Article XVI, Section 53 of the Texas Constitution
This section was repealed November 2, 1999.
Editor Comments
The former section, adopted in 1876 and never amended, was a constitutional transition provision.
Recent Decisions
None.
Historic Decisions
- Bass v. Allbright, 59 S.W.2d 891, 895 (Tex.Civ.App.–Texarkana 1933, ref'd) ("As an ordinance appended to a Constitution newly adopted, which contains provisions for the adjustment of matters affected by the change from the old to the new Constitution, forms a part of the Constitution so far as its temporary purposes go, such ordinance may not prevail or supersede the provisions of the permanent part of the Constitution. In this view there . . . . It is not lightly to be presumed that any provision deemed essential to be incorporated in an instrument so solemn and enduring as a Constitution was designed to be inconsistent or repugnant rather than cumulative or auxiliary to an appended ordinance.")
Library Resources
- Vernon's Annotated Constitution of the State of Texas (multi-volume and up-to-date resource available at all law and many municipal libraries)
- The Texas State Constitution: A Reference Guide (one-volume resource available at most law and some municipal libraries)
- The Constitution of the State of Texas: An Annotated and Comparative Analysis (two-volume resource available at most law and some municipal libraries)
Online Resources
- Constitution of the State of Texas (1876) (resource published online and maintained by the University of Texas School of Law)
- Amendments to the Texas Constitution Since 1876 (resource published online and regularly updated by the Legislative Council)
- Reports Analyzing Proposed Amendments (resource published online and regularly updated by the Legislative Reference Library)