Constitution · Texas

Tex. Const. art. 16, § 24

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Constitution of Texas
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October 2026

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ROADS AND BRIDGES. The Legislature shall make provision for laying out and working public roads, for the building of bridges, and for utilizing fines, forfeitures, and convict labor to all these purposes. (Feb. 15, 1876.)

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