Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 23, 1961 Page: 3 of 8
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Thursday, March 23,1961
PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
1MARCH BELONGS TO AMERICAN RED CROSS
PAL-PORT BRICK CO.
—HOME OWNED—
FACE & COMMON BRICK
PnONE 7041 PALACIOS
GOOD THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU HELP
Which of the following is spelled correctly?
Category Categorie Category
(Meaning classes into which thoughts may be divided)
See Hunt’s Food Market Ad for correct answer.
MAKE
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
EASILY WITH A
6 MONTHS TO 36 MONTHS
PAYMENT PLAN
First Payment Due After May 1,1961
JOHN F. GRANT LUMBER CO.
PHONE 5241
MARY KING, Mgr.
It’s the Law
in
TEXAS
April 1 will be the deadline for
most Texans to render their prop-
erty to certain taxing agencies.
State laws require all real and per-
sonal property to he rendered for
taxes on or before prescribed dates.
Those who fail to comply can blame
only themselves for the money loss
they may consequently suffer.
Some Texas cities set their own
tax deadlines. These are the cities
of more than 5,000 population which
have incorporated under the “Home
Rule” provisions of our statutes.
All other cities are governed by
the general laws of Texas.
In towns operating under the
general laws property must be
rendered for taxes between Jan-
uary 1 and April 1 each year. A
number of home rule cities set up
the same requirements in their or-
dinances, while others prescribe
different periods.
For state and county tax pur-
poses, property must be rendered
to the County Tax Assessor by
April 30, and homestead exemptions
must be claimed by the same time.
In some localities a third taxing
unit is involved—the independent
school district. In other places
school taxes are collected by the
city or county. In addition, some
localities have water, irrigation, or
levee districts which assess and
collect taxes, Make inquiry as to
where these various taxes are as-
sessed, and as to applicable dead-
lines for rendition.
What property must be render-
ed for taxes? If Texas laws were
strictly enforced, we would be re-
quired to render to all taxing units
nearly every piece of real and per-
sonal property which we own, down
to the very clothing on our backs.
An exception is the constitutional
exemption of $250 worth of house-
hold furniture. However, no taxing
unit carries its requirements this
far, and it will be necessary to in-
quire of each tax assessor when
rendering your property whether
specific types of property are ordi-
narily rendered in that locality.
Some cities and counties collect ad
valorem taxes on automobiles, tele-
vision sets and other personal items,
while others ignore practically all
personal property. Business and
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Wharton County’s Texas Annual
Youth Rodeo met this week to or-
ganize plans for the 1961 “Rock-
ing W” Round Up, and July 6-7-8
was set as the annual show dates,
—Wharton Spectator.
One of the three members of tha
Veterans’ Land Board, L. E. Page
of Carthage, addressed the Lions
Club at its weekly meeting Tues-
day noon and that evening was
speaker and guest of honor at the
Craig-Harris Post No, 251 forty-
second annual Birthday Party.—El
Campo Leader-News.
The Rev. Vernon F. Rabel, pas-
tor of the First Lutheran Church
in Galveston, will be the guest
speaker for the formal dedication
of the new Rachuig Memorial Edu-
cational Building of St. Peter’s
Lutheran Church at 4 p.m. Palm
Sunday, March 26.—Bay City Daily
Tribune.
Hunt Industries of Dallas have
announced construction is progress-
ing on the Zoller Gasoline Plan/t,
located 18 miles east of Refugio on
FM 774. The plant is expected to
bo in operation by April 15.—Rock-
port Pilot.
Louis Vaclavick has been elected
president of the Edna Junior Cham-
ber of Commerce, succeeding Perry
Campbell in the top office. The
new president will take charge on
April 1.—Edna Herald.
professional men are generally re-
quired to render all merchandise,
furnishings, fixtures, business au-
tomobiles and equipment.
If property is not rendered by
the tax payers, it may then be plac-
et! upon the unrendered tax roll, and
the taxing agency places such val-
uation thereon as it considers fair.
One advantage of rendering your
property is that you can set your
own valuation. Th::n. if the county
or city decides a higher valuation
is in order, you will be given an
opportunity to appear before a
board to explain why the higher
figure should not be used in com-
puting your taxes.
Thereafter, an appeal to the
courts is possible in some in-
stances. Generally speaking, how-
ever, the courts are unable to
strike out a valuation unless the
agency or board has acted arbi-
trarily and placed on the property
a valuation higher than that placed
on comparable property owned by
"DESK 8J"
By Rep. John A. Huebner, Sr.
Your writer had a very interest-
ing experience yesterday, coupled
with an introduction into a com-
pletely new field of Higher Educa-
tion. One of which, until the begin-
ning of this session, I was entirely
unaware. This is the field of train-
ing officers for our merchant ma-
rine vessels.
If I had given the matter any
thought previously I suppose that
the officers of these ships worked
their way up from enlisted seamen
—and, of course—many of them
did. I now find that they did it the
hard way, and that actually there
are three Maritime Academies in
the United States. Two on the East
Coast and one in California.
All of this came about by the
City of Galveston having made
a strong bid for a state supported,
federally assisted, academy to he
located in Galveston in connection
with our school of oceanography
there, which is a branch of A. &
M. College. The Appropriations
Committee of the House and the
Senate Finance Committee were
the guests of the City of Galves-
ton, making the trip by plane af-
ter adjournment Thursday. It was
a very pleasant trip and was timed
so that we could go aboard a train-
ing ship out of the Academy at
Hyannisport, Cape Cod. I was
amazed at the extremely high type
of young men in the group of 160
cadets aboard the ship.
This is a four year college course.
Two years ashore and the junior
and senior years aboard ship cruis-
ing all over the world. Many of the
cadets had college degrees before
they enrolled in the Academy—
some in engineering and one I talk-
ed to had a degree in physics. There
seems to be a terrific demand for
officers graduated from these
schools, and the pay is relatively
very high.
The Federal Government will
provide and maintain the ship, and
the State would have to provide
shore training facilities with a
small Federal grant added.
others. If you do not render, the
valuation set by the taxing agency
is final.
Remember these facts: You may
need to render your property at
three or more different tax offices.
Ask each tax assessor if in doubt
concerning the deadline or the ren-
dering of specific personal items.
This being the first regular ses-
sion of the Legislature following a
Federal Census, the State will be
redistricted for Legislative and
Congressional areas. It is apparent
now that Matagorda and Jackson
counties with a population of 39,-
400 will have to he reshuffled to
arrive more nearly to a populaition
of 56,000 which is the average.
From a practical standpoint two
methods are possible for Matagorda
County. One would be to pair it
with Wharton County, and the oth-
er ,to be the addition of Calhoun
County to make a three county dis-
trict. If Wharton and Matagorda
wore to be paired it would, in my
opinion, leave Jackson County in
an unfavorable position to pair off
with other counties with about the
correct population.
My own conviction is that the ad-
dition of Calhoun County would be
preferable because the three coun-
ties are closely allied in an eco-
nomic way. Each has coastal wa-
ters with allied sports, fishing, etc.
Also agriculture, oil and gas, and
a growing industrial picture, which
makes for more or less the same
kind of folk3.
This question must be settled
during the time that I am away
from home, and I will have very
little opportunity to visit with my
constituents and get their opinions.
I am asking my readers who have
an interest in this matter to com-
municate their thoughts to me.
Most particularly if they disagree
with my opinion expressed above,
since that is the course I expect to
pursue if it meets with approval
or no dissent.
Now don’t half of you go away
mad and say “’What’s the use” just
because I couldn’t vote both ways
on one highly controversial bill to
settle arguments between two spec-
ial interest groups. This is a mat-
ter which is the concern of every-
one and I would be happy to hear
from you.
I960 Taffic Deaths
In Texas Drop 8%
Over '59; Still High
The Texas Department «f Pub-
lic Safety on March 15 officially
closed the 1966 traffic “death book®'
showing a total of 2,254 rrmtorridea
for the year, a reduction of eight
per cent .from the 1959 toll.
“While this tragic loss is still
far too great, it is somewfwt heart-
ening to note that 199 fewer lives
were taken by traffic in Texas dar-
ing the past year,” said CoL Hornet
Garrison Jr., DPS director.
“Texans proved during I960
that with a concerted effort on the
part of official agencies, private or-
ganizations and the general pobh't,
something can be done ahont the
terrible tragedy of death by motor
vehicle.
“In a sense, 1960 was a note-
worthy year in the cause of traffic
safety in Texas. The death toll was
the lowest for any year since 1949
when 1,957 were killed. And based
on the 46.3 billion vehiefe miles
travelled during the year, Texas
had a death rate of 4.9—the low-
est on record.
The 1960 report prepared by th«
DPS Statistical Services division,
indicated that most of the improve-
ment in the motorcide toll occurred
in the rural areas. The breakdown
showed an 11 per cent reduction
in rural areas, compared with a one
per cent reduction in urban areas.
A complete tabulation and analy-
sis of 1960 traffic accidents is be-
ing made by the division and »
formal annual report will be ready
for release by April 1.
Spring began March 20 at 3:32
p.m.
It’s your RED CROSS - Good things happen
when YOU help
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Dismukes, Jesse V. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 23, 1961, newspaper, March 23, 1961; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth709766/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.