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posed of probate business' either in term time or vacation
as may be provided by law and said court shall hold a
terra for crirniatl business once inevery month as
may be provide by law.' Prosecutions may be com-
menced ' in paid ' court by information tiled by ; the
County Attorney or by affidavit as may be provided by
law. Grasd juries empanneled in ths District Courts
Bhall enquire into misdemeanors and all indictment
therefor returned into the District Courts shall forthwrth
be certified to the County Courts or other inferior courts
having jurisdiction to try them for trial and if such indict-
ment be quashed in the county or other inferior court the
Eerson charged shall not be discharged if there is proba-
le cause ofgnilt but may be held by such court or
magistrate to answer an information or affidavit. A jury
in the County Court shall consist of 6ix men ; but no
jury shall be empanneled to try a civil case unless de-
' manded by one of the parties who shall pay such jury
' fee therefor in advance as may be prescribed by law
unless he makes affidavit that he is unable to pay the
same.
Sec. 18. Each organized county in the State now or
hereafter existing shall be divided from time to time for
the convenience of the people into precincts not less
than four and not more than eight. The present County
Courts shall make the first division. ' Subsequent divis-
ions shall be made by the Commissioners' Court
provided for by this Constitution. In each such precinct
here shall be elected at each biennial election 6ne justice
of the peace and one constable each of whom shall hold
his office for two years and until his successor shall be
elected and qualified; Provided that in any precinct in
which there may be a city of 8000 or more inhabitants
there shall be elected two justices rf the peace. Each
county shall in like manner be divided into four Commis-
sioners' precincts in each of which there shall be elected
by the qualified voters thereof one county commissioner
who shall hold his office for two years and until his suc-
cessor shall be elected and qualified. The county com-
missioners so chosen with the County Judge as presiding
officer shall compose the County Commissioners' Court
' which shall exercise such powers and jurisdiction over
all county business as is conferred by this Constitution
and the laws of the State or as may be hereafter pre-
scribed. .
Sec- 19. Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction
in criminal matters of all cases where the penalty or fine
to be imposed by law may not be more than for two hun-
dred dollars; and in civil matters of all cases where the
amount in controversy is two hundred dollars or less ex-
clusive of interest or which exclusive original jurisdic-
tion is not given to the District or County Courts and
such other jurisdiction criminal and civil as may be
provided by law under such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by law; and appeals to the county courts shall be
allowed in all cases decided in Justices' Courts where
. the judgment is for more than twenty dollars exclusive
f costs; and in all criminal cases under such regulations
as may be prescribed by law. . And-the justices of the
Eeace shall be ex officio notaries public. And they shall
old. their courts at such times and places as may be
provided by law. ;
: Sec; 20 There shall be elected for each county by
the: qualified voters a county clerk who shall hold his
office for two years who shall be clerk of the county and
commiseioners courts; and recorder of the county whose
duties perquisites and fees of office shall be prescribed
by the Legislature and a vacancy in whose office shall
be tilled by the commissioners 'court until the next
general election for county and State officers: provided
that in counties having a population of less than eight
thousand persons there may be an election of a single
clerk who shall perform the duties of district and county
clerks. ;
Sec. 21. A county attorney for counties in which
there is not a resident criminal district attorney shall be
elected by the qualified voters of each county who shall be
commissioned by the Governor and hold his office for the
term of two years. In case of vacancy the commission-
ers court of the county shall have power to appoint a
county attorney i until the next general election. The
county attorneys shall represent the State in all cases in
the district ana . inferior courts in : their respective coun-
ties; but if any county shall be included in a district in
. which there shall be a district attorney the respective du-
ties of district attorneys nd county attorneys shall in
such counties be regulated by the Legislature. The Leg-
islature may provide for the election of district attorneys
i in such districts as may be deemed necessary and make
' provision for the compensation of district attorneys and
county attorneys: provided district attorneys shall re-
ceive an annual salary of five hundred dollars to be paid
by the State and such fees commissions and per-
quisites as may be provided by law. County attorneys
snail receive as compensation only such fees commissions
and perquisites as may be prescribed by law.
Sec. 22. The Legislature shall have power by local
or general law to increase diminish or change the civil
and criminal jurisdiction of County Courts ; and in cases
of any such change of jurisdiction the Legislature shall
also conform the jurisdiction of the other Courts to such
change.
Skc. 23. There shall be elected by the qualified voters
of each county a sheriff who shall hold his office for the
term of two years whose duties and perquisities and fees
of office shall be prescribed by the Legislature and va-
cancies in whose office 6hall bo rilled by the Commission-
er's Court until the next general election for county
op Sfntu officers.
Skc. 24. County Judges County Attorneys Clerks
of the District and County Courts J ustices of the Peace
Constables and other county officers may be removed by
the Judges of the District Courts for incompetency offi-
cial misconduct habitual drunkenness or other causes
defined by law- upon the cause therefor being set forth in
writing and the finding of its truth by a jury. . .
Sec 2.. The Supreme Court shall have power to make
rules and regulations for th.j government of said court
and the other courts of the State to regulate proceedings
and expedite the dispatch of business therein. . . .
. Seo. 26. The State shall have ;no right of. appeal. in
criminal cases. - ".. " "...
Sec. 27. The Legislature shall at its first session pro-
vide for the transfer of all . business civil and criminal
pending in District Courts over which jurisdiction is
. given by this Constitution to the County Courts or other
inferior courts to 6uch county or inferior courts ; and for
the trial or disposition of all such causes by such couuty
or other interior courts. ; ..
Sec. 23. Vacancies in the office of Judges in the Su-
preme Court of the Court of Appeals and District Court
6hall be tilled by the Governor until the next succeeding
disqualifications who at any time before an election
shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of
the United States in accordance with the Federal natu-
ralization Jaws and shall have resided in this State one
year next preceding such election and the last six months
in the county in which he offers to vote shall also be
deemed a qualified elector and all electors shall vote in
the election precinct of their residence; provided that
electors living in any unorganized county may vote at
' any election precinct in the county to which such county
is attached for judicial purposes. n . .
Seo. 3. All qualified electors of the State as herein
described who shall have resided for six months imme-
diately preceding an election within the limits of any city
or corporate town shall have the right to vote for Mayor
and all other elective officers ; but in all elections to deter-
mine expenditure of money or assnmption of debt only
those shall be qualified to vote who pay taxes on proper-
ty in said city or incorporated town ; provided that no
Jx)U tax for the payment of debts thus incurred shall be
evied upon the parsons debarred from voting in relation
thereto. i - i ;
Sec. 4. In all elections by the people the vote shall
be by ballot and the Legislature shall provide forthe
numbering of tickets and make such other regulations
as may be necessary to detect and punish fraud and pre-
serve the purity of the ballot box ; but no law shall ever
be enacted requiring a registration of the voters of this
State. : . t. .;.(.!:
Sec. 6. Voters shall in all cases except treason fel-
ony or breach of the peace be privileged from arrest dur-
ing their attendance at elections and in going to and re-
turning therefrom. . ; . '!:!'!!! I
ARTICLE VII. EDUCATION THE PUBLIC .FREE SCHOOLS.
Section 1. A general diffusion of knowledge being
essential to the preservation of the liberties and rights
of the people it shall be the duty of the Legislature of
the State to establish and make suitable provision for the
support and maintenance of an efficient system of public
free schools. ; '
Sec 2 All funds lands and other property hereto-
fore set apart and appropriated for the support of Pub-
lic schools; all the alternate sections of land reserved by
the -State out of grants heretofore made" or that may
hereafter be made to railroads or other corporations of
any nature whatsoever ; one-half of the public domain
of the State; and all sums of money that may come to
the State from the sale of any portion of the same shall
constitute a perpetual public school fund. '.U-.t- '
Sec 3. There shall be set apart annually not more
than one-fourth of the general revenue of the Statej and
a poll tax of one dollar on all male inhabitants in this
State between the ages of twenty -one ! and sixty years
for the benefit of the public free schools n r-
Sec 4. The lands herein set apart to the public free
school fund shall be sold under such regulations at such
times and on such terms as" may. be prescribed by law;
and the Legislature shall not have power to grant any re-
lief to the purchasers thereof i The Comptroller shall
invest the proceeds of such sales and of those heretofore
made as may be directed by the i Board of Education
herein peovided for in the bonds of this State if the
same can be obtained otherwise in United States bonds;
and the United States bonds now belonging to the said
fund shall likewise be invested in State bonds if the
same can be obtained on terms advantageous to the school
fund. li.f
Sec J5. The principal of all bonds and other funds
and the principal arising from the sale of the lands here-
inbefore set apart to said school fund shall be the per-
manent school fund ; and all the interest derivable there-
from and the taxes herein authorized and levied shall be
the available school fund which shall be applied annu-
ally to the support of the public-fre schools And 'no
law shall ever be enacted appropriating any part of the
permanent or available school fund to any other purpose
whatever; nor shall the same or any part thereof ever be
appropriated to or used for the support of any sectarian
school; and the available school fund herein provided
shall be distributed to the several counties according to
their scholastic population and applied in manner as
may be provided by law. .-j" '. V ' ; ' . V'
Sec 6. All lands heretofore or hereafter granted to
the several counties of this State for education or schools
are of right the property of said counties respectively to
which they were granted and- title thereto .is vested in
said counties and no adverse possession or limitation
shall ever be available against the title of any county.
Each county may sell or dispose of its lands in whole or
in part in manner to be provided by the Commissioners'
Court of the county. Actual settlers residing; on said
lands shall be protected in the prior right of purchasing
the same to the extent of their settlement not to exceed
one hundred and sixty acres at the price fixed by said
court which price shall not include the value of existing
improvements made thereon by such settlers. Said lands
and the proceeds thereof when sold shall be held by said
counties alone as a trust for the benefit of public schools
therein; said proceeds to be invested in bonds of the State
of Texas or of the United States and. only the interest
thereon to be used and expended annually ' ' f.
Sec 7. Separate schools shall be provided for . the
white and colored children and impartial provision shall :
be made for both. ' ; j . j.
Seo. 8. The Governor Comptroller and Secretary of .
State shall constitute a Board of Education who shall
distribute said funds to the several counties and perform .
snch other duties concerning public schools as may be
prescribed by law. . ?. ...... .
: ASYLUMS.; I ;.
Sec. 9. All lands heretofore granted for the benefit of
the Lunatic Blind Deaf aad Dumb and Orphan Asy- v"
lums together with such donations as may have . been or .
may hereafter be made to either of them respectively as
indicated in the several grades are hereby set -apart to
provide a permanent fund for the .support maintenance
'. and improvement of said asylums.' Andthe Legislature .
may provide for the sale of the lands and the investment
of the proceeds in manner as provided ;for the:sale and
investment of school lands in Section 4 of this Article j
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1 Sec. 10. The Legislature shall as Boon as practicable
establish organize and provide for the maintenance sup-
)ort and direction of a University of the hrst class! to be
oca ted by a vote of the people of this State and styled
"The University of Texas" for the promotion of litera-
ture and the arts and sciences; including an-'agricultural
and mechanical department. ' t"ca '
Sec 11. In order to enable the Legislature to perform
the duties set forth in the foregoing section it is hereby
declared that all lands ana other property heretoiore set
Sec 12. The land herein set apart to the University
fund shall be sold under such regulations at such times
and under such terms as may be provided by law; and
the Legislature shaU provide for the prompt collection at
maturity of all debtu due on account of University lands
heretofore sold or that may hereafter be sold and shall
in neither event have the power to giant relief to the
purchasers.' '
Sec 13. The Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Texas established by an act of the Legislature passed
-April 17 1871 located in the county of brazos is hereby
made and constituted a branch of the University of Texas
for instruction in agriculture the mechanic arts and the
natural sciences connected therewith. And the Legisla-
ture shall at its next session make an appropriation not
to exceed forty : thousand dollars for the construction
and completion of the buildings and improvements and
for providing the furniture necessary to put said college
in immediate and successful operation.
Sec. 14.1 The Legislature shall also when deemed
practicable establish and provide for the maintenance of
a College or Branch University for the iastruction of the
colored jouths of the State to be located by a vote of the
people ; Provided that no tax shall bv levied and no
money appropriated out of the general revenue either for
.this purpose or for the establishment and erection of the
. buildings of the University of Texas.
i Sec 15. In addition to the lands heretofore granted
to the University of Texas there is hereby set apart and
.appropriated for the endowment maintenance and sup-
port of said University and its branches one million
acres of the unappropriated public domain of the State
to be designated and surveyed as may be provided by
flaw;1 and said lands shall be sold under the same regula-
tions and the proceeds invested in the same manner as
is provided for the sale aad investment of the University
.fund; and the Legislature shall not have power to grant
i any relief to the purchasers of said land s.
'!' ARTICLE VIII. TAXATION AND RKVEXUK.
. Section 1. Taxation shall be equal and uniform. All
. property in this State whether owned by natural persons
i or corporations other than municipal shall be taxed in
proportion to its value which shall be ascertained as may
be provided by law. The Legislature may impose a poll
. tax. ; It may . also impose occupation taxes both upon
natural persons and upon corporations other than muni-
cipal doing any business in this State. It may also tax
.incomes of both natural persons and corporations other
. than municipal- except that persons engaged in mechan-
j ical and agricultural pursuits shall never be required to
pay an occupation tax; provided that two hundred and
fifty dollars worth of household and kitchen furniture
..belonging to each family in this State shall be exempt
from taxation;: and provided further that the occupa-
tion tax levied by any county city or town for any year
on persons or "corporations pursuing any profession or .
.business i shall; not exceed one-half of the tax levied by the
State for the same period on such profession or business.
.. iSec 2 .. All occupation taxes shall be equal and uni-
form upon the same class of subjects within the limits of
. the authority. levying the tax ; but the Legislature may
.by general Jaws exempt from taxation public property
. used for public purposes actual places of religions wor-
j ship places of burial not held for private or corporate
profit all buildings used exclusively and owned by per-
sons or associations of persons for school purposes (and
the necessary furniture of all schools) and institutions of
purely public charity; and all laws exempting' property
.'from taxation 'other than the property above mentioned
shall be void. ' ' -
" Sec 3.1" Taxes shall be levied and collected by general
; laws and for publid purposes only. ' '
;' SEC f4. ' The power to tax corporations and corporate
property shall not be surrendered or suspended by act of
' the Legislature by any contract or grant to which the
Slate shall be a party.
: Sec 5. All property of railroad companies of what-
ever description lying or being within the limits of any
city or incorporated town within this State shall bear its
proportionate share of municipal taxation ;' and if any
' such property shall not have been heretofore rendered
the authorities of the city or town within which it lies
i! shall have powerto require its rendition and collect the
usual municipal tax thereon as on other property lying
Within said municipality. . .
Sec GJl No'money shall be drawn from the Treasury.
enau ii uu ; apart and appropriated for the establishment and main-
idsre
Commissioner's Court until the next general election for
BUCh Offices. v . .. ;;'!
' ' . ARTICLE VI. SUFFRAGE. ' ) .
Section 1. The following classes of persons shall not
be allowed to Tofe in this State to-wit : First persons
under twenty -one years of age; second idiots and luna-
tics; third all paupers supported byany county; fourth
all persons convicted of any felony subject to such ex-
ceptions as the ; Legislature may make; fif th all soldiers'
marines and seamen employed in the service of the Army
- or Navy of the. United States.' v r. t
Sec 2. Every male person subject to none "of the fore-
going disqualifications who 6hall have attained the age
of twenty-one years and who shall be a citizen of the
United States and who shall have resided in this State
one. v ear next preceding an election and ' the last six
'-months within the district or county in which he offers to
vote shall be deemed a qualified elector ; ' and every male
person of foreign birth subject to none of the foregoing
the proceeds of sales-of the same heretofore made or
hereafter to be made and all grants donations and ap
propriations that may i hereafter ; be made .by the
State of Texas or'- from any other 'source' shall
constitute and become a permanent University ! fund.
And' the same as realizecl and--received into the'
Treasury of the State ' (tageth'e 1 irith such i sums
. belonging to the fund as may now be in the treasury) shall
be invested in bonds of ther State of Texas if the same;
can be obtained ; if not then in United States bonds; and
the interest accruing thereon snail be Subject ta appropri-
ation by the Legislature to accomplish the purpose de-
clared in the foregoing section : Provided that one-tenth
' of the alternate sections of' the lands granted to railroads
reserved by the State which were set apart and appropri-
ated to the establishment of The University of ; Texas"
! by an act of the Legislature f February 11.' 1858 en-
titled tAn Act to establish 4 The University of Texas"
shall not be included in or constituted a parttof the per
manent University lund.
but in pursuance of specific appropriations made by law;
J nor' Bhall any :! appropriation of vmoney be made for a
longer term' than two years except by the first Legisla-
f'tnre'to assemble under this Constitution which may
' make the nececessary appropriations to carry on the gov-
ernment until the assemblage of the Sixteenth Legisla-
'. turev '"; . "- -i.r.v-.:- ....
;Sec. 7.j The Legislature' shall not have power to bor-
row!' or in any manner divert from its purpose any
!' special fund that may or ought to come into the Treas-
( ury and shall make it penal for any person or persons to
borrow withhold or in any manner to divert from its
purpose any special fund or any part thereof.
' Sec 8.-' All property of railroad companies shall be
assessed and the taxes collected in the several counties
in which said property is situated including so much of
' the roadbed and fixtures as shall be in each county. The
j rolling stock may be assessed in gross in the county where
the principal office of the company is located and the
county tax paid upon it shall be apportioned by the
Comptroller in proportion to the distance such road may
i run through any such county among the several coun-
' ' ties through which the road passes as a part of their tax
assets. ' "i; .; . .
'. ! Sec 9j The State tax on property exclusive of the
tax necessary to pay the public debt shall never exceed
fifty cents on the one hundred dollars valuation and no
" county! city or town shall levy more than one-half of
i said State taxT except for the payment of debts already
incurred and for the erection of public buildings not to
exceed fifty cents on the one hundred dollars in any one
f'yeary and except as in this Constitution is otherwise pro-
vided. i v J r. '. . :
! 1 Sec iIOU The Legislature shall have no power to re
lease the lnnabltaite of -or-property in any county city
.h or town from the payment of taxes levied for State or
county purposes unless in case of great public calamity
!;in any -such county city or town when such release may
t 'be made by a! vote of two-thirds of each House of the
:! Legislature.''; 1 i l -!?!.:' m-'; .
v ) SEd.'-ll; ' All property whether owned by persons or
v corporations shall be assessed for taxation ana the taxes
'paid in. the county where situated but the Legislature
may by a two-thirds vote authorize the payment of
n taxes! of non-residents of counties to be made at the
'A office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts. And all
lands and other: property not rendered for taxation by
the owner thereof shall be assessed at its fair value by
' the proper officer. ' .:
.' Seo; 12. - AH property subiect to taxation in and own- '
iced by residents of unorganized counties shall be assessed
and the taxes thereon paid in.the counties to which such
i unorganized counties shall be attached for. judicial pur-
b poses; and lands lying in and owned by non residents of
I unorganized counties and lands lying in the territory not
: laid off I into conn ties shall be assessed and the taxes
! thereon collected at the office of the Comptroller of the
State. :.
Mi Sec 13. i : Provision shall be. made by Ihe first Legis--i
latere-for th speedy sale of a sufficient portion of all
f lands aud other property for the taxes due thereon and-
i every year thereafter lor the sale or all lands and other
property npon'.which the taxes have not been paid; and
the deed of conveyance to the purchaser for all lands and
' other property thns sold. Shall be held to vest a good and
perfect title in the purchaser thereof subject to be im-
peached only for actual fraud; Provided that the form
er owner shall within two years from date of purchaser's
deed have the right toredeem the land upon the pay-
ment of doable the amount of mouey paid for the
land.
Sec 14. There shall be elected by the qualified elec-
tors of each county at the same time and under the same
law regulating the election of State and County officers
an Assessor of Taxes who shall hold his office for two
years and until his successor is elected and qualified.
Sec. 15. The annual assessment made upon landed
property shall be a special lien thereon. And all
J property both real and personal belonging to any de-
inquent tax payer shall be liable to seizure and sale for
the payment of all the taxes and penalties due by such
. delinquent; and such property may be sold for the pay-
ment of the taxes and penalties due by such delinquent
under such regulations as the Legislature may provide.
Sec 10. The Sheriff of each county in addition to his
other duties shall be the collector of taxes therefor. But
in the counties having ten thousand inhabitants to be de--termined
by the last preceeding census of the United
States a collector of taxes shall be elected to hold office
for two years and until his successor shall be elected and
qualified.
Sec 17. The specification of the objects and subjects
of taxation shall not deprive the Legislature of the pow-
er to require other subjects or objects to be taxed in such
manner as may be consistent with the principles of taxa-
tion fixed in this Constitution.
Sec 18. The Legislature shall provide for equalizing
as near as may be' the valuation of all property subject
to or rendered for taxation (the County Commissioners
Court to constitute a board of equalization;) and may also
provide for the classification of all lands with reference to
their value in the several counties.
ARTICLE IX COUNTIES.
Section 1. The Legislature shall have power to create
counties for the convenience of the people subject to the
following provisions :
First. In the territory of the State exterior to all
counties now existing no new counties shall be created
with a less area than nine hundred square miles in a
square form unless prevented by pre-existing boundary
lines. Should the State lines render this impracticable in
border counties the area may be less. The territory re-
ferred to may at any time in whole or in part be divided
into counties in advance of population and attached for
judicial and land surveying purposes to the most con-.
venient organized county or counties. .
Second. Within the territory of any county or counties
now existing no new county shall be created with a less
area than seven hundred square miles nor shall any such
county now existing be reduced to a less area than seven
hundred square miles. No new counties shall be created
so as to approach nearer than twelve miles of the couuty
seat of any county from which it may in whole or in part
be taken. Counties of a less area than nine hundred but
of seven hundred or more square miles within counties
now existing may be created by a two-thirds vote of
each house of the" Legislature taken by yeas and nays
and entered on the journals. Any county now existing
may be reduced to an area of not less than seven hundred
square miles by a like two-thirds vote. When any part
of a county is stricken off and attached to or created into
another county the part 6tricken off shall be holden for
and obliged to pay its proportion of all the liabilities then
existing of the county from which it was taken in such
manner as may be prescribed by law. .'....
Third. No part of. any existing county shall be de-
'tached from it and attached to another existing county
until the proposition for such change shall have been sub-
mitted in such manner as may be provided by lawr to a
vote of the electors of both counties and shall have re-
ceived a majority of those voting on the question in each.
COUNTY SEATS.
Sec 2. The Legislature shall pass laws regulating the
manner of removing county seats; but no county seat
situated within five miles of the geogaaphical centre'of
the county shall be removed except Dy a vote of two-
thirds of all the electors voting on the subject. A ma-
jority of such electors however voting at such election
may" remove a county seat from a point more than five
miles from the geographical centre of the county to a
point within five miles of such centre; in either case the
centre to be determined by a certificate from the Commis-
sioner of the General Land Office. ' I
ARTICLE X RAILROADS.' : i
Section 1. Any railroad corporation or association
organized under the law for the purpose shall have the
right to construct and operate a railroad between any
points within this State and to connect at the State line
with railroads of other States. Every Railroad company
shall have the right with its road to intersect connect
with or cross any other railroad ; and shall receive and
transport each the other's passengers tonnage and cars
loaded or empty without delay or discrimination under
such regulations as shall be prescribed by law f .-.;..;
Sec 2. Railroads heretofore constructed or that may
hereafter be constructed in this State are hereby declared
public highways and railroad companies common car-
riers. Tue Legislature shall pass laws to correct abuses
and prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the
rates of freight and passenger tariffs on the different rail-
roads in this State ; and shall from time to time pass laws
establishing reasonable maximum rates of charges for
the transportation of. passengers and freight on said rail-
roads and enforce all such laws by adequate penalties.
Sec 3. Every railroad or other corporation organ-
ized or doing business in. this State under the laws or
authority thereof shall have and maintain a public office
or place in this State for the transaction of its business
where transfers of stock shall be made and where shall
be kept for inspection by the stockholders of such corpo-
rations books in which shall be recorded the amonnt of
capital stock subscribed the names of the owners of the
stock the amounts owned by them respectively the
amount of stock paid and by whom the transfer of said
stock with the date of the transfer the amount of its
assets and liabilities and the names and places of resi-
dence of its officers. The directors of every railroad com-
any shall hold one meeting annually in this State: pub-
ic notice of which shall be given thirty days previously
and the President or Superintendent shall report annual-
ly under oath to the Comptroller or Governor their
acts and doings which report shall include such matters
relating to railroads as may be prescribed by law. ; The
Legislature shall pass laws enforcing by suitable penal-
ties the provisions of this section. i 'f!'
Sec 4. The rolling stock and all other movable pro-
perty belonging to any railroad company or corporation
in this State shall be considered personal property and
it3 real and personal property or any part thereof shall
be liable to execution and sale in the same manlier as the
property of individuals and the Legislature shall pass
no laws exempting any such property from execution
and sale. m ; iw;
Sec. 0. No railroad or other corporation or th les-
sees purchasers or managers of any railroad corporation
shall consolidate the stock property or franchises of such
(corporation with or lease or purchase the works or fran-
chises of or in any way control any railroad corporation
owning or having under its control a parallel or compe-
ting line; nor shall any officer of such railroad corpora
tion act as &n officer of any other railroad corporation
owning or having the control of a parallel or competing
line." . '-'; " u - ; : : - "
Sec 6. . No railroad company organized tinder the laws
of this State shall consolidate by private or Judicial sals
or otherwise with any railroad company organized under
the laws of any other State or of the United States. ' ;
Sec J. No law shall be passed by the Legislaihre
granting the right to construct and operate a street railroad
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Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1875, newspaper, December 2, 1875; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth277552/m1/6/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .