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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1934
Page
6
A Texas constitutional amendment proposal seeks to empower home rule cities with charter changes annually under voter approval, placing debt and tax limits and requiring sinking funds. The notice also includes a public sales statement by a Pecos County executor regarding J. B. Coffey property.
Public notice from Reeves County Texas announcing a sheriff sale of property under legal process. Details include the basis of the sale, the time and place for bidding, and the names of involved parties and court or legal docket numbers.
Public notices reveal a divorce case district court action filed July 25 1934 Melba Stevens Burton v David Wesley Burton with a child Benita Joy Burton and requests for custody and support. Also listed is a writ of execution from Bexar County favoring J W Gilmer against J B Coffey et al with a levy on Balmorhea land totaling 43.33 acres and related parcels in Reeves County set for auction August 7 1944.
Mandin d summons Hawley by weekly publications before September 3 1934 at Pecos Texas District Court in suit No. 3213 Texas Bulk lithic Company plaintiff vs Reuben S Johnson E B Kiser Blanche Kiser Leonard D Hawley. The claim rests on two special assessments from 1928 1929 and a mechanic's lien to secure Cedar Street paving. Plaintiff seeks foreclosure and damages plus attorney fees.
Notice states Pecos City voters will decide on August 30 1934 whether to issue 242000 in water system revenue bonds. Bonds would finance purchase and improvements with repayment from water system revenues. election held at City Hall with named judges and clerks.
Long draft constitutional amendments propose legislature power to create and alter counties with minimum areas and population, plus tax treatment of University lands. submitted to voters in November with specified ballot phrasing. The document includes two resolutions with sections on county boundaries and University of Texas taxation and funding provisions.
Text of proposed Amendment No. 16 to the Texas Constitution seeks equal and uniform taxation of real property and allows classifications of other property for taxation. It outlines exemptions, occupation and income taxes, and limits on local taxes, to be voted on by statewide electors in November 1854.
The document details Section 2A creating five subdivisions to govern county affairs. It outlines powers for Commissioners Court, job consolidations like Record Clerk and Tax Clerk, salary scales, and authority to contract cross‑jurisdictional services with AG approval. It also covers Home Rule options and election language for the November 1954 ballot.
Mrs. J. W. Sabatini and daughters Maurine and Elizabeth Abernathy visited Mrs. W. R. Lynch and Mr. R. E. Whalen on Monday night before continuing their extended trip to Los Angeles. The group plans to resume their inactive schedule soon after.
Local notes indicate H A Jones, an ecommisser from No 3 Balmorhea Savages, stood unopposed for re election. Report mentions Red Bluff confrontation where Simmons and Kiser received two votes.
Will Kingston left his home in the Davis Mountains to visit relatives in Arizona. He said he would be away for the latter part of the week.
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