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Texas Constitution talk:Article XI, Section 5
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== add == court of appeals ex parte wilson 1883 In answer to this provision we call attention to the language of the first paragraph of Sec. 56. It is in these words : "The Legislature shall not, except as otherwise provided in this constitution, pass any local or special law" upon the subject therein prohibited- Now, in Sec. 5 of Art. II of the constitution it is provided that, "cities having more than ten thousand inhabitants, may have their charters granted or amended by special act of the Legislature," etc. This provision is of equal and binding force with Sec. 56 of Art. III; they are both parts of the constitution; are not inconsistent, but entirely harmonious, and capable of being construed together, because Sec. 56 provides that where the constitution itself prescribes a different rule from the one therein provided, its provisions shall not control to prevent the passage by special law of any act of the Legislature with regard to any of the subjects therein mentioned. The constitution does "otherwise provide" with regard to the charter of cities having more than ten thousand inhabitants, and we presume that the 452 EX PARTE WILSON. Legislature was satisfied of the fact that the city of Dallas had the requisite population, or it would not have passed the special law amending the city charter. In our opinion, the constitutional objection to the amended charter is not tenable. But it is urged against the ordinance under whi
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