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The chief administrative officer of a Texas County as set up in the Texas Constitution is the County Judge who sits as the chair of the county's Commissioners' Court (the equivalent of a Board of Supervisors in some other states) Since 2007 this position in Harris County is held by Judge Ed Emmett the county is split into 4 geographical divisions called Precincts Each precinct elects a Commissioner to sit as a representative of their precinct on the commissioners court and also for the oversight of county functions in their area. 9.3 Reconstruction Hernando de Soto and Spanish conquistadors seeing the Mississippi River for the first time, The Battle of the Sexes tennis match occurred on September 20 1973 aired on ABC with Billie Jean King defeating the late Bobby Riggs in three straight sets While more of a publicity stunt than a serious match it made national headlines and stands as a milestone in the progress of women's sports Scenes were filmed here in the 2017 film Battle Of the Sexes which starred Emma Stone & Steve Carell who respectively played these players. . . Deer Park After Texas was readmitted to the Union on April 16 1870 Houston continued its growth Houston became a port of entry on July 16 1870 Its new charter drew up eight wards Many freed slaves opened businesses and worked under contracts the Freedmen's Bureau stopped abuse of the contracts in 1870 Many African Americans at the time were in unskilled labor Many former slaves legalized their marriages after the American Civil War White legislators insisted on segregated schools After white Democrats regained power in the state legislature in the late 1870s they began to pass laws to make voter registration more complicated with the effect of disfranchising African Americans the elections of 1876 were accompanied in many southern states with fraud and violence to suppress black voting As white Democrats secured their power they passed Jim Crow laws to establish and enforce legal segregation across the state. 46 Spectra Energy 441 Further information: List of colleges and universities in Texas, The Commerce Towers originally developed as an office building in 1928 by Houston businessman Jesse H Jones has been converted into condominiums in addition many old office buildings and warehouses surrounding downtown have been recently converted to lofts the Humble Towers Lofts built in 1921 was originally the headquarters for Humble Oil the Beaconsfield Lofts are registered with the US Interior Department's National Register of Historic Places.