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Home My WebLink About1952-08-29-1000AM-SpecialT • • SPECIAL MEETING, MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1952 Lang, P. K. Trant, Raymond Fickey, R. Be Buchanan, Henry Odom, Emmett Schram, Fred Schram. Also present for the conference which followed was Mr. James E. Poore,of College Station, who is in charge of predatory animal control for the Texas Wild Life Service for a district in which Brazos County is located. After a detailed discussion and consideration of the prevalence of the lobo or timber wolf in the Kurten area with the possibility of the spreading of this predatory animal to other portions of the County, Commissioner Conrad moved the adoption of the following resolutions .That from and after this date Brazos County, Texas, pay from its General Fund a bounty of twenty dollars ($20.00) each for all lobo or timber wolvde (Canis lupus) killed within the borders of Brazos County, Texas, with payment to,be authorized by the County Judge upon a written statement signed by the party killing the animal or animals and with the written certificate of approval thereon by the Deputy State Game Warden currently assigned to Brazos County. The fordgoing motion was seconded by Commissioner Nolan ard'thereafter adopted by the affirmative votes of Commissioners Conrad and Nolan and County Judge Ware, with Commissioner Burlin'' voting "No". Whereupon the Court adjourned. SPECIAL MEETING, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1952 The Commissioners Court of Brazos County, Texas, met at 10:00 a. me on Friday,'Auguet 29, 1952, at the Courthouse in Bryan, Texas, in a special meeting, in accordance with formal notices of public hearing upon the proposed budget for Brazos County for the year 1953, with the following members presents A. S. WARE, County Judge, presiding RAYMOND A. NOLAN, Commissioner, Precinct No. ly } REUBEN F. CONRAD, Commissioner, Precinct No. 2; CLYDE J PORTERFIELD Commissi ne P i t N t' 7 . , o r, rec nc o. 31 NEWTON BURLIN, Commissioner, Precinct No. 4, and i A. Be SYPTAK, County Clerk. " The principal purpose of this meeting was to hold public hearing upon the Brazos County y budget proposed for the year 1953, as submitted to the Court by the County Judge on July 31, 1952, and according to notices of hearing thereon fixed by the Court on that date and which notices have hereto- ® r\ fore been published for three consecutive weeks in both the Bryan Daily Eagle and the Bryan Daily News.' _ After full and complete discussion of the proposed budget in detail, item by item, and fol- lowing explanations by the County Judge and the Commissioners, and after all citizens present had been heard as fully'as they desired to speak, a motion was made by Commissioner Porterfield that the salary, of the County Auditor, shown in the schedule of the General Fund on Page 11 of the budget, be reduced • from $4,500.00 to $3,600.00 per annum. This motion was seconded by Ccamtiissioner Burlin and adopted by ~ the affirmative votes of the four Commissioners, with County Judge Ware voting No., . After further discussion of various salary items in the budget, it was the feeling of the , i members of the Court that certain adjustments should be made in these items at the January, 1953, meeting of the Court when salaries for the calendar year are to be fixed by the.Court. , Thereu n motion was made po by Commissioner Burlin,and•eeconded by Commissioner Nolan and. adopted by the unanimous vote of the Court, by which the proposed budget as amended was approved and . adopted according to the following summaryr .Silk ! 0", •l J., t ,.,-+•r+~_ axrv•tt.Y••l,t i i ~ . t ' t - f - , t i MMM IH - - - - :r 132 SPECIAL MEETDM,.FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1952 SUMMARY, MMDITURES f c ends d ate se .,t in 1951e or 19521 for 19531 S•F 5 i •,=F TOTALSs $344,504.29 $469,195.00 $496,300.00 r, t Jury . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,304.03 $ 91500.00 $ 10,500.00 Permanent Improvements 5,077.03 91,460.00 120,000.00 ! A General 50,900.93 62,110.00 66,000.04' Road and Bridge . . . . 167,752.29 190,760.00 200,000.00 Officers' Salary Funds / Fees for. . . . . . . . . . . . 61,209.91 62,065.00 65,000.00 An Sinking . . . . . . . . . . 11,041.06 52,300.00 19,800.00 Farm-to-Market Road Fund. . . . Y x 15,000.00 if Road Machinery and Equipment Fund. . . . . . . . . 322.50 : : { L +r: Terracing Funds . . . . . . 41,896.64 x x ~.a• r sa 31r RECAPITULATION OF N; ESTIMATES OF 1953 - RECEIPTS BY SOURCES t e. •t " l Betimated Total for 1953• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $496,300.00 I i Ad Valorem ?aLMS. . . . . . . . . . . $159,600.00 ! 'a Automobile Registration Fees. . . . . . . . 115,000.00 Miscellaneous Fees and Collections. 16,400.00 • Cash Balances Brought Forward in Sinking Funds and Other Accounts. . . . . . 134,300.00 Officers' Salary Fund. 56,000.00 • , ~ Farm-to-Market Road Fund . . . . . 15,000.00 •r e','r~ti~ ~ t I ~I Q~ h f ny t Fy. On motion duly seconded and unanimously adopted, the court voted to fix and levy occupation- taxes for Brazos County at one-half Q) of the rates levied by the State of Texas, and to fix and levy E kw' the ,County poll tax at twenty-rive (250) cants per eligible person for the tax year beginning October 1 I i 1952, W the Court voted further to request the Tax Assessor-Collector and the Sheriff of Brazos County, "l} to strictly enforce the collection of occupation taxes levied by the County. ; i{'tl Upon motion duly seconded and unanimously adopted, the Court voted to fix and levy taxes for t r* the several common school districts of Brazos County, Tome, for the tax year beginning October 1, 1952, " •,r 1.,. in the amounts and at the rates certified to the Court by County School Superintendent W. D. Bunting, S+ , aceording to the following schedules ( o l~ ' BUDGET YEAR 1953 ` ' S 4 ,f SCHEDULE OF TAR LEVIES FOR SRA7A9 COUNTY C0194ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS CERTIFIED BY MR. W. D. BUNTING COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 7 El ctt Numbers Locals Bonds Totals { df A. M. T. 3 $0.60 x $0.60, r;rr Providence 5 " .60 s .60 ~Y Surten 10 .55 .30 .85 a Steele's Store i nn 7 U. a UI •k~ dui:, j ~ . d SPECIAL MEETING, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1952 Smetana '27 .75 z .75 Wheelock County-Line .70 X -70 • w " i • • On motion duly seconded and unanimously adopted, the Court voted to fix and levy the total ' oounty-dde tax rate for Brazos County, Texas, for the tax year beginning October 1, 1952, at eighty (80o) cents per $100.00 of valuation of property within the Count y, according to the following schedules y SCHEDULE OF TAE LfiVIFSs ITEMS 19531 'PIN Jury ' 30 General 2k i Permanent Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regular. 150 Road and Bridge ! (Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800 ! Came on to be considered the matter of Brazos County allowing discounts on ad valorem taxes h for the tax year beginning October 1, 1952, which might be paid in advance, as .authorized by Article ` 7255b, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, as amended by Acts of the Forty-Sixth Legislature, 1939, Page ' 654, Paragraph 11 and it being the opinion of all members of the Court that ta li x re ef is more equitable " and uniform when given in the form of reduction in rate, which has been the practice of this Court when- ever possible, on motion duly seconded and unanimously adopted, the Court voted that the provision of • ' said law be not adopted and that Brazos County decline to exercise its option to allow such discounts 1 on county taxes. i r There being no further business, the Court adjourned. . ATTEST: ounty u ge, razor o. exas is ; _ - • ' +q REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER B, 1952 The Cocmisaicnere Court of Braaos County, Texas, met in regular meeting on Monday, September 8, 19529 in the office of the County Judge at the Courthouse at ten o'clock i. m., with'the following -wabere presents N I ; k A. S. Wars, County Judge, presiding] [ y i' Raymond A. Nolan, Commissioner, Precinct No. 11 Reuben F. Conrad, Commissioner, Precinct No. 21 f ! t. Clyde J. Porterfield, Commissioner, Precinct No. 31 • , ' Newton Burlin, Coamissioner, Precinct No. 4; and- - • , A.,B. Syptak, County Clerk. • ~ - ' ~ 4~.; County and precinct officers' reports"of fees oollected for the month of . • August, 1952, and J - duplicate receipts showing remittances to the County Treasurer of the amounts cifi sps ed, were received ' and approvid as follower A. S. Wars, County Judge. 44.00 Y A. B. Syptak, County Clark. . . 1,341.55 J. M. Hamilton, Sheriff 383.64 , 1 f ; F. T. Cole, Clerk of District Court . . . 609.72 . David Orant, Courrty Attorney. . 437.90 , , 1 r • ` , ;:.vk' _ ~•,n ~•cit'N•. C1° s IdU`'Y2. ' , t,y. . 000 T~llliweL1kl , ^ J raoaa.;n• ~K'l/GGP' Y^e'«~liTa;i?~.~:.Sia~ij4aY,v ;l:t> f.,r . , , . Y;