A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879. Page: 803 of 859
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CONSTITUTION. 803.
for any extra session that may be called within one day after the adjournment
of a regular or called session.
SEC. 25. The State shall be divided into senatorial districts of contiguou.s
territory, according to the number of qualified electors, as nearly as may be,
and each district shall be entitled to elect one Senator, and no single county
shall be entitled to more than one Senator.
SEC. 26. The members of the House of Representatives shall be apportioned
among the several counties, according to the number of population
of the State, as ascertained by the most recent United States census, by the
number of members of which the House is composed: Provided, that whenever
a single county has sufficient population to be entitled to a Representative,
such county shall be formed into a separate representative district, and
when two or more counties are required to make up the ratio of represen.
tation, such counties shall be contiguous to each other; and when any oine
county has more than sufficient population to be entitled to one or more
Representatives, such Representative br Representatives shall be apportioned
to such county, and for any surplus of population it may be joined.
in a representative district with any other contiguous county or counties.
SEC. 27. Elections for Senators and Representatives shall be general
throughout the State, and shall be regulated by law.
SEC. 28. The Legislature shall, at its first session after the publication of
each United States decennial census, apportion the State into senatorial and
representative districts, agreeably to the provisions of section 25 and 26 of
this article; and until the next decennial census, when the first apportionment
shall be made by the Legislature, the State shall be, and it is hereby,
divided into senatorial and representative districts, as provided by an ordinance
of the Convention on that subject.
PROCEEDIMGS.
SEc. 29. The enacting clause of all laws shall be, " Be it enacted by the
Legislature of the State of Texas."
SEC. 30. No law shall be passed except by bill, and no bill shall be so
amended in its passage through either House as to change its original purpose.
SEC.
31. Bills may originate in either House, and when passed by such
Iouse, maybe amended, altered, or rejected by the other.
SEC. 32. No bill shall have the force of law until it has been read on three
several days in each House, and free discussion allowed thereon; but in
cases of imperative public necessity (which necessity shall be stated in a
preamble, or in the body of the bill), four-fifths of the House in wlhich the
bill may be pending may suspend this rule, the yeas and iiays being taken
on the question of suspension, and entered upon the journals.
SEC. 33. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives,
but the Senate may amend or reject them as other billq.
SEC. 34. After a bill has been considered and defeated by either House of
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Illustrated history of Texas, organized into ten sections: [1] General Description of the Country, [2] Texas Under Spanish Domination, 1695--1820, [3] Colonization Under Mexican Domination, 1820--1834, [4] The Revolution, [5] The Republic, From 1837 to 1846, [6] Texas as a State, from 1847 to 1878, [7] Indians, [8] Biographies, [9] History -- Counties, and [10] Miscellaneous Items.
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Thrall, Homer S., 1819-1894. A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879., book, 1879; St. Louis, Missouri. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5828/m1/803/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .