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Includes legislation with Dorothy Gillis Gurley as the primary author for the 52nd through 53rd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

53rd Regular Session
HB 444	Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts so as to change and fix the time and terms of holding the 83rd District Court in Jeff Davis, Presidio, Brewster, Pecos, Upton and Reagan Counties.
HB 881	Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing for the construction of dams on private property for certain purposes without the necessity of securing a permit therefor.
53rd 1st Called Session
HB 34	Caption: Relating to prescribing an open season on deer in Maverick County and that part of Val Verde County lying east of the Pecos River; containing a suitable penalty clause and a repealing clause.
52nd Regular Session
HB 138	Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes so as to rearrange, change and provide the terms and the time of holding District Court in Val Verde, Terrell, Maverick, Kinney and Edwards Counties, Texas, constituting the Sixty-third Judicial District of Texas; providing that Courts in session at effective date of this Act may continue until the next term thereof as herein fixed.
HB 387	Caption: Relating to authorizing the Commissioner of the General Land Office to reinstate sales of lands heretofore sold and forfeited prior to September 1, 1945, and on which applications for reinstatement and payment of delinquent interest has been made to the General Land Office prior to March 5, 1951, and on which there are no intervening rights of third persons.
HB 717	Caption: Relating to any city which owns a portion of a bridge over the Rio Grande which is situated within the United States of America purchased with the proceeds of bonds payable from the net revenues from the operation of such bridge and which has issued refunding bonds payable from such net revenues and reserving in the city the right to issue additional bonds payable from the same source and secured by the same revenues; providing that any such city is authorized to issue bonds to the extent and under conditions provided in the Trust Indenture securing its outstanding refunding bonds.
HB 822	Caption: Relating to authorizing incorporated cities and towns which own the portion of an international toll bridge over the Rio Grande River which is situated within the United States to issue bonds payable from the net revenues derived from the operation of the bridge for the purpose of repairing or improving the bridge, acquiring approaches thereto, and constructing buildings to be used in connection therewith, or for any of such purposes; providing a saving clause.