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Constitution of the State of Texas.
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were also null and void from the date of their passage. The Legislatures
which sat in the State of Texas, from the eighteenth day of
March, A. D. 1861, until the 6th day of August, A. D. 1866, had
no constitutional authority to make laws binding upon the people
of the State of Texas; provided, that this section shall not be construed
to inhibit the authorities of this State from respecting and
enforcing such rules and regulations as were prescribed by the said
Legislatures, which were not in violation of the Constitution and
laws of the United States, or in aid of the rebellion against the
United States, or prejudicial to the citizens of this State who were
loyal to the United States, and which have been actually in force
or observed in Texas during the above period of time; nor to affect,
prejudicially, private rights which may have grown up under such
rules and regulations; nor to invalidate official acts, not in aid
of the rebellion against the United States, during said period of
time. The Legislature which assembled in the city of Austin on
the 6th day of August, A. D. 1866, was provisional only, and its
acts are to be respected only so far as they were not in violation
of the Constitution and laws of the United States; or were not intended
to reward those who participated in the late rebellion; or
to discriminate between citizens on account of race or color; or to
operate prejudicially to any class of citizens.
SEC. 34. All debts created by the so-called State of Texas, from
and after the 28th day of January, 1861, and prior to the 5th day
of August, 1865, were, and are null and void; and the Legislature
is prohibited from making any provision for the acknowledgement
or payment of such debts. All unpaid balances, whether of salary,
per diem, or monthly allowance, due to employes of the State, who
were in the service thereof, on the said 28th day of January, 1861,
civil or military, and who gave their aid, countenance or support,
to the rebellion then inaugurated against the government of the
United States, or turned their arms against the said government,
thereby forfeited the sums severally due to them. All the ten per
cent. warrants issued for military services, and exchanged during
the rebellion, at the Treasury, for non-interest warrants, are hereby
declared to have been fully paid and discharged; provided, that
any loyal person, or his or her heirs or legal representative, may,
by proper legal proceedings, to be commenced within two years
after the acceptance of this Constitution by the Congress of the
United States, show proof in avoidance of any contract made, or
revise or annul any decree or judgment rendered, since the said
twenty-eighth day of January, 1861, when, through fraud practiced,
or threats of violence used towards such persons, no adequate
consideration for the contract has been received; or when, through
absence from the State of such person, or through political prejudice
against such person, the decision complained of was not fair
nor impartial.
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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/m1/427/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .