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404 TEXAS ALMANAC -1945-1946
County and County Seat- Lat N. Long W.
Reeves, Pecos ...... 31 26' 103 33'
Refug ro. I tefugo ............ 28 1' 97 14'
Roberts, Miami ........... 35 42' 100' 38'
Robertson. Franklin ........ 31 1' b 30'
Rockwall, Rockwall ....... .. 32 45 96 27'
Runnels, Balliner ............ 31 45' 99 58'
Rusk. Henderson .............. 32 11' 94' 49'
Sabine, HemDhill . 31 21' 93" 51'
San Augustine, San Augustine . 31' 31' 94" 6'
San Jacinto, Cold Sorin .. 30 35' 95 61
San Patricio. Sminton ........ 28 1' 97 28'
San Saba. San Saba .......... 31 11' 98' 43'
Sehleicher. Eldorado .......... 30 52' 100 39'
Scurrt, Snvder .......... 32 9 43' 10 56'
Shackelford, Albany .......... 32 43' 99 8'
Shelby, Center .. 31 48' 94 11'
Sherman, Stratford ........... 36 20' 102 4'
Smith. Tvler .......... 32 21' 95' 17'
Somervell. Glen Rose .......... 32 13' 97 45'
*Starr. Rio Grande .......... 26 23' 98 51'
Stephens, Breckenridge ....... 32 46' 98 53'
Sterling Sterline City ... .. 311 51' 101' 0'
Stonewall. Asoermont ........ 33 7' 100 13'
Sutton, Sonora .............. 30 35' 1001 40'
Swisher, Tuia . ........... 34 34' 101 51
Tarrant, Fort Worth ... .. 4 32 45' 97 2U'
*Tavlor, Abilene ............ 32 27' 99" 45'
Terrell. Sanderson ............ 30 9' 102 26'
*lerryv, Brownfield .. 33 11' 102" 16'
Throckmorton Throckmorton .. 33 11' 99 10
Titus, Mount Pleasant ....... 33 10' 94 58'
Tom Green, San Angelo........ 31 28' 100 26'
Travis, Austin .............. 30 16' 97" 46'
Trinitv, Groleton .. .. 31 4' 951 7'
Tyler. Woodville .. .. 30 46' 94' 22'
'Uoshur, Gilmer .............. 23 43' 94 56'
'tUoton, Rankin ..... 31 13' 101" 57'
Uvalde, Uvalde ............. 29 13' 99 48'
Val Verde Del Rio .. .. 291 22' 100 52'
Van Zandt, Canton ........... 32 33' 95' 52'
Victoria. Victoria ............ 28 48' 97" 0'
Walker, Huntsville ............ 30 42' 95' 32'
Waller. Hemostead ........... 30 8' 96" 10'
'Ward. Monahans . ........ 31 36' 102 57'
Washington, Brenham ........ 30" 10' 96" 23'
Webb, Laredo .. 27 32' 99" 31'
Wharton. Wharton ........... 29 18' 96 4'
Wheeler. Wheeler ......... 35 26' 100 19'
Wichita. Wichita Falls ....... 33 55' 98 30'
Wilbarger, Vernon ....... 341 9' 991 18'
'Willacv. Ravmondville ...... 26 28' 97 49'
Wilhliamson, Georgetown ....... 30 39' 97" 40'
Wilson. Floresville ............ 29 7' 98" 10'
Winkler. Kermit ............. 31' 52' 103" 8'
Wise, Decatur ................ 33 15' 97 33'
Wood. Quitman ............. 32 46' 95 26'
'Yoakum, Plains ............. 33 12' 102 50'
Young, Graham .............. 33 4' 98 35'
Zapata, Zapata ............. 26. 53' 99" 21'
*Zavala, Crystal City ......... 28 42' 99* 52'
Prohibition in Texas
The wet-dry status of Texas' 254 counties,
as of March 9, 1945, was as follows There
were ninety-three counties in which distilled
spirits were legal, in thirty-seven of which
sales were permitted in all parts of the
county, while in the remaining fifty-six coun-
ties sales were permitted in only parts of the
county, two counties in which wines and
beers of a maximum of 14 per cent alcoholic
content were permitted, nineteen counties in
which beer of not more than 4 per cent
alcoholic content was sold, and 140 counties
in which sales of all alcoholic beverages were
banned
Counties in which sales of distilled spirits
were permitted, with asterisk (*) indicating
that such sales were permitted in entire
county *Aransas, Atascosa, *Austin, Bas-
trop, *Bee, *Bexar, Blanco, *Brewster, Bur-
leson, Calhoun, *Cameron, Carson, Chambers,
Colorado, *Comal, 'Crane, *Culberson. Dal-
lam, Dallas. DeWitt, *Duval, *Ector, Ed-
wards, *El Paso, Falls, Fayette, Fort Bend,
Galveston, Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Gray,
Gregg. Guadalupe, Hardin, Harris, *Hartley,
*Hidalgo, Howard, *Hudspeth. Hutchinson,
Jackson, Jefferson, *Jim Hogg, Jim Wells,
Karnes. *Kendall, *Kenedy. Kerr, *Kinney,
*LaSalle, Lavaca. Lee, Liberty, Live Oak,
Llano, *Loving, McMullen, Matagorda. Mav-
erick, Medina, *Menard, Milam, *Moore,
Nueces, Orange. Pecos, *Potter. *Presidlo,
*Reagan, *Reeves, Refugio, San Patriclo,
*Starr, *Sutton, Tarrant, *Terrell. Tom Green,
Travis, *Trinity, *Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde,Victoria, Waller, Ward, *Washington, *Webb,
*Wharton, Williamson, Wilson, *Winklei,
"Zapata
Counties in which wines and beers of as
much as 14 per cent alcoholic content were
permitted Palo Pinto and Willacy.
Counties in which beer of not more than
4 per cent alcoholic content was permitted
Bandera, Bell, Bowie, *Brazoria, Brazos,
"Brooks, Caldwell. Concho. Frlo, -Hemphill,
*Kimble, *Kleberg, Limestone, Lipscomb,
Midland, Montgomery, Robertson, Stephens,
"Zavala.
Counties In which no sale of alcoholic bev-
erage is permitted include all of the 140 not
named in the three foregoing lists
vith a few exceptions the South and South-
west Texas counties ale "wet" in some de-
gree. The North and Northeast Texas coun-
ties are customarily dry However, the coun-
ties containing the large and intermediate-
sized cities are wet as a rule throughout the
state. There is a block of rural dry counties
in the Panhandle.
Prohibition has long been a political issue
in Texas The first general election on the
matter of liquor control was held in Texas
Aug. 7, 1854, following the passing by Legis-
lature of a law closing all places selling
liquor in amounts of less than one quart, ex-
cept in those counties where the people voted
for licensing places In compliance with this
law, Gov. E. M. Pease called the election and
a large number of counties voted against such
license which would have meant the closing
of places selling in quantities of less than
one quart had not the law been declared un-
constitutional shortly afterward.
There was some regulatory legislation, with
respect to location of places selling liquor
near schools and churches, under the Consti-
tution of 1869 There was placed in the Con-
stitution of 187b (present document) a provi-
sion for local option elections, and the first
election under this provision was held in Jas-
per County Dec. 18, 1876, the county going
"dry."
The first constitutional amendment for
state-wide prohibition was submitted to the
eople at an election Aug. 4, 1887, and de-
feated by a vote of 220,627 to 129,270. The
next state-wide contest was in the Democratic
primary of July 25, 1908, on the question of
submission of a prohibition amendment to a
vote of the people and it carried by a vote of
145,530 to 141,441, but the question was not
submitted by the following Legislature. At an
election in July, 1911, prohibition was defeated
by a vote of approximately 237,000 to 231,000.
The amendment to the State Constitution,
Sec. 20, Art. XVI, was submitted by the
Thirty-Sixth Legislature and adopted at an
election May 24 1919, in which the vote was
158,982 for, and 130,907 against the amend-
ment. In the meantime, however, the national
prohibition amendment had been submitted
and it had been ratified by the Texas Legis-
lature, Feb. 28, 1918.
Shortly after the repeal of national pro-
hibition, the Forty-Third Legislature sub-
mitted an amendment permitting sale of vin-
ous and malt liquors of not more than 3.2
per cent alcoholic content, and this was
adopted at an election Aug. 26, 1933. Two
years later the sale of all liquors was legal-
Ized when an amendment submitted by the
Forty-Fourth Legislature was adopted by the
people in an election Aug. 24, 1935. This pro-
vision is found in Sec. 20 of Art. XVI of the
State Constitution. This section, while per-
mitting the sale of all liquors subject to local
approval prohibits the "open saloon."
Teachers Retirement System
The Teachers Retirement System of Texas
was inaugurated by amendment of the State
Constitution, submitted by the Forty-Fourth
Legislature, 1935, and ratified by popular vote
Nov. 3, 1936, adding Sec. 48a to Art. III. The
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