Jodon v. City of Brenham

Citations

• 57 Tex. 655
• 1882 Tex. LEXIS 194

Syllabus

<p>1. City taxes for public free schools.— The a.ct of 1874, by virtue of which the city charter of Brenham was amended in September, 1875, provides, “No amendment shall be proposed or submitted by any board of aldermen which shall contravene, or be repugnant to, the constitution or statute laws of this state.’’ The act of March 15, 1875, authorized cities and towns to levy, for school purposes, a tax of one-fourth of one per cent, in addition to the tax allowed to be levied by the general laws. The city of Brenham adopted an amendment to its charter providing for the levy of a school tax of one-half of one per cent.. Held —</p> <p>(1) The amendment to the charter which proposed to authorize the levy of a tax of one-half of one per cent, was repugnant to the act of 1875.</p> <p>(2) The lien given by the constitution of 1869 on property for taxes, attached not to property of the tax-payer generally, but only to each separate tract of land for the taxes assessed against it.</p>