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bail, setting of
1827 - Title III, Article 184
1833 - General Provisions, Articles 13-14
1836 - Declaration of Rights
1845 - Article I, section 9; Article I, section 10
1861 - Article I, section 9; Article I, section 11
1866 - Article I, section 9; Article I, section 11
1868 - Article I, section 9; Article I, section 11; Article VII, section 47
1869 - Article I, section IX Article I, section XI
1876 - Article I, section 11; Article I, section 13

banking, restrictions on private
1833 - General Provisions, Article 30
1845 - Article VII, section 30
1861 - Article VII, section 30
1866 - Article VII, section 30
1868 - Article VII, section 29
1876 - Article XVI, section 16

bankruptcy rules, legislative power over
1824 - Title III, Section 5, Article 50

barretry, punishment of
1876 - Article XVI, section 29

Bexar, territorial boundaries
1827 - Preliminary Provisions, Article 7

bill of rights
1836 - Declaration of Rights
1845 - Article I?
1861 - Article I?
1866 - Article I?
1868 - Article I?
1869 - Article I?
1876 - Article I?

bills, legislative, procedures for
1833 - Executive, Article 65; Legislature, Articles 46-49
1836 - Article I, sections 19-21; Article I, section 26
1845 - Article III, sections 20-22; Article V, section 17; Article VII, sections 24-25
1861 - Article III, sections 20-22; Article V, section 17; Article VII, sections 24-25
1866 - Article III, sections 19-21; Article V, section 17; Article VII, sections 24-25
1868 - Article III, sections 19-20; Article V, section 17; Article VII, sections 22-23
1869 - Article III, sections XXIV-XXVI; Article XII, sections XVII-XVIII
1876 - Article III, sections 30-32; Article III, section 35 ; Article III, section 37; Article IV, section 14

birth, citizenship by, and eligibility for civil office
1824 - Title IV, Section 1, Article 76; Title IV, Section 6, Articles 120
1827 - Title II, Section I, Article 110

blacks
disqualification as voters
1845 - Article III, section 2
1866 - Article III, section 1
disqualification for civil office
1866 - Article III, section 10; Article III, sections 5
exclusion from census
1845 - Article III, section 29
1861 - Article III, section 29
exclusion from citizenship
1836 - General Provisions, section 6; General Provisions, section 10
1861 - Article III, section 1
exclusion from district apportionment
1836 - Article I, section 7
restrictions on residency
1836 - General Provisions, section 9
rights of
1866 - Article VIII?
separate school funding for
1866 - Article X, section 7
See also slavery?

Board of Education
1866 - Article X, section 10
1876 - Article VII, section 8

Board of Health
1876 - Article XVI, section 32

Board of School Directors
1868 - Article XII, section 3
1869 - Article IX, section III
bonding of clerks of Supreme Court
1876 - Article V, section 4

bonds, government
railroad construction
1866 - Article VII, sections 36
1868 - Ordinance?
school construction
1866 - Article X, section 5
1876 - Article VII, section 4
transition activities to state of Texas
1845 - Article XIII, section 2

borrowing power, legislative responsibility for
1836 - Article II, section 1
See also debt?

boundaries, territorial
Coahuila and Texas
1827 - Preliminary Provisions, Articles 6-8
Mexican Confederacy
1824 - Title I, Article 2; Title II, Article 5; Title III, Section 5, Article 50
Texas
1833 - Schedule, Article 96
West Texas
1868 - Article VII, section 1

bribery as crime
1845 - Article VII, sections 3-4
1861 - Article VII, sections 3-4
1866 - Article VII, sections 3-4
1868 - Article VII, section 4
1869 - Article III, section XXXII
1876 - Article XVI, section 41

Bureau of Immigration
1868 - Article X, section 1
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