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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1949
Page
2
Senate Joint Resolution No 5 proposes amending Article III to create rural fire prevention districts with a tax cap of three cents per hundred dollars valuation, subject to voter approval. It sets a November 1949 election, requires specific ballot wording, and appropriates 5000 dollars for publication and election costs.
House Joint Resolution proposes amending Article III sections 5 and 24 to set two regular sessions, establish session timing from January, and cap monthly appropriations. It also fixes Senate and House salaries at 3600 and mileage for travel to the capital, detailing payment methods and route rules. The amendments take effect January 1 1950 if ratified, with voter submission set for November 8 1949 general election.
The text confirms that actions are published as required by the State Constitution and laws, indicating lawful publication procedures.
The document proposes adding Section 48-b to Article III to authorize the Legislature to create county city health units and to allow a tax up to twenty cents on the hundred dollars valuation to fund them. Voters in counties and cities would decide by ballot in November 1949 with marked choices to approve or reject the amendment.
The resolution proposes amending Article XVI to add Section 62-c authorizing the Legislature to create Civil Service Systems for county employees, subject to a county vote. Systems would apply to appointive offices, counties under 75,000 population excluded, and ballots must show FOR and AGAINST the amendment.
The document details House Joint Resolution No. 22 proposing to amend Article V Section 7 of the Texas Constitution. It seeks to require that the District Court judge conduct proceedings at the county seat where the case is pending unless law provides otherwise. It also covers election proclamation and submission to qualified voters statewide and defines how districts are created and elected at general elections.
Proposal details amendments for district court residency terms and salaries, voting machine ballot wording on poll tax elimination and general registration, with election set for November 8 1949. Governor to issue proclamations and fund publication and election expenses. The text also contemplates hospital district creation and district court procedures.
Senate Joint Resolution No 4 proposes amending Section 19 of Article 16 to prevent any denial or abridgment of juror qualification based on sex for grand and petit juries. The measure would submit the amendment to Texas voters on the second Tuesday in November 1949 and outline the governor's proclamation and counting of votes.
Senate Joint Resolution No 1 proposes amending Article VI to repeal poll tax as an elector qualification, require a general voter registration law, and empower presidential proclamation and publication by the Governor. It sets eligibility for voters: 21 years old, U.S. citizen, one year state residency, and other non disqualifications. The measure includes a necessary appropriation.
A proposed Texas constitutional amendment would add Section 14-a to Article I allowing trials in lunacy cases without juries with a notice and voting plan. It directs submission to voters in November 1949 with a scrutable ballot form and machine voting instructions.
House Joint Resolution No 36 III of the Constitution of Texas proposes to authorize the Legislature to establish hospital districts and to submit the issue to voters. It designates Section 60, allowing creation of districts in counties under law and funding by ad valorem tax, with prerequisites for district creation.
House Joint Resolution 38 proposes a constitutional amendment adding Section 63 to Article XVI to authorize a statewide retirement and disability pension system for appointive county officers and employees. Participation would be voluntary and county votes determine adoption. Administration could join the municipal system framework. Election set for November 1949 with for and against wording on ballots. Proclamation and funding of up to 50000 dollars provided.
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