Notes From the 1875 Texas Constitution

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9/6/1875

- Proclamation by Richard Coke
- - Richard Coke.
- - Charles S. West.
- - John Wilkins Whitfield.
- - 81 delegates "answered their names"
- - Edward Bradford Pickett.
- - Leigh Chalmers
- - Joe Owens (AA?)

9/7/1875


- - John Reagan.
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21 Committees established
- Federal Relations
- State Affairs
- Bill of Rights
- Legislative Department
- Judicial Department
- Executive Department
- General Provisions
- Suffrage
- Education
- Agriculture and Stock-raising
- Publie Lands and Land Office
- Immigration
- Crime and Punishment
- Counties and County Lands
- Municipal Corporations
- Railroad Corporations
- Private Corporations
- Revenue and Taxation
- Printing and Contingent Expenses
- Engrossed and Enrolled Ordinances
- Style and Arrangement
Committee structure and assignments made by: 
- E L Dorothy, Chairman
- L. W. Moore
- Geo. McCormick
- N H Darnell
- John Henry Brown
- Jno L Henry

9/8/1875
- discussions of the proper per diem.
- high per diem argued to lead to more legislation
- not interested in talent
- "retrenchment"

9/9/1875
- resolutions sent to committees

9/10/1875
- discussion of contracting a printer

9/11/1875
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9/13/1875
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9/14/1875
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9/15/1875
- a member resigned - how to replace him?
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9/16/1875
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