The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 7 Page: 402
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Constitution of the State of Texas.
SEC. 32. It shall be the duty of the Legislature immediately to
expel from the body any member who shall receive or offer a bribe,
or suffer his vote influenced by promise of preferment or reward;
and every person so offending, and so expelled, shall thereafter
be disablecl from holding any office of honor, trust or profit in
this State.
SEC. 33. Elections for Senators and Representatives shall be
general throughout the State, and shall be regulated by law.
SEC. 34. The whole number of Senators shall, at the next
session after the several periods of making the enumeration, be
fixed by the Legislature, and apportioned among the several districts
to be established by law, according to the number of qualified
electors, and shall never be less than nineteen nor more than
thirty.
SEC. 35. The members of the Legislature shall, at their first
session hereafter, receive from the treasury of the State, as their
compensation, eight dollars for each day they shall be in attendance,
and eight dollars for each twenty-five miles in traveling to
and from the seat of government. The above rates of compensation
shall remain till changed by law.
SEC. 36. The Legislature shall proceed, as early as practicable,
to elect Senators to represent this State in the Senate of the
United States; and also provide for future elections of Representatives
to the Congress of the United States; and on the second
Tuesday, after the first assembling of the Legislature after
the ratification of this Constitution, the Legislature shall proceed
to ratify the thirteenth and fourteenth Articles of Amendment to
the Constitution of the United States of America.
SEC. 3r. In order to settle permanently the seat of government,
an election shall be holden, throughout the State, at the usual
places of holding elections, at the first general election after the
acceptance of this Constitution by the Congress of the United
States, which shall be conducted according to law, at which time
the people shall vote for such place as they may see proper for the
seat of government; the returns of said election to be transmitted
to the Governor with the other returns of that election.
If either place voted for shall have a majority of the whole
number of votes cast, then the same shall be the permanent seat
of government. But in case neither place voted for shall have the
majority of the whole number of votes given in, the Governor shall
issue his.proclamation for an electicn, to be holden in the same
manner, at the next following general election, between the two
places having the highest number of votes at the first election.
This election shall be conducted in the same manner as at the first,
and the returns made to the Governor, and the place having the
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 7, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6732/m1/404/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .