The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 7 Page: 418
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Constitution of the State of Texas.
empt them from the operation of the laws contemplated by this
section.
SEC. 6. As a basis for the establishment and endowment of said
public free schools, all the funds, lands, and other property heretofore
set apart and appropriated, or that may hereafter be set
apart and appropriated, for the support and maintenance
of public schools, shall constitute the public school fund.
And all sums of money that may come to this State hereafter from
the sale of any portion of the public domain of the State of Texas,
shall also constitute a part of the public school fund. And the
Legislature shall appropriate all the proceeds resulting from sales
of public lands of this State to such public school fund. And the
Legislature shall set apart, for the benefit of public schools, onefourth
of the annual revenue derivable from general taxation; and
shall also cause to be levied and collected, an annual poll tax of
one dollar, on all male persons in this State, between the ages of
twenty-one and sixty years, for the benefit of public schools. And
said fund and the income derived therefrom, and the taxes herein
provided for school purposes shall be a perpetual fund, to be applied,
as needed, exclusively for the education of all the scholastic
inhabitants of this State; and no law shall ever be made appropriating
such fund for any other use or purpose whatever.
SEC. 7. The Legislature shall, if necessary, in addition to the
income derived from the public school fund, and from the taxes
for school purposes provided for in the foregoing section, provide
for the raising of such amount by taxation, in the several school
districts in the State, as will be necessary to provide the necessary
school houses in each district, and insure the education of all the
scholastic inhabitants of the several districts.
SEC. 8. The public lands heretofore given to counties shall be
under the control of the Legislature, and may be sold under such
regulations as the Legislature may prescribe; and in such case the
proceeds of the same shall be added to the public school fund.
SEC. 9. The Legisature shall, at its first session, (and from
time to time thereafter, as may be found necessary,) provide all
needful rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying into
effect the provisions of this article. It is made the imperative
duty of the Legislature to see to it, that all the children in the
State, within the scholastic age, are, without delay, provided with
ample means of education. The Legislature shall annually appropriate
for school purposes, and to be equally distributed among
all the scholastic population of the State, the interest accruing
on the School Fund, and the income derived from taxation for
school purposes; and shall, from time to time, as may be necessary,
invest the principal of the school fund in the bonds of the United
States Government, and in no other security.
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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/m1/420/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .