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* ''Friedman v. American Surety Co.'', 151 S.W.2d 570, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/151_SW2_570.pdf#page=9 578] (Tex. 1941) ("Section 51 of Article III of our Constitution provides that the Legislature shall have no power to make any grant or authorize the making of any grant of public moneys to any individual, association of individuals, municipal or other corporations, whatsoever. It is then provided that the Legislature may grant aid to indigent or disabled Confederate soldiers and their widows. Aid in case of public calamity is also preserved. Under the plain provisions of this constitutional provision, the Legislature is without power to grant or authorize the making of any grant of public moneys to any individual as a gratuity.") | * ''Friedman v. American Surety Co.'', 151 S.W.2d 570, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/151_SW2_570.pdf#page=9 578] (Tex. 1941) ("Section 51 of Article III of our Constitution provides that the Legislature shall have no power to make any grant or authorize the making of any grant of public moneys to any individual, association of individuals, municipal or other corporations, whatsoever. It is then provided that the Legislature may grant aid to indigent or disabled Confederate soldiers and their widows. Aid in case of public calamity is also preserved. Under the plain provisions of this constitutional provision, the Legislature is without power to grant or authorize the making of any grant of public moneys to any individual as a gratuity.") | ||
* ''Road Dist. No. 4 v. Allred'', 68 S.W.2d 164, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/068_SW2_164.pdf#page=8 171] (Tex. 1934) ("There is certainly a vast difference between a case where public money is granted to municipal or political corporation on condition that it assume the unqualified burden and duty . . . . The Attorney General contends that this is class legislation in contravention of section 3 of article 1 of our State Constitution. The mere statement of such contention demonstrates that it presents a very serious constitutional question; but, in view of the fact that we have already determined section 12 of the special act in violation of section 51 of article 3 of our Constitution, we do not consider it necessary to determine it.") | * ''Road Dist. No. 4 v. Allred'', 68 S.W.2d 164, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/068_SW2_164.pdf#page=8 171] (Tex. 1934) ("There is certainly a vast difference between a case where public money is granted to municipal or political corporation on condition that it assume the unqualified burden and duty of . . . . The Attorney General contends that this is class legislation in contravention of section 3 of article 1 of our State Constitution. The mere statement of such contention demonstrates that it presents a very serious constitutional question; but, in view of the fact that we have already determined section 12 of the special act in violation of section 51 of article 3 of our Constitution, we do not consider it necessary to determine it.") | ||
* ''City of Aransas Pass v. Keeling'', 247 S.W. 818, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/247_SW_818.pdf#page=2 819-20] (Tex. 1923) ("The state here bestows no gratuity. The people of the state at large have a direct and vital interest in protecting the coast cities from the perils of violent storms. The destruction of ports, through which moves the commerce of the state, is a state-wide calamity. Hence sea walls and breakwaters on the Gulf coast, though of special benefit to particular communities, must be regarded as promoting the general welfare and prosperity of the state. . . . The use of the cities or counties as agents of the state in the discharge of the state's duty is in no wise inhibited by the Constitution in section 51 of article 3.") | * ''City of Aransas Pass v. Keeling'', 247 S.W. 818, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/247_SW_818.pdf#page=2 819-20] (Tex. 1923) ("The state here bestows no gratuity. The people of the state at large have a direct and vital interest in protecting the coast cities from the perils of violent storms. The destruction of ports, through which moves the commerce of the state, is a state-wide calamity. Hence sea walls and breakwaters on the Gulf coast, though of special benefit to particular communities, must be regarded as promoting the general welfare and prosperity of the state. . . . The use of the cities or counties as agents of the state in the discharge of the state's duty is in no wise inhibited by the Constitution in section 51 of article 3.") | ||