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CONSTITUTION OF TEXAS.
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SEC. 23. If any Senator or Representative remove his residence from the
district or counlty for whi-ch he was elected, his office shall thereby become
vacant, atnd the vaclancy s'hall be filled as provided in Section 13 of this Article.
SEc. 24. lhle ileml(bers of the Legislature shall receive from the public
treasury suc compenlsation for their services as may, from time to time, be
provided by law, nlot exceeding five dollars per day for the first sixty days of
each session; and after tlhat not exceeding two dollars per day for the re-
mlainder of the session ; exce)t the first session held under this Constitution,
when they may receive not exceeding four dollars per day for the first ninety
days, andl after that not exeeedilng two dollars per day for the remainder of
the session. In addition to the per diem the members of each House shall be
entitled to mileage in going to and returning from the seat of government,
whiclh miletage shllll lnot excee(l five dollars for every twenty-five miles, the
(listallcet to 1e, c(omlil)ited by the nearest and most direct route of travel by
land, regardlelss of railxwayls or water lroutes; and the Comptroller of the State
shalll prepare a11l prt'('erve a table of (distances to each county seat now or
hereafter t(o 1l estatblished, a,ld hy such ta,ble the mileage of each member
shIll be paid; i ut no mmlltle shall be entitled to mileage for any extra ses-
sion tllt may be called within one diy after the adjournment of a regular or
called sessi()ll.
S:C . The State shall be divided into senatorial districts of contiguous
territory, laccordlin to the number of qualified electors, as nearly as may be,
and each tlistrie't slall be entitled to elect one Senator, and no single county
shatll b(e en'titled to 1more tlhan one Senator.
Sic. 26. The mermbers of the House of Representatives shall be appor-
tione( amijxoing the s(evelrl coniities, according to the number of population
in each, as nearly as maly be, on a ratio obtained by dividing the population
of the State as as(ertainedl byv the most recent United States census, by the
number of s of memer s wich the House is composed; provided, that when-
ever a single co0unty I as snuficient population to be entitled to a Representa-
tive, sch icounty v slhall be formied into a separate representative district, and
whell two Ior m ol(1 (cllunlties are required to make up the ratio of representa-
tionl such coutnties sliall be contiguous to each other; and when any one
coumtt }ts rllole than sulffi(ietl popiulation to be entitled to one or more Rep-
rese ltatives, sulh.eRepresentaltive or Representatives shall be apportioned to
such countv, and for tany surplns of population it may be joined in a repre-
sentative district with any othier contiguous county or counties.
SFC. 27. Elections for Senators and Representatives shall be general
througrhout the State, andl shall be regulated by law.
Si(. 8. The Legsislature shaill, at its first session after the publication of
SEC. XXIlI.-1. Is thlis a wise law 2. Whyl
Sc. XXI.-1. Witat salary do thle legislators receive 2. What is meant bY
"mileLg" 1 . 'W".Under wlhat eiracmnstances does a member receive no mileage I
81e,. XXV.-1. Whatmt is said of senatorial districts 2. Which counties have
wSoc. XXVI.-!T. (ive the plan for apportioning tlle Representatives. 2. When
does one county form tan entire; representative districti 3. Could Brazes and Tom
Green cmunlties `i formed into onIe district{ Whyl
SiC. XXVII.--. ive tlhe section.
Sv:r. XXVIIT.--. T,low often does the LegiRslature apportion the State into
districts I 2. Whlen will the next apportionment be madeI
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Pennybacker, Anna J. Hardwicke. A new history of Texas for schools : also for general reading and for teachers preparing themselves for examination, book, 1895; Palestine, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2388/m1/361/: accessed May 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.