what is the legislature of missouri called?
Missouri General Assembly
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 Over the next ten days , delegates prepared a constitution for the Republic of Texas . Parts of the document were copied verbatim from the United States Constitution ; other articles were paraphrased . The new nation 's government was structured similarly to that of the United States , with a bicameral legislature , a chief executive , and a supreme court . In a sharp departure from its model , the new constitution expressly permitted impressment of goods and forced housing for soldiers . It also explicitly legalized slavery and recognized the people 's right to revolt against government authority . After adopting the constitution on March 17 , delegates elected interim officers to govern the country and then adjourned . David G. Burnet , who had not been a delegate , was elected president . The following day , Burnet announced the government was leaving for Harrisburg . 

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 The new constitution was based on a copy of the 1780 Massachusetts Constitution provided by one of the committee members . The proposed document also drew from the constitutions of other states in the United States , including Louisiana , Missouri , and Tennessee . It provided " meticulous detail " for the new system of government . The executive branch structure , proposed by Austin , called for a governor who would serve two @-@ year terms . The state would have a bicameral legislature and a three @-@ tier judiciary system , with local and district courts ultimately kept in check by a state supreme court . 

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 Immediately after Randolph finished laying out the Virginia Plan , Charles Pinckney of South Carolina presented his own plan to the Convention . As Pinckney did not reduce it to writing , the only evidence we have are Madison 's notes , so the details are somewhat vague . It was a confederation , or treaty , among the thirteen states . There was to be a bicameral legislature made up of a Senate and a House of Delegates . The House would have one member for every one thousand inhabitants . The House would elect Senators who would serve by rotation for four years and represent one of four regions . Congress would meet in a joint session to elect a President , and would also appoint members of the cabinet . Congress , in joint session , would serve as the court of appeal of last resort in disputes between states . Pinckney did also provide for a supreme Federal Judicial Court . The Pinckney plan was not debated , but it may have been referred to by the Committee of Detail . 

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 In 1809 , the makeup of the legislature was altered again by Congress to a bicameral body . A House of Representatives was created and the representation was apportioned by population . The House was then to choose ten candidates from whom the President , through the governor , would choose five to form a council which served as the upper house of the legislature . Thereafter , the structure of the legislature remained unchanged for the remainder of the territory 's existence . 

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 The state governments are structured in roughly similar fashion ; Nebraska uniquely has a unicameral legislature . The governor ( chief executive ) of each state is directly elected . Some state judges and cabinet officers are appointed by the governors of the respective states , while others are elected by popular vote . 
