Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-05-12
Ordinances Passed by the Convsn'
tion.
AN ORDINANCE-pEcLARIgG THE oRpI-
NANCE OF SECESSION SuLL AND voIn.

NANCE OF sEtEssloN NULL AND Nolh'
BE il ordained by hs people qf 7tgR IN
Convention assembled, That we acknowledge
the supremacy Of the Constitution OF tho
| United States, and the laws passed In pur-
suapce thereof and that an ordinance
I adopted 10y former Convention OF the poo
| ple of Texas on the let day Of February A.
| b. 1861, entitled "An Ordinance TO DIS
| solve the Union between the state OF Texas
and the other States united under iheeom-
nact STYLED, Constitution OF the uh'lGd
! States Of America be and the same Is
| hereby declared null and reidi and the
/ right heretofore c'iimsR by the State OF Tex
! as 10 secede from the UniOni Is hereby DIS
iiacily renounced.
AN ORDINANCE, DECLARING TnE WAR
DENT voIp, AND FOR orHrR PURPOSES
Be il ordained Jy The people cf he STATE q
| Terds in ConuenhoR assembled, That all
debts created by the STATE Of Texas in aid
of the late war, directly or indirectly, are
hereby declared null and void and the Leg
islature shall have no authority, and they
are hereby forbidden, TO ratify the same, or
| 10 assume or provide for the payment oil the
same, or any part thereof
SECTION .. Be IL J,irikcr ordained, That
the Legislature of thisStato shall have no
authority and are hereby forbidden TO as
sumo, or make any provision for, the pay
ment of any portion of the debts contract
ed or incurred, directly or Indirectly, by
the Confederate States, or by its agents, or
by its authority,
SEC. 3. Be ii further ordained, That the
Legislature of this State shall have no au-
thority, and are hereby forbidden to as
sumo or make any provision for the pay
ment of any portion Of the debts contract
ed or incurred, or warrants issued by this
State, from the 2Sth day of January, 1861,
uutil the 9th day Of August, 1860, except
warrants issued in payment of services
rendered or liabilities incurred, before the
said 2Sth day of January, 1861.
AN ORDINANCE, PROVIDING FOR THE
ELECTION OF STATE OFFICERS, AND FIXING
THE TINE FOE THE MEETING OF THE LEGls-
LATURE.
SECTION /. BE II ordaiaedJy the people Of
Texas, in Contention assembled, Thatan cleo
ton shall be held on the fourth Monday in
June, A. D. 1866, in the several counties of
this State, for oil the State, District and
County officers, who, under the Constitution
and laws, are elected by the people.
SEC. 2. Be il further ordained, That the
officers elected under this Ordinance shall
hold their respective offices from the date of
their installation to the first Monday in
August, A. D. 1866 and thereafter for the
full term prescribed by law, as if elected on
said first Monday: and in case'the amend
ment to the Constitution shall be rejected,
then and in that case the person receiving
the highest number Of votes for Judge Of
the Supreme Court, shall be Chief Justice ;
and the next two persons receiving the
highest number of votes, shall be Associate
Justices of said Court; and the person re-
ceiving the highest number of votes for
County Judge shall be Chief Justice of the
county.
Sec. 8. Be il further ordained That the
Legislature of the State of Texas shall Inject
at the Seat of Government thereof, and be-
gin their session on the first Monday in
August, A. D. 1866.
Sec. 4. Be ii further ordained, That, i'll
order to carry out the provisions OF this
Ordinance, the Provisional Governor of
this State be and he is hereby authorized
and requested to issue. his proclamation as
early as may be, ordering an election to be
held in the several counties of this State,
at the time and for the purposes specified
| in this Ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE, FOR THE RATIFICATION
OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
Be ii ordained bg the people Of TeraS in
Convention assembled, That an election au-
thorized by this Convention, to be holden on
the fourth Monday in June, 1866, for State,
District, County and Municipal officers, and
| IL \ Of ,a m H.
ments to the Constitution, shall be held, the
votes counted, and returns made thereof in
accordance with the law now in force, ex-
cept that the presiding officers of the seye-
ral precincts in the different counties, shall
make their returns within five days after
said election, and the Chief Justice shall
open and count out said votes on the'fftll
day after said election; and where two OF
more counties compose adistrict, the returns
shall be made to the returning districton the
twelfth day after the election.
SEC. 9. BE ii further ordained, That polls
shall be opened and register made of all
persons voting on the Amendments to the
Constitution, and if n majority of those
voting on said Amendments vote "For the
Amendments" then they shall be final; and
if said majority be against the Amend
ments' they shall be considered rejected
SEC. 3. Belt further ordained, That the
election on the subject Of the Amendments
be by ballot.
SEC. 4. Be il .furtler ordained, That the
returning officers throughout the State,
shall make returns Of said elections to the
Secretary of State, on or before the first
Monday in August next
SEC. 5. Be IL further ordained, That hii
Excellency, the Provisional Governor b
requested to cooperate in the execution o
this ordinance.
AN ORDINANCE, REQUIRING THE ASSESS
MEsr AND COLLECTION OF TAXES FOR TIL
YEAR 1866.
SECTION /. Be il ordained by the Delegate
Of the people Of TtrGs in Conpentton assem-
6led, That the Assessors and Collectors o
the several counties Of this State are re
quired to assess tax Of twenty cents oI
the hundred dollars worth of property, as I
State tax for the year 1866, except suci
property as was exempt under the laws IL
force in this State on the first day Of Jan
uary 1861.
SEC. 2. That the several counties ma.
assess and collect for county purposes one
half of the amount of the poll and othe
! tax herein levied for the State.
SEC. 3. That a tax Of one dollar heat
shall be leyied upon all the male inhabi
!. tants within the Stale, between the ages o
twenty-one and ffty-fve years.
SEC. 4. There shall be assessed and col
lected Of each person, or firm, or public COZ
poration having money loaned at interes
a tax at the rate Of thirty cents on eac
hundred dollars so loaned; Of every persO
or firm engaged in the sale of goods, ware
and merchandise, yinous or spirituOus Ii
auors, when sold in quantities ofa quart
more, a tax Of thirty cents on each hun
, dred dollars value Of such articles Purchai
= ed for sale as agent or auctiOneer by sue