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* ''City of Denison v. Municipal Gas Co.'', 3 S.W.2d 794, 795-96 (Tex. 1928) ("Prior to the adoption of the amendment to section 30, art. 16, on December 21, 1894, the Legislature had already created a Railroad Commission, and provided that it should be composed of three members, and that their tenure of office should be . . . . The effect and purpose of the amendment was to remove such governmental agency, when created, and charged by law with the arduous and responsible duties of regulating freight and passenger tariffs and the correction of abuses by railroads, from the two years' tenure, and to provide that the tenure of office of the members of such body should not end at the same time.") | * ''City of Denison v. Municipal Gas Co.'', 3 S.W.2d 794, 795-96 (Tex. 1928) ("Prior to the adoption of the amendment to section 30, art. 16, on December 21, 1894, the Legislature had already created a Railroad Commission, and provided that it should be composed of three members, and that their tenure of office should be . . . . The effect and purpose of the amendment was to remove such governmental agency, when created, and charged by law with the arduous and responsible duties of regulating freight and passenger tariffs and the correction of abuses by railroads, from the two years' tenure, and to provide that the tenure of office of the members of such body should not end at the same time.") | ||
* ''Kimbrough v. Barnett'', 55 S.W. 120, 122 (Tex. 1900) ("[T]here can be no doubt that a school trustee of an independent school district in this state is a county officer, as was held in the case of | * ''Kimbrough v. Barnett'', 55 S.W. 120, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/055_SW_120.pdf#page=3 122] (Tex. 1900) ("[T]here can be no doubt that a school trustee of an independent school district in this state is a county officer, as was held in the case of Hendricks v. State (Tex.Civ.App.) 49 S.W. 705. It is urged by the appellant's counsel that the position of trustee, if an office, is not embraced in the meaning of article 16, § 30, of the constitution. To support this contention, it is conceded that an office of a municipal corporation . . . . Appellant strenuously urges that the former provision commits to the legislature authority to create such offices as it may deem fit, and confer upon them any length of term, without regard to the limitation of the constitution before cited.") | ||
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