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An Ordinance submitting to the qualified.
voters of the City of Fort 7orth a proposed
amendment to the charter of said city, amend-
ing said charter as officially published bT
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a;1d collecting, ill arlclition to all other taxes
levied for school purposes, a tax of 29 on each
"100.00 of the value of taxable property in
said city, the moneys derived. from vrhich tax
are to be used under the supervision and. con-
trol of the Board. of Trustees of the Independent
School District of Fort Worth for the establish-
ment and: maintenance of an official system of
medical inspection anOL health protection in the
public schools of said citJ; said election to
be held on June 17th, 1919.
BE IT ORD"' INLD by the Board of Co=issiouers of the
City of Fort � orth, Te----as;
SECTION. la That an election is hereby ordered for
June 17th31 19199 to be held within the legal hours, at i�,hich elec-
tion there will be submitted to the qualified voters of the City
of Fort Dior th a *proposed. amanement to the charter of said City of
Fort eorth as officially published by said city, V.hich amendment,
if adopted, will add to said charter Section 15 a of Chapter XV,
reading as follows:
"In audition to all other taxes levied for school
purposes 42a the City of sort :forth, there shall be levied and col-
lected each year a tax of two cents on each y"�100.00 of the value
of all proper t;; subject to taxation in said city, the money: der-
ived from which tam shall be paid over by the City assessor aa1cl
Collector to the 'Treasurer of the Board. of Trustees of the Inde-
pendent ;school District of Fort L arth in the saz.e manner as other
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taxes levied for school purposes are to be paid over. T:n.e
moneys arising from the levy and collection of the tax hereby
provided for shall constitute a separate fund from all other
school funds and shall bip devoted to the establishment an&
maintenance, under the supervision and control of said Board of
Trustees, of an efficient system of medical inspection and
health protection in the publie schools of said city. The
tax hereby provided for shall not affect the maximum limit
as now fixed or as may hereafter be fixed in other portions
of the city charter for taxes for school purposes generally. "
SECTION 2: That the City Secretary shall, as
required by law, mail a copy of such,_proposed amendment to each
qualified voter in said city according to the list as shown by
the rolls of the County Tax Collector of the year ending January
SECTION 3: That this ordinance shall be pub-
lished one day in the official newspaper of the City of Fort
Worth.
SECTION 4: That notice of the polling places in
the city where such election will be held and of the presiding
officers holding same vrill be given in a proclamation by the
mayor.
I herebul certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance was duly
presented and unanimously passed and adopted by the Board of
Commissioners of the City of Fort Worth at an adjourned session of
said Board held Wedne day May 1)�th, A. D. lyl).
Ass t City Secretary*.
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