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: 534
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58TH LEGISLATURE--REGULAR SESSION
management and operation of the district's affairs, subject only to the
orders of the board of commissioners. The commissioners shall be the
managing officers in charge of all the business and affairs of the district
and shall make all contracts pertaining thereto. All vacancies in the
office of commissioners and other officers shall be filled by appointment by
the board of commissioners for the unexpired term. If the number of com-
missioners shall be reduced to two (2), such remaining commissioners shall
call a special election to fill the vacancies. All commissioners and officers
shall serve until their successors have qualified. A regular office shall be
established and maintained for the conduct of the district's business with-
in the district.
Sec. 9. The first board of commissioners shall serve until the first
Tuesday in April, 1967, or until their successors are elected and qualified,
and on the first Tuesday in April, 1967, and on the first Tuesday in April
in each odd-numbered year thereafter, there shall be held a general elec-
tion in said district at which time there shall be elected five (5) Port Com-
missioners, to be elected for a term of two (2) years. Said Board of Port
Commissioners shall call such elections, which shall be called and held
and the returns thereof made and canvassed as provided for the first elec-
tion in said Act except that the same shall be called and held by the Board
of Port Commissioners and notice thereof shall be given by posting a sub-
stantial copy of the order calling the same at three (3) public places in
said district not less than ten (10) days before the date of said election.
Sec. 10. The Board of Port Commissioners shall cause to be kept
complete and accurate accounts conforming to approved methods of book-
keeping. Said accounts and all contracts, documents and records existing
shall be kept at said principal office. Said accounts and contracts shall
be open to public inspection at all reasonable times. The board shall
cause to be made and completed within ninety (90) days after the end of
each calendar year, or fiscal year if the fiscal year shall be different from
the calendar year, an audit of the books and accounts and financial records
of the district for each year, such audit to be made by an individual certi-
fied public accountant or firm of certified public accountants. Copies of
a written report of such audit, certified by said accountant or accountants,
shall be filed with the County Clerk of Jefferson County, Texas, and at said
principal office, and shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable
times. The moneys of the district shall be distributed only on checks,
vouchers, drafts, orders or other written instruments signed by such per-
sons as shall be authorized to sign the same by a resolution of the board
of commissioners of said district, provided signatures of at least two (2)
authorized persons shall be necessary therefor.
Sec. 11. Each commissioner shall receive for his services the sum of
Fifty Dollars ($50) per month, except the president who shall receive Sev-
enty-five Dollars ($75) per month, plus actual traveling expenses. The
board of commissioners shall fix the compensation of the secretary, general
manager, attorneys, engineers, and all other employees, and said board
shall fix and determine the term and time of employment of all officers and
employees of the district; provided that all officers and employees of the
district, except the commissioners themselves, shall hold their offices sub-
ject to the will of the Board of Port Commissioners.
Sec. 12. All officers, agents and employees of the district who shall
be charged with the collection, custody or payment of any funds of the
district shall give bond conditioned on the faithful performance of their
duties and accounting for all funds and properties of the district coming
into their respective hands, each of which bonds shall be in form and man-
ner and with a surety (which shall be a surety company authorized to do
business in the State of Texas) approved by the Board of Port Commis-
534Ch. 197
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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/m1/870/?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.