Brown v. Graham

Citations

• 58 Tex. 254
• 1 Tex. L. R. 801
• 1883 Tex. LEXIS 8

Syllabus

<p>1. Constitution and statute construed — Taxation.— Construing art. VIII, see. 9, of the constitution, and. art. 1515, R. S., in so far as they refer to taxation for the erection and repair of public buildings, held,</p> <p>' (1) The power to make an addition to a public building is included in a grant of power to erect and repair such building.</p> <p>(2) The object of the provisions in the constitution and statutes, authorizing the levy of a tax for public buildings, was to enable the different counties to provide suitable public edifices for the people, leaving it to the proper authorities to determine whether this could best be done by erecting new houses, or repairing and adding to old ones.</p> <p>(3) A construction cannot be given to the laws conferring power to levy taxes for the “ erection of 'public buildings,” which would limit the exercise of the power to the erection of new houses, when the object of the law could often be attained by erecting, at less expense, additions to public houses already built.</p>