Constitution of the State of Texas: Adopted by the Constitutional Convention Begun in the City of Austin, Texas on September 6th, 1875, and Finished November 24th, 1875; Ratified by the People February 15th 1876; in Force from the 18th Day of April 1876. With Amendments Declared Adopted October 14th, 1879...[to] December 1st, 1898 |
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Page 184
... residence . Provided that all electors living in any unorganized county may vote at any election precinct , in the county , to which county is attached for judicial purposes . Under the section " that electors should vote in the ...
... residence . Provided that all electors living in any unorganized county may vote at any election precinct , in the county , to which county is attached for judicial purposes . Under the section " that electors should vote in the ...
Page 185
... resident of the election precinct . Little v . St. , 75 T. , 616 . SEC . 3 . All qualified electors of the state , as herein described , who shall have resided for six months immediately preceding an election within the limits of any ...
... resident of the election precinct . Little v . St. , 75 T. , 616 . SEC . 3 . All qualified electors of the state , as herein described , who shall have resided for six months immediately preceding an election within the limits of any ...
Page 197
... residence upon it , and not one who has inclosed it and cultivated it , intending at some future time to live upon it . Baker v . Millman , 77 T. , 46 , 13 S. W. R. , 618 ; Baker v . Millman , 21 S. W. , 297 . The benefits of this ...
... residence upon it , and not one who has inclosed it and cultivated it , intending at some future time to live upon it . Baker v . Millman , 77 T. , 46 , 13 S. W. R. , 618 ; Baker v . Millman , 21 S. W. , 297 . The benefits of this ...
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... resident of an unorganized county may be made by the collector of the organized county . Llano County v . Faught , 5 S. W. R. , 494 . There is not a constitutional provision as to the place , where taxes on personal property in an ...
... resident of an unorganized county may be made by the collector of the organized county . Llano County v . Faught , 5 S. W. R. , 494 . There is not a constitutional provision as to the place , where taxes on personal property in an ...
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... residence received by a city in settlement from tax collector , for taxes not paid over , and not used by the city for public purposes , is not exempt from taxation . Williams v . City of Sher- man , 84 T. , 422 , 19 S. W. R. , 606 ...
... residence received by a city in settlement from tax collector , for taxes not paid over , and not used by the city for public purposes , is not exempt from taxation . Williams v . City of Sher- man , 84 T. , 422 , 19 S. W. R. , 606 ...
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Page 232 - Every railroad corporation organized or doing business in this State, under the laws or authority thereof, shall have and maintain a public office or place in this State for the transaction of its business, where transfers of stock shall be made...
Page 30 - All courts shall be open, and every person for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and right and justice administered, without sale, denial or delay.
Page 112 - If any bill presented to the Governor contain several items of appropriation of money, he may object to one or more of such items while approving of the other portion of the bill. In such case, he shall append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a statement of the items to which he objects; and the appropriation so objected to shall not take effect.
Page 112 - If the Legislature be in session, he shall transmit to the house in which the bill originated a copy of such statement, and the items objected to shall be separately reconsidered.
Page 85 - The presiding officer of each House shall, in the presence of the House over which he presides, sign all bills and joint resolutions passed by the General Assembly, after their titles have been publicly read immediately before signing ; and the fact of signing shall be entered on the journal.
Page 61 - The powers of the government of the State of Texas shall be divided into three distinct departments, each of which shall be confided to a separate body of magistracy, to wit : Those which are legislative to one, those which are executive to another, and those which are judicial to another...
Page 287 - Any citizen of this state who shall, after the adoption of this Constitution, fight a duel with deadly weapons, or send or accept a challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons either within this state or out of it, or who shall act as second, or knowingly aid or assist in any manner those thus offending, shall not be allowed to hold any office of profit, or to enjoy the right of suffrage under this Constitution.
Page 18 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences...
Page 285 - I, AB, do solemnly swear or affirm, that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.
Page 291 - All property, both real and personal, of the wife, owned or claimed by her before marriage, and that acquired afterwards by gift, devise, or descent, shall be her separate property; and laws shall be passed more clearly defining the rights of the wife, in relation as well to her separate property, as to that held in common with her husband.