General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Third Called Session of the Fifty-Seventh Legislature and the Regular Session of the Fifty-Eighth Legislature Page: 1,205
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PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT
time and may be removable at the will of the Board of Trustees. The Ad-
ministrator shall have control of administrative functions of said Hospital
District, including the hiring and discharging of employees under his
supervision. He shall be responsible to the Board of Trustees for the
official administration of all affairs of the Hospital. In case of the absence
or temporary disability of the Administrator, a competent person shall be
appointed by the Board of Trustees. The Administrator shall be entitled
to attend all meetings of the Board of Trustees and its committees and to
take part in the discussion of any matters pertaining to the duties of his
department, but shall have no vote. Such Hospital District Administrator
shall have power, and it shall be his duty;
(1) To carry out the orders of the Board of Trustees and to see that
all of the laws of the. State pertaining to the matters within the functions
of his department are duly enforced;
(2) To keep the Board of Trustees fully ailvised as to the financial
condition and needs of the District. To prepare each year an estimate
for the ensuing fiscal year of the probable expenses of his Department and,
to recommend to the Board of Trustees what development work should
be undertaken and whatextensions and additions, if any, should be made
4~ring the ensuing fiscal year, with an estimate of the cost of such de-
vlopment work, extensions and additions. To certify to the Board of
Trustees all of the bills, allowances and payrolls, including claims due
contractors of public works. To recommend to the Board of Trustees;
salaries of the employees of his office and a scale of salaries or wages
to be paid for the different classes of services required by the. District.
Sec. 10. The Medical Director shall be in charge of all matters of a
medical nature in said Hospital District subject to such rules and regula-
tions as the Board of Trustees may adopt, and shall be entitled to attend
all meetings of said Board of Trustees and take part in all discussions of
said Board, but he shall have no vote.
Sec. 11. The Board o;- Trustees shall have the power and authority
to issue and sell as the obligations of the Hospital District, and in the
name and upon the faith and credit of the Hospital District, bonds for the.
purchase,.:including lands, construction, acquisition, including lands, re-
pair or' renovation of buildings and improvements and equipping the
same for hospital purposes and for any and all such purposes, provided
that .a sufficient tax shall be levied to create an: interest and sinking fund
to pay the interest and principal as same matures, provided said tax,
shall not exceed twenty cents (200) in any one year on the One Hundred
Dollar ($100) valuation of the properties of said District, and that said
tax together with any other taxes levied for said District, shall not exceed
seventy-five cents (75) in any one year on the One Hundred Dollar ($100)
valuation of the properties of said District. Such bonds shall be executed
in the name of the Hospital District, and on its behalf signed by the Chair-
man of the Board of Trustees, and countersigned by the Secretary of the
Board of Trustees and shall be subject to the same requirements in the
matter of approval thereof by the Attorney General of the State of Texas,
and the registration thereof by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the
State of Texas, as are now by law provided for such approval and regis-
tration of bonds of such county. Upon the approval of such bonds by
the Attorney General of Texas, the same shall be incontestable for any
cause. No bonds shall be issued by the Hospital District, except refunding
bonds, until authorized by a majority vote of the legally qualified property
taxpaying voters, residing in the Hospital District, voting at an election
called and held for such purpose. Such election may be called by the
Board of Trustees of its own motion, and shall specify the place or places
where the election shall be held, the presiding officers thereof, the purpose
1205Ch. 479
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Texas. Legislature. General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Third Called Session of the Fifty-Seventh Legislature and the Regular Session of the Fifty-Eighth Legislature, legislative document, 1963; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth221759/m1/1541/?q=+date%3A1945-1972: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.