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[[Category:Featured Article]]<indicator name="featured">[[File:Featured_article_star.svg|25px]]</indicator>[[File:Texas_Constitutional_Convention_1875_members.jpg| | [[Category:Featured Article]]<indicator name="featured">[[File:Featured_article_star.svg|25px]]</indicator>[[File:Texas_Constitutional_Convention_1875_members.jpg|100px|border|right|members Constitutional Convention of 1875]]''Summary: Article provides brief introduction to current state constitution and links to other pages that contain text of and analysis on each section.'' | ||
The Texas Constitution of 1876 is the fifth since statehood. Framed by the Constitutional Convention of 1875, it was | The Texas Constitution of 1876 is the fifth since statehood. Framed by the Constitutional Convention of 1875, it was adopted by Texas voters on February 15, 1876. | ||
It originally had 289 sections. Over the years, | It originally had 289 sections. Over the years, 244 sections have been added. However, 66 of the original sections and 52 of the added sections have been repealed. | ||
On TLG, the preamble, each article and each section of the state constitution has its own page: | On TLG, the preamble, each article and each section of the state constitution has its own page: | ||
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|title=Featured Article: Texas Constitution of 1876 | |title=Featured Article: Texas Constitution of 1876 | ||
|keywords= | |keywords=Texas Constitution, 1876 Constitution, 1875 Convention | ||
|description=Introduction to the current Texas Constitution and links to other pages that contain the text of and analysis on each section. | |description=Introduction to the current Texas Constitution and links to other pages that contain the text of and analysis on each section. | ||
|locale=en-US | |locale=en-US | ||
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|published_time=2018-01-15T12:30:30Z | |published_time=2018-01-15T12:30:30Z | ||
|image=Texas_Constitutional_Convention_1875_members.jpg | |image=Texas_Constitutional_Convention_1875_members.jpg | ||
|image_alt=members Constitutional Convention of 1875 | |image_alt=members Constitutional Convention of 1875 | ||
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