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: 531
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PORT OF PORT ARTHUR NAVIGATION DISTRICT Ch. 197
(b) To construct, extend, improve, repair, maintain and reconstruct, or
cause to be constructed, extended, improved, repaired, maintained, and
reconstructed, and own, use and operate any and all facilities of any kind
necessary or convenient to the exercise of such powers, rights, privileges,
and functions as are herein granted; provided that such specified facili-
ties or other facilities or aid shall not be of a type or kind used or engaged
in competition with tugs, barges, salvage operations and ship building or
ship repair operations;
(c) To sue and be sued in its corporate name;
(d) To adopt, use and alter a corporate seal;
(e) To make bylaws, rules and regulations for the management and
regulations of its affairs;
(f) To employ officers, agents and employees, to prescribe their duties
and to fix their compensation;
(g) To make contracts and execute instruments necessary or con-
venient to the exercise of the powers, rights, privileges and functions
conferred upon it by this Act;
(h) To borrow money for its corporate purposes consistent with the
Constitution and General Laws of the state, and without limitation of the
generality of the foregoing, to borrow money and accept grants from the
United States of America, or from any corporation or agency created or
designated by the United States of America, and in connection with any
such loan or grant to enter into such agreements as the United States of
America or such corporations or agencies may require, and to make and
issue its negotiable bonds for money borrowed in the manner and to the
extent provided herein. Nothing in this Act shall authorize the issuance of
any bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness of the District pay-
able from taxation, unless such proposition shall first be submitted to the
qualified property taxpaying voters of such District and the proposition
adopted by a majority vote of those voting at the election;
(i) To acquire by gift, or purchase any and all properties of any kind,
excluding lighters, tugs, barges and other floating equipment of any na-
ture, real, personal, or mixed, or any interest therein, within or outside of
the boundaries of the district necessary or convenient to the exercise of
the powers, rights, privileges and functions conferred upon it by this Act,
and by condemnation within the boundaries of the district, in the manner
provided by General Law for condemnation by counties, provided that the
district shall not be required to give bond for appeal or bond for costs in
any judicial proceedings; and
(j) Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as granting this
Navigation District or the commissioners of said district any power or
authority over the appointment, operations or conduct of the Branch Pilots
of the Sabine Bar and the Pilots Commission of the Sabine Bar. It is the
intent of this Legislature to exclude the Branch Pilots of the Sabine Bar
and tributaries and the commissioners thereof from any part of the opera-
tion of this Act.
Sec. 3. The management and control of said Port of Port Arthur
Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas, is hereby vested in a
Board of Port Commissioners, which shall be composed of five (5) persons
who shall reside in the district and shall be qualified voters therein who
own real property therein which has been duly rendered for taxation, and
said Board of Port Commissioners shall have and exercise the powers and
authority conferred and imposed upon navigation and canal commissioners
of navigation districts by Chapter 5, of the Acts of the 39th Legislature,
and Acts amendatory thereof, except as herein otherwise provided, and
all duties devolving upon the County Commissioners Court and the naviga-531
Tex.Sess.L. '63 Bd.Vol.-55
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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/m1/867/?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.