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Constitution of the State of Texas: February 15, 1876 (as Amended to May 7, 2022) (Texas)

OUP reference:
OCW CD 1110 (US-tx)
Content type:
National legislation, Current constitutions
Product:
Oxford Constitutions of the World [OCW] — US Constitutional Law [USC]
Jurisdiction:
Texas
Originating from:
Texas
Date amended:
07 May 2022
Date adopted:
15 February 1876
Date in force:
15 February 1876
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From: Oxford Constitutions (http://oxcon.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 30 May 2023

Humbly invoking the blessings of Almighty God, the people of the State of Texas, do ordain and establish this Constitution. That the general, great and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established, we declare: Texas is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the United States, and the maintenance of our free institutions and the perpetuity of the Union depend upon the preservation of the right of local self-government, unimpaired to all the States. All political power is inherent in the people, and...
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