16 articles
The Texas Constitution limited the power of state government because people were worried that a powerful government would abuse that power and interfere with the rights of the people. The state's constitution has 17 articles.
old Texas Constitution 68,000 words, new Constitution count 80,806 words
we have had many constitutions in the past but the current constitution was written in 1876
Hundreds (300+)
It is the longest wordiest constitution of all the states. It needs to be thrown out and rewritten.
It is an admixture modified in its current form from the Constitution of the Republic of Texas created in 1836. The early Texans produced a restrictive government in part because of their experiences as a state of Mexico. It does contain a Bill of Rights like the US Constitution and many of its elements can be traced to that body of work.
Texas wrote its first constitution in 1836, but its current constitution has been in place since February 15, 1876. The Texas Bill of Rights is contained in Article 1 of its current constitution.
The current constitution of 1876 is one of the largest Constitutions.
The current Texas state constitution was adopted in that year.
They both recongnize themselves as a free nation.
Texas State Treasurer was a political office in the U.S. state of Texas, established in the Constitution of 1876. It was abolished in 1996.