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STATE CO
Article XVI.-(Continued.)
provided, further, that no cause of action
heretofore barred shall be revived
Sec. 19 Qualifications of Jurors.-The Leg-
islature shall prescribe by law tne qualifica-
lions of grand and petit Jurors.
Sec. 20 Manufacture and Sale of Intoxi.-
cants.-(a) The open salcon shall be and is
hereby prohibited. The Legislature shall have
the power, and it shall be its duty to define
the term 'open saloon" and enact laws
against such.
Subject to the foregoing, the Legislature
shall have the power to regulate the manu-
facture, sale possession and transportation
of intoxicating liquors, including the power
to establish a State monopoly on the sale of
distilled liquors.
(b) The Legislature shall enact a law or
laws whereby the qualified 'oters of any
county, justice's precinct or incorporated
town or city may, by a majority vote of those
x oting, determine from time to time whether
the sale of Intoxicating liquors for beverage
purposes shall be prohibited or legalized
within the prescribed limits; and such laws
shall contain provisions for voting on the
sale of intoxicating iquors of various types
and various alcoholic content
(c) In all counties, justice's precincts or
incorporated towns or cities wherein the sale
of intoxicating liquors had been prohibited by
local option elections held under the laws of
the State of Texas and in foice at the time
of the taking effect of Section 20, Article XVi
of the Constitution of Texas. It shall continue
to be unlawful to manufacture, sell. barter
or exchange in any such county. justice's
precinct or Incorporated town or city. any
spiritous, vinous or malt liquors or medicated
bitters capable of producing intoxication or
any other intoxicants whatsoever, for bever-
age purposes, unless and until a majority of
the qualified voters in such county or politi-
cal subdivision thereof voting in an election
held for such purpose shall determine such
tc be lawful, provided that this subsection
shall not prohibit the sale of alcoholic bev-
erages containing not more than 3.2 per cent
alcohol by weight in cities, counties or politi-
cal subdivisions thereof in which the qualified
voters have voted to legalize such sale under
the provisions of Chapter 116. Acts of the
Regular Session of the Forty Third Legisla-
ture.
INote.-The foregoing See. 20 of Ait. XVI has
been amended from the original which h merely
provided for local option elections in "any county.
justice's precinct, town or city") four times, as
follows: (1) To insert a clause in original section
'or such subdivision of a count% .is may be des-
ignated by Commissioners' Court of said county,"
with reference to local option elections. Submitted
by Twenty-Second Legislature (1891. ratified in
n election Aug 11. 1891. and declared adopted
Sept. 22, 1891. (2) To declare state-~ irl- prohibi-
tion. Submitted by Thirty-Sixth Legislature (1419 .
and declared ad ted May 24. 1919. (3) To legal-
ize sale of vino and malt liquors of not more
than 3 2 per cent alcohol Submitted by the Forty-
Third Legislature (1933). and adopted in an
election Aug. 26, 1933. (4) Legalizingm sale of all
liquors, as stated in the section printed above
Submitted by the Forty-Fourth Legislature (1935.
and adopted in an election Aug. 24, 1935 1
Sec. 21. Stationery: Public Printing.-All
stationery and printing, except proclamations
and such printing as may be done at the Deaf
and Dumb Asylum, paper and fuel used in
the legislative and other departments of the
government, except the judicial department.
shall be furnished and the printing and bind-
ing of the laws, journals and department
reports and all other printing and binding.
and the repairing and furnishing the halls
and rooms used for the meetings of the Leg-
islature and its committees. shall be per-INSTITUTION. 83
formed under contract, :o be gIen to the
lowest responsible bidder, below. such maxi-
mum price and under such regulations as
shall be prescilibed by law. No member or
officer of any department of the government
shall be in any way interested In such con-
tract; and all such contracts shall be subject
to the approval of the Goernor Secretary of
State and Comptroller.
Sec. 22 Fence Laws.-The Legislature
shall have tle pomer to pass such fence laws
applicable to any ubdix eion of the State
or county, as may be needed to meet the
wants of the people
Sec 23. Stock Laws.-The Legislature may
pass la% s for t he regulation of livestock and
the protection of stock i a sers,; in the stock
raising portion of the State and exempt from
the operation of such laom s other portions.
sections or counties, and shall hate power
to pass general and special laws for the In-
spection of cattle, stock and hides, and for
the regulation of brands: provided, that any
local law thus passed shall be submitted to
the freeholders of the section to be affected
thereby, and approved by them before it
shall go into effect.
Sec. 24. Roads; Convict Labor.-The Legis-
lature shall make provision for laying out
and working public roads, for the building
of bridges, and for utilizing fines, forfeitures,
and convict labor to all these purposes.
Sec. 25. Drawbacks and Rebates in Freight
Insurance, Transportation, Storage, Etc.,
Prohibited.-That all drawbacks and rebate-
ment of insurance, freight. transportation.
carriage, wharfage. storage. compressing.
baling, repairing, or for any other kind of
labor or service of. or to any cotton, grain
oi any other produce or article of commerce.
in this State. paid or allowed or contracted
for to any common carrier, shipper, mer-
chant, commission merchant, factor, agent or
middleman of any kind not the true and
absolute owner thereof, are forever prohibit-
ed; and it shall be the duty of the Legislature
to pass effective laws punishing all persons
in this State who pay. iecei\e or contract for
or respecting the same.
Sec. 26. Homicide: Civil Action For.-Every
person, corporation or company that may
commit a homicide, through willful act or
omission or gross neglect, shall be responsible
in exemplary damages to the surviving hus-
band, widow. heirs of his or her body. or
such of them as there may be. without
i egard to any criminal proceeding that may
or may not be had In relation to the homicide.
Sec. 27. Vacancies in Offices for Unexpired
Terms Only.-In all elections to fill vacancies
of office in this Slate. it shall be to fill the
unexpired term only.
Sec 28 Wages Exempt From Garnishment.
-No current wages for personal seilice shall
eler be subject to garnishment.
Sec. 29. Barratry to Be Prohibited.-The
Legislature shall prol lde by law for defining
and punishing barratry.
Sec. 30. Duration of Offices; Term of Rail-
road Commissioner.-The duration of all of-
fices not fixed by this Constitution shall
never exceed two years: pro ided. that when
a Railroad Commission is created by law it
shall be composed of three Commissioners,
who shall be elected by the people at a gen-
eral election for state officers, and their term
of office shall be six years: provided, Rail-
road Commissioners first elected after this
amendment goes into effect shall hold office
as follows: One shall serve two years and
one four years. and one six years, their
terms to be decided by lot. Immediately
after they shall have qualified And one Rail-
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