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FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE-REGULAR SESSION. 21
The Committee shall in turn deliver such written statement and
recommendation of such Engineer to the Commissioners Courts.
They may add in writing their approval or disapproval or a
suggestion for such changes as they deem appropriate, provided
such work shall not be performed unless and until said
Commissioners Courts have authorized the same. The Commissions
Courts are hereby forbidden to use or apply materials,
machinery, equipment, etc., to a private as distinguished
from a public purpose.
SEC. 6d. Said Engineer shall, as soon as possible after the
pasage of this Act and at the end of every three months, make
a complete inventory and appraisement of all tools, machinery,
equipment, materials, trucks, cars, teams, wagons and other
property owned by the Second Class Road and Bridge Fund
and transmit the same in written form to the Commissioners
Courts which shall be kept as a "Permanent Inventory Record,"
and when any of said tools, machinery, trucks, cars, teams,
wagons and other property and equipment becomes unusable,
the Engineer shall, by written report, state such fact, and the
reasons that so make it, to the said "Standing Committee" with
his recommendation; such "Standing Committee" shall take
said report to the Commissioners Courts with such recommendations
as it deems advisable, and the Commissioners Courts
shall have authority to dispose of same as they deem best. He
shall, when in his opinion it is necessary to purchase additional
machinery, supplies, teams, tools and other equipment and
materials, make a report of same showing the necessity therefor,
together with his recommendation thereon, to the "Road
and Bridge Standing Committee," which shall in turn present
same to the Commissioners Courts which shall have authority
to act thereon; said "Standing Committee" may add its written
recommendation to said Engineer's report. When tools,
machinery, permanent supplies, trucks, cars, teams, wagons
and other property and equipment become unusable or are
disposed of or taken out of service and, likewise, when new
tools, machinery, permanent supplies, trucks, cars, teams,
wagons and other property and equipment are purchased or
acquired as herein specified, the same shall be shown on the
"Permanent Inventory Record."
SEC 6e. The County Engineer shall have, and is hereby
given supervision and direction over the County Convict Camp
and/or any other road camp, and the same shall be used at all
times on such work in any part of the county, regardless of
precinct lines, as will be to the best advantage of the County
road work, and all supplies, equipment and materials in connection
with the operation and maintenance of said camp shall
come under the rules and provisions herein prescribed for
other supplies, materials and machinery; provided, however,
the Commissioners Courts shall have the power to discontinue
the use of convicts on road work.
SEC. 6f. The County Engineer shall have, and is hereby
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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/m1/451/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .