Legislation authored by Henry Phillip Davis
Includes legislation with Henry Phillip Davis as the primary author for the 35th through 36th 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.
| 36th Regular Session | |
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| HB 137 | Caption: Relating requiring all persons, firms, or corporations operating motor trucks on the public roads and highways of the State, either for private use or for the public, for the purpose of carrying freight to obtain from the commissioners court to the county in which it is proposed to operate such motor trucks a permit to use the public road or highways of the county; providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this Act. |
| HB 153 | Caption: Relating to requiring holders of notes and other evidences of indebtedness subject to taxation to register same with the county clerk; fixing fee of county clerk for such service, and providing that a failure so to register and render said notes or evidences of indebtedness by the holder thereof shall render such notes or other evidences of indebtedness void and uncollectible. |
| HB 175 | Caption: Relating to providing for the licensing of garages in this State and further providing that licensed garages shall keep only licensed automobile mechanics to repair motor vehicles left with such garages for repair; creating an automobile mechanics' Board. |
| HB 314 | Caption: Relating to providing for the sale baled hay by weight, defining the quantity of baled hay constituting a ton, providing that baled hay sold in less quantity than a ton shall be weighed and the weight of each bale ascertained, and a tag showing the weight of each bale to be attached to the bale, and the price per bale shall be determined by the number of pounds contained in the bale, providing that it shall be unlawful to price or sell any bale or bales of hay by the bale disregarding the weight of same; making the violation of this Act a misdemeanor, fixing penalties. |
| HB 641 | Caption: Relating to creating the Van Independent School District in Van Zandt county, Texas; defining its boundaries; providing for a board of trustees in said independent school district; conferring upon said district and its board of trustees the rights, powers, privileges and duties now conferred and imposed by the general laws of the State upon independent school districts and boards of trustees thereof. |
| HR 28 | Caption: Recognizing US Senator Morris Sheppard for his authorship of the now-ratified Eighteenth Amendment. |
| 36th 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 114 | Caption: Relating to creating the Van Independent School District in Van Zandt County, Texas. |
| HB 185 | Caption: Relating to amending certain laws prescribing the places where road overseers shall place index boards, and prescribing a penalty for failure to comply with this Act. |
| 35th Regular Session | |
| HB 56 | Caption: Relating to amending the law fixing occupation taxes on retail and wholesale liquor dealers and retail malt dealers; requiring licenses. |
| HB 197 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting campaign contributions by partnerships and joint stock companies; providing penalties. |
| HB 503 | Caption: Relating to exempting confederate veterans and disabled peoples from occupation taxes placed upon peddlers. |
| HB 769 | Caption: Relating to Van Zandt county road law; providing for the levying of a per capita road tax in the county or in any commissioner's precinct, when such tax shall have been voted by a majority vote in an election held by such purpose upon order of the commissioners' court and prescribing the method of holding such election. |
| HR 48 | Caption: Relating to expenditures for the Governor's Mansion. |
| HR 124 | Caption: Providing for a committee to investigate certain charges made against the Governor. |
| 35th 3rd Called Session | |
| HB 27 | Caption: Relating to creating the Ben Wheeler Independent School District in Van Zandt county, Texas. |
| 35th 4th Called Session | |
| HB 20 | Caption: Relating to fixing occupation taxes on wholesale and retail liquor dealers. |
| HB 49 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting overlapping road districts and requiring commissioners courts in case one road district conflicts with or overlaps another to pass an order correctly redefining it. |