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Jaclaboro ffat) Sazette-Naws Page 4 Thursday, May 22, 1969
Senate Filibusters Slow Legislative
Effort Despite Nearness of Deadline
Senate filibusters against new
college bills are taking up much
of the remaining days of the
legislative session due to close
June 2.
A proposal to create a me-
dical school at Texas Tech-
nological College in Lubbock
brough prolonged oratory
from Sen. Joe Christie of El
Paso who wanted the school
in his home town.
Sen. Don Kennard of Fort
Worth warmed up on the Tech
they can cover the basic needs
of higher education, state hos-
tor vehicles or operating mo-
tor-driven equipment, and re-
gulate practice of optometry.
OMNIBUS COURTS BILL—
Rep. Renal Rosson, chairman
of the House Judicial Districts
Committee, says Sen. Murray
pitals and special schools and Watson’s bill which combines
state agencies, and sitll have all requests for new courts and
$61.9 million for the first year
of the teacher pay raise.
Smith said there was a move-
ment afoot to kill the $15,000,
000— a yer general fund al-
location to farm-to-market
roads. Barnes said the Sen-
ate conferees would not pro-
pose taking that program away.
wm * , , , .. . . Governor declined to say he
bill for an extended effort to iU veto the ear bill<
delay approval of a Univer- ,1Several alternatives *
sity of Texas at Dallas on
property of the Southwest Cen-
ter for Advanced Studies. But
both bills passed the Senate
late Friday.
Senate State Affairs Commit-
tee voted out other bills to set
up upper level (junior-senior
graduate studies) colleges at
Midland- Odessa, Corpus
Christl and Texarkana and an
additional University of Texas
dental branch.
open to the governor,” said
Smith. “It would not be proper
or possible for me to choose
one at this time, because I
do not know what the circum-
stances will be.”
LEGISLATURE NEARS
WINDUP— With adjournment
deadline closing in, legislators
are getting day and night work-
outs on literally hundreds of
bills.
court reorganization will get
to the floor of the House
before adjournment. Says Ros-
son, “a subcommittee needs to
work on the bill , but it will
probably be out of committee
next week.”
HORSES RUN SLOWLY-Rep.
Glenn Kothmann of San An-
tonio did not even come close
in his efforts to submit
to the voters a proposal for
local-option horse race bet-
ting.
The funeral oration of the
Kothmann resolution was prea-
ched by Rep. David Allred of
Wichita Falls, Thirty-three
years ago his father, Gov.
James V. Allred, kept calling
the Legislature into special
sessions until horse race bet-
ting was repealed. So this
week’s fight by Representative
Allred was a rerun of history.
COURTS SPEAK-Finding no
reversible error in the Court
of Civil Appeals, State Supreme
House finally completed ac-
State Affairs Chairman Sen. tion on a watered-down $1.25
William T. Moore of Bryan an-hour minimum wage bill,
emphasized he is opposed to Amendments sent it back to
all of the bills and intends to tbe senate. House earlier ap-
make his views known on the pr0ved creation of a dental Court upheld the annexation
floor. Moore postponed action SCh0ol for San Antonio, new by Pasadena of 576 acres on
on any of the group over the regulation of coin-operated a- the Houston ship channel. An-
weekend by leaving town with musement machines, law ban-
the bills locked in a vault— ning possession of LSD and o-
and unreported to the Senate
floor.
Meanwhile, a House-Senate
conference committee coached
by Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes and
House Speaker Gus Mutscher
plowed slowly through the job
of writing a one-year budget
bill that will necessitate no new
taxes.
Gov. Preston Smith spelled
out his opposition to such a
short-term approach to state
governmental budgeting as
more costly in the long run
as evidence by recent exper-
iences with the one-year plan
and emphasized he interprets
the Texas constitution to re-
quire a biennial appropriations
pattern.
By trimming proposed spend-
ing and switching some unused
surplus in several state funds,
a conference committee head-
ed by Sen. A.M. Aikin, Jr.,
of Paris and Rep. W.S. Heat-
ly of Paducah believes it can
provide the teacher pay raise
requested by the Texas State
Teachers Association without
new taxes.
ther hallucinogenic drugs, also
higher service charges on
large real estate loans, a new
upper-level college at Laredo,
strengthened rules for trans-
porting migrant workers, eli-
mination of the requiementthat
jurors be free-holders or
house-holders and county ci-
vil service systems for ma-
jor counties.
Senate, not so productive due
to filibusters, passed three
bills to remove legal obsta-
cles to heart and other or- ......... ......
gan transplants, agreed to of potential, highest since 1948
when an all-outeffortwasmade
to replenish
nexed farm land of Houston
Endowment Inc. is surrounded
by unannexed oil company
holdings and the foundation
contended unequal taxation
would result.
A Lubbock prosecutor argued
for Supreme Court reversal
of the decision that juveniles
charged with offenses have the
same right as adults to be
proven guilty “beyond a rea-
sonable doubt.”
OIL ALLOWABLE JUMP-
ED— June Oil allowable was
boosted by Texas Railroad
“HELLO, SUCKERP’cries Ruta Lee as Texas Guinan
in the gay new musical comedy of the same name, hold-
ing its World Premiere at Casa Manana Saturday, May 17
at 8:15 p.m. Story of the Waco, Texas girl who won fame
and fortune in the New York nightclubs during the pro-
hibition era, the musical was written by Casa’s director,
Robert Ennis Turoff, with music and lyrics by Wilson
Stone. The show has been optioned for Broadway. Star-
ring with Miss Lee will be Mace Barrett, as the federal
man who comes to close her up and ends by falling in
love with her. Premiere tickets are $10.00. Casa’s
regular season begins Monday, May 19, at regular prices
with performances at 8:15 p.m. Monday through Saturday
nights, and matinees on Saturdays. All seats are re-
served. Reservations may be made by calling the box
office, ED 2-6221, any of Casa’s numerous ticket
agencies, or the Preston Ticket Office in Dallas,
EM 3-9311.
offered at auction but no bids
were received on it.
Parks and Wildlife Depart-
ment has set hearing June 9
creation of a new medical
school in Houston and another
in an unnamed city, approved
a broadened tuition-aid plan
for needy students,
And it proposed submission
of a constitutional amendment
to abolish the welfare spend-
ing ceiling in 1970 ( in event
the August 5 vote fails).
Both houses completed ac-
tion on bills to expand the
program of special education
for exceptional children be-
tween the ages of 3 and 21,
make universities out of Ste-
Commission to 63.5 per cent to establish price on sand,
marl and gravel fill materials.
Millard K. Neptune of Austin
war-depleted announced his candidacy for
state Republican party chair-
Smith feels that the state’s phen F. Austin (Nacogdoches),
dollars simply cannot be stre- Southwest Texas (San Marcos),
tched that far. Barnes thinks Angelo State (San Angelo), and
Sul Ross (Alpine) State Col-
leges, permit use of Spanish
in teaching in the first six
grades of public schools by
repealing the prohibition
aginst use of a foreign lang-
uage in public classrooms.
Also, create a board to li-
cense private detectives, set
legislative salaries at $6,800
a year ( if the voters approve
a constitutional amendment at
the special election Aug. 5
to permit the increase from
the present $4,800 a year) al-
low courts to issue driver li-
censes to persons who drive
for a living but have lost their
licenses for traffic law infrac-
tions (to be used on-the-job
only and not for private dri-
ving),
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Allotment tops periods when
as a public service to tax-
foreign imports were shut off
due to international crises.
Estimated top allowable is
4,187,252 , slightly more than
the record 4,186,004 of August
1967, when, the Arab-Irsraeli
war flared. But actual pro-
duction next month probably
will be less than that
of August, 1967, when a 54
percent factor was in effect.
Production figure for June is
estimated at 3,258,184, com-
pared with 3,314,000 during the
Arab-Israeli crisis.
Maximum allowable for May,
under 53.8 percent formula,
is 3,710,926. Actual produc-
tion will be about 3,090,660.
Commission Chairman Ben
Ramsey said crude stocks are
6.3 million barrels less than
a year ago.
LEASES BRING $3.5 MIL-
LION— Land Commissioner
Jerry Sadler reports bids of
more than $3.5 million were
received from mineral leases
on far West Texas lands of
University of Texas. Total
brought the University fund to
$528,049,139.
Lease sale covered 78,000
acres. Actual acreage leased
during the auction totalled 66,
123, with an average bonus of
$53 per acre. Total of 251
tracts were offered and all
manship.
Land Commissioner Jerry
Sadler reported only five of
188 employees quit because of
his ban on mini-skirts and
long sideburns.
C.T. McLaughlin of Snyder
has been, named to energy re-
sources committee of Inter-
state Oil Compact Commis-
sion by Governor Smith.
James H. Milam of Lubbock
has taken oath of office as
State Securities Board mem-
ber.
H.B. Zachry of San Antonio
received the third annual gov-
Wizard Wells Homecoming
Reunion will be at Wizard Park
Sunday. Bring lunch and come
ernor’s Tourist Development join your old friends,
award for leadership of Hem- Mrs. Opal Carlson and son of
isfair, ’68.
Dr. Marvin C. Schlecte is
new assistant commissioner
San Antonio spent the weekend
visiting their uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. J.K. Byrd and
PUBLIC NOTICE
Proposed CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NUMBER ONE ON THE BALLOT (HJR3)
Ml tHftWW
OF HOME FURNISHINGS
Texas Clinical Nursing School but 44 were leased. Tracts
at San Antonio, make public were in 11 counties-Gaines,
agencies liable to persons in- Andrews, Ward, Winkler, Lo-
jured by mistakes of public ving, Pecos, Terrell, Reagan,
employees while driving mo- Upton, Crockett, and Hudspeth.
Following University lands
lease sale, an additional
tract of 30,972 acres in Cot-
ton Estate land in Hudspeth
and Culberson counties was
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. That Sections 42,
46, and 48 of Article III, Sec-
tions 3a and 7 of Article VII,
Section 12 of Article VIII, Sec-
tion 3 of Article IX, Sections
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of
Article X, Section 10 of Ar-
ticle XI, Sections 3, 4, 5, and
7 of Article XII, Sections 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of Article
XIII, Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
and 8 of Article XIV, Sections
3, 4, 7, 13, 29, 32, 34, 35, 36,
38, 42, 45, 46, 54, 55, 57, 58, and
60 of Article XVI, Constitu-
tion of the State of Texas, be
repealed, it being specifically
understood that the repeal of
these sections shall not in any
way make any substantive
change in our present consti-
tution.
Sec. 2. The foregoing con-
stitutional amendment shall be
submitted to a vote of the
qualified electors of this state
at an election to be held on
the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in August, 1969,
at which election the ballots
shall be printed to provide for
voting for or against the prop-
osition: “The constitutional
amendment to repeal the ob-
solete, superfluous and un-
necessary sections of the Con-
stitution.”
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Machines
$129.00 & Up
SyWania
TVS Stereos
Bigekn
Carpeting
$5.95 & $6.95 sq. yd.
Installed, with pad
Indoors & Outdoors
Koyion Foam
Mattresses
Whiripod
Appliances
RCA Victor
Color TV
S399 & Up
& Chambers
PUBLIC NOTICE
Proposed CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
number nine on the ballot (hjrk)
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. That Section 5,
Article III, Constitution of the
State of Texas, as amended,
be amended to read as fol-
lows:
“Section 5. The Legislature
shall meet in regular session
each year at such time as
may be provided by law and
at other times as convened by
the Governor. When convened
in odd-numbered years in reg-
ular session, the Legislature
shall devote the first thirty
days to the introduction of
bills and resolutions, acting
upon emergency appropria-
tions, passing upon the confir-
mation of the recess appointees
of the Governor and such
emergency matters as may be
submitted by the Governor in
special messages to the Legis-
lature; provided that during
the succeeding thirty days of
such session the various com-
mittees of each House shall
hold hearings to consider all
bills and resolutions and other
matters then pending; and
such emergency matters as
may be submitted by the Gov-
ernor; provided further that
during the following sixty days
the Legislature shall act upon
such bills and resolutions as
may be then pending and upon
such emergency matters as
may be submitted by the Gov-
ernor in special messages to
the Legislature; provided,how-
ever, either House may other-
wise determine its order of
business during this session by
an affirmative vote of four-
fifths of its membership.
“Regular sessions in even-
numbered years, commencing
in 1972, shall not exceed sixty
days and shall be limited to
legislation on the subjects of
providing funds for the sup-
port of functions and activities
of the state government and
emergency matters submitted
by the Governor in messages
to the Legislature. At each
regular session, commencing
in 1971, appropriations shall
he made for the support of
functions and activities of the
state government for the next
fiscal year.”
Sec. 2. The foregoing consti-
tutional amendment shall be
submitted to a vote of the
qualified electors of this state
at an election to be held on
August 5, 1969, at which elec-
tion the ballots shall be
printed to provide for voting
for or against the proposition:
“The constitutional amendment
to provide for annual legisla-
tive sessions/
Mingling Circus Opens Longest Stand
at Houston's Astrohal Next Week
(Photo by Don Barnett)
for medical administration for
Texas Department of Public
Welfare.
“Texas, American’s Fun-
tier”, a film depicting recre-
ation and fun-things to do and
unusual events set against
backdrops of the great diver-
isty of scenery found in the
state has been released by the
Texas Highway Department
Governor Smith proclaimed
May Youth Opportunity Month,
and called on state agencies
and private employers to help
provide summer work for dis-
advantaged young people.
Wizard**
Mr*. A. Y. W
The all-new, super specta-
cular 1969 edition of Ringling
Bros, and Barnun & Bailey
Circus comes to Texas to play
the longest engagement in its
99 year history from Friday,
May 30 through Sept. 1 at
Astrohall, adjacent to file world
famous Astrodome in Houston.
Two performances are schedu-
led daily at 2:30 p.m, and 7:30
P.m.
Featured in the 1969 edition
of Ringling Bros, and Barnun
& Bailey is a gathering of the
world’s outstanding circus
performers, including:
Charley Baumann, the inter-
nationally famous tiger train-
er, presenting the largest
group of performing tigers in
the world today; the world-
wide circus sensation, the in-
credible horseback-riding ti-
ger presented by beautiful,
blonde Evy Althoff, direct from
Germany’s famed Circus Al-
thoff; Ireland’s delightful Ste-
phenson Family, featuring the
most delightful group of per-
forming dogs in circus his-
tory.
friends. Mrs. Carlson is the
grandaughter of the late Rev.
Pleasant Wesley Byrd. Rev.
Byrd was circuit rider Metho-
dist minister who preached in
in this area many years ago.
He was featured in the news-
paper as “Man of the Year”
in 1912.
J.C. Morrow, Curt and Jill
of Fort Worth visited the Ce-
cil and Carvel Morrows Sun-
day.
Rev. and Mrs. A.H. Sampley
of Cool were dinner guests in
the R.V. Jones home Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. Lyle Miller and
Mary Ellen of Topeka, Kansas
are visiting Mrs. Sallie Eu-
banks this week , Rev.
Miller filled the pulpit at the
First Baptist Church Sunday
evening. Mrs. Miller is the
former Theo Eubank of Wizard
Wells.
A number of people cleaned
the Wizard Wells Cemetery the
past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Worth-
ington were visitors in the
A host of celebrated inter-
national performers make
their American debuts in the
99th edition of The Greatest
Show on Earth. Among them:
Naidenov, Bulgaria’s celebra-
ted hand-balancing wonder;
Hungary’s exciting Donnert
hareback riding family; the Ko-
leks and their sensational
horseback acrobatics; the Fly-
ing Osiers, Europe’s hilarious
comedy fllying trapeze stars
and Italy’s famous clown fa-
mily, the Four Briz* \
Also appearing for the First
Time in America are: Europe’s
premiere juggler Bela Kremo;
the famed Brumback acroba-
tic duo and two teams of ti-
tanic teeterboard terrors,the
Hortobagyi and Malevolti.
Two of the world’s truly sen-
sational high-wire performan-
ces are spotlighted in the Cir-
cus ; Doval the Great, Amer-
ica’s matchless maestro of the
silver strand, and Monique and
Guzman, sending chills down
the audience’s spines with their
dangerous and dazzling high-
wire acrobatics—on a motor-
cycle! ____
Tom Cook home in Olney Sun-
day.
Mrs. Era George, who has
been in the Head of Elm Hos-
pital in Saint Jo, is home.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stone
of Elbert and Joe Shook of
Jacksboro were visitors in the
Bus Pinion home during the
weekend. _
Mr. and Mrs . James Felk-
ner of Houston, Mrs. Cecil
Matthews, Jacksboro and Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Felkner and
Curtis of Arlington, were vi-
sitors in the Mrs. Mittie Felk-
ner home Sunday..
Mr. and Mrs. Less Morrow
and Mrs. W.W. Morrow at-
tended the singing at Bible
Baptist Church in Jacksboro
Friday evening.
Mrs. Kenneth Clifeton, Car-
la and Cheryl of Hurst were
visitors of the W.W. Morrows
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Swetman
visited in the J.O. Shawver
home in Fort Worth the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Morrow {
visited in the J.R. Ramzyhome
in Jacksboro Sunday.
Mrs. Maggie Magee at Mon-
tague and Polly Auld at Jacks-
boro visited in the Cecil Mor-
row home Monday.
Mrs. Loretta Loven and F.E.
Worthington visited Mrs. Ag-
nes Worthington home in Boyd
Sunday.
Mrs. Cecil Morrow and Mrs.
Maggie Magee visited in Waco
Tuesday.
Mrs. Jewell Lewis of Ara-
paho, Oklahoma, is visiting
friends in Wizard Wells this
week. She formerly lived here.
Mrs. Vera Hill of Fort Worth
visited her brother, Ozie Har-
din over the weekend. They I
visited another brother, Man- '
cil Hardin, in Newport Sun-
day.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Proposed CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NUMBER SIX ON THE BALLOT (H.IR7)
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. That Article III,
Constitution of the State of
Texas, be amended by adding
a new Section 64 to read as
follows:
“Section 64. All other pro-
visions of the Constitution
notwithstanding, bonds issued
pursuant to constitutional au-
thority shall bear such rates
of interest as shall be pre-
scribed by the issuing agency,
subject to limitations as may
be imposed by the legislature.”
Sec. 2. The foregoing con-
stitutional amendment snail be
submitted to vote of the quali-
fied electors of this state at an
election to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Mon-
day in August, 1969, at which
election the ballots shall be
printed to provide for voting
for or against the proposition:
“The constitutional amend-
ment to remove the constitu-
tional interest rate limitations,
subject to limits imposed by
the Legislature, for bonds
issued pursuant to constitu-
tional authority.”
PUBLIC NOTICE
Proposed CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NUMBER FOUR ON THE BALLOT (SJR6)
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. That Section 2,
Article VIII, Constitution of
the State of Texas, be amend-
ed to read as follows:
“Section 2. All occupation
'taxes shall be equal and uni-
form upon the same class of
subjects within the limits of
the authority levying the tax;
but the legislature may, by
general laws, exempt from
taxation public property used
for public purposes; all real
and personal property owned
by a nonprofit water supply
corporation which is reason-
ably necessary for, and is used
in, operation of the corpora-
tion in the acquisition, storage,
transportation and sale of
water as authorized as its sole
legal purpose; actual places or
(of) religious worship, also
any property owned by a
church or by a strictly relig-
ious society for the exclusive
use as a dwelling place for the
ministry of such church or re-
ligious society, and which
yields no revenue whatever to
such church or religious so-
ciety; provided that such ex-
emption shall not extend to
more property than is reason-
ably necessary for a dwelling
place and in no event more than
one acre of land; places of
burial not held for private or
corporate profit; all buildings
used exclusively and owned by
persons or associations of per-
sons for school purposes and
the necessary fumiturh of all
schools and property used ex-
clusively and reasonably neces-
sary in conducting any asso-
ciation engaged in promoting
the religious, educational and
physical development of boys,
girls, young men or young
women operating under a state
or national organization of like
character; also the endowment
funds of such institutions of
learning and religion not used
with a view to profit; and
when the same are invested in
bonds or mortgages, or in land
or other property which has
been and shall hereafter be
bought in by such institutions
under foreclosure sales made
to satisfy or protect such
bonds or mortgages, that such
exemption of such land and
property 'shtdL continue only
for two years after the pur-
chase of the same at such sale
by such institutions and no
longer, and institutions of
purely public charity; and all
laws exempting property from
taxation other than the prop-
erty above mentioned shall be
null and void.”
Sec. 2. The foregoing Con-
stitutional amendment snail be
submitted to a vote, of the
qualified electors of this state
at an election to be held on the
first Tuesday after the first
Monday in August, 1969, at
which election all ballots shall
have printed on them the fol-
lowing:
“FOR the Constitutional
amendment to exempt non-
profit water supply corpo-
rations from taxation.”; and
“AGAINST the Constitu-
tional amendment to exempt
nonprofit water supply cor-
porations from taxation.”
Sec. 3. The Governor of the
State of Texas shall issue the
necessary proclamation for the-
election, and this amendment
shall be published in the man-
ner and for the length of time
required bv the Constitution
and laws of this state.
PUBLIC NOTICE
proposed CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
NUMBER TWO ON THE BALLOT (HJR9)
State of Texas. Provided, how-
ever, that financial assistance
may he made pursuant to the
provisions of such Sections
49-c and 49-d subject only to
the availability of funds and
without regard to the provi-
sions in Section 49-c that such
financial assistance shall ter-
minate after December 31,
1982.
“(e) Under such provisions
as the Legislature may pre-
scribe, the Texas Water De-
velopment Board may receive
grants and, in addition, exe-
cute contracts with the United
States or any of its agencies,
other states of the United
States, foreign governments
and others, for the acquisition
and development of such water
resources and facilities for the
State of Texas. Such contracts
when executed may be secured
by the general credit of the
state, and if so secured shall
constitute general obligations
of the State of Texas in the
same manner and with file
same effect as Texas Water
Development Bonds. If facili-
ties are acquired for a term
of years, such contracts shall
contain provisions for renewal
that will protect the state’s
investment. The aggregate
principal amount of Texas
Water Development Bonds au-
thorized herein and in said
Sections 49-c and 49-d shall be
reduced by the aggregate of
principal payments committed
under such contracts constitut-
ing general obligations of the
state. The provisions hereof
shall not be construed to limit
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. That Article III
of the Constitution of the
State of Texas be amended by
adding thereto a new Section
49-d-l to read as follows:
“Section 49-d-l. (a) In ad-
dition to Texas Water Devel-
opment Bonds heretofore au-
thorized to be issued by Sec-
tions 49-c and 49-d of Article
III of the Constitution, the
Texas Water Development
Board is hereby authorized to
issue $3,500,000,000 in aggre-
gate principal amount of
bonds. No part of such addi-
tional bonds shali be issued
prior to approval thereof by
the vote of two-thirds of the
elected members of both
houses of the Legislature.
“(b) The proceeds from the
sale of such bonds shall be
deposited in the Texas Water
Development Fund.
“(c) The bonds herein au-
thorized and all bonds author-
ized by such Sections 49-c and
49-d of Article III shall bear
such interest and mature as
the Texas Water Development
Board shall prescribe subject
to the limitations as may be
imposed by the Legislature.
“(d) The Texas Water De-
velopment Fund shall be used
for the purposes heretofore
permitted by and subject to
the limitations in said Sec-
tions 49-c and 49-d and in
addition thereto for the pur-
poses of developing water re-
sources and facilities for the
State of Texas, both within
I
Water Development Board to
execute contracts or issue rev-
enue bonds when such con-
tracts or bonds are not secured
by the general credit of the
state.
“(f) Texas Water Develop-
ment Bonds and such contracts
secured by the general credit
of the state shall after approv-
al by the Attorney General,
registration by the Comptrol-
ler of Public Accounts of the
State of Texas, and delivery
to the purchasers, be incontest-
able and shall constitute gen-
eral obligations of the State Of
Texas under the Constitution
of Texas.
“(g) Should the Legislature
enact enabling laws in antici-
pation of’the adoption of this
amendment, such Acts shall
not be void by reason of their
anticipatory character.”
Sec. 2. The foregoing con-
stitutional amendment snail be
submitted to a vote of the
qualified electors of this state
at an election to be held on
Tuesday, August 5, 1969, at
which election all ballots shall
be printed to provide for vot-
ing for or against the propo-
sition : “The constitutional
amendment broadening the
powers of the Texas Water
Development Board and the
purposes of the Texas Water
Development Fund; eliminat-
ing the interest limitations on
Texas Water Development
Bonds; raising the authorised
amount of Texas Water De-
velopment Bonds by $3,500,-
000,000; extending the matur-
ity schedule on Texas Water
Development Bonds; eliminat-
&£ str**
date of financial t
be provided I by the
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Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR, No. 44, Ed. 0 Thursday, May 22, 1969, newspaper, May 22, 1969; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth733739/m1/4/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.