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16 GENERAL AND SPECIAL LAWS.
any obligation; repealing Sections 2, G and 7 of Senate Bill No. 74.
Chapter 186, G(neral Laws of the Regular Session, 39th Legislature;
providing ror the repeal of any and all laws or parts of laws in conflict
with the provisions of this Act; providing that any portion of this
Act that may be declared invalid shall not affect any other portion or
portions; and declaring an emergency.
Whereas, the ownership and control of all designated State
Highways are vested in the State, and the construction and
maintenance of same are functions of the State; and,
Whereas, the State, over a period of years, by legislative
enactment, exercised such powers and functions through the
several counties and defined road districts of the State as its
agencies for said purposes, and later resumed full and sole
administrative control of, and jurisdiction over, the laying out,
establishment, construction and maintenance of all public roads
which were, or might become, a part of the system of designated
State Highways, and vested in the State Highway Department
such full and sole control and jurisdiction; and,
Whereas, at all of such times an economic necessity existed
for speedily developing and extending the system of designated
State Highways; and,
Whereas, the State lacked sufficient funds to adequately
prosecute said purpose, and the counties and defined road districts
of the State, pursuant to authority of the Legislature,
aided the State in the development, construction and maintenance
of said system of State Highways, and furnished and contributed
money to the State, through the issuance of bonds and
warrants and otherwise lending their credit for said State improvements.
all for the use and benefit of the State, which
retained full administrative control of, and jurisdiction over,
such roads and the State now desires tor take over and acquire
and/or purchase and retain all interest and equities of the
various counties and defined road districts in and to such roads
which constitute and comprise a part of the system of designated
State Highways; and to reimburse, compensate and repay
said counties and defined road districts to the extent and in the
manner hereinafter set out for the cost incurred by said
agencies in thus aiding the State.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
SECTION 1. It is hereby expressly recognized and declared
that all highways now or heretofore constituting a part of the
system of State Highways which have been constructed in whole
or in part from the proceeds of bnds, warrants or other evidence
of indebtedness issued by counties of the State of Texas
or by defined road districts of the State of Texas under the
laws authorizing the same. have been and are, and will continue
to be. beneficial to the State of Texas at large. and have contributed,
and will contribute, substantially to the general welfare,
settlement and development of the entire State. and that,
by reason of the foregoing, a heavy and undue burden vasC
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1931-1933 [Volume 28], book, 1933; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17293/m1/244/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .