Legislation authored by Charles Milford McFarland
Includes legislation with Charles Milford McFarland as the primary author for the 44th through 50th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
Please note author information is not complete for the 43rd through 45th Legislatures or for sessions prior to the 30th.
| 50th Regular Session | |
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| HB 545 | Caption: Relating to providing procedure by summary sale for enforcement and foreclosure of tax liens on real property by the State, county, cities, towns, districts and all other subdivisions of government with taxing power, eliminating the necessity of foreclosure of tax liens by suits in courts; providing for repeal of all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith; providing that if any part of this Act or any section thereof shall be held to be unconstitutional, then the remaining part shall be unaffected thereby and shall remain in full force and effects as the express intent of the Legislature of Texas. |
| HR 152 | Caption: Designating Marion McDaniel and Dorothy McDaniel as Mascots of the House. |
| 49th Regular Session | |
| HB 11 | Caption: Relating to redistricting the Judicial Districts of the State; abolishing various courts and providing jurisdiction and terms of court of the district courts; providing an effective date; providing a constitutional severability clause. |
| HB 32 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes to provide for the election of a special judge in the district court under certain circumstances. |
| HB 39 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes; abolishing certain offices of district attorney and creating others; providing an effective date. |
| HB 74 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes; abolishing certain offices of district attorney and creating others; providing an effective date. |
| HB 75 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes so as to provide for the election of a special judge in the district court under certain circumstances. |
| HB 166 | Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure relative to the selection of jury commissioners for the drawing of grand juries; providing for the length of service in counties having a city with a population of more than one hundred thousand. |
| HB 317 | Caption: Relating to making an appropriation to pay J.D. Skelton $1800 in settlement of the balance due Colonel William Fitzhugh. |
| HB 382 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing for juvenile officers; providing for their selection, compensation, expenses, and prescribing their duties; providing for their assistants; providing all things necessary and incident to the main purpose of this Act. |
| HB 490 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts and providing for the creation of a Juvenile Board in counties of this State having a population of 60,001 and not more than 100,000 inhabitants, according to the preceding Federal Census, and containing a city of not less than 25,000 inhabitants, according to the preceding Federal Census, prescribing the duties and powers of such Board. |
| HCR 43 | Caption: Providing a committee in regard to drafting a new State Constitution. |
| HCR 83 | Caption: Instructing the Enrolling Clerk of the House to make corrections in H.B. No. 383. |
| HJR 45 | Caption: Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas to provide that Texas is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the United States, and the maintenance of our free institutions and the perpetuity of the Union depend upon the preservation of the right of local self-government, unimpaired to all the States. |
| HR 7 | Caption: Providing salaries for elected officials of the House. |
| HR 227 | Caption: In memory of Private First Class Donald A. Hallman of Austin. |
| 48th Regular Session | |
| HB 102 | Caption: Relating to reorganizing the 30th and 97th Judicial Districts of the State of Texas. |
| HB 105 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes to change the time and terms of holding the terms of the District Court of Wichita County, Texas, constituting the Thirtieth Judicial District of Texas. |
| HB 162 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Articles to provide that poll taxes may be paid at any time between October 1st and the first day of April of the following year. |
| HB 276 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting the holding of more than one civil office or employment of emolument under this State or any of its districts, agencies, instrumentalities, counties, or municipal corporations. |
| HB 427 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Article so as to provide that the said Article shall apply to all counties in the State and to provide that the tax certificate shall be conclusive only as to bona fide purchasers and/or lien holders. |
| HB 653 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts so as to change the dates of the closed season in certain waters. |
| HB 720 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes so as to change the time and terms of holding the terms of the District Court of Wichita County, Texas, constituting the Thirtieth Judicial District of Texas. |
| HB 722 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes relating to the allocation of District Courts to the various Counties of the State; providing for the transfer of cases and docketing thereof. |
| HJR 15 | Caption: Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas providing that taxes on real property shall be equal and uniform. |
| HR 67 | Caption: In memory of William Ellis Wilson, Jr., Captain, of Wichita County, Texas. |
| 46th Regular Session | |
| HB 155 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act amending certain Statutes relating to assessment of property for ad valorem taxes. |
| HB 333 | Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code to include in the unprotected list certain birds not now included. |
| HB 413 | Caption: Relating to providing that all Ordinances enacted by Home Rule Cities shall be published as provided in the Charters of such cities. |
| HB 414 | Caption: Relating to validating all Ordinances of Home Rule Cities in Texas incorporated under and operating under the provisions of the Home Rule Amendment, where such charters require same to be published in so far as such required publication is concerned; providing the provisions of the Act shall not effect any suit or litigation already pending or which may be filed in a given time. |
| HB 858 | Caption: Relating to making provisions for the enforcement of tax liens of counties, State, cities, towns, districts and all subdivisions of the Government with taxing power, where taxes are unpaid and delinquent on real property, etc. |
| HB 963 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article vesting in trial Judges discretionary authority to credit defendants in criminal cases with the time spent in jail awaiting trial. |
| HB 975 | Caption: Relating to providing that corporation courts in certain cities, which cities are located in a county or counties which do not have county court at law, shall have final jurisdiction in all cases tried in such courts where the defendants have entered a plea of guilty in such courts. |
| HCR 52 | Caption: Granting N.A. Moore permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| HCR 144 | Caption: Granting Mrs. Harvey Sharp and her husband T.J. Sharp permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| HJR 41 | Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that taxation shall be equal and uniform. |
| 45th Regular Session | |
| HB 111 | Caption: Relating to the duties of the Tax Board and the assessment of taxable property. |
| HB 261 | Caption: Relating to defining the term "taxing unit," and providing that in any suit brought by or in behalf of any taxing unit for delinquent taxes other taxing units having delinquent tax claims against the property may be impleaded or may intervene. |
| HB 967 | Caption: Relating to providing that in all cases of delinquent taxes for the year 1935 and all prior years where it appears that an assessment has been made at a valuation excessive and unreasonable, the Commissioners' Court shall be authorized to correct or reduce such values on the request of the tax collector. |
| HB 1010 | Caption: Relating to establishing a County Law Library in counties in this State having three or more District Courts sitting for all of its terms or some of its terms with both Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction, none of which have more than four (4) terms a year and one of which sits and has jurisdiction in not less than two (2) other counties. |
| HCR 137 | Caption: Inviting the National Tax Association to hold its annual meeting in 1938 in Texas. |
| HCR 145 | Caption: Directing the Land Commissioner to issue a moratorium on the sale of land within the boundaries of the proposed Big Bend National Park until the Legislature has determined whether to turn over said land to the federal government for the creation of said national park. |
| HR 204 | Caption: Granting the employees of the House a holiday in order to have the opportunity to observe the Battle of Flowers Parade. |
| HR 250 | Caption: Suspending the Rules in order that the House may consider S. B. No. 477. |
| HR 262 | Caption: Providing for the consideration of S. B. No. 477. |
| 45th 1st Called Session | |
| HCR 1 | Caption: Inviting the National Tax Association to hold its 1938 annual meeting in Texas. |
| HR 10 | Caption: Directing the creation of a committee to make certain arrangements regarding the replacing of the desks and chairs within the House Chamber. |
| 45th 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 14 | Caption: Relating to giving the State Tax Board certain additional authority. |
| 44th Regular Session | |
| HB 331 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; providing that no jury trial shall be had in any civil suit unless an application therefor be made in open court and a jury fee of Thirty-Six Dollars ($36), if in the district court, and Eighteen Dollars ($18) if in the courts having the civil jurisdiction of county courts, be deposited by the applicant with the clerk to the use of the county and providing for bond. |
| HB 738 | Caption: Relating to diminishing the civil jurisdiction of the County Court of Wichita County, Texas, and conforming the jurisdiction of the District Courts of such County to such change. |
| HR 145 | Caption: Providing for a special night session of the House to consider certain bills relating to criminal procedure. |
| HR 160 | Caption: Commending Representative Walter E. Jones for the writing of a poem to represent the beauty of Texas. |
| 44th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 72 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Articles of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; duties of the Assessor of Taxes. |
| HB 73 | Caption: Relating to levying a gross receipts tax on all persons who are merchants and/or manufacturers; defining certain terms; providing that the tax herein levied shall be in lieu of all ad valorem taxes for State purposes and providing penalties. |
| HB 74 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Articles of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; property listed for taxation. |
| HR 27 | Caption: In memory of former State Representative J.D. Avis of Wichita Falls, Texas. |
| 44th 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 4 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Articles of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; property eligible for taxation. |
| HB 30 | Caption: Relating to levying a gross receipts tax on all persons who are merchants and/or manufacturers, defining certain words, providing that the tax levied shall be credited on all ad valorem taxes for State purposes and providing penalties. |
| HCR 8 | Caption: Granting S.A. Castlebury permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| 44th 3rd Called Session | |
| HCR 9 | Caption: Granting the State Life Insurance Company permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| HR 51 | Caption: Providing for a committee to study the tax problems of the State. |