Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 44: Difference between revisions

The Republic of Texas constitution (1836) did not have a similar provision. However, the State of Texas's first constitution (1845) did. Article VII, Section 7 read: "The Legislature shall provide by law for the compensation of all officers, servants, agents, and public contractors, not provided for by this constitution; and shall not grant extra compensation to any officer, agent, servant, or public contractor, after such public service shall have been performed, or contract entered into for performance of same; nor grant by appropriations or otherwise any amount of money out of the Treasury of the State to any individual, on a claim real or pretended, where the same shall not have been provided for by preexisting law: provided, that nothing in this section shall be so construed as to affect the claims of persons against the Republic of Texas, heretofore existing." The state's next three constitutions (1861, 1866, & 1869) each contained a similar provision. The final clause regarding employment was added in 1876.