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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1947
Page
11
Proposes amending Article VII of the Texas Constitution to create two new sections 17 and 18. Section 17 enacts a 2¢ tax on property to fund Confederate pensions and widows benefits. Section 18 imposes 5¢ to fund higher education buildings and equipment, with bond authority, limits, and allocation to John Tarleton, North Texas, and Texas State College for Women. The measure sets election timing and tax cap rules.
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The document outlines proposed constitutional amendments in Texas Sections 17 and 18 to create special funds from a new five cent ad valorem tax for Confederate pensions and for financing construction and equipment at state universities and colleges. It authorizes bonds not to exceed 15 million dollars total backed by the Permanent University Fund income, with a 20 to 25 year repayment window, and requires approval by the Attorney General. The amendment would be submitted to voters at a special August election in 1947.
Public notice warns that throwing or depositing glass bottles nails tacks hoops wire cans or any harmful substance on any public road or alley endangers people vehicles and animals. Offenders face fines up to two hundred dollars as per Article 1347. J L Jameson County Sheriff May 30 June 6 13.
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