The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 4, July 1900 - April, 1901 Page: 154
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154 Texas Historical Association Quarterly.
'This Constitution also gives much more detailed attentionn to
public sohood and University matters.
On the day the Constitution went into effect, the 15th Legislature
convened, and it set vigorously to work to adapt the body of-the
statutory law to the new organic law. It passed 167 bills and 15
joint resolutions.
Among the most important are those organizing the new judi-
ciary ;
A general incorporation law for railroad companies;
An aact prohibiting usury and providing penalties for its violation;
The creation of the Department of Insurande, Statistics and His-
tory;
A statute of Local Option.
This Legisilature adjourned August 21, 1876.
The next Legislature, the 16th, met January 14th, 1879, and
adjourned April 24th, 1879. The most important legislation of
this session was:
The General Assigniment Law;
The law governing Chattel Mortgages;
The law giving to the Commissioner of Insurance large control
over insurance companies;
The establishment of the State Normal School's;
Authorizing cities and towns to elect boards of trustees for their
public schools;
Charging rent for enclosed public school lands, and the famous
Bell Punch Law.
The Special Laws of 1879 do not appear in this volume as the
foregoing matters fill over 1500 pages, but will be given in full in
Vol. 9.
A volume ,which contains all these matters and numerous others,
which we cannot now mention, must be of great value not only to
the lawyer and the student of history and the growth of government,
but also to every person who desires to be familiar with his own
country and its laws and institutions.
JOHN C. TOWNEs.
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