Texas Const. art. XI, § 8

Texas Constitution

Article XI, § 8 — DONATION OF PUBLIC DOMAIN TO AID IN CONSTRUCTION OF SEA WALLS OR BREAKWATERS

This text of Texas Const. art. XI, § 8 (DONATION OF PUBLIC DOMAIN TO AID IN CONSTRUCTION OF SEA WALLS OR BREAKWATERS) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

JurisdictionTexas DocumentConstitution

ArticleXI

Section§ 8

CitationTexas Const. art. XI, § 8

Bluebook

Tex. Const. art. XI, § 8.

Full Text

The Counties and Cities on the Gulf Coast being subject to calamitous overflows, and a very large proportion of the general revenue being derived from those otherwise prosperous localities, The Legislature is especially authorized to aid by donation of such portion of the public domain as may be deemed proper, and in such mode as may be provided by law, the construction of Sea Walls, or Breakwaters, such aid to be proportioned to the extent and value of the works constructed, or to be constructed, in any locality.

Add this to your briefcase to access full text.

The Counties and Cities on the Gulf Coast being subject to calamitous overflows, and a very large proportion of the general revenue being derived from those otherwise prosperous localities, The Legislature is especially authorized to aid by donation of such portion of the public domain as may be deemed proper, and in such mode as may be provided by law, the construction of Sea Walls, or Breakwaters, such aid to be proportioned to the extent and value of the works constructed, or to be constructed, in any locality.

History

Feb. 15, 1876.

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

Texas Const. art. XI, § 8, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/constitution/tx/XI/8.