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FORTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE--FIRST CALLED SESSION. 1749
several days be, and the same is, hereby suspended, and that
this Act shall be in force and effect from and after its passage,
and it is so enacted.
[NOTE.-S. B. No. 10 passed the Senate, June 16, 1937, by a
vote of 28 yeas, 0 nays; passed the House, with amendments,
June 17, 1937, by a vote of 107 yeas, 12 nays; Senate refused
to concur in House amendments, June 21, 1937, and Conference
Committee appointed; Senate adopted Conference Committee report,
June 23, 1937, by a vote of 21 yeas, 2 nays; House adopted
Conference Committee report, June 23, 1937, by a vote of 122
yeas, 0 nays.]
Approved July 12, 1937.
Effective July 12, 1937.
VALIDATING BOND ISSUES OF CERTAIN CITIES.
S. B. No. 11.] CHAPTER 5.
An Act validating, confirming, approving and legalizing all bonds heretofore
authorized by the necessary vote of the qualified voters of all
cities of more than one hundred sixty thousand (160,000) population
according to the last preceding Federal Census and all bond elections
held in such cities for the purpose of voting such bonds wherein the
necessary majority of the voters voted in favor thereof are hereby
validated insofaras any irregularities in following the requirements
of the provisions of the General Law that such elections shall be held
not more than thirty (30) days from the date of the election order,
and that notice of such election shall be published on the same day of
each of two successive weeks in a newspaper, the date of the first
publication to be not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date
set for the election, are concerned; provided that the irregularities in
following the requirements of city charters as to time in the calling
and holding of such elections shall not in any manner affect the
validity of said bonds, but same shall, if otherwise valid, when
approved by the Attorney General and registered by the Comptroller
of Public Accounts and sold for not less than par and accrued interest,
be valid subsisting indebtedness of said cities, and declaring an emergency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
SECTION 1. All bonds heretofore authorized by the necessary
vote of the qualified voters of all cities of more than one hundred
sixty thousand (160,000) population according to the last
preceding Federal Census and 'all bond elections held in such
cities for the purpose of voting such bonds wherein the necessary
majority of the voters voted in favor thereof are hereby validated
insofaras any irregularities in following the requirements
of the provisions of the General Law that such election shall
be held not more than thirty (30) days from the time of such
election order, and that notice of such election shall be published
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1937-1939 [Volume 31], book, 1939; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18824/m1/21/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .