PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF STATE OFFICERS, AND FIXING THE TIME FOR THE MEETING OF THE LEGISLATURE.
SECTION 1. Be it ordained by the people of Texas in Convention assembled, That an election shall be held on the fourth Monday in June, A. D. 1866, in the several counties of this State, for all the State, District and County officers, who, under the Constitution and laws, are elected by the people.
SEC. 2. Be it further ordained, That the officers elected under this ordinance shall hold their respective offices from the date of their installation to the first Monday in August, A. D. 1866, and thereafter for the full term prescribed by law, as if elected on said first Monday; and in case the amendment to the Constitution be rejected, then and in that case the person receiving the highest number of votes for Judge of the Supreme Court, shall be Chief Justice; and the next two persons receiving the highest number of votes, shall be Associate Justices of said Court; and the person receiving the highest number of votes for County Judge, shall be Chief Justice of the county.
SEC. 3. Be it further ordained That, in order to carry out the provisions of this ordinance, the Provisional Governor of this State be, and he is hereby authorized and requested to issue his proclamation as early as may be, ordering an election to be held in the several counties of this State, at the time and for the purposes specified in this Ordinance.
Passed March 27, 1866.