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  2. Texas State Police - Wikipedia

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    The Texas State Police was formed during the administration of Governor Davis on July 22, 1870, to combat crime during the Reconstruction Era of the United States. Davis also created the Texas Special Police, State Guard of Texas, and the Texas Reserve Militia, which was the forerunner of the Texas National Guard. [citation needed]

  3. Suppression of monasteries - Wikipedia

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    The monasteries, being landowners who never died and whose property was therefore never divided among inheritors (as happened to the land of neighboring secular land owners), tended to accumulate and keep considerable lands and properties - which aroused resentment and made them vulnerable to governments confiscating their properties at times of religious or political upheaval, whether to fund ...

  4. Texas Department of Public Safety - Wikipedia

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    Four bureaus—Administration, State Police, Rangers, and Fire Prevention—were suggested to be created with the implementation of the new force. The findings of Griffenhagen and Associates were ultimately unpopular across the state, and the Texas Senate created a committee to conduct its own survey of the State's law enforcement. As a result ...

  5. Category:Buddhist temples in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... move to sidebar hide. Help. Pages in category "Buddhist temples in Texas" The following 7 pages are in this ...

  6. Texas Special Police - Wikipedia

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    Governor Edmund J. Davis, in order to combat crime statewide in Texas, formed the Texas Special Police on July 22, 1870 [2] There were 30 Special Police Officers (SPO) assigned as auxiliary officers throughout the state. [2] On April 22, 1873, the law authorizing the state police was repealed by the newly elected Democrat controlled state ...

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  8. Secularization (church property) - Wikipedia

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    Joseph II had a strong aversion for monasteries that he viewed as not contributing positively to society, although he was a Catholic. Upwards of 500 out of 1,188 monasteries in Austria were taken, and 60 million florins were taken by the state. 1700 new parishes and welfare institutions were created from this wealth and property. [4]

  9. Ford Mustang SSP - Wikipedia

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    The Ford Mustang SSP is a lightweight police car package that was based on the Ford Mustang and produced by Ford between 1982-1993. [1] The car was meant to provide a speedier option for police departments in lieu of other full sized (and heavier) sedans on the market at the time.