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CONSTITUTION OF TEXAS. 85
commencing on the 6th day of February, A.D. 1875, Of all the inhabitants (in-
cluding Indians taxed) of the State, designating particularly the number of qualified
electors, and the age, sex, and color of all others, (herein following the classification
of the United States census,) and the whole number of representatives shall, at the
several periods of making such enumeration, be fixed by the Legislature and ap-
portioned among the several counties, cities, or towns, according to the i mber of
white population in each, and shall not be less than forty-five, nor more than ninety;
provided, that there shall be an enumeration and an appointment made in the year
1870, in the manner herein indicated.
SEc. 29. Until changed by law, the act of apportionment passed the 6th day of
February, A.D. 1860, by the Legislature of this State, shall remain in force.
SEC. 30. The whole number of Senators shall, at the next session after the seve-
ral periods of making the enumeration, be fixed by the Legislature, and apportioned
among the several districts to be established by law according to the number of
qualified electors, and shall never be less than nineteen nor more than thirty-
three.
SEC. 31. The members of the Legislature shall, at their first session hereafter,
receive from the Treasury of the State, as their compensation, eight dollars for each
day they shall be in attendance, and eight dollars for every twenty-five miles in
traveling to and from the seat of government. The above rates of compensation
shall remain till changed by law.
SEc. 32. The Legislature shall proceed as early as practicable to elect Senators
to represent this State in the Senate of the United States, and also provide for the
election of Representatives to the Congress of the United States.
SEG. 33. The City of Austin is hereby declared to be the seat of government of
this State until removed by an election of the people; and the title to the tract of
land surveyed by virtue of the headright certificate of Samuel Goucher, for one
third of a league which was selected and condemned to the use of the Republic of
Texas under an act of the Republic of Texas, entitled " An Act for the permanent
location of the seat of government," approved the 14th day of January, A.D. 1830, be
and the same is hereby confirmed, any irregularity or failure to make proper parties
or other defects in the proceedings had under said act to the contrary notwithstand-
ing; provided, nevertheless, that the lawful owner of said land, his heirs, assigns
or legal representatives, may at any time within one year from the adoption of this
Constitution, institute proceedings and have compensation as provided by act of
the Legislature of the State of Texas, entitled "An Act for quieting the title to real
estate in the City of Austin," approved 18th of December, 1857.
ARTICLE IV.---JunicL DEPARTMENT.
SECTION 1. The Judicial power of this State shall be vested in one Supreme
Court, in District Courts, in County Courts, and in such Corporation Courts, and
other inferior Courts or tribunals as the Legislature may from time to time or-
dain and establish. The Legislature may establish criminal courts in the princi-
pal ,cities within the State, with such criminal jurisdiction, coextensive with the
limits of the county wherein such city may be situated, and under such regula-
tions as may be prescribed by law; and the Judge thereof may preside over the
courts of one or more cities, as the Legislature may direct.
SEC. 2, The Supreme Court shall consist of five Justices, any three of whom
shall constitute a quorum. They shall be elected by the qualified voters of the
State at a general election for State or County officers, and they shall elect from
their own number a presiding officer, to be styled the Chief-Justice; they shall have
arrived at the age of thirty-five years at the time of the election; shall hold their
offices for the term of ten years, and each of them shall receive an annual salary of
at least four thousand five hundred dollars, which shall not be increased or dimin,
ished during his term of office.
SEC. 3. The Supreme Co -6 shall have appellate jurisdiction only, which shal
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The Glaveston News. The Texas Almanac for 1867 with Statistics, Descriptive and Biographical Sketches, etc., Relating to Texas., book, December 1866; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123772/m1/37/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.