Howerton v. City of Fort Worth

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

Acts 1949, 51st Leg;, p. 564, ch. 307, also referred to by the parties as House Bill No.' 391, and as Article 6243i, Vern.Tex.Civ. St., provides for the creation of a police officers’ pension system in all cities in the State having a.population of not less than 1.75,000 nor more than 240,000. Fort Worth falls within this-, population 'bracket. The questions.necessary to be decided on appeal pertain to the constitutionality of this statute. ...

In 1944 two amendments to the Texas Constitution, art. 3, Vernon’s Ann.St., were adopted which respectively read as follows:

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