Legislation authored by John Junior Bell
Includes legislation with John Junior Bell as the primary author for the 45th through 53rd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 53rd Regular Session | |
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| SB 9 | Caption: Relating to repealing the Compulsory Vehicle Inspection Law and re-enacting certain provisions of the Uniform Traffic Act to provide compulsory inspection, adjustment correction or repair of motor vehicles, trailers, semi-trailers, pole trailers and house trailers, and the procedure therefor by the Texas Department of Public Safety; making an appropriation. |
| SB 10 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts relating to misuse of grazing or pasture land under one fence. |
| SB 50 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Liquor Control Act relating to Package Store Permits, Wine Only Package Store Permits, and Beer Retail Dealer's Off-Premise Licenses. |
| SB 114 | Caption: Relating to validating under certain conditions proceedings relating to the adoption of home rule charters, validating the charters so adopted, and providing that such charter so adopted shall constitute the home rule charter of the city. |
| SB 120 | Caption: Relating to amending the subject matter embraced by certain Acts; defining the word "Veteran" and the phrases "Texas veteran of the present war or wars commonly known as World War II" and "Texas veterans of service in the armed forces of the United States of America subsequent to 1945." |
| SB 121 | Caption: Relating to amending Statutes regulating the maximum length of motor buses; requiring certain motor buses to be equipped with air brakes and to have a minimum of four (4) tires on the rear axle. |
| SB 122 | Caption: Relating to making it unlawful to operate any commercial motor vehicle or truck-tractor over any public highways by anyone other than the registered owner unless a copy of any lease, memorandum or agreement under which such operation is authorized shall be filed with the Department of Public Safety; providing a penalty. |
| SB 216 | Caption: Relating to amending the Election Code by setting out the voting rights of electors who have resided in a county for less than six months on the date of an election and regulating the procedure for voting by such electors. |
| SB 246 | Caption: Relating to amending Statutes relating to tax liens on motor vehicles, providing that the lien shall not be valid as against any mortgagee of a motor vehicle provided such mortagagee is without notice and has complied with the provisions of the Certificate of Title Act. |
| SB 247 | Caption: Relating to providing for the licensing and regulation of dealers in real estate; prohibiting the unlawful practice of law; providing penalties for violation of this Act. |
| SB 277 | Caption: Relating to providing enabling legislation for proposed sub-section (d) of Section 59, Article XVI of the Constitution of the State of Texas, to be submitted at an election in 1953, for aiding in the conservation, administration and distribution of beneficial uses of water resources of the State. |
| SB 278 | Caption: Relating to creating the Texas Revolution Memorial Commission who shall cooperate with the Commissioner of the General Land Office and with interest groups in finding the graves of Texas veterans of the Revolution and erecting appropriate memorials; providing an appropriation. |
| SB 302 | Caption: Relating to creating a navigation district to be known as the Calhoun County Navigation District consisting of all that part of Calhoun County, including all the land and water area of the county, except that part of said county now included by metes and bounds in the West Side Calhoun County Navigation District. |
| SB 331 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Veterans Land Board to invest moneys in the Veterans Land Fund in certain securities. |
| SB 342 | Caption: Relating to creating "Refugio County Water Control and Improvement District Number One," a Conservation and Reclamation District. |
| SCR 47 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of the Legislature in order to allow the Senate to consider S. J. R. No. 1 at any time. |
| SCR 54 | Caption: Recognizing the citizens of Indianola for their hosting of a pageant and parade in honor of the repairs at the Old Indianola Cemetery. |
| SCR 55 | Caption: Directing the Texas Legislative Council to make a study of the Judiciary Article of the Texas Constitution. |
| SJR 1 | Caption: Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the Legislature to provide for the collection and expenditure of fees not to exceed stated rates for the right to divert or use certain waters to provide for securing bonds or other obligations for water conservation purposes by a pledge of such fees, and to make appropriations of such fees for more than two years. |
| SR 143 | Caption: Welcoming former State Senator Morris Roberts to the State Capitol. |
| SR 175 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Taft High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 195 | Caption: Welcoming W. H. Hancock and E. B. Morrison to the State Capitol. |
| SR 197 | Caption: Welcoming Joe Peeler, Carl Cilton, Y. Z. Helms, J. O. Lake, and Philip Ryan to the State Capitol. |
| SR 209 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Pawnee High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 252 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Mathis High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 276 | Caption: Naming Olin and Gus J. Strauss honorary pages of the Senate. |
| SR 321 | Caption: Inviting State Senator Carlos Ashley to recite poems to the Senate. |
| 53rd 1st Called Session | |
| SCR 5 | Caption: Directing the State Parks Board and State Historical Survey Committee to investigate the possibility of preserving "Old Indianola" as a State Park. |
| SR 5 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Floresville High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 61 | Caption: In memory of Theophilus Nilis Mauritz. |
| SR 70 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Three Rivers High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 82 | Caption: In memory of R. H. "Rob" Welder. |
| SR 92 | Caption: Recognizing the citizens of Karnes County on the occasion of the county's 100th anniversary. |
| SR 96 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Skidmore-Tynon School to the State Capitol. |
| 52nd Regular Session | |
| SB 24 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts so as to more clearly define the boundaries of Road District No. 18, of Jackson County, Texas; validating the election held on October 29, 1949; authorizing the issuance of said Road District No. 18. |
| SB 45 | Caption: Relating to amending Statutes relating to monthly and annual reports of building and loan associations. |
| SB 46 | Caption: Relating to making an emergency appropriation out of the General Revenue Fund of this State for the operation of the Building and Loan Division of the Banking Department. |
| SB 47 | Caption: Relating to providing that any bank or trust company doing business in this State may, at its option, remain closed on either Wednesday or Saturday of any week (not not on both days) and that such day shall be deemed to be a legal holiday for bank purposes; providing manner in which such institutions shall designate such permissive holiday and give the public notice thereof; providing that such institutions may transact business on certain holidays. |
| SB 48 | Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure of the State of Texas relating to change of venue; providing for a change of venue in the trial of felony cases or in the trial of misdemeanor cases in the County Court when jury cannot be had; providing for determination of all motions to set aside the indictment, information or complaint before granting an application for change of venue, and for determination of special pleas and exceptions filed which are to be determined by the Judge, and for entry of plea of not guilty, if overruled. |
| SB 57 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts regulating the gross weight of commercial motor vehicles, truck-tractors, trailers, semi-trailers, and combinations thereof when operated outside the limits of an incorporated city or town and limiting the weight which may be carried on any wheel, tire or axle or group of axles of such vehicles or combinations thereof. |
| SB 79 | Caption: Relating to providing for and fixing the salaries of the Justices of the Supreme Court, the Judges and the Commissioners of the Court of Criminal Appeals, the Justices of the Courts of Civil Appeals, and the Judges of the District Courts and of the Criminal District Courts of the State of Texas. |
| SB 83 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts by adding thereto a new subsection to be known as Subsection 4a providing that operators of certain commercial motor vehicles shall not be required to obtain commercial operator's licenses. |
| SB 117 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts by providing grants to soil conservation districts; re-appropriating the unexpended balances of all money appropriated to soil conservation districts out of the general fund of the State Treasury. |
| SB 122 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes providing for county juvenile boards in certain counties; providing for compensation. |
| SB 123 | Caption: Relating to enlarging Drainage District No. 3 of Jackson County, Texas; setting forth its boundaries as enlarged; creating and establishing said District as enlarged for purpose for which it was created as set forth in the order of the Commissioners' Court of Jackson County. |
| SB 147 | Caption: Relating to validating the creation of Road District Number 4-B, of Atascosa County, Texas; validating the election held on February 3, 1951; authorizing the issuance of road bonds of Road District Number 4-B without the necessity of compensating other road districts overlapped in part by Road District Number 4-B. |
| SB 187 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Liquor Control Act by providing for the cancellation or suspension or Retail Dealer's Off-Premise License or Retail Dealer's On-Premise License if the holder thereof purchases beer or the containers or original packages in which the same is contained or packaged except for cash paid therefor on or before the delivery thereof. |
| SB 203 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts providing for the compulsory inspection, adjustment, correction or repair of motor vehicles, trailers, semi-trailers, pole trailers and house trailers under the supervision of the Texas Department of Public Safety. |
| SB 226 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts so as to provide that the salary of ex-officio county superintendents of public instruction covered thereby shall be determined and paid in the amount and manner provided. |
| SB 249 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts by providing for the purchase of certain land of the State by Navigation Districts. |
| SB 290 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes providing for qualifications of persons seeking to obtain licenses to practice, requiring examination by the Board of Medical Examiners, and providing that a temporary license may be issued. |
| SB 291 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes providing for qualifications of persons seeking to obtain licenses to practice, requiring examination by the Board of Medical Examiners, and providing that a temporary license may be issued. |
| SB 309 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Board for Lease of State Park Lands to execute geological, geophysical and other surveys and investigations on State Park Lands not subject to valid and subsisting oil and gas leases, providing the means and manner thereof. |
| SB 310 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts providing for termination of mineral leases on Park Lands if there is no production within five (5) years. |
| SB 351 | Caption: Relating to amending the Veteran's Land Board-Veterans Land Fund Act; providing for the issuance of One Hundred Million ($100,000,000.00) Dollars in bonds to mature not sooner than June 1, 1960. |
| SB 359 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Liquor Control Act so as to give the Board the power to adopt rules and regulations relative to the manner and method of collecting taxes on wine including the power to determine whether or not stamps shall be fixed to the containers. |
| SB 377 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts regulating the practice of architecture, so as to reorganize and increase the efficiency of the Board of Architectural Examiners and more effectively regulate the practice of architecture in the public interest by providing a six (6) member Board and changing the name of said Board to Texas Board of Architectural Examiners. |
| SB 385 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts providing different methods for issuing and securing the payment of bonds by certain water control and improvement districts. |
| SB 394 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts relating to the use of county road machinery and other county equipment in soil conservation work, and providing a simplified procedure for the employment or hire of county road machinery and other county equipment on soil conservation or payment of Two Hundred Dollars ($200) or less. |
| SB 397 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts to provide for a more efficient Texas State Guard Reserve Corps as a reservoir of military strength for use by the State of Texas in time of National or State emergency. |
| SB 408 | Caption: Relating to creating an additional District Court, with civil jurisdiction only, in and for DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, Calhoun and Victoria Counties, to be known as the 135th District Court. |
| SB 439 | Caption: Relating to creating a Conservation District comprising the territory contained within the unincorporated towns of Gregory and Ingleside in San Patricio County, Texas, and prescribing its powers and duties. |
| SCR 39 | Caption: Granting the City of Victoria permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| SCR 57 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules in order to consider S. J. R. No. 4 on any House Bill day. |
| SCR 62 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules in order to consider S. B. No. 79 at any time. |
| SCR 80 | Caption: Recalling S. B. No. 291 from the Governor's Office and instructing the Enrolling Clerk to make certain corrections. |
| SJR 2 | Caption: Proposing an amendment authorizing the issuance of Seventy Five Million Dollars of Bonds in addition to Bonds already issued by the Veterans' Land Board to provide money for the Veterans' land Fund. |
| SJR 3 | Caption: Proposing an amendment authorizing Notaries Public to act in counties adjoining counties for which appointed. |
| SJR 4 | Caption: Proposing an amendment authorizing the Legislature to make appropriations from the general fund for the purpose of securing bonds and other obligations hereafter issued by municipal corporations or political sub-divisions of the State to the extent of one-third of such bonded indebtedness for the purpose of aiding the conservation and application to beneficial uses of the water resources of the State under certain conditions and to make appropriations therefor for more than two years. |
| SR 89 | Caption: Recognizing Hal Peck for his hospitality. |
| SR 104 | Caption: Welcoming students of Pawnee School and their teachers to the State Capitol. |
| SR 112 | Caption: Welcoming students of Taft High School and their sponsors to the State Capitol. |
| SR 169 | Caption: Welcoming students of La Vernia High School and their teachers to the State Capitol. |
| SR 203 | Caption: Welcoming students of G. W. Gross School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 215 | Caption: Welcoming students of Meyersville School and their sponsors to the State Capitol. |
| SR 218 | Caption: Welcoming students of in the Advanced Veterans Training Program in Agriculture and their teacher to the State Capitol. |
| SR 248 | Caption: Welcoming students of Goliad High School and their sponsors to the State Capitol. |
| SR 252 | Caption: Welcoming students of Sacred Heart School and their sponsor to the State Capitol. |
| 51st Regular Session | |
| SB 29 | Caption: Relating to bring into being the Veterans' Land Board as a state agency and provide procedures for the operation thereof; providing a saving clause. |
| SB 30 | Caption: Relating to authorizing Building and Loan Associations, and Federal Savings and Loan Associations domiciled in this State to close their respective places of business at any time authorized by their Board of Directors. |
| SB 31 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, relating to charging of illegal fees by building and loan associations. |
| SB 32 | Caption: Relating to investments by county, city or town or the trustees of any school district or school community in United States war savings bonds, etc. |
| SB 33 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, providing that administrators may, for a named beneficiary, acquire and hold shares in any building and loan association. |
| SB 54 | Caption: Relating to validating the creation of Road District No. 4-A of Atascosa County, Texas. |
| SB 89 | Caption: Relating to authorizing guardians of estates of minors to contribute to charitable institutions. |
| SB 103 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Commissioners Court of any county or counties and the municipal authorities of any city or cities, towns, school boards and school districts, and any other governmental entity to cooperate in the establishment of a coordinated health program and by mutual agreement to provide for the payment of all costs incident thereto. |
| SB 149 | Caption: Relating to regulating the sale and manufacture of foods, drugs and cosmetics for the protection of public health in the State of Texas; repealing all laws in conflict herewith. |
| SB 183 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act know as the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act; providing for the payment of benefits; providing benefit eligibility conditions; providing for an effective date of this Act and its Sections; providing for the repeal of all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith; providing for the separability of provisions. |
| SB 207 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, giving authority for the Comptroller to authorize distributors to affix revenue tax stamps by imprinting tax meter stamps upon original packages of cigarettes. |
| SB 221 | Caption: Relating to providing that any political party who members believe in or advocate the principals or teachings of Communism, or who propose or advocate the overthrow of the Constitutional Government of the United States by force, shall not be permitted to have the name of any such party printed or placed on the official ballot at any General Election hereafter to be held in this state. |
| SB 226 | Caption: Relating to designating the Poultry Improvement Board of the Texas Poultry Improvement Association as the official State agency to cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture in administrating the National Poultry Improvement Plan and National Turkey Improvement Plan with authority to promulgate the necessary rules and regulations. |
| SB 245 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, relating to the issuance of permits to operate super-heavy or over-sized trucking equipment, registration of, etc.; repealing all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith to the extent of such conflict. |
| SB 282 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, granting of certain rights and privileges to Federal Savings and Loan Associations incorporated under a provision of the Home Owners Loan Act. |
| SB 307 | Caption: Relating to validate the creation of the Fort Lavaca Independent School District by the annexation of certain independent school and common school districts of Calhoun County, Texas, thereto by an election under Article 2922 and 2922c Vernon's Civil Statutes of Texas under an order or orders of the County School Trustees calling for a rural high school election; providing a savings clause. |
| SB 325 | Caption: Relating to making an emergency appropriation to the Attorney General for the purposes of defending the title of the State of Texas to lands beneath navigable waters within the State's boundaries. |
| SB 337 | Caption: Relating to preserving the faith and credit of the State and its agency the City of Rockport, Texas, to which State General Fund Ad Valorem Taxes have been donated or granted; enacting other matters relating to the subject. |
| SB 357 | Caption: Relating to promote the orderly development, conservation and use of the underground waters of this State; providing a savings clause. |
| SB 358 | Caption: Relating to preserving the faith and credit of the State and its agency the City of Aransas Pass, Texas, to which State General Fund Ad Valorem Taxes have been donated or granted; enacting other matters relating to the subject. |
| SB 409 | Caption: Relating to preserving the faith and credit of the State and its agency the City of Port Lavaca, Texas, to which State General Ad Valorem Taxes have been donated or granted; enacting other matters relating to the subject. |
| SB 440 | Caption: Relating to validating the creation of Atascosa County Water Control and Improvement District Number One. |
| SB 447 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds to refund municipal fish market revenue bonds; authorizing cities owning municipal fish markets to lease all or any portion thereof; containing a saving clause. |
| SB 455 | Caption: Relating to providing for the annexation by petition of unoccupied lands adjacent to cities or towns having a population of not less than 2315 persons nor more than 2400. |
| SB 491 | Caption: Relating to creating the Road District Number 18, Jackson County, Texas, and specifically setting out its boundaries. |
| SB 494 | Caption: Relating to regulate commercial fishing operations within the State of Texas and providing for health certificates for vessels and crews; providing a penalty; providing a severance and savings clause. |
| SCR 5 | Caption: Memorializing Congress to pass an Amendment to the United States Constitution regarding the internal sovereignty of the individual states. |
| SCR 9 | Caption: Directing the creation of a committee to select a Poet Laureate for Texas. |
| SCR 13 | Caption: Memorializing Congress to pass a law regarding the enforcement of taxation on cigarettes shipped thorough the mail. |
| SCR 32 | Caption: Recognizing the Groce-Wearden Company of Victoria for the treatment of their workers and their contributions to the community. |
| SCR 54 | Caption: Memorializing the President and the Attorney General to reconsider a certain decision regarding the ownership of land beneath tidewaters. |
| SCR 77 | Caption: Instructing the Enrolling Clerk to make certain corrections in H. B. No. 84. |
| SJR 3 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to Article III of the Constitution of the State of Texas, creating a Texas Water Conservation Projects Board and establishing a Texas Water Conservation Projects Fund; providing for an election and the issuance of a proclamation therefor. |
| SR 31 | Caption: Designating delegates to represent the Senate and attend meetings of the Council of State Governments. |
| SR 40 | Caption: In memory of John G. Kenedy, Jr. |
| SR 81 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Cuero High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 119 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Three Oaks School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 159 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Falls City School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 162 | Caption: Welcoming the students of St. Mary's Hall of San Antonio to the State Capitol. |
| 51st 1st Called Session | |
| SB 33 | Caption: Relating to enlarging Road District No. 15 of Jackson County, Texas, and specifically setting out its boundaries as enlarged. |
| SCR 4 | Caption: Granting C. E. and Roy I. Stubblefield permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| SCR 13 | Caption: Memorializing the Congress of the United States to cease its violation of Texas' territorial sovereignty over the tidewater regions of the State. |
| SR 27 | Caption: In memory of John B. Connally, Sr. |
| 50th Regular Session | |
| HB 6 | Caption: Relating to creating the Texas Horse Racing Commission; providing that if any clause, provision, or requirement of the Act be held invalid such judgement shall not invalidate remainder of the Act; repealing all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith. |
| HB 41 | Caption: Relating to regulating picketing; to declare unlawful mass picketing; to declare unlawful use of certain language in attempting to interfere with another's right to work or to enter or leave premises; to declare unlawful certain kinds of picketing; to prescribe penalties; to provide for severability of provisions. |
| HB 42 | Caption: Relating to bringing into being the Veterans' Land Board as a State agency and providing procedures for the operation thereof. |
| HB 129 | Caption: Relating to providing for the Highway Department to issue temporary license plates, for a period of thirty (30) days, to any person, firm, or corporation other than manufacturers and dealers, to drive any new vehicle from another State or Country after having purchased same from a dealer in this State or from a dealer in another State or Country, and to establish a fee. |
| HB 198 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, fixing the compensation of District Attorneys in all Judicial Districts in this State. |
| HB 421 | Caption: Relating to declaring the floods of DeWitt County, Texas, to be a public calamity; authorizing a donation and grant to DeWitt County Flood Control District of one-half of the State ad valorem taxes collected in DeWitt County for flood control improvement and maintenance purposes; providing that if any provision of this Act shall be held invalid, the other provisions shall not be affected. |
| HB 441 | Caption: Relating to amending House Bill No. 17, Acts of the Regular Session of the Forty-Sixth Legislature, so as to provide that such Act shall be administered by the "Texas Real Estate Commission"; providing a saving clause. |
| HB 449 | Caption: Relating to creating the Board of Public Utility Commissioners of Texas; providing that if any portion of this Act is held invalid, the remaining portions shall be unaffected; repealing all laws in conflict herewith. |
| HB 470 | Caption: Relating to amending the Securities Act. |
| HB 536 | Caption: Relating to giving the State Board of Control the authority to cancel certain orders for supplies. |
| HB 548 | Caption: Relating to authorizing Commissioners Courts to abandon lands donated to counties for county seats, courthouses and other county purposes, and abandoned and not used for such purposes for forty (40) years or more under certain provisions. |
| HB 751 | Caption: Relating to extending for one year the remission of all or a portion of the State ad valorem taxes to each county, district, or governmental entity which heretofore has been granted or donated such taxes. |
| HB 818 | Caption: Relating to validating unissued road bonds heretofore duly authorized by road districts or political subdivisions which embrace within their boundaries all or a portion of existing road districts having outstanding road bond indebtedness for which no compensation bonds have been authorized or issued. |
| HCR 13 | Caption: Granting Kenneth Moore permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| HCR 26 | Caption: Wishing Senator Fred Mauritz a speed recovery from his illness. |
| HCR 50 | Caption: Granting Graham Hamilton permission to sue the State of Texas and the State Highway Department. |
| HCR 89 | Caption: Recalling H.B. No. 129 from the Governor. |
| HCR 136 | Caption: Directing the Enrolling Clerk of the House to make certain corrections to H.J.R. No. 24. |
| HCR 150 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules to consider H.J.R. No. 35. |
| HCR 184 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules to consider H.B. No. 42. |
| HJR 24 | Caption: Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment to provide that no ad valorem tax shall be levied for State general revenue purposes after January 1, 1951, and authorizing the several counties to levy additional ad valorem taxes, providing for a three thousand dollar residential homestead exemption, and providing for tax levies in counties having tax donations. |
| HR 95 | Caption: Commending former Speaker of the House Emmett Morse and his wife for the creation of "Speakers' Day". |
| HR 102 | Caption: Congratulating Harry P. Whitworth and his wife on the birth of their son, Harry, Jr. |
| 49th Regular Session | |
| HB 827 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by providing for the appointment of one (1) additional member of the State Board of Health; prescribing the qualifications of such additional member; providing the term of office, election of chairman, fixing the compensation of all members, providing for certain duties of the State Health Officer. |
| HB 847 | Caption: Relating to providing for the suspension of the running of the primary and principal terms of certain State leases covering University lands by the Board for Lease of University Lands in certain instances, establishing conditions of and procedure governing the making and granting of applications for such suspension. |
| HR 202 | Caption: Inviting Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen of Washington, D.C. to address the House of Representatives. |
| HR 209 | Caption: Devoting prayer for success of San Francisco Conference. |
| HR 239 | Caption: Inviting Lieutenant Colonel Vann M. Kennedy to address the House of Representatives. |
| HR 265 | Caption: Extending best wishes to Senator Fred Mauritz. |
| 48th Regular Session | |
| HB 239 | Caption: Relating to further regulating the traffic in alcoholic liquors in this State by amending the Texas Liquor Control Act. |
| HB 300 | Caption: Relating to the payment of the prevailing rate of wages on public works; declaring the provisions of this Act to be severable. |
| HB 336 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by providing when there is any surplus remaining after the principal and the interest is fully paid on road bonds it may be used by the county, political subdivision of the county, or any local district that has been or may hereafter be created for the purpose of construction, maintenance, and operation of certain roads and turnpikes or in the aid thereof as may be determined by the Commissioners Court. |
| HB 363 | Caption: Relating to providing a method for acquiring properties to be converted into low cost housing projects available to persons now receiving financial assistance from the State because of age or physical defects, designating the Board of Control as Administrative Agency and prescribing its powers, making an appropriation of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000). |
| HB 443 | Caption: Relating to authorizing and empowering the Board of Regents of the University of Texas to levy a voluntary student fee for the purpose of operating, maintaining, and improving the Texas Union Building at the University of Texas. |
| HB 645 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the allowance of traveling expenses not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) per month for each County Commissioner in counties having a population of not less than twenty-four thousand, nine hundred and twenty (24,920) and not more than twenty-five thousand, two hundred, according to the last preceding or any future Federal Census and having a tax valuation of not less than thirteen million dollars ($13,000,000) nor more than twenty million dollars ($20,000,000). |
| HB 646 | Caption: Relating to providing that in any county having a population of not less than twenty-four thousand, nine hundred and twenty (24,920) and not more than twenty-five thousand (25,000) inhabitants according to the last and any future federal Census, there shall be biennially appointed a county auditor. |
| HB 672 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing for the filing of quarterly statements, showing the gross receipts derived by gas utilities from all sales of gas for the quarter next preceding or for such portion of such quarterly period as any such gas utility may have been conducting any business within the State of Texas. |
| HB 737 | Caption: Relating to validating the location of Land Scripts Nos. 88, 89, 90, 92 and 94 for 320 acres each on Matagorda Island; authorizing the issuance of patents thereon to David White and his assigns; authorizing present owners to receive an award of damages in condemnation suit pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Victoria Division. |
| HB 738 | Caption: Relating to validating the location of Land Scrip No. 360 for 640 acres on Matagorda Island; authorizing the issuance of patents thereon to Thomas Toby and his assigns; authorizing present owners to receive an award of damages in condemnation suit pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Victoria Division. |
| HCR 57 | Caption: Relative to the leasing of motor vehicles. |
| HCR 135 | Caption: Granting Valasta Tomanec permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| HJR 25 | Caption: Proposing an amendment exempting all corporations created under under Chapter 86, Acts of the Regular Session of the Forty-fifth Legislature from all State, County, and School District ad valorem taxes during the period from the date of such incorporation To December 31st next, following the expiration of eight (8) years from such date of incorporation, but this amendment shall not authorize remission or cancellation of any taxes paid or accrued prior to the effective date of this amendment. |
| HR 19 | Caption: Providing for a stenographer to the Attorney General's Department. |
| HR 138 | Caption: Relating to college students who have entered the armed forces of the United States. |
| HR 145 | Caption: Designating Linda Kay Kubena as a Mascot of the House. |
| HR 146 | Caption: Designating Allyne Faye Weber as a Mascot of the House. |
| HR 147 | Caption: Designating Jo-Ann DeLeon and Robert Edward DeLeon as Mascots of the House. |
| 47th Regular Session | |
| HB 16 | Caption: Relating to amending the Revised Civil Statues relative to the formation of private corporations to organize laborers, working men, and wage earners to protect themselves in their various pursuits; vesting authority in the Commissioner of Labor Statistics to make investigations for charters and amendments to charters for laborers, working men, and wage earners. |
| HB 17 | Caption: Relating to appropriating fees and unexpended balances that have accrued during the fiscal year ending August 31, 1941 by virtue of certain acts of the General and Special Laws to the Department of Agriculture. |
| HB 25 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts, excepting from the definition of "Motor Carrier" and "Contract Carrier" certain persons, firms, and corporations; exempting certain persons, firms and corporations transporting under certain circumstances and conditions their own employees or property. |
| HB 182 | Caption: Relating to authorizing and empowering the Board of Regents of The University of Texas to levy a compulsory student fee for the purpose of operating, maintaining, and improving the Texas Union Building at The University of Texas. |
| HB 261 | Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code relative to legalizing the operation of major horse race courses and pari-mutuel wagering under license from the Texas Horse Racing Commission; defining the offense of bookmaking; prescribing certain penalties; creating the offices of Executive Secretary to Commission, State Racing Veterinarian, and Director of Racing and defining their powers. |
| HB 290 | Caption: Relating to amending the Revised Civil Statutes relative to State Plumbing Law. |
| HB 366 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article fixing the compensation of the First Assistant or Chief Deputy and other assistants and deputies in certain counties. |
| HB 367 | Caption: Relating to making it lawful to hunt or kill wild foxes in DeWitt County. |
| HB 368 | Caption: Relating to providing for compensation for County Auditor in certain counties; providing mode and manner of payment of such salary. |
| HB 369 | Caption: Relating to fixing the salaries and traveling expenses for County Commissioners in certain counties. |
| HB 425 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the Revised Civil Statutes by providing for appointment of notaries public by the Secretary of State of the State of Texas; prescribing their qualifications and terms of office. |
| HB 620 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act relative to certain fees to be charged students for use of buildings erected under this Act. |
| HB 796 | Caption: Relating to regulating the sale, transportation, storage, manufacturing, etc., of alcoholic beverages in this State under the Texas Liquor Control Act. |
| HB 817 | Caption: Relating to creating a special road law for DeWitt County, Texas; providing that said County may fund or refund into coupon bonds the scrip and time warrants outstanding against its Road and Bridge Fund as of the 31st day of March, 1941. |
| HB 901 | Caption: Relating to making it unlawful to offer for sale eggs which have been placed in an incubator for hatchery purposes without labeling such eggs as "incubator eggs"; providing a penalty. |
| HB 906 | Caption: Relating to fixing a five-year closed season on quail in DeWitt County; providing penalties. |
| HB 939 | Caption: Relating to validating and approving all acts of the governing bodies of cities and towns of the State of Texas operating under the provisions of the General Laws of Texas and having a population of more than five thousand (5,000) in the issuance and sale of bonds to aid in financing certain public improvements for which a loan or grant has been made by any agent or agency of the United States Government. |
| HB 1099 | Caption: Relating to making an appropriation for the support and maintenance of the Bedding Division of the State Department of Health for the two-year period beginning September 1, 1941, and ending August 31, 1943, and for other purposes. |
| HB 1105 | Caption: Relating to correcting a typographical error in certain Act by striking out the word "predecessor" in Section 4 and substituting in lieu thereof the word "successor." |
| HCR 100 | Caption: Inviting Robert E. Lucey, Archbishop of San Antonio, to address a joint session on April 29, 1941. |
| HCR 105 | Caption: Suspending joint rules to grant the House permission to consider House Bills. |
| HCR 155 | Caption: Granting John W. Hooch permission to sue the State of Texas and the Highway Department of Texas. |
| HCR 286 | Caption: Inviting Cook Stevenson and Homer Leonard to address a joint session on July 3, 1941. |
| HCR 299 | Caption: Instructing the Enrolling Clerk of the House to make corrections in H.B. No. 796. |
| HCR 300 | Caption: Placing into immediate effect H.B. No. 796. |
| HR 76 | Caption: Relating to salary of Doorkeeper. |
| HR 149 | Caption: Inviting the debate teams of the South Texas Debate Tournament to present their final debate before the House of Representatives on Monday, March 10, 1941. |
| HR 324 | Caption: Relating to oil allowables in the State of Texas. |
| HR 376 | Caption: In memory of Thomas Shults of DeWitt. |
| 47th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 19 | Caption: Relating to prescribing the compensation and travel and other expenses for County Commissioners in certain counties; prescribing the funds from which the same shall be paid. |
| HB 50 | Caption: Relating to declaring the recent floods in the City of Cuero and elsewhere in DeWitt County to be a public calamity; donating and granting to the City of Cuero, Texas for a period of twenty (20) years five-ninths (5/9) of the State ad valorem taxes collected in DeWitt County for general revenue purposes; specifying that the proceeds of such bonds or warrants be used exclusively for the purpose of constructing and maintaining pools, lakes, reservoirs, dams, canals and waterways for the purpose of irrigation and drainage. |
| 46th Regular Session | |
| HB 204 | Caption: Relating to making an appropriation for the State Health Department for the purpose of establishing and conducting full time rural health services on a cooperative basis. |
| HB 210 | Caption: Relating to validating the creation and organization of Independent School Districts, validating the election and actions of the Boards of Trustees, making this act applicable to certain counties according to the last preceding Federal Census and to the 1938-1939 Public School Directory of the State Department of Education. |
| HB 254 | Caption: Relating to establishing a merit system of appointing employees the various departments, agencies and institutions of the State Government of Texas; providing for appointment of Civil Service Commission. |
| HB 350 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Statute so that it shall hereafter read that the State shall be divided into eleven (11) Supreme Judicial Districts composed of certain named Counties for the purpose of constituting and organizing a Court of Civil Appeals in each of the several Supreme Judicial Districts. |
| HB 439 | Caption: Relating to making an appropriation for the use of the Guadalupe Blanco River Authority, providing that it shall be repaid to the State of Texas. |
| HB 441 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article relating to payments of any Court costs. |
| HB 575 | Caption: Relating to defining bedding to include mattresses, pillows, bolsters, feather bed, etc.; requiring the labeling of bedding as to whether new or secondhand materials are used. |
| HB 590 | Caption: Relating to providing an emergency appropriation of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000) payable out of any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the use and benefit of the Gas Utilities Division of the Railroad Commission of Texas and for the used and benefit of the Attorney General's Department. |
| HB 671 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act to declare all unlawful oil and unlawful products to be a nuisance and providing for a formal forfeiture. |
| HB 740 | Caption: Relating to validating certain bonds in cities in the State of Texas operating under the General Laws of the State and located in certain counties. |
| HB 880 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article relating to notice to banks; providing that the Treasurer on the second Tuesday in September biannually, shall mail to each State and National Bank doing business in this State, a circular letter stating the conditions to be compiled with by the applications for designation as a State Depository. |
| HB 912 | Caption: Relating to regulating the sale, transportation, storage, manufacturing, etc., of alcoholic beverages in this State under the Texas Liquor Control Act; regulating the issuance of licenses and permits; allocating the revenues derived from the sale of beer; prescribing penalties for violation of said Act; making appropriations. |
| HB 1041 | Caption: Relating to providing for Twenty-Five Dollars ($25) expenses for County Commissioners in certain counties in this State. |
| HB 1042 | Caption: Relating to providing for compensation for County Auditor in certain counties; providing mode and manner of payment of such salary. |
| HB 1090 | Caption: Relating to requiring the Board of Regents of the University of Texas to levy Student Union Fees. |
| HB 1098 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting the sale or offering for sale, or the buying of any bass, crappie, perch, or catfish or any other fish taken from any river, creek, lake, slough, bayou, tank, or pond flowing or situated within the boundaries of DeWitt County; prescribing a penalty. |
| HCR 63 | Caption: In memory of J.J. Olsen of Lavaca County. |
| HCR 68 | Caption: Authorizing the Enrolling Clerk to make certain correction in HB 350. |
| HCR 198 | Caption: Placing HB 932 into immediate effect as an emergency measure. |
| HJR 35 | Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit the furnishing of State official textbooks free to every child of scholastic age attending any school within the State. |
| HR 34 | Caption: Adopting rules of procedure for the House. |
| HR 125 | Caption: In memory of Pope Pius XI. |
| HR 146 | Caption: Requesting the Executive Secretary of the Game, Fish & Oyster Commission to consult the United States Biological Survey for the possibility of a change in regulation of the season for shooting doves. |
| HR 158 | Caption: Expressing sympathy to Representative Joe A. Keith. |
| HR 177 | Caption: Instructing the Committee on Revenue and Taxation to report on certain bills related to raising revenue for social security. |
| HR 235 | Caption: Providing for the appointment of a Medicinal Permit Survey Committee to investigate medicinal alcohol licenses in dry counties. |
| 45th Regular Session | |
| HB 377 | Caption: Relating to exempting from taxation any admission collected for dances, moving pictures, operas, plays, and musical entertainments, all proceeds of which inure exclusively to the benefit of State, religious, educational, or charitable institutions, organizations, or societies. |
| HB 721 | Caption: Relating to providing for the amount that may be allowed by County Boards of Trustees to the County Superintendents of Public Instruction for expenditures for office and traveling expenses in certain counties according to the last preceding Federal Census. |
| HB 900 | Caption: Relating to acknowledging the legal, moral and implied obligations of the State to compensate and reimburse counties and defined road districts for expenditures on all public roads in this State. |
| HB 901 | Caption: Relating to providing and imposing an occupation or excise tax of five (5ยข) cents on each gallon of motor fuel or fractional part thereof, such tax to be paid upon the first, sale, distribution or use of motor fuel in this State. |
| HB 1033 | Caption: Relating to prescribing the time for the election of teachers in the public school districts of Texas, by the trustees of the respective districts. |
| HCR 95 | Caption: Instructing the Enrolling Clerk to make certain corrections in H. B. No. 377. |
| HCR 156 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of the Legislature in order to consider H. B. No. 710. |
| HR 76 | Caption: Congratulating President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the occasion of his 55th birthday. |
| HR 280 | Caption: In memory of H. Y. Benedict. |
| 45th 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 58 | Caption: Relating to providing for the filing of quarterly reports with the State Tax Board by all persons, companies, associations or corporations operating oil pipelines. |
| HB 93 | Caption: Relating to providing for a local option election for each county to determine whether or not upon the payment of a One Dollar fee any holder of a retail dealer's license or a wine and beer retailer's permit shall be issued a supplementary license authorizing him to sell such beverages during any hour of the day and subject to no restrictions as to the amount of food or other commodities for human consumption sold by such licensee. |