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The county is governed by a Commissioners Court, made up of four members elected from single-member districts and a county judge elected at-large. Smith County ranks 10th in the State of Texas for road miles. The county has 1,170 miles – about the distance from Tyler, Texas to Paradise, Nevada – of roads it maintains.
Bexar County: 029: San Antonio: 1836: One of the original 23 counties: San Antonio de Béxar, the major presidio in Mexican Texas, named in turn for the San Antonio River and the Spanish viceroy's family, who were Dukes of Béjar in Spain: 2,087,679: 1,247 sq mi (3,230 km 2) Blanco County: 031: Johnson City: 1858: Burnet County, Comal County ...
Tyler is a city in and the county seat of Smith County, Texas, United States. [5] As of 2020, the population is 105,995. [3] Tyler was the 38th most populous city in Texas (as well as the most populous in Northeast Texas) and 289th in the United States.
The county judge serves as the presiding officer of the commissioners court, while the county clerk is charged with keeping the minutes of the court, and attesting any actions it make take. State law requires, except in cases of emergency, that an agenda of the items to be considered by the court be posted at least 72 hours prior to its meeting.
The county judge does not have authority to veto a decision of the commissioners court; the judge votes along with the commissioners (being the tie-breaker in close calls). In smaller counties, the county judge actually does perform judicial duties, but in larger counties the judge's role is limited to serving on the commissioners court and ...
Jan. 14—THOMASVILLE — Thomas County commissioners chose Mark NeSmith to lead the board for the coming year. NeSmith takes the chairman's post from fellow Commissioner Phillip Brown, who served ...
Commissioners voted 3-2 along party lines to lower the hospital district’s tax rate to 18.75 cents per $100 of assessed value, down from this year’s rate of 19.45 cents.
Bexar County Courthouse: San Antonio, Bexar County: 1896 built [56] [57] 1975 NRHP [58] 1976 RTHL [59] 2015 restored. [57] Designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by James Riely Gordon [57] [60] and modified several times between 1914 and 1972. [61] Old Blanco County Courthouse: Blanco, Blanco County: 1885 built [62] 1972 RTHL [63] 1991 ...