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APPENDIX.-N 0. VII.
CONSTITUTION
OF
THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS.
WE, the people of Texas, in order to form a Government,
establish justice, ellsure domestic tranquillity, provide for
the common defence and general welfare, and to secure
the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do
ordain and establish this Constitution.
ARTICLE I.
Sec. 1. The powers of this government shall be divided
into three departments, viz.:-Legislative, Executive, and
Judicial, which shall remain for ever separate and distinct.
Sec. 2. The Legislative power shall be vested in the
Senate and House of Representatives, to be styled the Congress
of the Republic of Texas.
Sec. 3. The members of the House of Representatives
shall be chosen annually, on the first Monday of September
each year, until Congress shall otherwise provide by law,
and shall hold their offices one year from the date of their
election.
Sec. 4. No person shall be eligible to a seat in the
House of Representatives until he shall have attained the
age of twenty-five years, shall be a citizen of the Republic,
and shall have resided in the county or district six months
next preceding ils election.
Sec. 5. The House of Representatives shall not consist
of less than twenty-four, nor more than forty memnbers, until
the population shall amount to one hundred thousand souls,
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Kennedy, William. Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Volume 2, book, 1841; London, England. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2392/m1/511/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.