The texas constitution of placed strict limits on the governor's ability to control the people appointed to office and almost eliminated the possibility that appointees to office could be removed.

This would be the Constitution of 1876. The Texas Constitution of 1876 was the sixth constitution that Texas had after gaining their independence from Mexico in 1836. It was done at the Constitutional Convention of 1875 and was written into law on February 15, 1876 and is still the basic lay of law in Texas today.