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28 LOCAL AND SPECIAL LAWS.
trict, are hereby in all respects legalized and validated; that
the action of the boards of equalization and the action of the
board of commissioners are hereby ratified, legalized and validated;
that the values placed upon said property for the purposes
of taxation by said district, and the taxes collected thereon
and levied against the property within said districts are hereby
found and fixed as proper amounts and are constituted the basis
for such taxation, and the assessments and levy of such taxes
for the year 1929, and all previous years, is hereby legalized,
and said taxes in an amount sufficient to pay the principal on
and interest of said bonds outstanding, as well as for the maintenance
and operation of said district, shall beginning with the
calendar year 1930 be annually levied and assessed by the board
of equalization of said district, calculated upon the values of
taxable property in said district as fixed by the board of equalization
and the power to levy such annual, general ad valorem
taxes is hereby expressly delegated to the commissioners of
said district, or the Commissioners' Court of Brazoria County
and the commissioners of said district, or Commissioners' Court
of Brazoria County are hereby authorized to take all proper
steps necessary to collect any delinquent taxes heretofore accruing
before the conversion of said district, the same as if said
district had been originally created as a drainage district under
Article 16, Section 59 of the Constitution.
SEC. 9. That the action of the Commissioners' Court in originally
creating and establishing said district as aforesaid, the
action of the board of equalization in examining and correcting
equalizing and approving the assessment rolls, the action of the
board of county commissioners and drainage commissioners in
levying and providing for the collection of taxes, all have constituted
an equitable imposition of taxes against the property
in said district, and each and every of said respective actions is
hereby validated, confirmed and legalized.
SEC. 10. That the orders of the Commissioners' Court of
Brazoria County, above cited, the orders of the board of drainage
commissioners of said district above cited, and all other
orders adopted by the Commissioners' Court and by the board
of drainage commissioners in respect to the creation and organization
of said district and the authorization, issuance and sale
of said bonds and the levying and assessing of taxes as the same
appear upon the records of said board, or copies thereof duly
certified, are hereby constituted legal evidence of such orders
and shall be authority for said board of drainage commissioners
or county commissioners to annually levy, assess and collect
taxes in an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest
upon said bonds as the same matures and becomes due, as
well as taxes for the maintenance and operation of the district,
such taxes to be levied and assessed based upon the assessed
value of taxable property in said district as fixed by the board
of equalization thereof in accordance with existing laws, that
any and all acts and proceedings had and taken by said board
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1929-1931 [Volume 27], book, 1931; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16362/m1/342/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .