SECTION 40.

Thirty-sixth Legislature (1919). Defeated.

Permitting the legislature to authorize a $75,000,000 state road bond issue and to provide a 20 cent tax to discharge such bonds.

SECTIONS 49, 52.

Thirty-third Legislature (1913). Defeated.

49. Increasing the limit on debt for deficiencies in current revenue to $500,000; authorizing the legislature to issue bonds for the purchase of land and construction of buildings for the University of Texas and A. and M., the revenue from the permanent University fund being made available for interest and sinking fund; authorizing the legislature to issue bonds for the construction of buildings at state institutions; and secured by lien of the real property, for constructing buildings and making permanent improvements for the prison system.

52. Increasing the maximum of credit which might be extended by a political subdivision to one-half of the assessed land valuation of the district to be reclaimed in case of improvement of rivers, creeks, and streams to prevent overflows; and adding subdivision (d), the construction, maintenance, and operation of public warehouses, to the purposes for which credit might be extended.

SECTION 50.

Thirty-sixth Legislature (1919). Defeated.

Authorizing the legislature to lend the credit of the state to assist heads of families in acquiring or improving homes; and outlining the procedure in such cases.

SECTION 51.

Twenty-third Legislature (1893).

Adopted.

Authorizing the legislature to appropriate not over $100,000 annually to aid in the establishment and maintenance of a Confederate home.

Twenty-fifth Legislature (1897). Adopted.

Authorizing aid to certain Confederates who came to Texas prior to January 1, 1880, or to the indigent widows of such soldiers, the maximum appropriation for each to be $8 per month, with a maximum total appropriation in any one year of $250,000; and providing that inmates of the Confederate home shall receive no other aid from the state.

Twenty-eighth Legislature (1903). Adopted.

Increasing maximum amount of Confederate pensions to $500,000 per year.

Thirtieth Legislature (1907). Defeated.

Increasing grant to Confederate home to $150,000 per year, from which provision for housing Confederate widows shall be made.

Thirty-first Legislature (1909). Adopted.

Increasing grant to Confederate home to $150,000 annually. Thirty-second Legislature (1911). Adopted.

Authorizing state ad valorem tax of 5 cents for pensions for indigent soldiers serving in the Confederate Army, frontier organizations, or the state militia, and to the widows of such soldiers; extending pensions to such soldiers whose residence in Texas dates from January 1, 1900; and (inadvertently?) omitting the "public calamity" clause.

Thirty-sixth Legislature (1919). Defeated.

Increasing pension tax rate to 7 cents; extending provisions to include Confederates in Texas prior to 1910; and restoring the "public calamity" clause.

Thirty-seventh Legislature (1921). Defeated.

Increasing pension tax rate to 7 cents; extending provisions to include Confederates in Texas prior to 1910; and restoring the "public calamity" clause.

SECTION 52.

Twenty-eighth Legislature (1903). Adopted.

Permitting political subdivisions of the state to issue bonds and otherwise lend their credit within stated limits for certain public improvements.

Thirty-third Legislature (1913). Never submitted.

Including public warehouses as an object of credit by political subdivisions, and authorizing the legislature to establish necessary means and agencies for carrying the amendment into effect. This is an extension of part of the amendment listed above as submitted by this legislature (Sections 49, 52).

Thirty-fourth Legislature (1915). Defeated.

Permitting reclamation districts to issue bonds up to 50 per cent of assessed real property valuation, and providing for payment by a tax not to exceed 50 cents.

SECTIONS 5, 17.

ARTICLE IV

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

Thirtieth Legislature (1907). Defeated.

5. Increasing governor's salary to $8,000.

17. Providing for an annual salary of $2,500 for the lieutenant-governor.

SECTION 5.

Thirty-sixth Legislature (1919). Defeated.

Increasing governor's salary from $4,000 to $10,000.

SECTIONS 5, 21-23.

Thirty-seventh Legislature (1921). Defeated.

5. Increasing governor's salary to $8,000.

21. Increasing salary of secretary of state to $5,000.

22. Increasing salary of attorney-general to $7,500 and eliminating provision for part payment in fees.

23. Increasing salaries of comptroller of public accounts, treasurer, commissioner of the general land office to $5,000 each.

ADD SECTION 27.

Thirtieth Legislature (1907). Defeated.

Giving constitutional status to a department of agriculture with a bureau of labor.

ARTICLE V

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

SECTIONS 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 17.

Seventeenth Legislature (1881). Defeated.

2. Increasing Supreme Court to 7 justices; making provisions for sitting in two divisions; and increasing salary from $3,550 to $3,600.

3. Giving Supreme Court appellate jurisdiction over county court cases; and giving the legislature power to authorize the issuance of certain writs.

5. Increasing salary of judges of Court of Appeals from $3,550 to $3,600; and giving governor power to fill vacancies.

6. Taking away civil jurisdiction of Court of Appeals.

8. Transferring cases filed in Court of Appeals over which Supreme Court has jurisdiction; giving district court appellate jurisdiction over county commissioners' court; and giving district court original jurisdiction over all cases not otherwise provided for.

17. Changing minimum number of terms of county court from six to four each year; and making certain procedural changes.

ADD SECTION 29.

Eighteenth Legislature (1883). Adopted.

Providing for at least four terms of the county court per year for both civil and criminal business as provided by the legislature or the county commissioners' court; and permitting the legisla

(The

ture to determine how prosecutions may be commenced.
first part of the amendment corresponds to that proposed to Sec-
tion 17 of the same article by the Seventeenth Legislature, and
defeated.)

ENTIRE ARTICLE.

Twentieth Legislature (1887). Defeated.
Entirely new article of 35 sections.

SECTIONS 1-8, 11, 12, 16, 25, 28.

Twenty-second Legislature (1891). Adopted.
Present system.

SECTION 7.

Thirty-third Legislature (1918). Defeated.

Authorizing more than one judge in a district; raising qualifications for district judge from 4 to 6 years practice; authorizing salary of $3,000 until changed by law; and leaving terms of court to be prescribed by law.

SECTION 18.

Thirtieth Legislature (1907). Defeated.

Permitting legislature to provide by law for all subsequent divisions of counties into commissioners' precincts; and increasing the maximum number of justice precincts from 8 to 12. SECTION 2.

Thirty-fourth Legislature (1915). Defeated.

Increasing court to five judges; and providing for a salary of $5,000 per year until changed by law.

ARTICLE VI

SUFFRAGE

SECTION 2.

Twenty-fourth Legislature (1895). Adopted.

Requiring declaration of intention of foreigner to be filed at least 6 months prior to election to enable him to vote in that election.

Twenty-seventh Legislature (1901). Adopted.

Requiring all voters subject to payment of poll tax to pay such tax as a condition precedent to voting.

Thirty-fourth Legislature (1915). Defeated.

Permitting voters absent from home precinct to vote in another precinct on state issues and officers under certain conditions.

Granting equal suffrage to men and women and declaring all existing suffrage laws to apply equally to both. Thirty-seventh Legislature (1921). Adopted.

Permitting only citizens to vote; allowing either husband or wife to pay the poll tax of the other, and permitting the legislature to authorize absentee voting.

SECTION 4.

Twentieth Legislature (1887). Defeated.

Authorizing the legislature to provide for the registration of all voters in all cities of 10,000 and over and in counties where deemed advisable.

Twenty-second Legislature (1891). Adopted.

Authorizing the legislature to provide for the registration of all voters in all cities of over 10,000.

ARTICLE VII

EDUCATION

SECTION 3.

Eighteenth Legislature (1883). Adopted.

Authorizing an additional 20 cents ad valorem school tax; empowering the legislature to create districts by general or special law without local notice; and to authorize an additional 20 cent tax within the school district, provided two-thirds of the tax-paying voters of the district vote the tax, the local 20 cent limit not to apply to incorporated cities and towns constituting independent school districts.

Thirtieth Legislature (1907). Adopted.

Increasing tax limit of school districts to 50 cents. Thirty-first Legislature (1909). Adopted.

Specifically permitting school districts to embrace parts of two or more counties; and authorizing the legislature to pass laws governing school district taxes and the management of schools.

Thirty-fourth Legislature (1915). Defeated.

Permitting the legislature to authorize a 50 cent county ad valorem tax for the maintenance of county schools; and increasing the maximum school district tax from 50 cents to $1.00. Thirty-fifth Legislature (1917). Adopted.

Increasing maximum school ad valorem tax from 20 cents to 35 cents; providing that board of education shall set aside funds for free text books; and authorizing appropriations from general funds in case the limit of taxation is insufficient.