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eetry purposes, where said land, right of way or
easemnt is necessary in the eanstsation of jails,
ooarthouseu, hospitals, delinquent and dependent soh-
ooLs, poor farms, libraries or for other public purposes,
here o sh purpose is now or ay hereafter be author
rized by tahe onstitution or Statutes of this 8tate,
"All suh condeanation proceedings shell be insti-
tuted uader the direction of the eesassioners' eourt,
and in the name of the county, and the assessing of
damages shall be inonbraity to the Statutes of the
State of Texas, for eondeanl and aoequiring right of
way by rilroats. That no appeal fra the finding and
assessment of damses by the commissioners appointed
for that purpose shall bare the etfeSt of euaasl the
suspension of woZk by the county in n aewotion th
which the land, right of way, easement, ete., is sought
to be aoqutred. n case of ppeal counties shall not
, be required to give bond, nolrshali they be required to
give bond for costs. Aets 1925, p. 300. Acts 39th
Leg., oh. 116, *$ 1"
Artiole 2352 is as follows:
*aid court shall have the power to levy and solleot
a tax for oounty purposes, not to exoeed twentytflve
cents on the one hundred dollars valuation, and a tax
not to exceed fifteen cents on the one hundred dollar
valuation to suppleasnt the jary fund of the county, and
not to exeed fifteen oents for roadl and bridges on the
one hundred dollars valuation, ezept for the payment of
debts incurred prior to the adoption of the samndment to
the oanstittlon Seetember 25, A*.D. 188), nd for the
ereoion of pubtlo bWildrags, streets, ewersl, water
works and other pemanent Improvements, not to exoeel
twenty-fiv cents on the one hundred dollars valuation
In any one year, and except as in the Constitution other-
wise provided. They say evy an additional tax for road
purposes not to eoe fifteen cents on the one hundred
dollar valuation of the property abject to taxation,
uader the limitations and in the manner provide for La
Article 8, Sec, 9 of the Constitation and in pursance
of the laws relating there. Coast. Art. 8, see. 9Amendment 1899."
"Couty basins s is briefly discussed here but this ous
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7388, text, September 14, 1946; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth264665/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.