Journal of the Senate of Texas being the Third Called Session of the Forty-Third Legislature Page: 26
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26 SENATE JOURNAL.
tem., shall be selected by the di- jority of the members of the board
rectors. of directors.
Sec. 6. The directors shall have ec. 9. The board of directors
shall provide for bonds to be given
authority to adopt a seal, and to by the general manager and other
adopt by-laws providing for the time officers and employees of the dis-
and place of regular meetings, and trict into whose hands any funds of
the manner and method of calling the district shall come or be paid,
special meetings and giving notice which bonds shall be executed by a
thereof; providing for the selection surety company authorized to do
of a general manager and delegation business in the State, as surety there-
to him of any such duties and powers of; and the district shall be author-
as the board may desire to confer ized to pay the premiums on such
upon such general manager, in ad- bonds.
dition to those powers prescribed Sec. 10. The directors shall re-
herein. ceive as fees of office a sum of not
Sec. 7. A general manager shall to exceed Ten ($10.00) Dollars per
be selected by the board of directors, day for each day spent in attending
who shall be the general executive meetings of the board, plus their nec-
officer of the district, and said board essary traveling expenses and hotel
of directors shall also select a chief bills, provided such fees are fixed by
engineer and general attorney, all la vote of the board of directors. They
subject to the approval of the State shall file with the secretary a veri-
Board of Water Engineers. Such fled statement showing the actual
officers shall conduct all of the busi- number of days of service each
ness of the corporation and shall month on the last day of each
have full authority in the manage- month, or as soon thereafter as pos-
ment and operation of the district, sible, and before a warrant shall be
subject only to the orders of the issued therefor. The directors may
State Board of Water Engineers. The also provide for compensation to be
term of office and compensation to be paid the members of the State Board
paid to such officers shall be fixed by of Water Engineers for services ren-
the board of directors, subject to the dered by them to the district, pro-
approval of the State Board of Water vided the compensation paid the
Engineers, and all such officers may members of such board shall not ex-
be removed by the board of directors, ceed the sum of Two Thousand
subject to the approval of the Board ($2,000.00) Dollars per annum to
of Water Engineers. The compensa- each member thereof, and any such
tion of all other employees and sum shall be in addition to the salary
agents shall be fixed by the general and compensation now provided by
manager, subject to the aproval of law for the members of said board.
the Board of Water Engineers. Sec. 11. The domicile of the dis-
Sec. 8. The general manager, on trict is fixed at Austin, Travis
approval of the Board of Water Engi- County, Texas, where the board shall
neers, may enter into contracts in maintain a regular office in charge
the name of the district, make agree- of its general manager, who shall
ments binding on the district, and cause to be kept a true and correct
generally manage all of the affairs of account of all proceedings, and pre-
the district, provided only that all serve all contracts, records, notes,
construction contracts, contracts for accounts, receipts and records of all
the sale of land and sale of water kinds, the same to be the property
shall be approved by the State Board of the district. The monies of the
of Water Engineers, and aproved district shall be disbursed only on
as to form by the engineer and checks signed by the general man-
general attorney of the district; and, ager and countersigned by the sec-
provided further, that the sale of retary, both of whom shall give bond
all or a major portion of the prop- in such amount as may be fixed by
erty of the district, and the mort- the board of directors and approved
gaging or encumbering thereof, the by the Board of Water Engineers for
issuance of bonds, notes or other the faithful performance of their
negotiable instruments of indebted- duties and correct accounting of all
ness of the district shall only be valid Ifunds passing through their hands.
when authorized by a vote of a ma- Sec. 12. The board of directors
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