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<p>2 revisions imported: transfer to 1.34.1</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article XVI, Section 27 of the Texas Constitution}}{{Template:Texas Constitution|text=Adopted February 15, 1876:<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;In all elections to fill vacancies of office in this State, it shall be to fill the unexpired term only.&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> |editor=<br /> <br /> This section is self-executing.<br /> <br /> |other=<br /> <br /> None.<br /> <br /> |recent=<br /> <br /> None.<br /> <br /> |historic=<br /> <br /> * &#039;&#039;Banton v. Wilson&#039;&#039;, 4 Tex. 400, [https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth28570/m1/213/ 410] (1849) (&quot;The statutes of 1846 did not prescribe any fixed period for elections of . . . . No such provision would be constitutional, or at least but partially so. The tenure of several of the county officers is fixed by the Constitution, and the incumbent elected to fill the office or a vacancy is entitled to hold to the full end and term of the period guaranteed by the Constitution. There is no probability that all the incumbents of county offices would hold the entire term. Vacancies by death, resignation, or otherwise must in the nature of things be of frequent occurrence; and if they be filled by election, the incumbent is secured for the constitutional limit in the enjoyment of the office.&quot;)<br /> <br /> }}<br /> <br /> [[Category:TxCon ArtXVI Sec]]</div>

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