Inventory of county records, Jefferson County Courthouse, Beaumont, Texas, Volume 1 Page: 3
Volume 1 of 3; xii, 175 p. maps ; 28 cm.View a full description of this book.
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which outlines the major offices of county government and their
functions.
COMMISSIONERS COURT
The Commissioners Court serves as the administrative body
of the county. The powers and duties of this body are granted
and limited by the Constitution of the State of Texas. The
court consists of four commissioners, two of whom are elected
every two years. The County Judge, elected from the county as
a whole, presides over the Commissioners Court.1 Two of the
most important powers of the court are the setting of the tax
rate for the county and the approval of the county budget.2
Other duties include providing for the disposition of all
school lands granted to the county; providing for necessary
public buildings and their repair; conducting elections; establishing
and maintaining roads, bridges, and ferries; auditing and
settling accounts against the county; providing for the support
of paupers and mentally incompetent persons unable to support
themselves;3 and serving as a board of equalization of state
and county tax assessments.4 The Commissioners Court possesses
powers usually thought of as separate in American government
since it has judicial, executive, and limited legislative
power.
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Jefferson County Historical Commission (Tex.). Inventory of county records, Jefferson County Courthouse, Beaumont, Texas, Volume 1, book, 1979; Denton, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25204/m1/16/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.