Legislation authored by W.M. Tidwell
Includes legislation with W.M. Tidwell as the primary author for the 36th 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 98 | Caption: Relating to fixing the compensation of county and district court jurors in both civil and criminal cases, jury commissioners of the district and county courts and bailiffs of the grand jury. |
| HB 154 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting the operation, exhibition, or maintenance of pool tables, billiard tables, and ten pin alleys, and like devices for pay, compensation, fees, donations, and charges of any kind and providing that each and every day of fractional part of the day that such shall be known, operated, exhibited, kept, maintained shall constitute a separate offense for which said owner, proprietor, manager, or employee may be convicted and punished as provided in this Act, and providing a penalty therefor. |
| HB 172 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes defining indigency; fixing the fees of the county judge for hearing pension applications, and providing that said fee shall be $2.00, and the same shall be paid out of the general funds of the county treasury upon presentment of an account therefor to the commissioners court; and that said fees shall be accounted for as other fees of office. |
| HB 275 | Caption: Relating to providing for the appointment of official stenographers for grand juries by the judges of the district courts presiding over same. |
| HB 296 | Caption: Relating to amending certain titles of the Code of Criminal Procedure by providing that in all capital cases the county or district attorney prosecuting same may file a waiver of the death penalty, and the court may in his discretion refuse a special venire, when said waiver is filed, and in such event peremptory challenges to be ten each for state and defendant, and that jurors having conscientious scruples in regard to the infliction of the death penalty for crime shall not be disqualified as jurors. |
| HB 612 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statute fixing the salaries of the superintendents of certain State asylums. |
| 36th 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 54 | Caption: Relating to amending Act creating Ferris Independent School District in Ellis County. |
| HB 55 | Caption: Relating to amending certain laws relating to the compensation of official shorthand reporters. |
| HB 80 | Caption: Relating to amending certain laws relating to waivers filed against the Death Penalty in Capital cases; providing that Defendant may on application secure a special venire. |
| HB 81 | Caption: Relating to amending certain articles defining indigency; fixing the fees of the County Judges for hearing Confederate Pension. |
| HB 167 | Caption: Relating to releasing soldiers, sailors and marines from any and all penalties, costs and charges which may be assessed against them by reason of non-payment of any taxes, general or special, due upon any property, personal, real or mixed, belonging to them during their term of service in the war between the Imperial German Government and the United States, beginning on April 6, 1917, and ending in June, 1919; and providing a method by which said fees, costs or penalties may be released by the tax collector and by the comptroller. |
| HB 191 | Caption: Relating to repealing the Board of Control Bill of the First Called Session of the 36th Legislature. |
| 36th 4th Called Session | |
| HB 12 | Caption: Relating to amending certain laws fixing the qualifications for voting and providing who are qualified voters. |
| HB 13 | Caption: Relating to amending certain articles of the Revised Civil Statues relating to the payment of poll taxes required to be paid by persons under the constitution and laws of the State; providing for the Tax Collector of each county to issue certificate of exemption to persons not subject to poll tax. |
| HB 14 | Caption: Relating to amending certain articles of the revised civil statutes relating to the payment of poll taxes. |