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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1949
Page
8
The legislature proposes amending Section 19 of Article 16 to bar any denial or abridgment of juror qualification based on sex for grand and petit juries. It directs submission to voters on the November second Tuesday, 1949, with ballot language for or against women’s juror eligibility. The governor to issue proclamation and implement if adopted.
Resolution No. 5 amends Article III of the Texas Constitution to authorize creation of rural fire prevention districts and to allow a tax not exceeding 3 cents per $100 value, with voter approval required before any levy, and states ballots must print the amendment question for statewide electorate.
Provision outlines voter selection of ballot clauses for a constitutional amendment in Texas. It states majority approval makes the amendment part of the state constitution, Governors proclamation and publication requirements, and a $5 000 appropriation for election publication and costs.
House Joint Resolution No 5 proposes amendments to Article III sections 5 and 24, defining Legislature sessions and member compensation and outlining effective date if ratified. It calls for public submission at the November 1949 general election and details governor proclamation requirements.
The text outlines Section 2 of Article VI redefining voter qualifications in Texas, removing poll tax as a voting prerequisite and mandating a general voter registration law by February 1, with authority for absentee voting and an election set for November 8, 1949. It specifies submission to the electorate and the printing of amendment language on ballots.
Akron Ohio to host the twelfthAll-American Soap Box Derby on August 14 with 150 contestants from across the nation racing gravity powered cars at Derby Downs. Chevy Motor Division co sponsors the event and national champion wins a 5000 college scholarship plus top prizes for second and other categories. Derbytown festivities run through race week as Akron hosts visitors and sponsors.
A teacher asks pupils to write what they would do with a million dollars. Billy alone says his action would be exactly what he is doing now, stretching and lazily lounging. A father advises on cooperation in marriage and jokes about helping with chores, ending with a note on mopping the floor.
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