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20 GENERAL AND SPECIAL LAWS.
liquidating in character and may be made self-supporting and
return the construction cost thereof within a reasonable period,
by means of tolls, rents, fees, assessments or other charges
other than by taxation, and such navigation districts shall be
deemed as coming originally within the scope of this Act, and
none of the proceedings provided in Section 93 hereof shall be
required of them as a prerequisite to the exercise of the rights,
powers, privileges and benefits of this Act."
SEC. 2. That Section 77 of Chapter 27 of the General and
Special Laws passed by the 42nd Legislature at its 3rd Called
Session, approved September 21, 1932, be amended so as to read
hereafter as follows:
"Section 77. Such districts shall have all the rights, power
and authority herein granted, subject to the provisions of this
law, and shall have all the authority granted by General or
Special Law to navigation districts, and shall also have the
fullest powers consistent with the State Constitution for the
regulation of wharfage and of all facilities of or pertaining to
ports and waterways within such navigation district, and shall
have the right to assess and collect charges for the use of all
facilities acquired or constructed in accordance with the provisions
hereof, and to apply all amounts so collected to the
maintenance and operation of the business of such districts and
for the purpose of making themselves self-supporting and financially
solvent and retiring the construction cost of their improvements
within a reasonable period, and in addition to their
authority granted herein to pay the principal and interest of
their bonds by means of an ad valorem tax, such districts are
hereby granted full power and authority to enter into valid
and binding contracts to apply such revenues, over and above
their maintenance and operation costs, as may be derived from
all sources of whatsoever kind or character, other than by
taxation, authorized under this Act, to the payment of principal
and interest of their bonds issued in accordance with the
provisions of the laws of the State of Texas; and to make contracts
with the United States Government or any department,
bureau or agency thereof for loans and grants upon such terms
and conditions as may be necessary to comply with the regulations
and requirements of such departments, bureaus or agencies
under the provisions of the "National Industrial Recovery
Act" and other Federal Laws now in force or which may be
enacted hereafter; and it is hereby specifically provided that
writs of mandamus shall issue from Courts of competent jurisdiction
to compel the Board of Navigation and Canal Commissioners
or other governing bodies of such districts to apply
such revenues in accordance with the terms of the contracts
so entered into with the Federal Emergency Administrator of
Public Works or other department, bureau or agency of the
United States Government, and likewise writ of injunction may
issue to restrain such Navigation and Canal Commissioners or
other governing bodies of such districts from violating the
terms and provisions of such contracts; and all contracts here-
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1934-1935 [Volume 29], book, 1935; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17292/m1/30/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .