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3. From Millican, Texas, along Old Highway 6 to intersection
with new State Highway No. 6, near Navasota River,
apprord-tely 6-1/2 miles,
4. From new State Highway No. 6 at or near th a common corner of
the J. li Scott, Crawford Burnett, Morgan Rector and Richard
Carter Surveys, thence eastward along league line to inter-
section with Farm-to-Market highway 158 near Harvey, aporoximately
. 9-1/2 miles,
5. From State Highway No. 21 west of Bryan at the Missouri Pacific
underpass southeastward to an intersection with Farm-to-Market
Highway 60, a distance of approximately 6-1/2 miles.
The County Judge laid before the Court itemnized bills from Conlon Brothers,
of Bryan, for the moving of various County offices from temporary quarters into the new
• permanent courthouse and courthouse plant, amounting to $563.67. On motion duly seconded
and unanimously adopted, this account was approved and ordered paid from the Permanent
Improvement Fund.
Sheriff J. W. Hamilton appeared before the Court and made a bid of $60.00 cash
for the old used refrigerator owned by the County and left in the old fail and which is no
longer needed by the County. On motion duly seconded and unanimously adopted, this bLd
was accepted and the item sold for the $60.00.
Brazos A. Varisco, of Bryan, appeared before the Cant and requested delivery of
deed to the old jail property, which he had contracted to purchase. Whereupon, general
warranty dead to this property was properly executed by the County Judge and delivered to
Mr. Varisco, who thereupon gave his check for $19,110.00, which is the balance of the
$24,110.00 purchase price.
After discussion of the budget and the members of the Court desiring further
time for its consideration, it was unanimously voted to recess until 10:00 o'clock a. M.,
on Friday, September 7, 1956, when final action will be taken far the adoption of the budget
for 1957.
Whereupon the Court recessed until 1Os00 o'clock a. m., on Friday, September 7, 1956.
Special Meeting - September 7. 1956.
A recessed meeting of the Commissioners Cost of Brazos County, Texas, wan
held in the Comnissioners Courtroom in the courthouse, at Bryan, beginning at 10:00 o'clock
a. m., on Friday, September 7, 1956, with the following present.
A. S. Ware, County Judge, presiding,
Raymond A. Nolan, Commissioner of Precinct Number 1,
George Dunn, Commissioner of Precinct Number 2,
Clyde J. Porterfield, Commissioner of Precinct Number 3; and
Newton Burlin, Commissioner of Precinct Number 4.
The special purpose of this recessed meeting was to further consider and act
finally upon the 1957 budget for the County, which has been under consideration during the
special meetings held on August 30, and September 4, 1956, and recessed to this date.
f Came an to be considered the matter of adequate salaries and compensation for
countywide elected odficers and county commissioners. After discussion and consideration
i_ of this matter over a period of some time and on motion duly seconded and unanimously adopted,
the Court voted to increase county-wide elected officers' salaries by 28.2 plus per cent
and the county commissioners' salaries by 28 per test, so as to increase the $4,680.00
salaries to $6,000.00, and those now set at $3,750.00 to $4,600.00, effective fmm and '
after January 1, 1957.
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In accordance with the foregoing action, Pages 6, 10, u, 12, 13, 14, and 15, of the
1957 budget now under cassiderati on, were ,e -stated so as to read as follows, and as re-stated
were ordered substituted in the 1957 budgets
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EXPENDITURES
FUNDS:
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Buddeeteedd
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TOTALS $1,221,153.56
$526,660.00
$535,000.00
Jury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9,361.13
17,500.00
- 24,500.00
Permarent Improvement . . . . . . . . .
79,495 59
90,000.00
14,485.00
-General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
68,488.63
75,000.00
80,500.00
Road and Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . .
228,921.23
240,000.00
250,000.00
Officers' Salary . . . . . . . . . .
83,623.92
86,060.00
96,500 00
All Sinking
9,459 52
18,100.00
69,015.00
Courthouse and Jail Bonds . . . . . . .
715,298.16
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Social Security Payments. . . . . . .
7,920.50
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Estimates of 1957 ,
` RECEIPTS BY SOURCES
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Total Estimated for 1957• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$535,000.00
Ad Valorem Taxes 4213,200.00
Automobile Registration Fees . . . . . . 160,000.00
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Miscellaneous Fees and Collections 23,000.00 i;
Cash Balances Brought Forward in
Sinking Funds and other Accounts 509000.00
Officers' Salary Fund Collections. 88,800.00"•
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Estimated Receipts
Cash Balance on January 1, 1957 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.$7,000.00
Ad Valorem Taxes
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TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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24,500.00
Anticipated Expenditures
Grand Jurors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$600.00
Petit Jurors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
91000.00
Subsistence of Jurors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,500.00
County Court Jurors. . . . . . .
600 00
Justice Court Jurors . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60.00
Special Venires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,500.00
Jury Commissioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
120.00
Two Permanent Bailiffs for New facilities
including waiting on Grand Jury and District Court . . . . . . .
5,400.00
Salary of Court Reporter (Brazos County's Part of $4,800.00 total)
3,160.00
Assessing Taxes.
300.00
Treasurers Commissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
250.00
Social Security Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
214.00
Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
796.00
TOTAL ANTICIPATED EXPzNDITUNFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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24,500.00
Tax Rate Eivht (8) Cents
Per 8100 00 Valuation."
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ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND
Estimated Receipts
Salary of four County Commissioners 0 84,300 00 each . . . . . . . . $19,200.00
Part Salary of County Judge. 4,500-00
Salary of Secretary to County Judge and Commissioners Court. . . . . 2,800.00
Salary of Foreman at County Shops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,600.00
Salary of Mechanic at County Shops 3,300.00
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Caretaker of Supplies and Equipment at County Shops. 1,920.00
Treasurer's Commissions. . . . . . . . 3,080.00
Assessing Taxes. 2,000.00
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Labor for County Road Maintenance. 60,000.00
Materials, Equipment and Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000 00
Gasoline, Oils and Creases . . . . . . . . 15,000.00
Equipment and Materials for County Shope • . . • • . . • . • 2,100.00
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Water and Lights for County Shops . . . . . . . . 250.00
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Purchase of New Road Machinery and Equipment
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and Repairs and Replacements . . 15,000.00
Fencing of Right-of-Way for Farm-to-Market
Lateral and County Roods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,000.00
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For County road construction and improvement including
blacktopping and hardaurfacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000.00
Social Security Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,900 00
TOTAL ANTICIPATED cJU'ENDITURES -.72-'!Z,000 00
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Ad Valorem Taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,500.00
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Beer License Face and Occupation Taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,500 00
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Trial Fees . . . . . . . . 6,500.00
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Anticipated Eroenditures
Part of salary of County Judge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41000.00
Salary of County Auditor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,000.00
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Brazos County Agricultural Agents Expense . . . . . . . . . 10,348.50
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(Assist. Co. Agr. Agent 1,300.00 500.00)
(Co. Home Dem. Agent. . . . . . . 1,600.00 500.00)
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(Negro Co. Home Dem. Agent. 222.50 500.00)
Salary of Brazos County Veterans Service Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00
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Expenses of Service Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.00
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Brazos County Probation Department. 2,700.00
(Clerical Assistance. .$2,100.00)
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(Expense Allowance. 600.00)
Wages of Janitors (three at $1,500.00 each) . . . . . . . . 4,
500.00
Justice of Peace, Precinct No. 4, Place No. It
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Ex-Officio Salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00
Trial Fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,300.00
Welfare Board for County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,100.00
Hospitalization (County Hospitalization Committee). . . . . . . . 1,500.00
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Public Health Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,500.00
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(On Salaries of
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= Brazos County Tuberculosis Association, expense
for tubercular patients to sanatoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00
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For maintenance of old Boonville Cemetery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.00
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Mater and Lights far Courthouse Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,400.00
Janitor Supplies for Courthouse Plant . . . . . . . . . 2,400.00
Heat for Courthouse and Plant 2,400.00
Telephone and Telegraph Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,800.00
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Postage, Stationery and Office Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,200.00
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Insurance Premiums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00
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Bond Premiums for County Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00
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Vital Statistics (Birth and Deaths) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000 00
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Inquests. 600.00
Burial of Paupers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.00
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Feeding of Prisoners in County jail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,200.00
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Election Expenses . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,800.00
Fees to be paid by County in Lunacy, Tubercular,
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Feebleminded and Beer License Cases . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00
Assessing Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400.00
Treasurer's Commissions . . . . . . . 11000.00
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Officers' Travel Expense on .
Official Out-of-County Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00
Contribution to Bryan Library Board for
Benefit of Rural Patrons of Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00
For Bryan Armory of the Texas National
Guard Local Unit. 300.00
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Rural Fire Protection
For Payments on coat basis to City of Bryan for
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alarms outside corporate limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00
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Social Security Paymenta. . . . . . . . . . . 563.65
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TOTAL ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURF9.. . . . . . . . 500.00
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Estimated Receipts
Cash Balance of January 1, 1957 .$4,700.00
State Per Capita Payment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00
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Tar Assessor-Collector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45,000.00
County Clerk . .
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Sheriff . . . . . .8,000.00
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County Treasurer. . . . . . . . . 7,000.00
- County Attorney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,000.00
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Clerk of District Court .3.500.00
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Constable of Precinct No. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.00
TOTAL f.9TD%TLD RECEIPTS. . . . . . . . . . . .
96,500.00
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County Attorney
County Attorney
. .$6,000.00
Assistant County Attorney 3,000.00
Rental and operation of polygraph equipment owned by
D H Cofer Jr.
600 00
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_total for County Attorney 9,600.00
Tax Assessor-Collector
Tax Assessor-Collector ,
6,000.00
Chief Deputy
3,300.00
One Deputy
3,200.00
One Deputy
2,800.00
One Deputy
2,500.00
One Deputy
2,400.00
Extra Help
1 000 00
Sub-total for Tax Aesessor-6O11..tor ?1,200.00
Sheriff
Sheriff
6,000 00
Chief Deputy
3,600 00
One Deputy
3,600.00
One Deputy
2,800 00
Groceries for Jail Inmates
2,500.00
Cook for Jail
936.00
Upkeep and Operation of Two Automobiles
2,000 00
Travel and other expense for Officers on Official business .
. . . 300 00
City of Bryan, Police Radio Service o two official care
600.00
Sub-total for Sheriff $22,336.00
County Clerk
County Clerk
6,000.00
Chief Deputy . . .
. . . 3,400.00
One Deouty
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One Deputy
2,800.00
Extra Hel
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Subtotal for County Clerk 15,900.00 ■
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Clerk of District Court
Clerk of District Court
$6,000.00
Clerical Assistance,
(Sub-total for Clerk of District Court ,$8,400.00
County Treasurer.
. . . 4,800.00
Constable of Justice Precinct No. 4
3,000.00
Ex-officio Salary of Justice of Peace, Place No. 2,
Justice Precinct No. 4
1,200.00
Rural Justices of Peace and Constables of Justice Precincts
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8 ® $25.00.
4,200.00
Social Security Payments
1,980.00
Maintenance Engineer and Supervisor of New Courthouse-Jail Facility 4,500.00
Reserves
283.10
TOTAL ANTICIPATED F.iENDITURES.
,500.00.•
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In accordance with the foregoing action, and on motion duly seconded and unanimously
adopted, the Court accepted and approved the amended and revised budget for 1957 and ordered it
certified for official use for the year 1957.
On motion duly seconded and unanimously adopted, the Court voted to fix and levy
occupation taxes for Brazos County at one-half (1/2) of the rates levied by the State of Texas,
and to fix and levy the county poll tax at twenty-five (25#) cents per eligible person for the
tax year beginning October 1, 1956, and the Court voted further to request the Tax Assessor-
Collector and the Sheriff of Brazos County to strictly enforce the collection of occupation taxes
levied by the County.
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Upon motion duly seconded and unanimously adopted, the Court voted to fix and
levy taxes for the several oommon school districts of Brazos County, Texas, far the tax
year beginning October 1, 1956, in the amounts and at the rates certified to the Court by
County School Superintendent W. D. Bunting, according to the following schedules
BUDGET YEAR 1957s
SCHEDULE OF TAX LEVIES
FOR BRAZOS COUNTY CM% ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS
AS CERTIFImD AY MR. W. D. BUNTING
COUNTY SUPZdINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
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Districts Numbers Maintenances Bond: Totals
Eurtan Consolidated 10 $1.30 #0.20 $1.50
Smetana 27 1.50 x 1.50
Wheelock County-Line - .70 x .70
Navasota Independent Countp-Lins - 1.50 x 1.50.
On motion duly seconded and unanimously adopted, the Court voted to fix and levy
the total county-wide tax rate for Brazos County, Texas, for the tax year beginning October
1, 1956, at ninety-rive (950) cents per $100.00 of valuation of property hdthin the County,
according to the following schedules
SCHEDULE OF TAX LEVIES:
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Jury ..........80
General. . . . . . . . . . .250
Permanent Improvements . . . . . . .250
(Regular . . . . . .1.50
Road and Bridge. .
(Special . . . . . .140
Refunding Road and Bridge
Bond, Series of 1928 . . . . . . . . . . 10
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TOTAL. .950.
Came on to be considered the ®tter of Brazos County allowing discounts on ad
valerea taxes for the tax year beginning October 1, 19560 hthich might be paid in advance, as
authorised by Article 7255b, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, as amended by Acts of the
Forty-Sixth Legislature, 1939, Page 654, Paragraph 1, and it being the opinion of all members
.c of the Court that tax relief is more equitable and uniform %b an given In the form of
reduction in rate, hhhich has been the practice of this Court hthenever possible, an 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 on
county taxies.
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On motion duly seconded and unanimously adopted, the Court voted to fix the salaries olf of the foreman at the County Shope at the rate of $3,300.00 per annum and that of the mechanic
at the County Shops at the rate of $3,000•00 per annum, effective from September 1, 1956.
Whereupon the Court adjourned.
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The foregoing minutes, beginning on Page 1 and concluded above, were examined and
approved in open Court on this the 18th day of September, 1956
C I' I Av, S. Ware) George Dun
County Judge. Commiisaiioone of PrQinct 2.
on . Nolan) (Clyde J. terfield)
ammis.ioner of Precinct 1. Commissioner of Precinct 3.
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Regular Meeting - September 10. 1956.
A regular meeting of the Commissioners Court of Brazos County, Texas, was held in the
Commissioners Courtroom in the courthouse, at Bryan, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a. a., on
Monday, September 10, 1956, with the following present:
A. S. Ware, County Judge, presiding,
Raymond A. Nolan, Commissioner of Precinct Number lj
George Dunn, Commissioner of Precinct Number 2,
Clyde J. Porterfield, Commissioner of Precinct Number 3;
Newton Burlin, Commissioner of Precinct Number 4, and
A. B. Syptak, County Clerk
' The Court received, approved, and ordered filed as submitted the following reportst
Brazos County Welfare Board by W D. Burley,
Chairman, for the month of August, 1956
W. D. Burley, County Veterans Service Officer,
for the month of August, 1956
Miss Emily Ritter, County Home Demonstration
Agent, for the month of August, 1956
W. M. Kimbrough, County Agricultural Agent,
for the month of August, 1956
Fannie J. Taylor, Brazos County Negro Home
Demonstration Agent, for the month of August, 1956
9. 0. Pace, Negro County Agricultural Agent,
for the month of August, 1956.
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On motion duly seconded and unanimously adopted, the Court voted to allow Mies Emily
Ritter leave with pay from October 25, to November 1, 1956, to permit ner to attend the National
Convention of Home Demonstration Agents in Chicago, to wnich she has been officially elected as
a delegate from Brazos County.
The Court received, considered and approved the following reports from county and
precinct officers showing official fees of office collected and remitted to the County Treasurer
according to duplicate copies of Treasurer's official receipts attached thereto!
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