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Constitution of the State of Texas (1866)

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Table of Contents

Preamble
Article I: Bill of Rights
Article II: Division of the Powers of Government
Article III: Legislative Department
Article IV: Judicial Department
Article V: Executive Department
Article VI: Militia
Article VII: General Provisions
Article VIII: Freedmen
Article IX: Impeachment
Article X: Education
Article XI: (Head-Rights)
Article XII: Land Office

Proclamation by the Governor, on the Amendments to the Constitution

Ordinances
Number 1: An Ordinance, Declaring the Ordinance of Secession Null and Void
Number 2: An Ordinance, Declaring the War Debt Void, and for Other Purposes
Number 3: An Ordinance, Providing for the Election of State Officers, and Fixing the Time for the Meeting of the Legislature
Number 4: An Ordinance, for the Ratification of the Amendments to the Constitution
Number 5: An Ordinance, Requiring the Assessment and Collection of Taxes for the Year 1866
Number 6: An Ordinance, Relative to the Direct Tax Levied Upon the State of Texas by the United States
Number 7: (Requesting Re-Establishment of Frontier Military Posts)
Number 8: (Requesting Aid Against Indians)
Number 9: An Ordinance, Defining the Constitution of the State of Texas
Number 10: An Ordinance (Municipalities Becoming Stockholders)
Number 11: An Ordinance, Making Valid the Laws and Acts of Officers Therein Mentioned, and for Other Purposes
Number 12: An Ordinance, Securing the Common School and University Fund, and for Other Purposes
Number 13: An Ordinance, to Provide for a Division of the State of Texas
Number 14: An Ordinance, Authorizing the Appointment of a Commissioner of Statistics for the Promotion of Immigration
Number 15: An Ordinance (Validating Payment Warrants for Troops)
Number 16: An Ordinance (Setting Election Date for State, District and County Officers)
Number 17: An Ordinance, to Equalize the Labor, and Make Uniform the Terms of Judicial Districts
Number 18: An Ordinance, Making an Appropriation for the Per Diem Pay and Mileage of the Members, and Per Diem Pay of the Officers of the Convention
Number 19: An Ordinance, Making an Appropriation of Money for Per Diem Pay and Mileage
Number 20: An Ordinance (Appropriation of Money to Defray Expenses of Delegates to Washington)
Number 21: An Ordinance, Appropriating Money to Pay Salary of Governor Houston, for Unexpired Term, to His Heirs
Number 22: An Ordinance, Making an Appropriation to Defray the Printing and Other Contingent Expenses of the Convention
Number 23: An Ordinance, Making an Additional Appropriation for Contingent Expenses
Number 24: An Ordinance, Appropriating Money to Defray Contingent Expenses of Convention
Number 25: An Ordinance for the Relief of James M. Green and Others, Proper Subjects to be Beneficiaries of the Blind Asylum
Number 26: (Resolution That Sections of the Constitution of 1845 be Stricken Out, the Same Being Obsolete)
Number 27: An Ordinance, for the Relief of the People of Orange County
Number 28: (Suspension of Statute of Limitations and Stay of Execution on Judgments)
Number 29: An Ordinance (Request for Completion of Railroad Line through Indian Country)

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