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== review ==<br />
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4 Tex. 189<br />
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Norris v. City of Waco, 57 Tex. 635, 641, 1882 WL 9558, at *5 (1882)<br />
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Taylor v. Boyd, 63 Tex. 533, 542 (1885)<br />
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City of Wichita Falls v. Williams, 26 S.W.2d 910, 915 (Tex. 1930)<br />
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Higgins v. Bordages, 31 SW. 52, 55 (Tex. 1895)<br />
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Smith v. Davis, 426 S.W.2d 827,833 (Tex. 1968)<br />
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Smith v. Davis, 426 S.W.2d 827, 833-34 (Tex. 1968)<br />
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== add ? ==<br />
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Sections 1 and 2 of article VIU require the taxation of private property held by<br />
natural persons or private corporations, Cr@ of Beaumont v. Fertifta, 415 S.W.2d 902.<br />
909 (Tu. 1967). subject to exemptions permitted by section 2 and acmally enacted by the<br />
legislatule, id. at 910, or est&&ed in other provision& either se4f-exeaning or<br />
. 1egisMvely implemented of the constittmon, see Sure v. American Le@ort Part No. 58.<br />
611 S.W.2d 720, 723 (Tex. Cii. App.-El Paso 1981. no writ). In other words, ptivate<br />
propatyhsldbynatursl~~orpriMtecarporationsthatcomeswithinadaMorycd<br />
whem tax exemption can be exempt only ifthere is clear constitutional authority for the<br />
exemption. Id<br />
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== add ? ==<br />
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The Texas Supreme Court long ago held that this provision "controlled<br />
municipal as well as state taxation." City of Austin v. Austin Gaslight & Coal Co., 7 S.W. 200,<br />
203 (Tex. 1887)<br />
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Graham v. City of Fort Worth, 75 S.W.2d 930,933 (Tex. App.-Eastland 1934, writ<br />
ref d) (holding that cities may not adopt exemptions other than or different from those prescribed<br />
in the Constitution)</div>imported>Admin