The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1934 Page: 3 of 8
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Proposals to be Voted on by Texans
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or both of said offices with any
other county office. It leaves
in the Legislaturte of Texas au-
thority to prescribe maximum
and minimum salaries, but
within these limits set by the
Legislature,- it grants to the
commissioners’ court authority
to fix the compensation of the
administrative officers in the
county; the Legislature retain-
ing the authority to fix the sal-
ary of the county auditor, the
county judge and the county
commissioners; and, of course,
the district judge and the dis-
trict attorney. It also .gives the
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November the citizens of Texas
will be called upon to vote on
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constitutional amend-
This article explains
and .definitely the
thanges which these amend-
ments seek to make in the fun-
damental law of this state. No
attempt is made to express an
opinion either for or against
the amendments. The article
Intends to state what the
amendment seeks to do, leaving
decision as to the wisdom of do-
ing these things to the voter.
—Author’s Note.
1 No duty the voter performs
is more important than his de-
cision on constitutional amend-
ments. If you make an error
in selecting a state official, you
have an opportunity in two
years to change; but if you
make a mistake in voting
against a constitutional amend-
ment which should be adopted,
and this- amendment is voted
down, it may be years before
you will have an opportunity
to vote again on the proposal.
On the other hand, if you make
a mistake in voting for one that
should never be voted on, and
enough other people make the
same mistake and something is
written into the fundamental
law of the state that should
never have been there—you
find that there has been writ-
ten into the Constitution a pol-
icy which it may not be possi-,,
ble to do away‘"With for many
years.-
t Too frequently we talk about
the privileges of the citizen,
and the rights of the people;
but often we forget that these'
rights and these privileges car-
ry with them equal responsibil-
ities. Under the Constitution
of Texas the voter has a right
to determine whether or not the
Constitution shall be amended,
but he. also has the obligation
to study these amendments, to
know what they provide and to
vote intelligently. Before Con-
stitutional amendments can be
submitted to the people for a
vote, they must first have.re-
ceived a two-.thirdis majority in
the ’ House of Representatives
and a two-thirds majority in
the Senate; but even with this
precaution we cannot assume
that every amendment submit-
ted should be adopted; likewise,
with the many and varied
changes in the needs of the
people and in general conditions,
it is foolish to assume that it
is safe to vote against all
amendments.
* Since the beginning of demo-
cratic government, written con-
stitutions have served as the
agencies into which the citizen-
ship have written limitations
on the power of legislative bod-
ies, designed to to public
officials: “This far and no far-
ther can you go in dealing with
certain fundamental questions.”
If constitutions, always are to
serve this purpose it becomes
necessary, as conditions change,
that they be amended; but in
amending them, care should be
exercised that in attempting to
improve the Constitution as it
now exists, we do not-write
other than municipal shall be
taxed in proportion to its value,
which shall be ascertained as
may be provided by law.” Now
the amendment seeks to add
this language to the Constitu-
tion: “The Legislature may by
1 general laws make reasonable
classifications of all property
other than real property for
the purpose of taxation; and
may impose different rates
th reon; provided that the tax-
ation of all property in any
class shall be equal and uni-
form.” The change which this
amendment seeks to make in
the Constitution is obvious. If
you believe that the legislature
should be given the power by
general law to classify proper-
ty other than real property and
to impose different rates of
taxes on property according to
their discretion, then you
should vote for this amend-
ment. If, on the other hand,
you feel that this would be a
dangerous power to give the
legislature, then you should, of
course, vote against it.
Senate Joint Resolution No.
2: As the Constitution now,
stands, many of the district,
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some fallacious policy into this1
fundamental law of the land.
For these reasons every citizen
otf Texas should familiarize him-
self with the provisions of the
amendments which should be
voted on on November 6; and,
without quoting the text of
these amendments, I shall state
as accurately as I can just
what each of these amend-
ments seeks to do.
House Joint Resolution No.
41: As the Constitution now
stands, cities having a popula-
tion of 5,000 or more may
amend their charter by a vote
of the people, but they may not
amend it often than once every
two years. If this amendment
is adopted they will be allowed
to vote on amendments to their
charters once every year. There-
fore, if you believe that it would
be a wise policy to allow cities
to amend their charters as of-
ten as once each year, you
should vote (for this amend-
ment; -if on the other hand, you
think once every two years is
often enough to take up the
question of a change in the fun-
damental law of a city, and
that the law should remain as
it is, then, of course you should
vote against it.
House Joint Resolution ^No.
30: There are many counties
in Texas where a large part of
the lands of tl|? county belong
to the University of Texas. As
the Constitution now ' stands,
the public schools in these coun-
ties must be maintained, so far
as local support is concerned,
entirely from taxes on proper-
ty owned by private individuals.
The purpose of this amendment
is to so amend'the Constitution
so that university lands in
these counties could be taxed
for school purposes on the same
basis as private property, and
the tax paid out of the Univer-
sity’s available fund. The
amendment provides that, the
valuation on these lands shall
be fixed by the State Tax
Board, and that the value fixed
for school purposes shall not
exceed the value fixed for coun-
ty purposes. If you believe
that in these counties where
the University is a large land-
owner, it should aid in the makr-
tenance of the public schools
the same as private landown-
ers, then you should vote for
this amendment; but on the
other hand, if you feel that the
University does not have any
obligation to the local commun-
ity to aid in the maintenance
of their schools, then you
should leave the Constitution
as it is, and vote against the
amendment.
House Joint Resolution No.
42: As the Constitution of
Texas now stands, the term of
iffice in all Texas cities cannot
exceed two years. The purpose
of this amendment ds to allow
cities in Texas to amend their
charters if they so desire and
make the term of office of city
officials four years. If you be-
lieve that it would improve city
government in Texas to have
city officials elected for four-
year terms, you should vote for
this amendment; if you believe
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them the right to adopt it by
majority vote of the people.
If you believe that these
changes in the Constitution will
make possible a better organiz-
ation and a better functioning
of county government in Texas,
then you should vote for this:
amendment; on the other hand,
if vou feel that this amendment
will not improve the present
system, then, of course,
should vote against it.
Senate Joint Resolution No.
13: As the Constitution now
stands, there is no limit in it
as .to the amount of taxes
which the Legislature may
, neither does it contain
; any limit as to the amount of
I money which the Legislature
may appropriate. This amend-
ment seeks to write into th?
Constitution a provision that
.the Legislature shall never be
authorized to collect, during
any two-year period, from tax-
es, licenses, permits and fees,
more than $22.50 per capita. It
I takes the papulation of 1930 as
a basis and then from 1930 up
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state, county and precinct of-
ficers are compensated on a fee
basis. This amendment seeks
to change the Constitution and
provide that in all of the larg-
er counties having a population
of 20,000 or more, these offic-
ers shall be paid on a salary
basis, and not a fee basis’. It
further provides that in the
smaller counties—those having
under 20,000 population—it
shall be left to the discretion of
the commissioners’ court to de-
termine whether county and
precinct officers shall be paid
on a fee basis or a salary bss*-,
is; and ittis’left to the discre-,commissioners’
tuvrnj uvivuuinc num- ( .
ber of deputies which the of-1
ficers in the various offices
shall employ, and to fix the
compensation of these deputies.
It provides that, in order to
eliminate duplication, contracts
may be entered into between
commissioners’ courts and other
governmental units for an ex-
change of service; and it pro-
vides that no such contract
shall be entered into until it is
approved by the Attorney Gt n-
eral, and that no contract shall
be for a period longer than two
years.
The' amendment recognizes
that the population of Texas
counties varies from less than
1,000 to a smuch as 300,000 ;j;l
and it grants to the Legislature | ;
power to provide several differ- !
ent types of county govern-1;
ment, and then leaves it to ;
counties of different sizes to se-
lect that type which in their; ;
judgment is most suited to!
their needs; and then gives jf
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tion of the commissioners’
court in all counties to determ-
ine whether precinct officers
shall be paid on a salary basis
or a fee basis. If the amend-
ment is adopted, all state, coun-
ty, district and precinct offic-
ers will continue to collect fees
just as they have been doing,
but these fees would be turned
into the treasury of the unit
of government which they were
serving, and then out of these
accumulated ' fees the officers
will be paid on a salary basis;
and any surplus fees will
in the treasury of the
unit of government. If you be-
lieve that this change in the
Constitution will work to secure
economy in government and at
the same time improve service,
■then you should vote for this
amendment. If you -hold differ-
ent views yon should, of course,
vote against it.
House Joint Resolution No.
14: This Resolution seeks to
amend the Constitution so as
to give more power to the com-
missioners’ court in handling
county affairs. It al-o provides
for the consolidation of the of-
fices of county clerk and dis-
trict clerk; and it provides fur-
ther that the consolidation al-
ready effected of the office of
assessor and collector of taxes
shall be continued, and this of-
natural persons or corporations^cer”sbaJ^I hereafter be known
as the “Tax Clerk. It also
gives the commissioners’ court
authority to combine the office
of county treasurer and county
surveyor, or to combine either
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that it is desirable to maintain
the two-year term, then you
should vote against this amend-
ment.
Senate Joint Resolution No.
121: This Resolution proposes
to amend that section of the
| Constitution which deals with
the power of the legislature to
create counties, and to change
county 'boundaries. The amend1-
ment eliminates that portion of
the Constitution which 'deals
with the organization of unor-
ganized territory; because there
is no unorganized territory in
Texas now, and therefore this
portion of the Constitution is
obsolete. Now with reference
to the authority of the legisla-
ture to change county boundar-
ies and consolidate counties, it
adds this language: “The leg-
islature may by a two-third®
vote of both houses create new
counties, combine existing coun-
ties and parts of counties, and
abolish Existing counties and
change county boundaries at
will.” It then change® the min-
imum limit now’ in the Consti-
tution of 700 square miles to
read “900 square miles” and it
writes1 a further limitation. as
to the population of counties by
providing that in the future no
neiw county could be created
with a population of less than
50,000. These are the changes
which this amendment seeks to
make in the law' governing the
creation of counties and chang-
ing county boundaries. If you
feel that any good purpose will
be served* by this change you
should, of^ course, vote for the
amendment: otherwise,
should vote against it.
Senate Joint Resolution No.
16: This Resolution seeks to
amend Section 1, Article 8 of
the Constitution of Texas. As
that section of the Constitution
now read's, it contains this lan-
guage: “Taxation shall be equal
and uniform; all property in
this state whether owmed by
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