Texas Constitution:Article XIV, Section 6: Difference between revisions
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It read: "To every head of a family without a homestead, there shall be donated one hundred and sixty acres of public land, upon condition that he will select and locate said land, and occupy the same three years and pay the office fees due thereon. To all single men of eighteen years of age and upwards, shall be donated eighty acres of public land, upon the terms and conditions prescribed for heads of families." | It read: "To every head of a family without a homestead, there shall be donated one hundred and sixty acres of public land, upon condition that he will select and locate said land, and occupy the same three years and pay the office fees due thereon. To all single men of eighteen years of age and upwards, shall be donated eighty acres of public land, upon the terms and conditions prescribed for heads of families." | ||
Categorized as "deadwood," it and numerous other sections were repealed by the same [https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/Constitutional_Amendments/amendments61_tlc_1969-08-05.pdf#page=9 ballot proposition] | Categorized as "deadwood," it and numerous other sections were repealed by the same [https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/Constitutional_Amendments/amendments61_tlc_1969-08-05.pdf#page=9 ballot proposition]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:35, June 9, 2024
This section was repealed August 5, 1969.
Editor Comments
The former section was adopted in 1876 and never amended.
It read: "To every head of a family without a homestead, there shall be donated one hundred and sixty acres of public land, upon condition that he will select and locate said land, and occupy the same three years and pay the office fees due thereon. To all single men of eighteen years of age and upwards, shall be donated eighty acres of public land, upon the terms and conditions prescribed for heads of families."
Categorized as "deadwood," it and numerous other sections were repealed by the same ballot proposition.
Recent Decisions
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Historic Decisions
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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)
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- Constitution of the State of Texas (1876) (resource published online and maintained by the University of Texas School of Law)
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- Reports Analyzing Proposed Amendments (resource published online and regularly updated by the Legislative Reference Library)