Texas House Keeps Property Tax In Constitution
Texas House members, moving toward approval of a new state constitution for voters this year, rejected an attempt to delete a property tax to fund government building construction. The 72 to 67 vote kept the tax up to 2 cents per $100 valuation, aligning with Senate approval. Under House rules, 100 votes are required to add amendments.
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Austin
Texas
Jim Mattox
Dallas
Mattox
Neil Caldwell
Angleton
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
University of Texas
Texas A&m
Rusty Kelly
Point Comfort debates HUD funding and city projects
Point Comfort aldermen discuss applying under the Community Development Act after HUD reassessed funding priorities. They consider drainage as a key project while noting the area received $3.4 million statewide and that Point Comfort’s preapplication did not rate favorable. The meeting also covers pool management, lease terminations, storm sewer contracts, beautification efforts, and local election canvass.
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Point Comfort
Board of Aldermen
Aldermen
David Roberts
Rhodes, Garner & Roberts
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Roberts
Finnis Jolly
HUD
Congress
Seven
Golden Crescent Council of Governments
San Antonio
Jolly
New chairman named for Port Lavaca Parks Board
Ralph Wall was elected chairman at the City Parks and Recreation Board meeting at City Hall Annex succeeding T. C. Bush Jr. Wall and other new appointees were approved March 24, with David Hernandez serving a second year. Budget totals 42,127 dollars.
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City Parks and Recreation Board
Ralph Wall
Exxon Bulk Station
T.C. Bush Jr Wall
Moonsday Lions Club
Port Lavaca
Wall
John Calzada
Clifton Gruetzmacher
Lorene Sutton
Parks and Recreation Board
Mike Fricke
Bob Barham
David Hernandez
Parks Board
Hernandez
Mike Gibson
Sulton
Weather outlook with mild temperatures and light showers
Mostly cloudy and mild this afternoon through Thursday with a slight chance of light showers this afternoon. Northerly winds 6 to 14 miles per hour becoming easterly on Thursday. Highs in the mid 70s, tonight's low in the low 60s. Probability of precipitation 20 percent this afternoon. Marine forecast calls for east to southeast winds 8 to 18 knots, seas 3 to 5 feet. Tidal times include low tide at 10:05 p.m. and high tides at 4:47 a.m. and 4:08 p.m. Sunset 7:51 p.m. Sunrise 7:08 a.m. Barometer 29.92 inches.
Public hearing set at Comfort on Community Development
Public hearing scheduled for Thursday at 7 p.m. in city hall invites all Comfort residents. The Board of Aldermen and the Community Development Act Committee jointly sponsor the session to reassess priorities under the Community Development Act. The city seeks HUD approval for a community center drainage work and sidewalks as top priorities.
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Point Comfort
Board of Aldermen
Community Development Act Committee
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Commissioners Court Extends 1976 Budget Discussion
The Calhoun County Commissioners Court continued debate on the 1976 budget with no concrete figures in any department. Judge Willis F. Jetton noted he had attempted to move the process forward while outlining ongoing steps.
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Calhoun County Commissioners Court
Willis F. Jetton
Grand jury to be impanelled for Calhoun County
District Judge Joe E. Kelly will impanel the Calhoun County Grand Jury for the spring-summer term Monday at 9 a.m. in Courtroom A. Twelve of 20 summoned will serve, with Ernest Gillis and others contacted. The grand jury’s list of complaints is not finalized. Kelly will also hear two civil cases and non-jury matters. The petit jury assembles at 10 a.m. The two civil cases are Porta Lodge of Texas Inc. v James Chilcoat and Kenneth McClelland v James Williams et al. A commissioners court session discussed salaries under House Bills 368 and 1401, possible increases, autopsy orders, and budget items. County auditor James Houlihan presented about 50 bills for payment.
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Naomi Chase
Calhoun County Independent School
Joe E. Kelly
Calhoun County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Kelly
Petit Jury
Porta Lodge of Texas Inc
James Chilcoat
Kenneth McClelland
James Williams
Commissioners Court
Jetton
Justice of the Peaces
Taliff
Joe Kelly
Council of Governments
James Houlihan
Farm program recap outlines 1975 ASCS provisions
Calhoun County ASCS issues a complete recap of the 1975 farm program provisions. Highlights include no land set aside, no acreage limits for wheat and feed grains, disaster and deficiency payments, and a $20,000 cap on overall program payments. County allotments, loan rates, and disaster rules are specified for wheat, feed grains, and upland cotton.
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The
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Calhoun County
Notaries Must Pay Renewals For New Term
County Clerk Mary Lois McMahan announced that all current Notaries Public seeking re appointment for the term June 1 1975 to June 1 1977 must pay the fee and file a new bond and oath in the County Clerk's office between May 1 and May 15. New applicants for the June 1 1975 term should apply before April 30.
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Mary Lois McMahan
McMahan
USDA seeks comments on rice loan period shift
Washington USDA invites written comments on a proposed 12 month loan period for 1975 crop rice loans beginning with disbursement month and ending March 31, with the final loan date kept March 31. Submissions must reach the Director by May 7 and will be publicly available at the Agriculture Department's South Building Room 5725 during business hours.
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Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Agriculture Department
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Pearce
Robert Sheppard
Betty Griffith
Mason Askew
Marshal's
Donald Ezzell
Benny Ezzell
Donale
Ezzell
Richardson Construction Co
Victoria
Wood St
Richardson
Henderson and
Jester Streets
Mila Cameron
Jaycees
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Robert Paul ‘Griffith
Environmental Protection Agency
Henderson and Jester Street
Lamar
Jester St
Alcoa
Cameron
Texas Municipal League
V.F.W
City Parks Board
Col
Sid Ward
Port Lavaca-Calhoun County
Fred Head
D-Troup
D-Alvin
Bill Sullivant
Ernest Gillis
Annabelle McDonald
Walter Pilgrim Jr
R.D. Stover
Lewis G. Butler
D.L. Traylor Jr
Ronald Claiborne
Joel Gonzales
Johnny Blinka
Emma Taft
Joe B. Nova
Walter Dierlam
Robert Walthall
K.W. Abraham
L. Roy O. Bell
Donald Edward Washington
Crisostomo Gonzalez
James Badgett
Edgar E. Voss
Carlton Hoefling
Joe Loomis
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