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The residents can vote for mayor and council races but cannot vote in bond elections (and, consequently, the city cannot directly collect city sales tax from businesses or city property tax from owners). However, the City of Houston has exploited a glitch [8] in the state law that allows it to share in sales tax revenues along with special ...
Ike Turner Camp Confederate Monument, Livingston, Texas. Polk County, named for James Knox Polk of Tennessee, President of the United States, was created by an act of the first Legislature of the State of Texas, approved on March 30, 1846, out of Liberty County, and embraced that portion from the part designated as the "Northern Division" of said county.
In 2007, Collin County was ranked No. 21 for high property taxes in the U.S. as percentage of the homes' value on owner-occupied housing. [30] It also ranked in the top 100 for amount of property taxes paid and for percentage of taxes of income. Part is this is due to the Robin Hood plan school financing system in Texas. [31]
Fort Griffin, now a Texas state historic site as Fort Griffin State Historic Site, was a US Cavalry fort established 31 July 1867 by four companies of the Sixth Cavalry, U.S. Army [2] under the command of Lt. Col. S. D. Sturgis, [3]: 64 in the western part of North Texas, specifically northwestern Shackelford County, to give settlers protection from early Comanche and Kiowa raids.
The county tax assessor-collector assesses and collects county property taxes and local fees. The county court-at-law judge presides over the county's civil court. The justices of the Peace preside over small-claims court matters in their precincts. The county constables fill process-serving and peace-officer roles in their precincts.
The Republic of Texas is admitted into the United States as the State of Texas (December 29, 1845) 4 George W. Smyth: March 20, 1848 – August 4, 1851 Defeated Ward in 1848 election: Democratic 5 [b] Stephen Crosby: August 4, 1851 – March 1, 1858 [11] Democratic 6 [c] Francis M. White: March 1, 1858 – March 1, 1862 [11] Democratic 5 ...
On this date in Texas history, Michael Griffin stepped up on defense and special teams against Texas A&M as the Longhorns chased a national title.
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.