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The Constitution of the State of Texas is the document that establishes the structure and function of the government of the U.S. state of Texas and enumerates the basic rights of the citizens of Texas. The current document was adopted on February 15, 1876, and is the seventh constitution in Texas history (including the Mexican constitution).
Texas passed a new constitution in 1876 that segregated schools and established a poll tax to support them, but it was not originally required for voting. [13] In 1901 the Democratic-dominated legislature imposed a poll tax as a requirement for voting, and succeeded in disfranchising most blacks. The number of black voters decreased from ...
Article X of the Texas Constitution of 1876 covers railroad companies and the creation of the Railroad Commission of Texas.The federal government later created the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate railroads, and eight of the nine sections (all but section 2) of Article X were repealed in 1969 as "deadwood".
The Permanent University Fund was established by the 1876 Constitution of the State of Texas. [2] Initially, its assets included one-tenth of University of Texas at Austin lands bordering the railroads (UT Austin was granted 1 million acres (4,000 km 2) in West Texas as compensation) as well as 1 million acres (4,000 km 2) additional. [3]
Oran M. Roberts (Chief Justice, January 1874 to April 1876) Reuben A. Reeves (January 1874 to April 1876) Thomas J. Devine (January 1874 to September 1875) John Ireland (September 1875 to April 1876) George F. Moore (February 1874 to April 1876) William P. Ballinger (February 3, 1874, resigned same day) Peter W. Gray (February 1874 to April 1876)
The University of Texas at Austin was originally conceived in 1827 under an article in the Constitución de Coahuila y Texas to open a public university in the state of Texas. The Constitution of 1876 also called for the creation of "The University of Texas” By the late 1990s, the university had the largest enrollment in the country and ...
The claim: Texas Constitution prohibits Trump from running for president. A June 8 Threads post claims former President Donald Trump's felony conviction will interfere with his presidential run ...
11th Texas Legislature: 1866 Texas Constitution of 1869: 12th Texas Legislature: 1870 13th Texas Legislature: 1873 14th Texas Legislature: 1874 Texas Constitution of 1876 [citation needed] 15th Texas Legislature: 1876 16th Texas Legislature: 1879 17th Texas Legislature: 1881 18th Texas Legislature: 1883 19th Texas Legislature: 1885 20th Texas ...