website about Texas government and politics. Constitution text as of April 22, 1975, including "information regarding the origins, historical development, and contemporary meaning of each section" along with "interpretive comments" (annotations completed 1973–1976). Historic constitutions and constitutional convention materials, 1824–1876, including the original, unamended text of the 1876 constitution. 32-volume "compilation of the laws and political documents of Texas" covering 1822–1939; includes the 1836 Constitution of the Republic of Texas, as well as the state constitutions of 1861 and 1866. 1876 in American law Texas Constitution