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Organization and Economy - 42nd R.S. (1931)

Committee Members
Harry Newton Graves, Chair
Carl Clara Hardin
Phillip Luther Sanders
J. Turney Terrell
Grady Woodruff
Charges
• Thoroughly investigate all state institutions and state departments. Determine if they could be operated more efficiently and at less expense to the taxpayer.*

Note:
Charged in HCR 58. H.J. of Tex., 42nd Leg., R.S., 1874 (1931)
House committee members appointed by the Speaker on 5/23/1931. H.J. of Tex., 42nd Leg., R.S., 2569 (1931). Senate committee members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor on 5/23/1931. S.J. of Tex., 42md Leg., R.S., 1897
Resolution passed on 9/12/1931 to add more members to assist the committee. H.J. of Tex., 42nd Leg., 4th C.S., 58 (1932)
Final report also published in the Senate journal for the 43rd Legislature, pp. 1179-1182. S.J. of Tex., 43rd Leg., R.S., 1179 (1933)
The complete report was published as The government of the State of Texas, by Joint Legislative Committee on Organization and Economy in 1933. The original report was published in 13 volumes. The Library has the 13 volumes bound in 3 volumes located at L1836.42, OR14 (see Reports tab).

* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.

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