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Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 24 (view source)
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* ''Walker v. Baker'', 196 S.W.2d 324, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/196_SW2_324.pdf#page=6 329-30] (Tex. 1946 | * ''Walker v. Baker'', 196 S.W.2d 324, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/196_SW2_324.pdf#page=6 329-30] (Tex. 1946) ("[I]f the Senate has the power to convene at will [], it has the power to have as many sessions as it elects; in fact, it could remain in continuous session for the purpose of passing on the Governor's appointments; but a member could not collect any pay for his attendance, because he would not be attending a session of the ''Legislature''. . . . This per diem, multiplied by the number of days the Legislature remains in regular or called session, is the entire compensation a member is entitled to receive, and for it he must attend the legislative sessions and perform all the other duties of his office each biennium.") | ||
* ''Spears v. Sheppard'', 150 S.W.2d 769, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/150_SW2_769.pdf#page=2 770] (Tex. 1941) ("Article III, Section 24, [] provides, in part, as follows: '. . . .' This provision of the Constitution definitely fixes the pay of a member of the Legislature at 'a per diem of not exceeding $10.00 per day for the first 120 days of each session,' and does not make the right to such per diem dependent upon actual attendance on the sessions of the Legislature. All that is required is that the Legislature be in session and that the claimant be a member thereof. This provision of the Constitution was doubtless so drawn because, as is well known, much of the work of the Legislature is performed in committee meetings during recess periods.") | * ''Spears v. Sheppard'', 150 S.W.2d 769, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/150_SW2_769.pdf#page=2 770] (Tex. 1941) ("Article III, Section 24, [] provides, in part, as follows: '. . . .' This provision of the Constitution definitely fixes the pay of a member of the Legislature at 'a per diem of not exceeding $10.00 per day for the first 120 days of each session,' and does not make the right to such per diem dependent upon actual attendance on the sessions of the Legislature. All that is required is that the Legislature be in session and that the claimant be a member thereof. This provision of the Constitution was doubtless so drawn because, as is well known, much of the work of the Legislature is performed in committee meetings during recess periods.") | ||