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476 TEXAS ALMANAC.-1949-1950.
Sixteenth District.
Ken Regan (Dem.) .......................37,173
J. B. Chavez (Prog.) .....................198
Total ...............................37,371
Eighteenth District.
Eugene Worley pD~em.) ..................48,985
J. Evetts Haley (Rep.) .................. 6,266
Total .................................55,251
Nineteenth District.
George Mahon (Dem.) ...................58.585
Mohler D. Temple (Rep.) ................ 2,724
Total .................................61,309
Twentieth District.
Paul J. Kilday (Dem.) ..................43,709
J. P. Ledvina (Rep.) ....................14.376
Total .................................58.085
Constitutional Amendments,
1947 and 1948
Nine amendments to the Texas State Con-
stitution were adopted during the biennium
of 1947-1948. They are given below with
vote on each:
Special Election, Aug. 23, 1947.
Art. VII, Secs. 17 and 18.-Reducingm Confeder-
ate pension tax of 7c on each $11K of property
valuation to 2c and levyingm oc tax for support of
certain state educational institutiuns and authoriz-
ing bona issueQ by Universit. of Texas and Texas
A&M College. For, 102.531: against. 97.31b. (Seetext and note thereon, pp. 70 and 71.)
General Election, Nov. 2, 1948.
Art. II I, Sec. 28.-Establishing Legslative Re-
districting Board of Texas to redistrict state
after each decennial census in event of failure of
Legislature to do so. For, 528,158; against,
153,704. (See text and note thereon, p. 52.)
Art. IV, Sec. 3-a.-Providing for gubernatorial
succession m event Governor-elect dies or becomes
disabled before qualifying. For, 548.195: against.
130,119 (See text and note thereon, p. 58.)
Art. XVI, Sec. 15.-Providing for partition of
property between husband and wife under com-
mumnity property law. For. 548,718; against, 149,-
438 (See text and note thereon, p. 82.)
Art. VIII, Sec. 1-a.-Abolishing state ad va-
lorem tax for general revenue purposes. For,
475,.55: against. 201.572. (See text and note
thereon, p. 71.)
Art. VIII, Secs. 1-b and 1.c.-Preserving $3,000
homestead exemption in event of adoption of
amendment above, Art. VIII, Sec. 1-a. For,
614,325; against. 104,059. (See text and note
thereon, p. 72 )
Art. III, Sec. 60.-Enabhling counties to provide
workman's compersation insurance for employees.
For. 574,987; against, 156,122. (See text and
note theieon. p. 5b.)
Art. XVi, Sec. 61.-Providing compensation on
salary basis min counties of certain population.
For 557.698: against, 140,953. (See text and note
theremon. p. 87.)
Art. V, Sec. 1-a.-Providing for retirement of
members of appellate and district courts. For,
376.070: against. 312,624. (See text and note
thereon, p 61.)General Election, 1948-County Table No. 1
Below are shown returns from counties min the general election, Nov. 2. 1948, for the three
leading candidates for President. and the two leading candidates for United States Senate. as
canvassed by the State Canvassing Board. Where spaces are left blank, counties did not
maKe returns within the time prescribed by law and returns were not canvassed.President. U.S. Senate
County- E0.
JE o
Anderson ...... 3,242 1,199 735 3.394 1,741
Andrews ...... 816 101 351 776 133
Angelina ....... .4,377 1,000 928
Aransas ........ 4181 235 26 383 267
Archer ......... 1,5991 191 58 1,523 267
Armstrong .... 686 97 31 658 133
Atascosa ....... ...I .
Austin ......... 1,252 1,260 5 . ..
Bailey.......... 1,115 234 93 1,104 268
Bandera ...... 445 570 107 3941 703
Bastrop ........ 2.518 4431 265 2.9081 626
Baylor ......... 1.522, 101 47 1,412I 181
Bee ............ 1,441! 801 123 1,339 1,009
Bell ............ 7,5481 1,069 436 7,3101 1,455
Bexar .......... 35.970126,202 3,418 33,255128.026
Blano ......... 1,0031 497 66 i6
Borden ......... 203 18 9 175 46
Bosque .. .. 2,303 501 141 23
Bowie ......... 7.0281 1,161 2,096 7,269 2,238
Brazoria ....... 4.7831 2,1331 1,408 4,733 3,145
Brazos ........ 3,4591 1,533' 522 3,559 1,772
Brewster ....... 940 312 82 976 341
Briscoe ............
Brooks ......... 1.029 2171 30 1,04 256
Brown ......... 5,059 1.071 3271 4,1701 2,024
Burleson ...... 2.0511 240 135 2,037 349
Burnet ........... .. 2,077 265
Caldwell ...... ... .. . .. 2,839 750
Calhoun ........ .. .... 572 427
Callahan .... 1,844 258 104 1,748 350
Cameron ...... 6,778 4,689 342 7.201 4,513
Camp ......... . . I
Carson ........ 1.301 413 32 1,248 iqq
Cass .........I 2,540 4571 8781 2,56,1 8443
Castro ........ 1 1581 189 201 1.0461 273
Chambers ..... 787 302 29"1 7981 484
Cherokee ....3 017" 1 .154 544 I.:
Childress .....I 2.115 273 941 2.309 354
Clay ......... 2.131! 3321 1071 2.076 434
Cochran . : 9711 1191 941 902 225
Coke ...........I 091 651 30 884 109
Coleman . .. ..I 2.6951 545 176 2.516 819
Collin .......... 5,516' 1.1551 543 5,3141 1.673
CoUllingsworth ...1 1,779! 1981 98 1,7531 287County-
Colorado .......
Comal ........
Comanche ..
Concho .......
Cooke .........
Coryell .........
Cottle .........
Crane ......
Crockett.......
Crosby .....
Culberson ......
Dallam ........
Dallas .........
Dawson . ....
Deaf Smith .....
Delta .........
Denton .........
DeWitt ........
Dickens ........
Dimmit ........
Donley ........
Duval ..........
Eastland .......
Ector ........
Edwards .......
Ellis . .........
El Paso........
Erath ..........
Falls ..........
Fanninm .........
Fayette ........
Fisher .........
Floyd ..........
Feard ........
Fort Bend ......
Franklin .......
Freestone ...
Fnro ...........
Gaines .......
Galveston ......
Garza ..........
Gillespie ......
Glasscock ......
Gollad ........ .56..President.
1,316
1,212
2,915
1,156
2,350
1,318
400
1,731
244
1,504
47,4641
2,605
1,496
4.549
1,808
1,492
1,372
3,551
4,305
15,
3,385
6,132
3,106
2,063
2,174
751
2,058
1,236[
2,265
1,465
12,491
861900
1,752
408
174
310
102
...
127
168
38
399
35,664
393
535
1,5Mi
1.612
115
384
241
117
1,145
5,544
553
1,7
14990
1,016
146
4601
345
207
4.857
176
2,741
69
...930
105
164
12
i
98
32
158
22
28
10,162
214
83
60
71
11
231
3951
..
271
364
429
66
119
321
5191
1
107
1.266
6
77
16U.S. Senate.
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,'-a,-1,578
1,892
706
211
1,810
478
142
146
134
463
43,951
550
599
278
2.399
1'76
342
126
1,833
213
213
1,857
4,130
909
836
2,198
219
629
133
1.417
409
355
5,170
188
2,941
981,213
2,738
1,090
2,992
2,221
1,274
786
402
239
1.400
46,464
2,480
1.422
1,546
4,315
1,453
1,285
3,545
4,593
4.054
314
5,572
16,708
2,986
3,228
6,143
3,007
1,988
1,899
728
2,180
2,205
892
1.346
13,024
840
484
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