Download the PDF Version of the Text ARTICLE I. Show SECTION 1. The powers of this Government shall be divided into three departments, viz: Legislative, Executive and Judicial, which shall remain forever separate and distinct. ARTICLE II. SEC. 1. Congress shall have power to levy and collect taxes and imposts, excise and tonage duties; to borrow money on the faith, credit, and property of the Government, to pay the debts and to provide for the
common defence and general welfare of the Republic. ARTICLE III. SEC. 1. The Executive authority of this Government shall be vested in a chief magistrate, who shall be styled The President of the Republic of Texas. ARTICLE IV. SEC. 1. The Judicial powers of the Government shall be vested in one
Supreme Court, and such inferior courts as the Congress may, from time to time, ordain and establish. The judges of the supreme and inferior courts shall hold their offices for four years, be eligible to re-election, and shall, at stated periods, receive for their services a compensation, not to be increased or diminished during the period for which they were elected. ARTICLE V. SEC. 1. Ministers of the gospel being, by their profession, dedicated to God and the care of souls, ought not to
be diverted from the great duties of their functions, therefore, no minister of the gospel or priest of any denomination whatever shall be eligible to the office of the Executive of the Republic, nor to a seat of either branch of the Congress of the same. ARTICLE VI. SEC. 1. No person shall be eligible to the office of
President who shall not have attained the age of thirty-five years, shall be a citizen of the Republic at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, or an inhabitant of this Republic at least three years immediately preceding his election. SCHEDULE. SEC. 1. That no inconvenience may arise from the adoption of this Constitution, it is declared by this Convention that all laws now in force in Texas, and not inconsistent with this Constitution, shall remain in full force until declared void, repealed, altered, or expire by their own limitations. GENERAL PROVISIONS. SEC. 1. Laws shall be made to exclude from office, from the right of suffrage, and from serving on juries, those who shall hereafter be convicted of bribery, perjury, or other high crimes and
misdemeanors. DECLARATION OF RIGHTS. This Declaration of Rights is declared to be a part of this Constitution, and shall never be violated on any pretence whatever. And in order to guard against the transgression of the high powers which we have delegated, we declare that every thing in this bill of rights contained, and every other right not hereby delegated, is reserved to the People. The foregoing Constitution was unanimously adopted by the Delegates of Texas, in Convention assembled, at the town of Washington, on the seventeenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and of the Independence of the Republic, the first year. In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names. RICHARD ELLIS C. B. Stewart John S.
Roberts I do hereby certify that I have carefully compared the foregoing Constitution, and find it to be a true copy from the original filed in the archives of the Convention.Given under my hand, this 17th day of March, 1836. Attest: H. S. KIMBLE, Secretary of the Convention. “Constitution of Republic of Texas.” Laws of the Republic of Texas, in Two Volumes. Houston: Printed at the Office of the Telegraph, 1838, vol. 1, pp. 9-25. What type of government did the Texas Constitution establish?It formed a unitary republic, rather than the federal republic as defined in the US Constitution. The President of the Republic of Texas had a three-year term and could not serve another consecutive term, which was based on provisions in the Mexican Constitution.
What are the 3 types of government we have in Texas?The Texas Constitution divides state government into three separate but equal branches: the executive branch, headed by the governor; the judicial branch, which consists of the Texas Supreme Court and all state courts; and the legislative branch, headed by the Texas Legislature, which includes the 150 members of the ...
What is the main purpose of the Texas Constitution?The Constitution is the foundational governing document of the State of Texas, second only to the U.S. Constitution. All Texas laws and regulations must comply with the Constitution or risk being invalidated by the state courts.
What part of the Texas and U.S. Constitution protects the freedoms of individual citizens?To protect Texans' rights, Article I of the state constitution provides a bill of rights. A bill of rights outlines the civil liberties, or individual rights, that a government promises to protect.
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