A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879. Page: 359 of 859
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CHAPTER I.
HENDERSON'S ADMINISTRATION-COURTS-PUBLIC DOMAIN-TEXANS IN MEXICAN
WAR-HORTON ACTING GOVERNOR-WOOD'S ADMINISTRATION-PUBLIC DEBTSANTA
FE, AGAIN-BELL'S ADMINISTRATION-THE UNITED STATES PROPOSE TO BUY
SANTA FE-PEARCE'S BOUNDARY BILL-SANTA FE SOLD-DISPUTES ABOUT LAND IN
PETER'S COLONY.
TItHE other States of the American union, when they
became such, passed from a subordinate condition of
colonies, or territories to the automatic condition of " States "
-Texas on the contrary surrendered her nationality, and
took, comparatively, a subordinate place as one of the
members of the great confederacy. But in doing this, she
was relieved of the burden of maintaining an army, a navy,
a postal system, and a corps of diplomatic agents in foreign
countries. From this time our history becomes more circumscribed,
and limited almost exclusively to our own
immediate territory.
Governor Henderson was inaugurated February 1ith,
1846. The constitution which had been prepared by the
convention of the previous year, and adopted by the people,
fixed the Governor's term at two years, and invested him
with the veto power, and provided for biennial sessions of
the Legislature. The Supreme Court, having only appellate
jurisdiction, was composed of one chief justice and two
associates. The Legislature formed eight judicial districts.
The justices of the supreme court and judges of district
courts were to be nominated by the Governor, and confirmed
by a two-thirds vote of the Senate, and were to hold office
for six years.
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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/m1/359/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .