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R & B #1 - - -30~ - - - - _ -X6,000.00
R & B #2 - - -20~ - - - - - - 4,000.00
R & B #3 - - -20°~ - - - - - - 4, 000.00
R R~ B #~+ - - -30% - - - - - - 6,000.00
The Count~~ Clerk be and is hereby directed to enter such apportionment in his financial ledger
to.the credit of each commissioner's precinct thereof.
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No. 5666. COURT RECESSED MONDAY, JUNE 9TH, 1952 AT 6:00 O'CLOCK P. M. UNTIL MONDAY JUNE 16,
1952 AT 10:00 O'CLOCK A. M. FOR ANY MATTERS THAT MAY BE PRESENTED TO THE COURT.
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No. 5667. COURT RECONVENED N,ONDAY, JUNE 16TH, 1952 AT 10:00 O'CLOCK A. M.
Pursuant to adjournment taken by this court on June 9, 1952 at 6:00 o'clock P. M., the
following officers being present, to-wit:
Honorable Jno. R. Leavell......County Judge
Henry Eckstein .................Commissioner precinct #1
V. D. Powell ...................Commissioner Precinct ~f2
Chas. H. Molter ................Commissioner Precinct #3
Lee Goff .......................Commissioner Precinct #4
Earl Garrett ...................Sheriff
and
Lawrence Stephens ..............County Clerk
and the court having reconvened for any matters that may be presented to the court, to-wit:
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No. 5668. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS AND ACCOUNTS.
This the 16th day of June, A. D. 1952, came on to be considered by the court, the claims
and accounts filed against Kerr County and its respective precincts funds and in the descretion
of the court, same should be approved for payments therefore by motion duly made by Molter,
seconded by Eckstein and unanimously approved by the court for all claims and accounts filed
since the last term of this court.
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No. 5669. APPLICATION BY TAX ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR FOR FIRST ADVANCEMENT ON 1952 ASSESSING
COMMISSIONS.
This the 16th day of June, A. D. 1952, came on to be considered by the Court the applic-
ation of R. H. Nichols, Tax Assessor and Collector of Kerr County, for an advancement from Kerr
County of X500.00 to apply on his 1952 County Tax Assessor's Commissions. And it appearing to
the Court that he is entitled to such advance, and that such amount should be paid to him out
of the General Fund of Kerr County. Therefore, by motion duly made by Eckstein, seconded by
Powell and unanimously approved by the Court that Nichols be advanced the sum of X500.00 out
of the General Fund of Kerr County, and the County Clerk be and is hereby authorized to draw
voucher against the County Treasurer in like amount.
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THE STATE OF TEXAS ~
COUNTY OF KERR ~
PETITION FOR ELECTION
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF KERR COUNTY, TEXAS:
We, the undersigned resident qualified property taxpaying voters of Ingram Common School
District No. 2, of Kerr County, Texas, who own taxable property in said District and who have
duly rendered the same for taxation, pray that an election be ordered to be held in said Dist-
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rict for the purpose of submitting the following proposition to the resident qualified property
taxpaying voters of said District for their action thereupon:
PROPOSITION
Shall the Commissioners' Court of Kerr County, Texas, be authorized to levy and collect
annually a tax upon all taxable property in Ingram Common School District No. 2, of Kerr Cou-
nty, Texas, of and at the rate of not exceeding X1.00 on the '100.00 valuation of taxable
property of said District, for the further maintenance of public free schools and the erection
of school buildings within said school district until the same shall be discontinued as prov-
ided by law; provided, the maintenance tax and the bond tax together shall never exceed for
any one year $1.00 on the $100,00 valuation of said property.
DATED this the 20 day of June, 1952.
J W Bailey
Geo. B. Scharnberg
P. A. Crenshaw
Sam Cade
Mrs Mabry Ingram
Mrs. L. R. Rodgers
James Whelan Jr.
John V Crenshaw
0. A. Herzog, Jr.
H. J. Smallwood Jr.
Sidney A. Nicholson
A E Holcombe
Mrs A E Holcombe
Fred Schweining Jr.
Mrs J 41 Bailey
J A Leinweber
Doyle Ingram
Wilma Meyners
Mrs Maudie Diffenderfer
Mrs. I. J. Wachter
J. E. Diffenderfer
J. W. Crenshaw
Mrs J. W, Crenshaw
M. L Ingram
Marjorie E. Nicholson
J. n,~. Priour Jr.
Vernon J. Burns
Roy Key
Harvie Bird
Mrs. Geo. Scharnberg
Filed 23rd day of June A. D. 1952
Lawrence Stephens
Clerk County Court, Kerr County, Texas
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COUNTY JUDGES' ORDER
FOR ELECTION
IN RE: INGRAM COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT N0. 2, KERR CO., TEXAS
THE STATE OF TEXAS ~
COUNTY OF KERR ~
WHEREAS, on the 23rd day of June, 1952, a petition was presented to me for an election in
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Ingram Common School District No. 2, of Kerr County, Texas, on the question of authorizing a
tax of and at the rate of not exceeding .1.00 on the ~fi100.00 valuation of taxable property in
said District for the further maintenance of publis free schools and the erection of school
buildings within said School District; and
It appearing that said petition bears the signatures of 20 resident qualified property
taxpaying voters of said District who own taxable property in said District and who have duly
rendered the same for taxation, and is in every respect in conformity with the law; and
It further appearing that Ingram Common School District No. 2 has been heretofore properly
established; and
It further appearing that said Ingram Common School District No. 2 as so established
contains an area of 211 square miles and that no other district has been reduced in area below
nine square miles by reason of the creation of this District;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jno. R, Leavell, in my capacity as County Judge of Kerr County, Texas,
DO HEREBY ORDER that an election be held on the 7th day of July, 1952, at the Ingram School
Building, in said Ingram Common School District No. 2 in Kerr County, for the purpose of sub-
mitting the following proposition to the resident qualified property taxpaying voters Of said
District for their action thereupon:
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PROPOSITION
Shall the Commissioners' Court of Kerr County, Texas, be authorized to levy and collect
annually a tax upon all taxable property in Ingram Common School District No. 2, of Kerr County, -,I
Texas, of and at the rate of not exceeding $1.00 on the $100.00 valuation of taxable property
of sai3 Cistrict, for the further maintenance of public free schools and the erection of school
buildings within said School District until the same shall be discontinued as provided by law;
provided, the maintenance tax and the bond tax together shall never exceed for any one year
$1.00 on the $100.00 valuation of said property.
C. S. Brooks is hereby appointed Presiding Officer for said election and he shall select
two Judges and two Clerks to assist him in holding the same, and he shall within five days
after said election has been held make due returns thereof to the Commissioners' Court of this
County, as is recuired by law for holding a general election.
nll persons who are legally qualified voters of this State and of the County of Kerr, and
who are resident property taxpayers in Ingram Common School District No. 2 of said County,
and who own taxable property in said District and who have duly rendered the same for taxation
shall be entitled to vote at said election.
The ballots for said election shall have written or printed thereon the following:
"FOR SCHOOL TAX."
"AGAINST SCHOOL TAX."
Each voter shall mark out with black ink or black pencil one of the above expressions, thus
leaving the other as indicating his vote on the proposition.
The Sheriff of this County shall give notice of said election by posting three notices in
three public places in said District for ten (10) days before the election.
DATED the 23rd day of June, 1952.
Filed 23rd day of June A. D. 1952
Lawrence Stephens
Clerk County Court, Kerr County, Texas
Jno. R. Leavell
County Judge, Kerr County, Texas.
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SHERIFF'S NOTICE OF ELECTION
THE STATE OF TEXAS ~
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COUNTY OF KERB ~
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on the 7th day of July, 1952, at
the Ingram School Building in Ingram Common School nistrict No. 2, of Kerr County, Texas, for
the purpose of submitting the following proposition to the resident qualified property tax-
paying voters of said District for their action thereupon:
PROPOSITION
Shall the Commissioners' Court of Kerr County, Texas, be authorized to levy and collect
annually a tax upon all taxable property in Ingram Common School District No. 2 of Kerr County,
Texas, of and at the rate of not exceeding .11.00 on the $100.00 valuation of taxable property
of said District, for the further maintenance of public free schools and the erection of school
buildings within said School District until the same shall be discontinued as provided by law;
provided, the maintenance tax and the bond tax together shall never exceed for any one year
$1.00 on the $100.00 valuation of said property.
All persons who are legally qualified voters of this State and of the County of Kerr,
and who are resident property taxpayers in Ingram Common School District No. 2 of said County,
and who own taxable property in said District and who have duly rendered the same for taxation
shall be entitled to vote at said election.
The ballots for said election shall have written or printed thereon the followine:
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"FOR SCHOOL TAX."
"AGAINST SCHOOL TAX."
Each voter shall mark out with black ink or black pencil one of the above expressions,
thus leaving the other as indicating his vote on the proposition.
C. S. Brooks has been appointed Presiding Officer for said eleetion and he shall select
two Judges and two Clerks to assist him in holding the same and he shall within five days after
said election has been held make due returns thereof to the Commissioners' Court of this County
as is required by law for holding a general election.
Said election was ordered by the County Judge of this County by order made on the 23rd
day of June, 1952, and this notice is given in pursuance of said order.
DATED this 23rd day of June, 1952.
Earl Garrett
Sheriff, Kerr County, Texas.
By Oliver Moore
Deputy
SHERIFF'S AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING NOTICE OF ELECTION
THE STATE OF TEXAS ~
~'^ COUNTY OF KERR ~
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Farl Garrett, known
to me to be the Sheriff of Kerr County, Texas, and who, after being by me first duly sworn,
upon his oath, said:
That the above and foregoing NOTICE OF ELECTION is a true, full exact copy of the NOTICE
OF ELECTION therein referred to which he, as such Sheriff, posted in three public places in said
District, to-wit:
ONE AT Mountain Hcme Post Office;
ONE AT Ingram Post Office; and
ONE AT Midway Store;
on the 23rd day of June, 1952, which was not less than ten (10) days before the date of said
election.
Earl Garrett
Sheriff, Kerr County, Texas.
By Oliver Moore Deputy
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me on this the 23rd day of June, 1952.
(NOTARY SEAL) Notary PublicneKPMacDona~~' Texas.
Filed 24th day of June A. D. 1952
Lawrence Stephens
Clerk County Court, Kerr County, Texas
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AMENDED SHERIFF'S AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING NOTICE
OF ELECTION
THE STATE OF TEXAS ~
COUNTY OF KERR ~
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Oliver Moore, known
to me to be a Deputy Sheriff under Earl Garrett, Sheriff of Kerr County, Texas, and who, after
being by me first duly sworn, upon his oath, said:
That the above and foregoing Notice of Election is a true, full exact copy of the Notice
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of Election therein referred to which he, as such Deputy Sheriff, posted in three public places
in said District, to-wit:
One At Mountain Home Post Office;
One At Ingram Post office; and
One At Midway Store;
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on the 23rd day of June, 1952, which was not less than ten (10) days before the date of said
election.
Earl Garrett
Sheriff, Kerr County, Texas
By Oliver Moore Deputy
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBID before me on this the 23rd day of June, 1952.
Agnes MacDonald
(NOTARY SEAL) Notary Public, Kerr County, Texas
Filed 24th day of June A. D. 1952
Lawrence Stephens
Clerk County Court, Kerr County, Texas
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STATE OF TEXAS ~
COUNTY OF KERR ~
Be it remembered that there was begun and holden on this the 8th day of July, A. D. 1952,
at the Court House thereof in the City of Kerrville, Texas, a special term of the Commissioner's
Court with the following officers being present to wit:
Honorable Jno. R. Leavell.......County Judge
Henry Eckstein ............:.....Commissioner Precinct #1
V. D. Powell ....................Commissioner Precinct #2
Chas. H. Molter .................Commissioner Precinct ~3
Lee Goff ........................Commissioner Precinct #4
and
Dorothy Richardson .............Deputy County Clerk
and the court having been specially opened, the following proceedings were had to-wit:
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ELECTION RETURNS
THE STATE OF TEXAS ~
COUNTY OF KERR ~
TO THE HONORABLE COMMISSIONERS' COURT OF KERR COUNTY, TEXAS:
ble, the undersigned officers, holding an election at the Ingram School Building in Ingram
Common School District No. 2, of Kerr County, Texas, on the 7th day of July, 1952, on the fol-
lowing proposition:
PROPOSITION
Shall the Commissioners' Court of Kerr County, Texas, be authorized to levy and collect
annually a tax upon all taxable property in Ingram Common School District No. 2, of Kerr Cou-
nty, Texas, of and at the rate of not exceeding ;1.00 on the X100.00 valuation of taxable prop-
erty of said District, for the further maintenance of public free schools and the erection of
school buildings within said school district until the same shall be discontinued as provided
by law; provided, the maintenance tax and the bond tax together shall never exceed for any one
year $1.00 on the X100.00 valuation of said property.
HEP.EBY CERTIFY THAT at said election only legally qualified resident voters, who owned
taxable property in said District and who had duly rendered the same for taxation were permitted
to vote, and that there were cast at said election 86 valid and legal votes, of which number
there were cast:
"FOR SCHOOL TAX"		58	VOTES.
"AGAINST SCHOOL	TAX"	28	VOTES.
That the polls for said election opened at 8:00 o'clock A. M. and closed at 7:00 o'clock
P. M.
We herewith enclose poll list and tally sheet of said election.
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We further certify that each of the election officials executing this return was appoint-
ed in the order calling said election or was elected by the voters present at the polls to
serve at said election in the capacity stated under each of our signatures. That all election
officials appointed in the order calling said election not executing this return failed to
appear at the polls to conduct said election.
WITNESS OUR HANDS this 7th day of July, 1952.
C. S. Brooks, Presiding Officer
G. D. Yarbrough, Judge
S. L. Fullwood, Judge
Mrs. W. C. Brooks, Clerk
Mrs. B. B. Traweek, Clerk
Filed 8th day of July A. D. 1952
Lawrence Stephens Clerk County Court, Kerr County, Texas
By Dorcthy Richardson Deputy
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No. 5670. ORDER DECLARING RESULT OF ELECTION
THE STATE OF TEXAS:
~^ COUNTY OF KERR
On this the 8th day of July, 1952, the Commissioners Court of Kerr County, Texas, convened
in regular session at a Special Term thereof, with the following members of said County, to-
wit:
JNO. R. LEAVELL, County Judge,
HENRY ECKSTEIN, Commissioner Precinct No. 1,
VERNON D. POWELL, Commissioner Precinct No. 2,
CHAS. H. MOLTER, Commissioner Precinct No. 3,
LEE GOFF, Commissioner Precinct No. 4,
LAWRENCE STEPHENS, County Clerk,
being present, and the following absent: None, constituting a quorum, and, among other proc-
eedings, passed the following order:
There came on to be considered the returns of an election held on the 7th day of July,
1952, at the Ingram Schoolhouse Building, in Ingram Common School District No. 2, of Kerr Cou-
nty, Texas, on the following proposition:
PROPOSITION
Shall the Commissioners' Court of Kerr County, Texas, be authorized to levy ~ d collect
annually a tax upon all taxable property in Ingram Common School District No. 2, of Kerr Cou-
nty, Texas, of and at the rate of not exceeding 41.00 on the °6100.00 valuation of taxable
property of said District, for the further maintenance of public free schools and the erect-
ion of school buildings within said School District until the same shall be discontinued as
provided by law; provided, the maintenance tax and the bond tax together shall never exceed
for any one year $1.00 on the X100.00 valuation of said property.
AND IT APPEARING that said election was in all respects legally held and that said re-
turns were duly and legally made and there were cast at said election 86 valid and legal votes,
of which number there were cast:
"FOR SCHOOL TAX" ......................58 VOTES.
r^ "AGAINST SCHOOL TAX" ..................28 VOTES.
AND IT APPEARING to the Court from said returns that a majority of the qualified resident
property taxpaying voters of said District, who owned taxable property in said District and who
had duly rendered the same for taxation, voting at said election voted in favor of said School
Tax, the Court does hereby declare the proposition to have been adopted, and that this Court