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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Commerce Commission to regulate railroads, and eight of the nine sections (all but section 2) of Article X were repealed in 1969 as "deadwood".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 Farmers' Alliance was founded in central Texas in 1876, through the efforts of farmers at self-protection from 'land sharks,' merchants, horse thieves, and cattle ranchers. The constitution of the initial Texas order, drafted in 1882, denied membership to blacks on the grounds that the Alliance was a social organization "where we meet with ...
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).
The plain language: The constitutional amendment relates to the Texas University Fund, which provides funding to certain public universities to help them get national attention for research and to ...
Already amended 507 times, the Texas Constitution is one of the longest such documents in the nation.
Voters considered 14 proposed constitutional amendments and, in Tarrant County, school bond proposals were on the ballot in Azle, Eagle Mountain-Saginaw and Hurst-Euless-Bedford.. Check back here ...
The 2021 Texas constitutional amendment election took place on November 2, 2021. Texas voters statewide voted on eight proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. All eight propositions were passed. [1] [2]
A constitutional amendment (or constitutional alteration) is a modification of the constitution of a polity, organization or other type of entity.Amendments are often interwoven into the relevant sections of an existing constitution, directly altering the text.