribing the date
and maturity thereof, rate of interest borne by the bonds and
place of payment of principal and interest, and fixing form of
bond and coupon, and providing for the levy of an ad valorem
tax upon the taxable property in said road district sufficient
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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/m1/476/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .