The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1950 Page: 3 of 18
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Senatorial Districts To Be
fected by PoD Tax Payments
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, tbo Jnn. U deadline—pro b-
, win determine tMr state a#n-
, district in tka radlatricting
scheduled, along with state
eongraaaianal repreaanutive
[^districting, In 1001.
It wQl ba tka first such oppor-
I tunity alnca the last rediatricting
} in 19X1. Population and poll Ux
I holders bars shifted since than.
State senatorial districts—SI of
I them are apportioned to contigu-
ous territories “according to ths
| number of qualified elector*,” sec
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tion 25 of tho Texas constitution
says. Poll tax payments, plus ax-
emptions, provide the only source
from which to determine the num-
ber of aualified electors.
Based an Population
State and congressional repre-
sentative districts are based on
population. State representatives
have reached their constitutional
limit of 160, while congressmen
are apportioned to the states after
each census, with distribution left
to the states. Texas now has 21
of the 485 total. United States
Senators, two to each state, run
i a state-wide basis.
A constitutional amendment
adopted In 1948 provides that if
the legislature dodges the redis-
tricting issue again in the 1951
session, as many previous legisla-
< tures have done, a five-member
5 Legislative Redistricting Board of
elected state officials will do the
job. They are the lieutenant gov-
ernor, speaker of the house of
representatives, attorney general,
comptroller of public accounts and
commissioner of the general land
office.
Poll Tax Lists
Assuming that the legislators
will not let someone else make the
decision on which district they
shall campaign in, the regular »es-
aion of the 62nd legislature prob-
ably will do tha Job. ’
If they dp handle the chore, no
doubt they will use the 1960 poll
tax lista for senatorial redistrict-
ing, along with, applying the new
census for the representative dis-
itricts.
The reason is a practical one, in
addition to the fact that 1960 elec-
tions, will attract more poll tax
payers and provide a better dndex
to the number of qualified voters.
Regular legislative sessions get
Regular legislative sessions
corningfO our yard you not unier .prxy before the Jan. 81 dead-
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line for payment of poll taxes.
For such a vast job as redistriet-
lig, committee work will have to
start soon after the session con-
venes, in order to finish before a
reasonable final adjournment time.
But the tax collector has to rush
tb meet his March 10 deadline for
certifying to the county clerk the
number of poll Ux receipts issued.
It would be the middle of the ses-
sion before the legislature had
thg complete total* from the Jan*
31, 1961 deadline, too late to begin
work on re-apportioning the 21
senatorial districts.
Five-Men Board
If the leglaUtuie falls to do iU
job, the five-man boojrd would
have plenty of time to work out
the three new seta of districts be-
fore the 1962 election*.
Th* 1948 constitutional amend-
ment provide* that the redlatric’-
Ing board shall meet In Austin
within 90 days after final ad-
ioumment of any aesaion which
fait* to redistrirt after a census
report, beginning in 1961. The
board then would have 60 davs in
which to do whatever the legis-
lature passed up.
Denending on the length of the
session, that would normally out
the hoard’s deadline at about Jan..
1, 1952—in time for office-seeker*
to sc* their sights end announce
for the veer's campaign.
More Congressmen
Estimates of ponolation the
census takers will find In Texas
indicate the state wilt receive at
least one, oossihiv two, more con-
gressmen when President Truman
makes his decennial eens"t report
to the 82nd Congress within one
week after it convenes.
That report will show the num-
ber of persons in each state, and
the number of representatives to
which state is entitled
Within 16 days afterward, the
clerk of the house of representa-
tives will send to Texas’ governor
a certificate specifying the Texas
figures contelned In the presi-
dent’s report. He, in return, will
submit it to the legislature for
necessary action.
Even if Texas should receive no
additional congressmen, redistrict-
ing would be necessary to redis-
tribute the representative* accord-
ing to the ihifts in population.
Good Reason
Should the i Impossible happen
and Texas ahbuld eome up with-
out its redistricting job completed
fur the 1952 election*, any new
congressional post* would have to
^ campaigned for on an ’at large
basis, requiring candidate* to
stump the entire state.
It’s highly improbable, but If,
on the other hand, Tex** should
have it* number of 21 congress-
men reduced — with redistricting
uncompleted — all of the reduced
number would have to run at large
and campaign in all 254 counties.
Thus congressmen have a double
interest in seeing that the planned
redistricting responsibility is fully
discharged.
Disfranchised citixena in un-
equally represented areas have the
biggest stake In redistricting,
however. But unleaa they pay
their 1950 poll tax, they probably
won’t be counted in senatorial re-
districting.
1950 Lincolns
On Display At
Bob Losk Motors
Heralded with the slogan “Noth-
ing Could Be Finer," the 1950 Lin-
coln and Lincoln Cosmopolitan
cars will bow to the public Friday
at th^ Bob Lusk Motors, East
Fourth Street, Bob Lusk, owner,
announced today.
Unuaual luxury and liveliness
combined with the highest stand-
ards of comfort and performance
mark th* new cars which feature
150 changes in styling and me-
chanical Improvementa. All models
are available with automatic shift-
ing Hydra-matic transmission and
the high compression 152 HP* V-
type Lincoln 8-cylinder engine.
'The I960 Lincoln models are
smoother riding, easier steering
and quieter driving," Mr. Lusk
■aid in announcing the new cars.
“They give silent, vibrationless
riding unequaled in Lincoln his-
tory.” , , *11
A handsome new front grille
with severe, modem horixontal
lines give* n bolder, more massive
look. The sensation of luxury in
the interior of the 1950 Lincoln*
are increased by auch items as
carpets which cover not only the
floor, blit extend up underneath
th* cowl, the ribbed leather-stylo
facing on the front door, the new
V V
Physical Changes
Vary With Aga
Says Haalth Officer
We do not all grow, develop,
mature—nor do our organa degen-
erate—at th* same rate, says Dr.
Geo W. Cox, State Health Officer.
"Today, a man of 60 may be a*
young, vigoroua and vital as the
average man of 40. On the other
hand, he may lool\,and act like a
man of 60, old, wehfc und miser-
able. A man of 60 rpay have a
• THI GRAHAM LEAP1R, THURSDAY, JANUARY «, IW
aim?. n mam vi w • - —
40 year old heart, 50 year old kid-,
neys and an 80 year pld liver.
“The physical changes which
come svith age alone are not en-
tirely decline, either. Speed of re-
action doe* diminish, but endur-
ance increase* in certain capaci-
notched door pull and arm rest,
and the cowl itself with its new
modem “grain” finiah.
Among the 150 mechanical im-
provements and style changings
made in the new 1950 Lincoln and
Lincoln Cosmopolitan cars are^ a
15 per cent reduction in steering
effort through refinements and
changes in the steering mechan-
ism: better oil economy: improve-
ments in the carburetor, automatic
choke and spirit control designed
to make 1950 Lincoln engines start
in less than 2 second* at zero tem-
perature*; heavier frames; cour-
tesy lights, front and rear; low
idling speed* when engine is start-
ed after standing.
ties. As speed declines, akili is in-
creased with practice, and a*
strength declines, judgment in-
creuses. Automobile driving abil-
ity, for example, improve* from
24 to 43 in the average individual
and at 65 ia superior to that of
the 20’*. .._
"Normal human being* can grow
mentally at any age. The worst of
all old-age disease* is neglect.
Many factor* that help make a
healthy, happy old age are (11 eat-
ing right; (2) regular physical
examinations and (3) keeping phy-
sically and mentally active with-
out’' overtaxing ourselves. There
is a rapidly growing branch of
medicine, known a* Geriatrics, that
specialises in disease and condi-
tions of the ageing.
“Don’t wait until you deterior-
ate—consult your physician now."
CPL. HEADERS STATIONED
WITH 8TH ARMY IN JAPAN
With the Eighth U. S. Army in
Tokyo, Japan.—Recently returned
to Tokyo for garrison duty after
Spending five weeks at Camp Mc-
Nair taking field tactic training
is Corporal Edward L. Meaders
age 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
W Meaders. Archer City, Texas.
Enlisting in the service Sept. 1,
1948, he took his first training at
Fort Ord, California. Then pn
March 10, 1949, he sailed for Ja-
pan to take up hi* present assign-
ment.
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The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1950, newspaper, January 26, 1950; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth884308/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.