Legislation authored by William Dewey Young
Includes legislation with William Dewey Young as the primary author for the 38th through 42nd 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.
| 42nd Regular Session | |
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| HB 214 | Caption: Relating to authorizing and requiring the Governing Board of the various state universities to establish and maintain at each institution a bookstore. |
| HB 277 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes authorizing the appointment of a state librarian. |
| HB 278 | Caption: Relating to providing for an open season of four (4) days on prairie chicken except in certain counties; providing a penalty for violation of this Act. |
| HB 554 | Caption: Relating to providing that the basis of all pipe line rates to be charged by common carriers by pipe lines within this state shall be on the return on investment or value plus ten percent interest. |
| HB 555 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes by permitting citation to be served on the local agent, representative, superintendent or person in charge of the business of individuals or partnerships supplying gas, water, electricity or other service to villages, towns and cities. |
| HB 556 | Caption: Relating to providing two hundred thousand dollars or as much as may be necessary of a certain appropriation to be used for the payment of tuition of Rural High School pupils. |
| HB 557 | Caption: Relating to requiring the highway department to keep passable the entrance to all lateral county and percent roads intersecting with designated state highways while such are being repaired or improved. |
| HB 694 | Caption: Relating to providing that in counties of certain population and property valuation, the sheriff may appoint certain deputies with the consent of the Commissioners' Court. |
| HB 696 | Caption: Relating to levying and collecting annually a three dollar road tax against all able-bodied male citizens of Collingworth County, Texas who are between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five years. |
| HB 697 | Caption: Relating to permitting the county commissioners' court in certain counties to employ one general county stenographer to assist any and all county officials when needed. |
| HB 703 | Caption: Relating to authorizing school trustees to issue interest bearing warrants in payment of salaries of employees for the school year 1930-1931. |
| HB 782 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting the creation of a corporation for the dual purpose of owning, controlling or operating any cotton seed oil mil and of owning, controlling or operating any public cotton gin; providing penalties. |
| HB 843 | Caption: Relating to creating a court of claims. |
| HB 890 | Caption: Relating to granting permission to the heirs of Edward T. Wingate, a soldier at Goliad, to sue the State of Texas. |
| HCR 31 | Caption: Relating to the American Legislators Association. |
| HCR 34 | Caption: Granting Edward T. Wingate permission to sue the State. |
| HJR 7 | Caption: Proposing an amendment providing that Notaries Public shall be provided and their qualifications and duties prescribed by law. |
| HJR 8 | Caption: Proposing an amendment providing that the State may, under certain restrictions, assume outstanding indebtedness or reimburse counties and districts where such indebtedness was incurred on Designated State Highways; making an appropriation. |
| HR 24 | Caption: Relating to attending the performance of Will Rogers. |
| 42nd 1st Called Session | |
| HB 22 | Caption: Relating to defining common purchases of Natural Gas, prohibiting discrimination; providing penalties. |
| HCR 13 | Caption: Authorizing the Enrolling Clerk to make a correction in H.B. 19. |
| 42nd 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 41 | Caption: Relating to requiring any person or corporation to file in the office of the Railroad Commission an acceptance of the provisions of certain Bill before being permitted the right of eminent domain or before receiving a permit to drill or deepen a gas well. |
| 42nd 3rd Called Session | |
| HB 7 | Caption: Relating to amending certain sections relating to the investment of funds in the stock of the Federal Home Loan Bank. |
| HB 99 | Caption: Relating to making it an offense for any Lessee, Assignee, Owner or Holder of any oil or gas lease, who without the consent of the person entitled to any part of the oil produced from said lease, shall fraudulently convert the same to his own use and benefit with intent to deprive the owner of the value of same. |
| 42nd 4th Called Session | |
| HR 4 | Caption: Providing postage for members of the House. |
| 41st Regular Session | |
| HB 147 | Caption: Relating to repealing a certain Article constituting what is known as the evidence clause of the search and seizure act passed by the Thirty-ninth Legislature of the State of Texas. |
| HB 190 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes so as to apportion delinquent taxes where there are several items of taxes, and providing that the delinquent tax record shall be preserved by the tax collector. |
| HB 232 | Caption: Relating to providing for an open season of four days on prairie chicken and pinnated grouse; providing for a bag limit; providing a penalty for violation of this Act. |
| HB 444 | Caption: Relating to providing that in the event there should be awarded to the state of Texas by the final decree of the United States Supreme Court, in its final judgment in the suit of the State of Oklahoma against the State of Texas, any area of land along the 100th degree west longitude adjacent to the east side of the Panhandle of Texas and the west sides of the State of Oklahoma. |
| HB 473 | Caption: Relating to making an appropriation to pay the mileage and per diem of the Presidential Electors of Texas for the year 1929. |
| HB 567 | Caption: Relating to providing for the centralization of the Texas Prison System; making an appropriation. |
| HCR 17 | Caption: Requesting the Senate to return S. C. R. No. 19 to the House for further consideration. |
| HR 26 | Caption: Requesting I. P. Hildebrand, Dean of the University of Texas, to attend a certain hearing. |
| 41st 1st Called Session | |
| HB 28 | Caption: Relating to providing for the concentration of the Texas Prison System; making an appropriation. |
| HB 29 | Caption: Relating to providing for the establishment and operation of a prison reformatory. |
| HCR 1 | Caption: Accepting the invitation of the faculty and student body of the University of Texas to tour the campus |
| HCR 6 | Caption: Directing the Attorney General to make an investigation into the issuance of land to the heirs of Edward T. Wingate. |
| HR 7 | Caption: Accepting an invitation to tour the campus of the University of Texas. |
| 41st 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 14 | Caption: Relating to making better provision for the regulation of the sale and dealings in stocks, bonds and securities; prescribing penalties and making appropriations. |
| HB 124 | Caption: Relating to providing for the Texas Prison Centralization Commission; making an appropriation. |
| HB 137 | Caption: Relating to fixing the compensation of District Attorneys in each Judicial District composed of two or more counties. |
| HB 144 | Caption: Relating to making appropriations to pay miscellaneous claims against the State. |
| HCR 8 | Caption: Requesting the Senate to return S. B. No. 49 to the House for further consideration. |
| HCR 10 | Caption: Directing the State to acquire cement plants for the use in building the State Highway system. |
| 41st 3rd Called Session | |
| HB 12 | Caption: Relating to making appropriations to pay miscellaneous claims against the state and authorizing payment of said miscellaneous items. |
| 41st 4th Called Session | |
| HB 3 | Caption: Relating to the concentration of the Texas Penitentiary System upon the Imperial Farm in Fort Bend County; making an appropriation. |
| HR 38 | Caption: Rejecting the Compact offered by the State of Oklahoma to the State of Texas concerning the location of the boundary between the states. |
| HR 45 | Caption: Accepting the invitation of The University Club to host the Members of the Legislature. |
| 41st 5th Called Session | |
| HB 49 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the county board of trustees of any county in this State to incorporate a common school district into an independent school district for school purposes only upon petition of a majority of the legally qualified property tax paying voters residing the territory affected. |
| HB 129 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the formation of corporations to do a mineral royalty business. |
| HB 155 | Caption: Relating to making appropriations to pay miscellaneous claims against the State and authorizing payment thereof. |
| HCR 7 | Caption: Expressing certain statements in regards to the disputed boundary line between Texas and Oklahoma. |
| HR 1 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the House Rules. |
| HR 2 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the House Rules. |
| HR 3 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the House Rules. |
| HR 6 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the House Rules. |
| HR 7 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the House Rules. |
| HR 9 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the House Rules. |
| HR 38 | Caption: Requesting the Board of Control to investigate he advisability of establishing a central telephone office for the State Capitol. |
| 40th Regular Session | |
| HB 223 | Caption: Relating to limiting the amount of deficiency warrants the Governor may approve. |
| HB 269 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Articles by providing that in contracting for books to be used in the public schools of the state preference is to be given to Texas authors and publishers. |
| HB 275 | Caption: Relating to elections for the removal of county seats; reducing the time within which applications may be made and elections held to remove county seats in certain instances. |
| HB 586 | Caption: Relating to providing the withholding from allotment to the public free school fund and sale of such land as may be gained or added to the State of Texas north of the South Fork of Red River as a result of the final determination of the suit of the State of Oklahoma Complaint against the State of Texas. |
| HJR 17 | Caption: Proposing an amendment eliminating the State property tax except for certain uses. |
| HR 37 | Caption: Providing for extra copies of the previous day's House Journal so that the address of Governor Moody might be distributed. |
| 40th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 7 | Caption: Relating to making an appropriation for the support and maintenance of the public free schools for the scholastic year beginning September 1, 1928, and ending August 31st, 1929. |
| HB 27 | Caption: Relating to creating Road District Number One in Wheeler County, Texas, validating and approving all orders made by the Commissioners' Court of said County, in respect to the organization of said district. |
| HB 28 | Caption: Relating to creating Road District Number Two in Wheeler County, Texas, validating and approving all orders made by the Commissioners' Court of said County, in respect to the organization of said District. |
| HB 29 | Caption: Relating to creating Road District Number Three in Wheeler County, Texas, validating and approving all orders made by the Commissioners' Court of said County, in respect to the organization of said District. |
| HB 30 | Caption: Relating to creating Road District Number Four in Wheeler County, Texas, validating and approving all orders made by the Commissioners' Court of said County, in respect to the organization of said District. |
| HR 42 | Caption: Providing for disposal of a sample statue depicting World War soldiers. |
| 39th Regular Session | |
| HB 161 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting the employment of children under fifteen years of age to labor in certain occupations, prohibiting the employment of children under seventeen years of age to labor in certain occupations, prohibiting the sending of children under seventeen years of age to certain places, limiting the hours of labor for children under fifteen years of age, providing for permits to be issued by the county judge for children between the ages of twelve and fifteen years to labor in certain occupations and under certain conditions, requiring employers employing children between the ages of twelve and fifteen to secure and post permits where child is employed, providing how such permits may be secured, giving the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, or his deputies or inspectors free access to all places where children or minors are employed, providing penalties for violations of the Act. |
| HB 292 | Caption: Relating to placing a closed season of five years on antelope, mountain sheep, wild pheasant, wild woodcock, wild wood-duck, and wild prairie chicken; providing a penalty for the violation of same; repealing all laws in conflict herewith. |
| HB 387 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the issuance of teachers' certificates by the State Superintendent to graduates of approved schools complying with certain requirements; fixing a fee. |
| HB 434 | Caption: Relating to the right of the owner of any real estate or interest therein sold under execution, order of sale, deed of trust, mortgage or other contract lien to redeem the same at any time within one year from the date of sale. |
| HB 520 | Caption: Relating to creating the Plymouth Independent School District in Collinsworth County, Texas, including therein the present Plymouth Independent School District No. 17 of Collinsworth County; providing a board of trustees therefor; vesting said Plymouth Independent School District board of trustee with all the rights, privileges and duties conferred upon independent school districts incorporated under the general laws of Texas. |
| HB 521 | Caption: Relating to regulating the manufacture of carbon black from natural gas; providing for the issuance of permits; placing jurisdiction in the Railroad Commission; providing penalties. |
| HB 665 | Caption: Relating to creating the Giles Independent School District in Donley County, Texas. |
| HCR 3 | Caption: Thanking Constance Whitney Warren of Paris for the gift of her Cowboy Statue to the State of Texas. |
| HCR 4 | Caption: Thanking Charles Cason for his labors in connection with the securing of Cowboy Statue and its transportation from Paris to Texas. |
| HR 24 | Caption: Thanking Charles Cason, vice president of the Chemical National Bank of New York City, for his labors in connection with securing the cowboy statue and its transportation from Paris to Texas. |
| HR 32 | Caption: Relating to repairs in the Sergeant-At-Arms room. |
| 39th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 351 | Caption: Relating to appropriating two million dollars ($2000,00.00) out of the State Treasury to aid and promote all public schools of this State for the scholastic year beginning September 1, 1926 and ending August 31, 1927. |
| HCR 11 | Caption: Providing for reading and compiling statutes. |
| 38th Regular Session | |
| HB 144 | Caption: Relating to offense of swindling, so as to prohibit the obtaining of money, merchandise or anything of value with intent to defraud. |
| HB 239 | Caption: Relating to providing for vocational education, accepting and validating previous acceptances of the benefits of an Act passed by the Congress of the United States. |
| HB 294 | Caption: Relating to reorganizing the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Judicial Districts and to creating the One Hundredth Judicial District of the State of Texas. |
| HB 419 | Caption: Relating to conferring authority upon the commissioners' courts of two or more counties to join in construction of bridges and pay for the same out of the funds of the respective counties. |
| HB 498 | Caption: Relating to creating the Giles Independent School District in Donley County, Texas, including the present Giles Common School District No. 4 of said county, providing a board of trustees therefor. |
| HB 562 | Caption: Relating to amending certain law relating to compensation of county superintendents of public instruction. |
| 38th 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 52 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Article relating to the levying of an occupation tax based on gross receipts of those engaged in this State in the business of a wholesale or retail dealer in pistols by extending the provisions of said Article so as to include those who are engaged in the sale, rental or lease of such firearms. |