Legislation authored by Gaston Palmer

Includes legislation with Gaston Palmer as the primary author for the 43rd through 45th 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.

45th Regular Session
HB 369	Caption: Relating to providing that upon petition of forty (40) of the qualified voters but not to exceed five (5) per cent in any voting precinct or ward, the Chairman of the County Executive Committee or any three (3) members of such Committee shall nominate a supervisor of election for such voting precinct.
HB 404	Caption: Relating to granting to C.A. Gindratt and wife, their heirs and assigns, permission to bring suit against the State of Texas and the State Highway Department in the District Court of Leon County, Texas, for damages alleged to have been sustained to certain real property of the said C.A. Gindratt and wife, by reason of the construction of State Highway Number 75; providing that such suit may be filed within two (2) years after the effective date of this Act.
HB 500	Caption: Relating to providing that any person or association of persons shall have the right to sell farm products or produce raised upon property controlled by any person or association of persons from house to house in any city in this State (Texas); fixing a penalty.
HB 759	Caption: Relating to defining a "Wholesale Fur Buyer," a "Retail Fur Buyer," and a "Trapper"; providing a suitable penalty for violation of any provision of this Act.
HB 766	Caption: Relating to creating "The Board for the Developing of Minerals within State Parks"; providing the duties and authority of said Board.
HB 942	Caption: Relating to providing relief for the Wealthy Rural High Common School District No. 28, of Leon County, Texas, in replacing buildings and equipment destroyed by a disastrous fire on December 25, 1936.
HB 980	Caption: Relating to making it unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, ensnare, kill or attempt to kill any wild deer, buck, doe, fawn or wild turkey in the Counties of Leon, Madison, Robinson, Brazos and Freestone; prescribing a penalty.
HB 998	Caption: Relating to fixing the salaries of certain county officials in certain counties with a population of not less than twelve thousand two hundred twenty seven (12,227) and not more than twelve thousand two hundred thirty (12,230) according to the last preceding Federal Census.
HB 1020	Caption: Relating to making an appropriation of One Hundred Thousand ($100,000.00) Dollars out of the Texas Old Age Assistance Fund, to be used by the Texas Old Age Assistance Commission for payment of salaries of investigators for the remainder of the present fiscal year, ending August 31, 1937.
HB 1149	Caption: Relating to providing the open season for taking mourning doves in Grimes, Madison, Leon, and Rusk Counties; providing a bag and possession limit for such birds; providing a penalty.
HCR 147	Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of the Legislature in order to consider H. B. No. 149.
HR 161	Caption: Authorizing the Members of the Committee on Penitentiaries to visit certain properties of the State prison system while the House is in Session.
44th Regular Session
HB 94	Caption: Relating to requiring licenses for the operation, maintenance, opening or establishment of stores in this State, prescribing the license and filing fees to be paid therefor, and the disposition thereof, and the powers and duties of the Comptroller of Public Accounts in connection therewith, and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof.
HB 270	Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Criminal Statutes; separate coaches for the accommodation of white and negro passengers so as to include commercial motor vehicle within the terms of the Act.
HB 271	Caption: Relating to providing that any person or association of persons shall have the right to sell farm products or produce raised upon property controlled by any person or association of persons from house to house in any city in this State of Texas, fixing a penalty.
HB 405	Caption: Relating to providing for a closed season on the killing and possession of squirrels in the Counties of Brazos, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson, and San Jacinto, from the 1st day of January of each year through and including the 15th day of May of each year, and during the months of August and September of each year; prescribing the penalties for the violation of any provision of this Act.
HB 855	Caption: Relating to providing for the right of ingress and egress to and from the public fresh waters of Texas, and allowing the use of the banks of such public fresh waters by fishermen without being guilty of trespass.
HB 900	Caption: Relating to amending a certain Chapter of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; providing for opening roads in Madison and Leon Counties.
HB 970	Caption: Relating to fixing the salaries and compensation of County Commissioners in certain counties.
HCR 63	Caption: Directing the State Highway Department to request the Federal Bureau of Public Roads to designate the improvement of the King's Highway as Federal Project.
HR 83	Caption: In memory of Sam McKinney of Huntsville, Texas.
44th 1st Called Session
HB 19	Caption: Relating to requiring licenses for the operation, maintenance, opening or establishment of stores in this State, prescribing the license and filing fees to be paid therefor, and the disposition thereof, and the powers and duties of the Comptroller of Public Accounts in connection therewith, and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof.
44th 2nd Called Session
HB 89	Caption: Relating to validating, ratifying, approving, confirming and declaring enforceable all levies and assessments of ad valorem taxes heretofore made by independent school districts in this State, in certain counties, not in excess of the limit now provided by law, which are void or unenforceable because of the failure of the School Boards of such districts to appoint the proper and statutory Board of Equalization, and which are insufficient and void, or unenforceable on account of technical irregularities in the manner of preparing the books and reports of Assessors assessing such property.
43rd Regular Session
HB 230	Caption: Relating to providing for the registration of persons offering to vote at any election, either primary or general, in the State of Texas; and providing a registration fee.
HB 299	Caption: Relating to requiring licenses for the operation, maintenance, opening, or establishment of stores in this State; prescribing the license and filing fees to be paid therefor, and the disposition thereof, and the powers and duties of the Comptroller of Public Accounts in connection therewith, and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof.
HB 692	Caption: Relating to amending certain Act relating to separate coaches for the accomodation of white and negro passengers so as to include commercial motor vehicle withinthe terms of the Act.
HB 814	Caption: Relating to providing that any person or association of persons shall have the right to sell farm products or produce raised upon property controlled by any person or association of persons from house to house in any city in this State (Texas), fixing a penalty.
HCR 107	Caption: Urging the State Highway Department to continue rebuilding the Camino Real and marking the historic sites along it in time for the Texas Centennial in 1936.
43rd 2nd Called Session
HB 126	Caption: Relating to providing revenue for the retirement of Texas Relief Bonds, and to further the purposes of unemployment relief, by levying a fee upon any motor vehicle, commercial motor vehicle, truck-tractor, trailer or semi-trailer or combination thereof, licensed for net carrying capacity in excess of seven thousand pounds.
HB 156	Caption: Relating to validating the consolidation proceedings consolidating Buffalo Independent School District of Leon County and Concord Common School District No. 41 and Martin Common School District No. 8 of Freestone County.