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PROCLAMATION
BY the Governor of the State
of Texas.

OI SA6S.
Whereas. the Twenty-second Legis.
lature at its lats regular biennial SEES
sioa. which adjourned on the 18th day
of April, a. D. 1891, passed the follow
ing five joint Resolutions in the manner
prescribed by the Constitution of this
State, proposing certain amendments to
the Constitution Of this State, te-wit:
Is. j. Il. No. 1917 Joint Resolution amend
ing Section 4, Article 6. of the Constitu'
tion of the State of Texas.
SECTION 1. Be it resolved by the Leg
islature of the State of Texas: That
section 4, of article 6, of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Texas be so amended
as TO hereafter read as follows:
Section 4. In all elections by the
people the vote shall be by ballot, and
the Legislature shall provide for the
numbering of tickets and make such
other regulations as may be necessary to
detect and punish fraud and preserve
the purity of the ballot box; and the
Legislature may provide by law for the
registration of all voters in all cities con-
tanning a population of ten thousand in
habitants or more.
SEC. .. That the Governor of this
State shall issue his proclamation order
ing an election to be held on the second
Tuesday in August, A. D. 1891, on this
amendment, in accordance with article
II, section /, of the Constitution: and
those voting for the adoption of this
amendment shall have written or
printed ON their ballots the words ''For
the amendment to section 4, article 6, of
the Constitution, relating to voting"
and those voting against the adoption of
said amendment shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words
against the amendment to section 4,
article G, of the Constitution, relating to
voting"
Joint Resolution No. 10, to amend Section
5, Article :, of the Constitution of the
State of Texas.
SECTION 1. Belt resolved by the Leg
islature of the State of Texas: That Sec
ton 5, article 7, of the Constitution of
the State of Texas be so amended as to
hereafter read as follows:
The principal of all bonds and other
funds and the principal arising from the
sale of the lands hereinbefore set apart
to said school fund shall be the perma-
nent school fund, and all the interest de-
rivable therefrom and the taxes
herein authorized and levied shall be the
available school fund, to which the Leg
islature may add not exceeding one per
cent. annually of the total value of the
permanent school fund, such value to be
ascertained by the Board of Education
until otherwise provided by law, and the
available school fund shall be applied
annually to the support of the public
free schools. And no law shall ever be
enacted appropriating any part of the
permanent OF available school fund to
any other purpose whatever, nor shall
the same or any part thereof. ever be ap-
propriated to or used for the support of
any sectarian school; and the available
school fund herein provided shall be
distributed to the several counties &C
cording to their scholastic population
and applied in such manner as may be
provided by law.
SEC. 3. The foregoing constitutional
shall be submitted to vote
of the qualified electors for members of
the Legislature of the State of Texas on
the second Tuesday in August, 1891, at
which election all voters favoring said
amendment shall write or have
printed on their ballots the words ''For
the amendment to section 5, article 7, of
the Constitution of the State of Texas
and all voters opposed to said amend
ment shall write or have printed on
their ballots the words Against the
to section ., article7, of the
Constitution of the State of Texas"
III. j. r. No. ~ Joint Resolution to
amend Section IL, Article 16, of the
Constitution of the State of Texas.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Leg
islature of the State of Texas: That sec
ton II, article 16, of the Constitution of
the State of Texas shall be amended so
as to hereafter read as follows:
Sec. Ii. All contracts for a greater
rate of interest than ten per centum per
Rnnum shall be deemed usurious, and
the first Legislature after this amend
ment is adopted shall provide sppropri-
ate pains and penalties to prevent the
same; but when no rate of interest is
agreed upon. the rate shall not exceed
six per centum per annum.
SEC ,. The Governor of this State
shall issue his proclamation ordering an
election on the second Tuesday in Au-
gust, 1891, at which election the forego-
ing amendment shall be submitted for
by the qualified electors of the
State.
SEC. 3. Those voting for the adoption
Of section 1 shall have written or printed
IN their ballots the words For the
amendment to section II, article 16, of