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82 GENERAL AND SPECIAL LAWS.
proaches shall be the property of the State, and after the completion
thereof shall be maintained and operated by the State
Highway Commission.
SEC. 7. The moneys for the construction of such bridge
contributed by Jefferson County from the proceeds of the
county bond issue herein authorized and the moneys apportioned
by the State Highway Commission from the State Highway
Fund, shall constitute a special fund for the construction
of such bridge and its approaches, and for no other purpose,
and such special fund when created shall and is hereby appropriated
for use for such purpose. Any moneys obtained from
such agency or such agencies shall likewise be used for such
purpose and in accordance with the Acts of Congress and the
regulations announced by such agency or agencies.
SEC. 8. All laws and parts of laws, general, local and special
in conflict with any of the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed to the extent of such conflict. Section 4 of Chapter
13 of the Acts of the Forty-second Legislature, Third Called
Session, is expressly repealed in so far as it might prohibit
Jefferson County from aiding in the construction of such bridge
as is herein authorized because forming a part of a State
Highway, but said law is not repealed otherwise. All local or
special laws applicable to Jefferson County are likewise repealed
to the extent they are in conflict herewith.
SEC. 9. In event any section, paragraph, sentence, clause
or phrase of this Act is unconstitutional, the remaining parts
of the law shall remain undisturbed, it being the legislative
intent that the remaining parts of the law would have been
enacted without including such unconstitutional provision or
provisions.
SEC. 10. In event the election for such bond issue of Jefferson
County shall not be called for a date within forty-five
(45) days after this Act shall take effect, or in the event said
bond election, so called, shall fail to carry, or in the event
actual construction of said bridge has not been commenced by
March 1, 1937, the authority granted by this Act shall not
thereafter be exercised.
SEC. 11. The Highway Commission or any contractor who
employs labor for the construction of such bridge is hereby
required to give preference to persons who are on relief rolls
or otherwise unemployed; this shall include office or clerical
work incident to such construction, excepting the key workers
of the contractor; the aforesaid unemployed persons and those
on relief rolls shall have preference provided they are capable
of efficiently rendering the proper service in the various
classifications of labor under which they are employed and in
the event there are not sufficient persons with the proper
qualifications as aforesaid, then the contractor shall employ
qualified workers who reside in the locality where such bridge
or bridges are to be constructed and any contract expressly
entered into by the Highway Department hereunder shall impose
upon the contractor the obligation to give preference in
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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/m1/499/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .