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APPENDIX .-II.
ever kind of authority, are no more than mere agents or
commissioners of the state, responsible to it for their
public conduct.
28. The government of the state is popular representative
federal; in consequence, it shall not have in it any hereditary
office or privilege.
29. The supreme power of the state is divided for its
exercise, into Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, and
never can these three powers, nor two of them, be united in
one corporation or person, nor the Legislative power deposited
in one individual.
30. The exercise of the Legislative power shall reside in
a Congress composed of deputies popularly elected.
31. The exercise of the Executive power shall reside in a
citizen, who shall be denominated Governor of the State,
and who shall also be chosen popularly.
32. The exercise of the Judicial power shall reside in tlhe
Tribunals and Courts which the Constitution establishes.
TITLE 1st.-Of the Legislative power of the State.
SECTION 1st. Of the deputies of Congress.
33. The Congress consists of the deputies which represent
the State, chosen conformably to this Constitution ; its
number shall be that of twelve members proprietary, and
six supernumerary members, until the year 1832.*
34. The Congress in that year, and in the last of every
ten years which follow, shall have power to augment the
number of deputies, under the standard of one for every
7000 souls.
35. The election of proprietary deputies and supernumeraries
shall be held in all and every one of thie districts
of the State. A law shall fix the number of deputies
of one and the other class which each district ought to
appoint.
36. To be a deputy, proprietary, or supernuLmerary, it is
required to have, at the time of the election, the followingc
qualities:-First, to be a citizen in the exercise of his ri/ghts.
Secondly, to be of the full age of tweniy-five years. Thirdly,
to be an inhabitant of the State, with residence in it for two
years immediately before the election. To natives of the
State it is sufficient to possess the two first requisites.
* The supernumerary deputies were intended to supply vacanicies, occasioned
by death or other inevitable cause.
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Kennedy, William. Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Volume 2, book, 1841; London, England. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2392/m1/454/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.