Texas Joint Resolution Proposes Constitutional Revenue Amendments
The document outlines multiple proposed constitutional amendments for Texas. It includes a Section 1-a change to allocate net motor fuel taxes and vehicle fees to road construction and safety, plus a school fund allocation and debt-support protections. It also adds a new retirement and disability fund framework for state and county employees with investment rules and voting procedures for 1946 and 1946 elections.
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State of
Texas
State of Texas
Jean
Arxs
Constitutional amendment on retirement dis function for Texas state officers
Texas lawmakers propose H J R No 10 16 to amend the constitution adding Section 62. The measure creates a Retirement Dis Fund for appointive state officers and employees with state contribution limits and specified investment rules. It also bars beneficiaries from receiving other direct state aid and allows counties to provide and administer related provisions.
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State OF
Texas
United States
State of Texas
HOUSE
China crisis threatens world peace and global famine
A weekend dispatch from Nanking cites Gen. George C. Marshall and U S Ambassador John Leighton Stuart warning that a full civil war in China could imperil world peace and plunge hundreds of millions into violence and starvation. The piece notes vested interests blocking a political settlement and suggests a stark choice for China to fish or cut bait. Separate brief items report a Perrin Field discovery of missing cows and a toxin analysis request, plus Fort Sam Houston discharge of four Amarillo men.
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George C. Marshall
U. S
John Leighton Stuart
Nanking
China
Japan
Chiang Kai-shek
Marshall-Stuart
Uncle Sam
Constitutional Amendment Election Provisions and Funding
Provisions authorize a November 1946 election with printed ballots for or against the constitutional amendment allowing the Legislature to pay for a building for John Tarleton Agricultural College. It requires voters to mark one clause, the governor to issue the proclamation, and a $5,000 appropriation to cover publication and election costs.
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State of Texas
John Tarleton Agricultural College
Texas
A. D
John Tarleton Agricultural, College
Fortune Teller Card Reading Ties To Missing Sherman Woman
An 80 year old Sherman woman vanished June 17 after drawing out $9,000. Her body later was found in a dry 12 foot well. A Denison fortune teller reportedly provided clues and warned of a poisoning and burial in a well. Detective notes call the informant's tips remarkable and tied to the case.
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Denison
U.P
Sherman
George Anderson, Jr
N. O. Kreager
Anderson
Olin R. van Zandt
The Frame of Mind andLuck
A reflective line notes that luck shifts with mindset. It suggests optimism or cynicism shapes experiences more than random chance. The idea emphasizes mental framing as a determinant of outcomes and attitudes.
Potter County Delinquent Tax Payments Lead July Collections
Potter County residents paid $3,782.84 in July state and county taxes, with $2,177.98 from delinquent taxes. Compare July 1945 totals of $2,679.05, noting beer and wine license receipts as the next largest item. Major disbursements included $1,686.69 to the county general fund, $786.04 to the state treasurer, and $527.25 to the liquor board.
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Potter County
Frank Hoyt
State Liquor Board
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Marki, Stella Gluckowski
Carteret, NJ
J.R. No
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Perrin Field
Amarillo
Fort Sam Houston
Jesse D. Anderson
North West
Bennie D. Howard
Ernest Parsons
Lincoln
Wiley E. Tow
North East
the Life Insurance Co. of
Virginia
A. L. Biggs
Fisk
Raven
SEARS
Blue Jacket Shine Parlor
West
Kohler Bros
Boxwell
Ambulance Service
Dumas Perry Ton
Spearman
Cretney
Polk
Mott's
Texaco
TOM Mott
van Buren
Sanitone
Sani
Buchanan St
Dhone
Nunn Electric
Polk ST
Waldo E. Houghton
Optometrist
Oliver Eakle Bidg
Moneary
Foundations UN
Der
Archie Castleberry
W. C. McCord
Dallas
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