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* ''Ex parte Wolters'', 144 S.W. 531, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/144_SW_531.pdf#page=5 535] (Tex.Crim.App. 1911) ("To the mind of the writer, these are answered definitely by article 3, § 40. By the express terms of that section, the Legislature is expressly restricted and limited, first, to the passage only of such laws as the Governor has authorized in his proclamation, or in subsequent messages submitted by him; and, second, either or both houses may have authority to make investigations looking to the enactment of such laws as are within the proclamation of message of the Governor, but the Legislature may not and cannot investigate matters for legislative purposes not within the proclamation.") | * ''Ex parte Wolters'', 144 S.W. 531, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/144_SW_531.pdf#page=5 535] (Tex.Crim.App. 1911) ("To the mind of the writer, these are answered definitely by article 3, § 40. By the express terms of that section, the Legislature is expressly restricted and limited, first, to the passage only of such laws as the Governor has authorized in his proclamation, or in subsequent messages submitted by him; and, second, either or both houses may have authority to make investigations looking to the enactment of such laws as are within the proclamation of message of the Governor, but the Legislature may not and cannot investigate matters for legislative purposes not within the proclamation.") | ||
* ''Manor Casino v. State'', 34 S.W. 769, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/034_SW_769.pdf#page=3 771] (Tex.Civ.App. 1896, no writ) ("The case of Williams v. Taylor (Tex. Sup.) 19 S. W. 156, and others on that line, to the effect that a bill passed by the legislature, and signed by its presiding officers, and approved by the governor, affords conclusive evidence that it was passed according to the procedure prescribed by the constitution, and that the journals of the legislature cannot be looked to in order to impeach the law, are not in point on the question . . . . One involves the manner of the exercise of authority after jurisdiction has attached, and the other the want of jurisdiction and authority to act at all.") | * ''Manor Casino v. State'', 34 S.W. 769, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/034_SW_769.pdf#page=3 771] (Tex.Civ.App.–Austin 1896, no writ) ("The case of Williams v. Taylor (Tex. Sup.) 19 S. W. 156, and others on that line, to the effect that a bill passed by the legislature, and signed by its presiding officers, and approved by the governor, affords conclusive evidence that it was passed according to the procedure prescribed by the constitution, and that the journals of the legislature cannot be looked to in order to impeach the law, are not in point on the question . . . . One involves the manner of the exercise of authority after jurisdiction has attached, and the other the want of jurisdiction and authority to act at all.") | ||
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