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184 GENERAL AND SPECIAL LAWS.
CAMERON COUNTY-ROAD BONDS VALIDATED.
S. B. No. 460.] CHAPTER 119.
An Act ratifying, confirming, approving and validating certain orders and
notices of the Commissioners' Court of Cameron County, Texas, relating
to the issuance of the bonds of Cameron County in the total sum
of six million dillars, for the purpose of the construction, maintenance
and operation of macadamized, graveled or paved roads or turnpikes,
or in aid thereof, and to the levy of a tax upon all of the taxable property
in said county, for the purpose of paying the interest on said bonds
and providing a sinking fund for the redemption thereof at maturity;
ratifying, confirming, approving and validating, the election at which
such bonds were voted, the notices of said election, the time of the
publication and posting of such notices, and the form of ballot used
'thereat; ratifying, confirming, approving and validating the amount of
bonds fixed in the order of said Commissioners' Court calling said election,
and finding the same to be proper and necessary for the purpose
set forth in said order calling said election, authorizing Cameron County
to issue and sell said bonds and use the proceeds thereof for the
purposes set forth in said order of said Commissioners' Court calling
'said election; declaring said bonds as and when issued and sold to be
the legal, valid and binding obligations of Cameron County; authorizing
Cameron County to levy upon all taxable property in said county
and collect sufficient taxes to pay the interest on said bonds and provide
a sinking fund for the payment of aid bonds at maturity; directing
the Attorney General to approve and certify said bonds as the valid
and binding obligations of Cameron County issued in conformity with
the Constitution and laws; and declaring an emergency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
SECTION 1. Whereas, pursuant to the provisions of Section
52, Article III of the Constitution of this State, and of the several
Acts of the Legislature of this State in aid thereof, there was
held in the County of Cameron, in this State, on the 29th day
of January 1927, an election, at which more than a two-thirds
majority of the resident property taxpayers, being qualified
electors of said county, voting thereon, voted in favor of the
issuance by said county of its bonds in the sum of six million
dollars ($6,000,000.00), for the purpose of the construction,
maintenance and operation of macadamized, graveled or paved
roads and turnpikes, or in aid thereof, and in favor of the levy
of a tax upon all property in said county subject to taxation for
the purpose of paying the interest on said bonds, and providing
a sinking fund for the redemption thereof at maturity.
SEC. 2. Whereas, in and by the order of the Commissioners'
Court of Cameron County, calling said election, the amount of
bonds proposed to be issued was fixed and stated, and there were
therein set forth the purposes for which the proceeds of said
bonds were to be used.
SEC. 3. Whereas, all legal prerequisites to the issuance of
said bonds so voted, have been in all respects fully complied
with, and the construction, improvement, maintenance and operation
of the roads referred to in said order of said court will
-be of great benefit to all of the taxable property in said county.
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1927 [Volume 25], book, 1927; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16125/m1/200/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .