The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 7 Page: 423
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Constitution of the State of Texas.
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State. All property in the State shall be taxed in proportion to
its value, to be ascertained as directed by law, except such property
as two-thirds of both Houses of the Legislature may think proper
to exempt from taxation. The Legislature shall have power to levy
an income tax, and to tax all persons pursuing any occupation,
trade or profession; provided, that the term occupation shall not
be construed to apply to pursuits either agricultural or mechanical.
SEC. 20. The annual assessments made upon landed property
shall be a lien upon the property, and interest shall run thereon
upon each year's assessment.
SEC. 21. Landed property shall not be sold for the taxes due
thereon, except under a decree of some court of competent jurisdiction.
SEC. 22. Provisions shall be made by the first Legislature for
the condemnation and sale of all lands for taxes due thereon; and
every five years thereafter of all lands the taxes upon which have
not been paid to that date.
SEC. 23. It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide by
law, in all cases where State or county debt is created, adequate
means for the payment of the current interest, and two per cent.
as a sinking fund for the redemption of the principal; and all such
laws shall be irrepealable until principal and interest are fully
paid.
SEC. 24. The Legislature shall, at the first session thereof, and
may at any subsequent session, establish new counties for the convenience
of the inhabitants of such new county or counties; provided,
that no new county shall be established which shall reduce
the county or counties, or either of them, from which it shall
be taken, to a less area than nine hundred square miles, unless by
consent of two-thirds of the Legislature; nor shall any county be
laid off of less centents. Every new county, as to the right of
suffrage and representation, shall be considered as part of the
county or counties from which it was taken, until entitled, by
numbers, to the right of separate representation. No new county
shall be laid off with less than one hundred and fifty qualified
jurors, resident at the time therein; nor where the county (or counties)
from which the new county is proposed to be taken, would
thereby be reduced below that number of qualified jurors; and in
all case where, from the want of qualified jurors, or other cause,
the courts cannot be properly held in any county, it shall be the
duty of the district judge to certify such fact to the Governor; and
the Governor shall, by proclamation, attach such county, for judicial
purposes, to that county the county seat of which is nearest the
county seat of the county so to be attached.
SEc. 25. Annual pensions may be provided for the surviving
veterans of the revolution which separated Texas from Mexico, and
for those permanently disabled in the service of the United States
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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/m1/425/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .