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The Constitution, As Amended, And Ordinances Of The Convention Of 1866: Together With The Proclamation Of The Governor Declaring The Ratification Of T

The Constitution, As Amended, And Ordinances Of The Convention Of 1866: Together With The Proclamation Of The Governor Declaring The Ratification Of T

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Colonial Period (1600-1775)General LawGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354488854
ISBN13: 9789354488856
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 18 2021
Pages: 370
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.82 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
At the moment a state tries to begin again, every clause matters. Texas rewrote itself in 1866. Here are the decisions, compromises, and anxieties set down as law: the texas constitution complete text as amended, the governor's proclamation declaring ratification, and the constitutional convention ordinances that framed governance in post civil war texas. More than a government pamphlet, it stands as a primary source law collection and a historical texas law compilation, placing reconstruction era amendments beside the eleventh legislature general laws and supporting texas legislative session records. Read for the cadence of authority, the limits of power, and the practical machinery of courts, elections, taxation, and administration. For legal history researchers, it offers dependable texas 1866 legal documents in one place; for general readers, it reveals how american constitutional history is negotiated in real time, under pressure. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. It is the kind of book you dip into, then return to with sharper questions: a record of state-building, contested rights, and public administration. For collectors of landmark legal texts, it sits naturally beside other foundational charters, mapping Texas into the wider story of American governance today. Keep it close as a texas government reference, consult it for comparison with later reforms, or collect it as a sober, essential witness to Reconstruction and the making of modern Texas.

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