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THE DELTA COURIER, TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1933.
DELTA COURIER
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NOTICE OF PROPOSED
AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF TEXAS
S. J. R. No. 3.
RE ir RESOLVED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE
- . |H OP rSXAS:
Section 1. That Article IX of
the stitution of Texas hr a-
mended by adding thereto a sec-
tion to b« Section 3, which shall
provide:
' Sei'.ion 3. (1) Holding the
M.t 1 that the highest degree ol
...a. >clf-g<. \ernnient winch is
v-oi-MStei t with the efficient con-
o-ft of thost affairs by necessity
ocgvo ir. the Nation and State
w... prove most responsive to the
w... of the people, and result to
reward their diligence and intel-
gence by greater economy and
efficiency in their local govern-
mental affairs, it hereby is or-
dained :
"Ui Any county having a
population of sixty two thousand
tod,000) or more according to
me then last Federal Census maw
of the
j such collective cities and towns, ! tution and the statutes
the Charter shall not he adopted. I State for counties.
It is expressly forbidden that any I "(4). Any county operating
such Charter may inconsonantly ! hereunder shall have the power
affect the operation of the Gen- ‘ 1
eral laws of the Stute relating
to the judicial, tax. fiscal, educa-
tional, police, highway and
health systems, or any other de-
partment of the State’s superior
government. Nothing herein con-
tained shall be deemed to author-
ize the adoption of a Charter
provision inimical to or incon-
sistent with the sovereignty and
established public policies of this
State, and no provision having
such vice shall have validity as
against the State. No Charter
provision may operate to impair
the exemption of homesteads as
established by this Constitution
and the statutes relating thereto.
“(3) a. A Charter hereunder
may provide: the coninuance of
a County Commissioners Court,
as now constituted, to serve as
the governing body of a county
to operate hereunder; or, may
provide for a governing body oth-
_________________ erwise constituted, which shall be
adopt a County Home Rule Cbar^ 1 elective, and service therein shall
ter, to embrace those powers ap- be uPon sucb qualifications, for
ed to the control of the adminis-
trative body of the county. No
such transfer or yielding of func-
tions may be elfected, unless the
to a vote
areas contiguous to such cities as time greater than two (2) year..
, * . . , ,, The provisions hereof shall bo
are urban in character; and as to sdf eicecutjnKj 8ubjeetonly to
such cities or towns and for the duty 0f the Legislature to
benefit thereof the county, in ad- pas« all laws (consistent here-
dition to the primary city and with) which may he necessary to
..i l ...1 nml i /.lit t Vwi intent umi niimnuo
to borrow money for all purposes 1 ll„.n(,,„i submitted ...____
lawful under ns Charter, to in- , ’’ . ,LU ** ' countv tax herein authorized and I carry out the intent and purpose_
elude the refunding of a lawful ! ,,f. th<‘ Pe<’P,*| "ml> unless °fh<T 1 any tocher lawful district tax, may ! hereof. Further, the Legislature^
debt, in a miner conforming to W18t provideil by a two-t ir s j and collect taxes on the prop-I shall prescribe a procedure fo^B
the General Laws of the State, i voU‘ ol tbe total mem erv 'I* •' erty taxable within such city or 1 submitting to decision, by a Jutl-
and may issue therfor its obliga- I cac" House <> <* egis a, ur , town |(s debned or redefined, 1 jority vote of the electors voting
lions Sorb ohlorations ot her sucb a Pr°Pofa s a*‘ ’e 8U.,n‘. within the limits authorized by thereon, proposed alternate and
Sections 4 and 5 of Article XI I elective Charter provisions.’^
of this Constitution, (or any
tions. Such obligations, other , ^ . , ..
than those to refund a lawful | ted as a separate issue, and the
debt, shall not be valid unless au- | v”tp "lth,n and without any such
MORGAN BANKERS MEN-
ACE SHOULD EXCITE
ACTION.
propriate hereto, within the spec-
ified limitations hereinafter pro-
vided. It further is provided
that the Legislature, by a favor-
able vote of two-thirds of the to-
tal membership of both the Sen-
ate and the House of Representa-
tives, may authorize any’ county,
having a population less than
that above specified, to proceed
hereunder for the adoption of a
Charter; however, <- h condition J body ■'hall exercise
I for such authorization, it is re
mi , xv j. • v • _ | quired that notice of the intent
The lijrht that is )ein? to seek Legislative authority
thrown on the methods and | hereinunder must be published in
practice; of J. P. Morgan &
such terms, under such plan of
representation, and upon such
conditions of tenure and compen-
sation as may be fixed by any
such charter. The terms for
service in such governing body
may exceed two (2) years, but
shall not exceed six (6) years.
In any event, in addition to the
powers and duties provided by
such charter, such governing
powers,
1 -1-
Co.. international private
bankers, by the Senate inves-
tijfaiion is enough to make
the suffering nvllion' of
America “see red.” Under
the leadership of President
Roosevelt the administration
and discharge all diitiv., which,
the absence of the provisions
hereof, would devolve by law on
Counti’ Commissioners and Coun-
ty Commissioners’ Courts. Fur-
ther, any such Charter may pro-
vide for the organization, re-or-
trorized by a majority of all vote*
cast by those resident qualified
votes of the area affected by the
taxes required to retire such ob-
ligations, who may vote thereon.
In case of county obligations,
maturing after a peiiod of five
(5) years, the oan.e shell be is-
sued to mature serially, fixing
the first maturity of principal at
a time not to exceed two (2)
years after the date of issuance
of such obligation*. Such obliga-
tions may pledge the full faith
and credit of the coun^, but in
no event shall the aggregate ob-
ligation so issued, in principal
amount outstanding at any one
time, exceed the then existing
Constitutional limits for such ob-
ligations and such indebtedness
and its supporting tax shall con-
stitute a first and superior lien
upon the property taxable in such
county. No obligation issued
hereunder shall be valid unless
prior to the time of the issuance
thereof there be levied a tax suL
ficicr.t to retire the «»rne as it
matures, which tax shall not ex-
ceed the then existing Constitu-
tional limits.
"(5). Such Charter may un-
city, town, district, or other de-
fllDC Viiotvvi ~ .
Section 2. The foregoing Con-
„ - , . , ... , n amendment thereof) for incor- 1 stitutional Amendment shall be
‘no £1 xtm Jrtnsc
“ird t; r1 fir:,v? % i “ *£
ur r/x x n-r »'„■!
less a majority of all votes cast • the following:
by the resident qualified voters I "For tbe Amendment to Ar-
of such city or town. j tide IX of the Constitution at
“d. Areas urban in character Texas, adding^S>ction 3, provid-
qualified votes cast in the re-
mainder of the county, favor the
proposed merger, it shall not be
effected. In case of the mergers
hereby authorized, without ex>
nereDy autnorizea, wiinout ex- | -a. Areas uman in cnaractei t -------- --
press Charter provision therefor, though not incorporated, under ; mg author y P ,
SJS X“ .£ 1 LtonTfn * »•»:
and linvitations which prior to
the merger were reposed in, or
imposed upon, the yielding gov-
ernmental agency. Particularly,
it is provided that the power to
create funded indebtedness and
to levy taxes- in support thereof
may be exercised only by such
procedures, and within such lim-
its, as now are, or hereafter may
be, provided by law to control
such appropriate other govern-
mental agencies were they to be
independently administered. Such
mergers may be effet^d under
lication shall appear not less than
(30) clays next prior to the time
an Act making proposal here-
under may be introduced in the
Lcffislciturc. No County Homo
is doing its best to patch up ! KuV Charter may be adopted by
the ruin that has been dealt my county save unon a favoring
this country by these pirates
during the msf d^ad-1. but
unless thev ere curbed in
their operations the eff rj is
hopeless. When 5 per^ cent
of the people of the Nation
control 80 per cent of its
wealth and 65 men dominate
the Nation it is time some-
one or more newspapers, to give
general circulation in the county
affoctc.l. nm less than once per est3bii8hment and ad-
week for four (4) conseeuttve , F; mza, n. . . ?oVernnn.nt
weeks, and the first of such pub-J n . • 1 ' . . , ,.;wr fVin rnn
i.Winn <ii.,n not lo«s than 'T the county, including the con
•otc of the resident qualified elec-
,h affec'rc! county. In
I elections submitting to the vot-
ers a proposal to adopt a Charter
(unless otherwii - provided by a
two-thirds vote of the total mem-
berslvp of each House of the
Legislature) the votes cast by the
qualified electors residing within
the limits of all the incorporated
chins and town" o* tb* c'-unt”
rol and regulation of the per-
formance of the compensation for
all duties required in the conduct
of the county affairs, subject to
the limitations herein provided.
“b. A Charter hereunder may
provide that Judges of County
Courts (including that County
county operathag "hereunder ^to I proposed contracts between the
of sixty-two thousand
(62,000) or more, to effect more
efficient and economical govern-
ment within such counties, and to
sufficient population to entitle it &^thS
to incorporate under the then ex- ; govern _v fpom time
proposed merger, the county {governing body of the county,
shall succeed to all the appro- provided .however, that no por-
priate lawful powers, duties, | tion of the county Bhall be defin-
rights, procedures, restrictions ed as an urban area unless it has
to incorporate unaer me men .. -
isting laws of the State; and no ! »uch counties as may from time
such urban area, when created, ! fo^timCyb^e a^erein „ -y
or bonding power which \t would j “AigarniConstituti^^f
not possess if it were operating Hole Section 3, provid-
as a separate incorporated unit TexM, add g adoption of
under the then existing Consti- mg aumorny . ..
tutional and Statutory provisions | a Homf ^ ^ r„p.
of this State; and provided fur-I voters in CwU—lcs ........- «
.y .1 h _______•___ i___i— I iilntinri
Court designated in this Consti-1 for services, provided the stan.l
------„ . - , , , | countv and any such yielding
prescribe ^h®8CV'®< of'the ‘mvernmental agern-v. to be an- j separately incorporated as a city
be charged by the otticeis oi we >vpd nt nn fipotion as herein-' - ' ---i. ....... i..,n
countv for specitied service, to be
in lieu of the schedule for such
fees prescribed by the General
Laws cf the State; and, to ap-
propriate such fees to such funds
as the Charter may prescribe;
provided, however, no fee for a
specified service shall exceed .n
amount the fee fixed by General
Law for that same service. 8 umi
Charters' as to all judicial offi-
cers, other than District Judges,
may prescribe the qualifications
jjg I proved at an election as lm’-ein-1 or* town " and s,jch area shall bo
before provided for Tn o-der to j subject to additional taxation
increase governmental effi-iencv ! witbin tbo sanl(. Constitutional
and effect ecoromv the county . ]as control taxation for a
wav contract, with the principal I pity or a town 0f nke population.
Likewise such Charter may pro-
vide for the governing board of
ther that the' g'o'vern'ingbody of j ulation^ of_
efficient and economical govern-
ment 'V’thi.i such counties, and to
authorize mergers of separate
governmental agencies within
such counties as mav from time
to time be authorized by vote of
the cc-..Ly for the government
of such areas shall have end ex-
ercise all powers and authority
granted hy law to the governing
bodies of similar areas when
city of the countv to perform one
or mor-> of its functions, provid-
ed sneh contracts shall not ho
valid for more than two (2)
■•k In cases of the partial or I minister districts, and have and , >
Thp county subject to existing
Constitutional and statutory pro-
the people therein.”
Each voter shall scratch out
one of the above listed clauses
on such ballot, leaving- unscratch
ed that particular clause which
expresses his vote bn the pioposed
Amendement to which it relates.
Section 3. The Governor of
visions to define,- create and ad; | this State is hereby directed to
minister districts, i
complete merger of the government j exercise the powers aim -.....,- - -- . , wV.f.tt,
' the Constitution and lty herewith to determine wheth
and authority | ordering an election in conform
of a ciiy operating under a Home ' granted by
Rule Charter, with the govern- j laws relative to the same.
thing’ drastic was done. Wo J shn'l be separately ken; but col
favor an income and inheri-1
tance tax for the -upport of
the government that will
separate the few from their
vast wealth within‘a genera-
tion. __
lcctivclv counted and the votes
of the oualified electors of the
countv who do not reside within
the limits' of an” incoroo-ated
city or town likewise shall he
separately kent and separately
counted, and un’ess th°re be a
favoring majority of the votes
ra =t within and a favorin'” mn-
ioritv of the votes cast without
MUST ISSUE EARLY
With the revised mail sche-
dule it is necessary for the
Review and Courier to issue
early in order to reach the
readers without great delav.
Hereafter these papers will
go to press earlier, and the
public is asked to cooperate
■with news matter and adver-
tising_copy.__
Change of schedule and
substituting of mixed trains
for motor cars lessens the al-
ready poor service Cooper is
receiving from the Southern
Pacific railway. The mail
schedule is especially poor.
The Courier is of the opinion
that a petition should be cir-
culated and presented offcials
of the railroad askinv for bet-
ter service. But before that
is done another petition
should be circulated among
our business people asking
them to give the railroad J with Florae Toon.
preference in all shipments.
The railroad will certainly
give us all the service their
business will justify and cer-
tainly we cannot expect more.
■, .;. .;. A A •> A A A A A A A
♦ MILAM NEWS *
A ■**
A a A A _ A -> A a
It has rained so much that
farmers are behind with their
work.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Toon spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Blu-
ford Cantrell.
Several of the young people
attended the school dinner at
Perkins Thursday.
Miss’ Maudie Miller and sis-
ter and Miss Maxine Cantrell vis-
ited Mrs. Charley Cantrell last
Sunday.
G. W. Toon spent Sunday night
with Buford Box.
Mrs. Will Thomas has not
been doing so well the last few
days.
The Sunday School is still go-
ing on fine.
Miss Mollie Reid spent Sunday
Franklin D. Roosevelt is
the man of the hour and is
certainly doing a good job
pulling us out of the depres-
sion. We are with him on
every proposition except re-
turn of the liquor business,
and we just can’t see how
we can drink ourselves out
of this situation. *«*“
Roy Howard, Tried
For Burglary, Has
24 Known Aliases
GREENVILLE, May 27.—A
man tried here under the name
o* Ray Howard, indicted lor
burglary in connection with the
entry of a house at Commerce
and th" binding and gagging of
a woman resident of one home,
has no less than 24 aliases that
are known to the Federal Govern-
ment, Deputy Sheriff Velma De-
laney was advised by the United
States Department of Justice.
Howard was not sentenced
here because of a deadlocked
jury in his trial.
However, he received prison
ttnna amounting to 100 years,
Altar whan triad in Weit Texas.
Mrs. Gantt is visiting her sis-
ter at Sulphur Bluff this week.
Mrs. Ed Shoffeitt has her sis-
ter and brother with her this
week from Dallas.
Milam Club met with Mrs.
Gantt Thursday. Mfs,s Laura
Morgan was with them.
Bud Cantrell spent Sunday at
Liberty Grove.
Several of the boys from Mi-
lam went fishing the first of the
week on South Sulphur.
Jim Abshire is much better. He
is able to get out in the field
- some.
W. B. Cantrell is suffering with
.rheumatism in his arm.
Gardens are looking well and
some are having potatoes to eat
out of their garden.
Mrs. Box is improving some at
this time.
The condition of Mrs. Austin
i- reported some better.
GUESS WHO.
Miss Pauline Aiken
Hostess to Club
-----,*v--
The Thrusday bridge club met
with Miss Pauline Aiken as host-
ess, Friday evening. The club
discussed contract bridge and a
number of games were played.
Mrs. Hubert Smith was a guest
for the evening.
The hostess, assisted by Mrs.
Vance Aiken, served a salad
plate.
tution), and Justices of the Peace ;>rds
be compensated upon a salary
basis in lieu of fees. The juris-
diction of the County Court des-
ignated in this Constitution, and
the duties of the Judges thereof,
may be confined to that general
jurisdiction of a probate court
j which elsewhere is defined in
this Constitution. The office of
Justice of the Peace may be
I either elective or appointive. Oth-
er than as herein provided, no
such Charter shall provide for
altering the jurisdiction or pro-
cedure of any Court. The duties
of District Attorney and of
County Attorney mav he confined
to representing the State in civil j
cases to which the State is a par- |
ty and to enforcement of the j
State’s Penal Code, and the com-
pensation of said attorneys may
be fixed on a salary basis in lieu
of fees.
“e. Save as hereinabove and
hereinafter otherwise provided,
such Charters, within the limits
j expressed therein, may invest the
governing body to be established
for any county electing to ope-
rate hereunder with the power to
create, consolidate or abolish any
office or department, whether
created by other provisions of the
Constitution or by statute, define
the duties thereof, fix the com-
pensation for service therein,
make the same elective or ap-
pointive and prescribe the time,
qualifications and conditions for
tenure in any such office: save,
that no such Charter other than
as hereinbefore authorized, shall
provide to regulate the status,
service, duties or compensation
of members' of the Legislature,
Judges of the Courts, District At-
torneys, County Attorneys, or
any office whatever by the law
of the Slaie required to be filled
by an election embracing more
than one county. Excepting here-
from nominations, elections or ap-
pointments to offices, the terms
whereof may not have expired
prior to the adoption of this
amendment to the Constitution,
at such time as a Charter provis-
ion adopted hereunder may be in
effect (save as to those offices'
which must continue to be elec-
tive as herein elsewhere specified)
. all terms of countv officers and
all contracts for the giving of
service by deputies under such
officers, may be subject to term-
ination by the administrative
body of the county, under an
adopted Charter so providing, and
there shall be no liability by rea-
son thereof.
“d. Any county electing to
operate hereunder shall have the
power, by Charter provision, tb
levy, assess and collect taxes, and
to fix the maximum rate for ad
valorem taxes to be levied for
specific purposes, in accordance
with the Constitution and Laws
of this State, provided, however,
that the !;mit of the aggregate
taxes which may be levied, assess-
ed and collected hereunder shall
not exceed the limit or total fix-
ed, or hereafter to be fixed, by
this Constitution to control coun-
ties, and the annual assessment
upon property, both real, person-
al and mixed, shall be a first su-
perior and prior lien thereon.
“e. In addition to the powers
herein provided, and in addition
to powers included in County
Home Rule Charters, any county
may, by a majority vote of the
qualified electors of said county,
amend its Charter to include oth-
er powers, functions, duties and
rights which now or hereafter
may he provided by this Conati-
therefor be not lower than ment of county operating here- No provision of this
those fixed by the General Laws
of the State.
“(6) a. Subject to the ex.-
press limitations upon the exer-
cise of the powers of this sub-
division to be authorized, such
Charters may provide (or omit
to provide) that the governmen-
tal and proprietary functions of
any city, town, district or other
defined political subdivision
(which is a governmental agency
and embraced within the bounda-
ries of the county) be transfer-
under, those city Charter provis-
ions affected thereby shall cease
to coni,rol. and the county Char-
ter provision shall control.
“c. When any embraced in-
corporated city or town elects to
merge its governmental functions
with those of the county under
the provisions hereof, such Char-
ter may provide for defining or
redefining the boundaries of sucli
cities and towns, provided, how-
ever, that in defining or redefin-
ing the boundaries of such cities
er or not the proposed Constitu-
tional Amendment set forth here-
in shall be adopted, and the
published as required by the
Constitution and laws of this
State. ciM
(A Correct W. W. HEATH,
Copy) Secretary of State.
red, either as to some or all of I and towns, such boundaries may
the functions thercot, and yield-l be extended only to include those
Constitution inconsonant w i t h ; r;0vernor shall have the same
the provisions of this Section 3,
of Article IX, shall be held to
control the provisions of a Char-
ter adopted hereunder, and con-
forming herewith. Charters r-
dopted hereunder shall make ap-
propriate provision for the aban-
donment, revocation, and amend-
ment thereof, subject only to the
requirements that there must be
a favoring majority of the vote
cast upon such a proposal, by the
qualified resident electors of the
county; and. no Charter may for-
hid amendments thereof for a
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Qfye<Xsr&orrv, uMicA;.
May 15. 1933
Time and again I am told—by my own organization and by others
—SLUT1-"
«sr=r-rsi rrrrx - - - -
difference anyway.
r„+ T know the difference. .
TknowHhat-the cur a man sees iS ”0t^^whtoh'u'seen.
drives the ear which the engineer MW • *“essorles,_all
desirable b:roou0rLdeS^'b0estt>Lidenee that we thin* so is that they
£ r: TreTetr S The ear £ £££
aU the rest is th. the long thought and experiment
°J™nTL£,^orsfthe steady development .f cohort, eonven-
ience and economy^ Those JhJast tw0 or three years. But we
A °ar =£,5 we want the basic material of our ear to be as
have never built one rded as the day it is bought. Ford
dependable the day It costs more to
cars built 15 years ago are s ^ dQ not skimp are cost and
build a durable car but -public would
conscience. A great many thxngs
never know the U j endorse without any hesitancy.
The new Ford V-8 a ^ thipty years. reputatibn
I know what is in it. I nrevious V-8. It is larger,
with it. It is even better than our p
more
U » adveruseient\ecause X Know the car wiU
back it up.
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