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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article I, Section 1 of the Texas Constitution (''<small>" | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Article I, Section 1 of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Sovereignty of State"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=Adopted February 15, 1876: | ||
'''Texas is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the United States, and the maintenance of our free institutions and the perpetuity of the Union depend upon the preservation of the right of local self-government, unimpaired to all the States.''' | '''Texas is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the United States, and the maintenance of our free institutions and the perpetuity of the Union depend upon the preservation of the right of local self-government, unimpaired to all the States.''' | ||
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* ''Lee v. King'', 21 Tex. 577, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/021_Tex_577.pdf#page=6 582] (1858) ("We . . . maintain them in Cocke v. Calkin & Co., 1 Tex. 542, but the record of that cause having been taken to the supreme court of the United States, that tribunal decided, that by the acts admitting Texas into the Union, extending over it the laws of the United States, etc., on the 29th December, 1845, the old system of government so far as it conflicted with the federal authority was abrogated, and in substance that the constitution and laws of the United States were in force in Texas immediately upon her admission as a state.") | * ''Lee v. King'', 21 Tex. 577, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/021_Tex_577.pdf#page=6 582] (1858) ("We . . . maintain them in Cocke v. Calkin & Co., 1 Tex. 542, but the record of that cause having been taken to the supreme court of the United States, that tribunal decided, that by the acts admitting Texas into the Union, extending over it the laws of the United States, etc., on the 29th December, 1845, the old system of government so far as it conflicted with the federal authority was abrogated, and in substance that the constitution and laws of the United States were in force in Texas immediately upon her admission as a state.") | ||
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