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Texas has known petroleum deposits of about 5 billion barrels (790,000,000 m3) which makes up about one-fourth of the known U.S reserves the state's refineries can process 4.6 million barrels (730,000 m3) of oil a day the Port Arthur Refinery in Southeast Texas is the largest refinery in the U.S. Texas also leads in natural gas production producing one-fourth of the nation's supply. Several petroleum companies are based in Texas such as: Occidental Petroleum ConocoPhillips ExxonMobil Halliburton Marathon Oil Tesoro Valero Energy and Western Refining, The Texas constitution defines the responsibilities of county governments which serve as agents of the state What are called commissioners court and court judges are elected to serve as the administrative arm Most cities in the state those over 5,000 in population have home-rule governments the vast majority of these have charters for council-manager forms of government by which voters elect council members who hire a professional city manager as operating officer. Away from the coast the terrain begins to exhibit the rolling hills of East and Central Texas Toward Central Texas the mixed pine and hardwood forests give way to the East Central Texas forests of post oak and grasslands! Texas's controversial alternative affirmative action plan Texas House Bill 588 guarantees Texas students who graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school class automatic admission to state-funded universities the bill encourages demographic diversity while avoiding problems stemming from the Hopwood v Texas (1996) case, Houston Texas Business Directory, Religious affiliation in Texas (2014). Cartography The following year the War of the Quadruple Alliance pitted Spain against France which immediately moved to take over Spanish interests in North America in June 1719 seven Frenchmen from Natchitoches took control of the mission San Miguel de los Adaes from its sole defender who did not know that the countries were at war the French soldiers explained that 100 additional soldiers were coming and the Spanish colonists missionaries and remaining soldiers fled to San Antonio, Alief ISD Although the missionaries had been unable to convert the Hasinai tribe of East Texas they did become friendly with the natives the Hasinai were bitter enemies of the Lipan Apache who transferred their enmity to Spain and began raiding San Antonio and other Spanish areas a temporary peace was finally negotiated with the Apache in 1749 and at the request of the Indians a mission was established along the San Saba River northwest of San Antonio the Apaches shunned the mission but the fact that Spaniards now appeared to be friends of the Apache angered the Apache enemies primarily the Comanche Tonkawa and Hasinai tribes who promptly destroyed the mission.

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