Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-05-12
AN ORDINANCE,

Bsncr&iiHfG 6y the pegp'c Qt Teras, IN
C,prrnHon a,RemLied, That all The state,
district aud county officers, under the Con,
stiru,ion rs proposed to be amended, shan
bc elected on tie fourth Monday in une
next. lf tho amendments TO The Conslitu-
ton are adopted by tho people thu oihoers
elected shall hold their Offices under The
Constitution as amended and II rejected
thcy shall hold their Offices under the pres
ont Constitution.
AN ORDlNANCE--To EQUALl2E THE La
nor, AND MAKE UNIFORM THE TERMS or
JUDICIAL pI7rrICTs.
BE IL ordained by Tie people Gf tie STATE
of Ttras IN CJRptntion assembled, That 1t
eball be the duty of the Legislature, Mt its
FIRST session, and from time to time there
after. to divide the State into convenient
Judicial Districts, so rs to assign to each
JUDGE. as nearms practicable, thirty-two
weeks of judicial labor per annnm; and
upon each division and assignment of labor,
| tie District Judges and District Attorneys
of those districts which may be divided
and parccled out TO other districts, shall
/ thenccCorth cease to hold their otlcesi pro-
yidcd, however, that unless the amend
ments TO the Constitution shall be ratihed
/ by the people, this ordinance shall be null
/ and void
SEC. /. Be il ordained, That wherever, by
reason of any ordinance passed by thls
/ Convention, any right Of action is revived
which, under the operation Of the laws
heretofore enacted, may have been barred
by limitations, the same shall be maintain
able. only on condition that no interest on
the claim shall be allowed, from and after
the same was barred. There shall be q
stay OF execution on all judgments hereto
fore rendered, or that may hereafter be
rendered until the Adjournment Of the
first Legislature, convened after the ad-
iournment of this Convention, leaving the
matter with the Legislature to grant re-
lief; provided that Hunt county shall be
excepted from the operation Of this ordi'
/ nance.
RESOLUTION OF RESPECT TO GENERAL
HOUSTON.
Resolccd, Jy the peopie Of Teas in Con
rsniion assembled, That the death Of Gene
raj Sam Houston is q national calamity
and that, in consideration of his pre-emi'
nent abilities, great experience and exait'
ed patriotism, his high character and en-
thusiastic devotion to the interests and tht
cause of Texas, from the beginning of the
struggle for independence throughout oul
revolutionary war, our existence as Re
public and our life as State, and in ap
probation Of the faithful discharge Of his
duties rs commander-in-chie of the army
as President Of the Republic, as U. 5. Sen
ator, and as Governor of the State, hls
Enccllency, the Governor, is hereby author
lied and empowered to procure and place
ia the Representative Hall his full Length
portrait to commemorate his distinguish
ed services, and perpetuate his memory.
Adopted, unanimously.
Rcso!ved, That the Convention elect BY
ballot, four persons, whose duty it is TO re
pair to the City of Washington, and pre-
sent to the President all the ordinances o
general character that have been or ma.
hereafter be adopted by the Convention
and ondoayor to impress upon the nationa
authorities the loyal and pacific disposition
of the people of the State of Texas,
AN ANCE-ApPRoPRIAT1HG MONEY
TO PAY SALARY OF GOVERNOR HOUSTON
FOR UXEXpIRED TERN, TO HIS HEIRS.
Rcsolcfd, That His Excellency, \. J
Hamilton, Provisional Governor Of thi
State, be requested to cause to be paid, ou
of any moneys now in the treasury Of thi
State not otherwise appropriated, to tn
widow of Gen. Sam Houston, the sum o
nineteen hundred and twenty-five dollars
l1.925,l The amount due him Gs Governo
, elect Of the State for the full term for Thic
he was elected.