The Laws of Texas, 1913-1914 [Volume 16] Page: 418 of 1,574
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408 GENERAL LAWS.
have attached the company seal; and such power of attorney shall remain
on file in said office. All such official bonds shall be deposited
with the district depository and be preserved by it as the property of
said district.
SEC. 104. All meetings of the irrigation directors shall be held at
the regular office of the district. All vouchers issued for the payment
of any funds of the district shall be signed by at least four directors
and shall refer to the book and page of the minutes allowing such
account. All vouchers shall be issued from a regular duplicate book
retaining a duplicate which shall be preserved. The directors shall have
kept a complete book of accounts for such district, and shall, on June
first of each year select a competent auditor who shall examine the
accounts, books and reports of the depository, the assessor and collector
and the Directors, and make a full report thereon a copy of which shall
be filed with the depository and a copy with the Directors and one with
the 'county clerk of the county or counties in which such district is
situated. Such report shall be filed by September 1st of each year.
SEC. 105. The Act of the Twenty-ninth Legislature, being Chapter
50 of the Acts of 1905, and being Articles 5012 to 5107 inclusive of
Chapter 3, Title 73 of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas
is hereby repealed. All irrigation districts heretofore organized under
the terms and in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, are
hereby expressly declared to be validly created, organized, described and
defined, with boundaries as prescribed by the order of the commissioners'
court organizing the same, or as the same have since been changed
by the board of directors thereof, in the manner provided in the said
Act. Such districts, however, shall hereafter be governed by the provisions
of this Act; provided, however, that the duly constituted and
qualified officers of such district shall continue to perform the duties of
such officers until the next general election held under the provisions of
this Act.
SEC. 106. The fact that the present law relating to the establishment
and maintenance of Irrigation Districts in the State of Texas is
indefinite and uncertain, and that a definite and certain law for the
establishment and maintenance of same would be of great benefit to the
State, constitute an emergency, and an imperative public necessity that
the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days
be suspended, and also that this Act take effect from and after its nassage,
and it is so enacted.
[NOTE.-H. B. No. 123 passed thq Hotuse of Representatives March 15,
1913, but no vote given; and House concurred in Senate amendments,
March 29, 1913. but no vote given; and passed the Senate with amendments
by a two-thirds vote, yeas 23, nays 2.]
Approved April 9, 1913.
Takes effect 90 days after adjournment.
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1913-1914 [Volume 16], book, 1914; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth10838/m1/418/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .