Legislation authored by Ralph Roy Smith

Includes legislation with Ralph Roy Smith as the primary author for the 31st through 40th 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.

32nd Regular Session
HB 199	Caption: Relating to prescribing passenger fares upon all railroads in the State.
HB 471	Caption: Relating to creating the office of State Parole Agent; conferring upon the Board of Prison Commissioners authority to issue paroles to certain meritorious convicts.
HB 496	Caption: Relating to creating the Jourdanton Independent School District in Atascosa county, Texas, and defining its boundaries.
32nd 1st Called Session
HB 57	Caption: Relating to creating the Jourdanton Independent School District in Atascosa County, defining its boundaries and investing said district with all the powers, rights and duties of independent school districts; authorizing the district to collect taxes for the year 1911.
HB 71	Caption: Relating to prohibiting writing insurance policies except in compliance with the provisions of this act; prescribing certain duties for the Commissioner of Insurance and Banking, and to levy a tax upon the such contracts or policies; prescribing penalties.
HB 86	Caption: Relating to prohibiting writing policies of insurance except in compliance with the provisions of this act; prescribing certain duties for the Commissioner of Insurance and Banking; prescribing penalties.
31st Regular Session
HB 142	Caption: Relating to creating the Texas Library and Historical Commission, setting forth the purposes of the said Library and Historical Commission, defining its powers and duties, repealing Article 2805 of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, amending Article 2806, and in general repealing all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act.
HB 165	Caption: Relating to repealing Chapter 5 of the Acts of the Special Session of the Thirtieth Legislature, creating independent school district for Nixon, Wilson and Gonzales counties.
HB 251	Caption: Relating to validating and legalizing all sales of real estate belonging or that belonged to Atascosa county, situated in the town of Pleasanton in Atascosa county, heretofore made at private sale for and in behalf of said county, by commissioners.
HB 265	Caption: Relating to amending Section 123, Chapter 124, Acts of the Twenty-ninth Legislature, so as to hereafter grant the holder of a diploma conferring up on him the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Letters, or any higher academic degree, a State Teacher's Certificate of the first grade, and to grant to the holder of such diploma a permanent certificate upon presentation of, showing that such person has taught for three consecutive years in the public free schools of this State; providing a method of determining what are colleges and universities of the first class.
HB 438	Caption: Relating to providing for the incorporation, organization, regulation, and supervision of Co-operative Life Insurance Companies and providing penalties.