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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1948
Page
9
House Joint Resolution No 30 proposes adding Section 60 to Article III to authorize counties to provide Workman’s Compensation Insurance for all county employees and to fund and administer policies. It sets election procedures for November 1948 and requires a gubernatorial proclamation and publication.
Texas House Joint Resolution 36 proposes amending Section 61 Article XVI to require all sheriffs deputies constables and precinct law enforcement officers be paid a salary starting January 1 1949 with counties over 20 000 population authorizing salary or fee basis for other officers and a separate Section 1-a adds legislative retirement and reassignment provisions for appellate district and criminal court judges. The measure includes ballot wording for and against and directs governor to enforce.
H J R No 39 proposes an amendment adding Section 1-a to Article 5 authorizing retirement and compensation for district and criminal court judges and commissioners on length of service age or disability with submission to voters and required proclamation and publication
The proposal adds Article VIII sections 1-b and 1-c to exempt $3,000 of assessed value of residence homesteads from state taxation. It requires passage by voters, awaits House Joint Resolution No. 24 for effectiveness, and sets a January 1, 1951, start date with election language for November.
The text outlines ballot mechanics for a Constitutional Amendment to exempt residence homesteads from all State taxes. It specifies placement on voting machines and requires voters to cast a yes or no vote, with the Governor’s authority cited.
Local residents and relatives frequent Pattison area in a week of visits and travel. Families including Cater Williams Morgan Pattison Donigan and Jones make trips to Houston Brenham College Station and Baytown. A funeral in San Felipe and a Park watermelon party highlight community events and daily life.
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