Mauzy v. Legislative Redistricting Board

CALVERT, Chief Justice.

Sec. 28, Art. Ill, Constitution of Texas, Vernon’s Ann. St. provides:

“Sec. 28. The Legislature shall, at its first regular session after the publication of each United States decennial census, apportion the state into senatorial and representative districts, agreeable to the provisions of Sections 25, 26, and 26-a of this Article. In the event the Legislature shall at any such first regular session following the publication of a United States decennial census, fail to make such apportionment, same shall be done by the Legislative Redistricting Board of Texas, which is…