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CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. is
or railway companies, shall hereafter be subject to location and survey by
any genuine land certificates.
SEc. 6. The Legislature shall not hereafter graht lands to any person or
persons, nor shall any certificates for land be sold at the land office, except
to actual settlers upon the same, and in lots not exceeding 160 acres.
SEc. 7. All lands granted to railway companies, which have not been
alienated by said companies, in conformity with the terms of their charters,
respectively, and the laws of the State under which the grants were made,
are hereby declared forfeited to the State for the benefit of the school fund.
SEC. 8. To every head of a family, who has not a homestead, there shall
be donated 160 acres of land, out of the public domain, upon the condition
that he will select, locate and occupy the same for three years, and pay the
office fees on the same. To all single men, 21 years of age, there shall be
donated 80 acres of land, out of the public domain, upon the same terms and
conditions as are imposed upon the head of a family.
SEC. 9. The State of Texas hereby releases to the owner or owners of the
soil, all mines and mineral substances that may be on the same, subject to
such uniform rate of taxation as the Legislature may impose.
ARTICLE XI.--MMIGRATION.
SECTION 1. There shall be a bureau, known as the " Bureau of Immigra-
tion," which shall have supervision and control of all matters connected with
immigration. The head of this bureau shall be styled the " Superintendent of
Immigration." He shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate. He shall hold his office for four years, and until
otherwise fixed by law, shall receive an annual compensation of two thousand
dollars. He shall have shch further powers and duties, connected with immi-
gration, as may be given by law.
SEC. 2. The Legislature shall have power to appropriate part of the ordi-
nary-revenue of the State, for the purpose of promoting and protecting immi-
gration. Such appropriation shall be devoted to defraying the expenses of
this bureau, to the support of agencies in foreign seaports, or seaports of the
United States, and to the payment, in part, or ir tote, of the passage of
immigrants from Europe to this State, and their transportation within this
State.
ARTICLE XII.-GENERAL PROVISIONS.
SECTION 1. Members of the Legislature, and all officers, before they enter
upon the duties of their offices, shall take the following oath or affirmation:
" I, (A. B.,) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully and impar-
tially discharge and perform all duties incumbent on me as - , according
to the best of my skill and ability, and that I will support the Constitution and
laws of the United States and of this State. And I do further swear (or affirm) that
since the acceptance of this constitution by the Congress of the United States, I,
being a citizen of this State, have not fought a duel with deadly weapons,
or committed an assault upon any person with deadly weapons, or sent or
accepted a challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons, or acted as second
in fighting a duel, or knowingly aided or assisted any one thus offending,
either within this State or out of it; that I am not disqualified from holding
office under the 14th amendment to the Constitution of the United States; (or,
as the case may be, my disability to hold office under the 14th amendment to
the Constitution of the United States has been removed by act of Congress;)
anJ further, that I am a qualified elector in this State."
SEc. 2. Laws shall be made to exclude from office, serving on jurie and
from the right of suffrage, those who shall hereafter be convicted of bribery,
perjury, forgery, or other high crimes. The privilege of free suffrage shal
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The Texas Almanac for 1870, and Emigrant's Guide to Texas, book, January 1870; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123775/m1/77/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.