Legislation authored by James Manley Head
Includes legislation with James Manley Head as the primary author for the 43rd through 46th 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.
| 46th Regular Session | |
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| SB 7 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Statute changing the status of John Tarleton Agricultural College from a Junior College to a standard four-year college; changing the name of North Texas Junior Agricultural, Mechanical & Industrial College at Arlington to the name of North Texas Agricultural College. |
| SB 8 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article relating to providing that the governing body of any political subdivision of this State shall prepare or cause to be prepared semiannually a report of all transactions during each half of the year, concerning the finances of such political subdivision; providing penalties for the violation or failure of any official, officer, or employee to comply with the provisions of this Act. |
| SB 41 | Caption: Relating to facilitating the cooperation of this State with other units of government, and establishing the Texas Commission on Interstate Cooperation. |
| SB 106 | Caption: Relating to defining publication, newspaper, political sub-division, district and certain mandatory expressions; fixing a minimum and a maximum charge for publications in newspapers; providing for the publication of notices, proclamations, advertising, and citations in newspapers. |
| SB 126 | Caption: Relating to defining and regulating hospitals, sanitariums and infirmaries; providing for the licensing thereof; providing for the creation of the State Hospital Board and providing for inspection and reports thereto; prescribing penalties for the violation of the provision of this Act. |
| SB 127 | Caption: Relating to providing for the chartering of non-profit corporations to be organized for the purpose of furnishing group hospital service, and to provide for the methods of operation, regulation and supervision of such corporations and of their contracts. |
| SB 128 | Caption: Relating to repealing the Bosque County Special Road Law. |
| SB 149 | Caption: Relating to making an appropriation for the State Health Department for the purpose of establishing and conducting full time rural health services on a cooperative basis when deemed necessary by the State Health Department. |
| SB 214 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Statute fixing the compensation of the County Auditors of every County having a population of not less than forty-nine thousand one hundred (49,100) and not more than fifty-one thousand (51,000) inhabitants, and prescribing how same shall be paid, repealing all laws in conflict therewith. |
| SB 227 | Caption: Relating to declaring the policy of the State in regard to the extension and development of free public library service in a parts of the State; providing for a Texas Library and Historical Commission. |
| SB 282 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Statute providing the intent and purpose of law to safeguard public health and safety through the regulation of the construction, erection, installation, alteration, removal, repair, and maintenance of all piping, fitting, and fixtures for conducting, distribution, and/or use or disposal of any water sewage or gas in certain locations; providing a penalty. |
| SB 283 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act providing that the Governing Board of several institutions, supported in whole or in part by the State, shall cause to be collected from students registering in said schools, additional tuition for instruction in the Fine Arts Departments, Schools, or Colleges. |
| SB 310 | Caption: Relating to making appropriations for State Aid to the free public libraries of this State, and for the salaries and other expense of the Division of Public Libraries of the Texas State Library, for the years beginning September 1st, 1939, and ending August 31, 1941. |
| SB 354 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure to provide for payment of half costs accruing to officers and witnesses in misdemeanor cases in certain instances. |
| SB 355 | Caption: Relating to providing for additional traveling expenses for County Superintendents of Public Instruction in counties of Texas having a population of not less than fifteen thousand seven hundred twenty-five (15,725) and not more than fifteen thousand seven hundred seventy-five (15,775) according to the last preceding Federal Census. |
| SB 423 | Caption: Relating to validating bonds to certain school districts in certain counties with a certain scholastic population. |
| SB 471 | Caption: Relating to requiring the Board of Regents of the University of Texas to levy Student Union Fees; providing for the control of the money obtained from said fees. |
| SB 476 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Commissioners' Court in any County having a population of not less than fifteen thousand seven hundred (15,700) and not more than fifteen thousand seven hundred seventy-seven (15,777) according to the last preceding Federal Census, to allow each County Commissioner certain traveling expenses while traveling on official business. |
| SCR 23 | Caption: Authorizing appropriation from the contingent expense fund to pay for a portrait of Governor James V. Allred to be placed in the rotunda of the Capitol. |
| SCR 57 | Caption: Establishing the Texas Commission on Interstate Cooperation. |
| 45th Regular Session | |
| SB 60 | Caption: Relating to making an appropriation of Nine Thousand Dollars ($9,000.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the State Tax Board to pay the expenses of the supervisory staff of the Statewide Tax Survey now being conducted in this State as a Work Progress Administration project. |
| SB 61 | Caption: Relating to giving the State Board of Dental Examiners the authority to refuse to grant a license to certain persons; providing penalties. |
| SB 97 | Caption: Relating to making an emergency appropriation for John Tarleton Agricultural College, a branch of Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, for the purpose of erecting a water tower on the campus of said college to be used by it. |
| SB 212 | Caption: Relating to changing the name of the North Texas Junior Agricultural, Mechanical and Industrial College at Arlington to the North Texas Agricultural, Mechanical and Industrial College at Arlington. |
| SB 213 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statute relating to public warehousemen by adding a new section to be known as the Penalty Clause. |
| SB 334 | Caption: Relating to declaring it to be the policy of the State to provide for the standardization of eggs, as a protection to producer, shipper, carrier, receiver and consumer; providing penalties for violation of this Act. |
| SB 399 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the incorporation of insurance companies for the purpose of writing, and authorizing companies to write, insurance against any hazard which may lawfully be made the subject of insurance. |
| SB 489 | Caption: Relating to fixing the maximum rate of tax to be levied for school purposes in all Independent School Districts which include within their limits a city or town which according to the latest Federal Census had a population of not less than four thousand seven hundred fifty (4,750) and not more than four thousand eight hundred fifty (4,850), whether organized under General or Special Law. |
| SCR 22 | Caption: Granting District Judge R. B. Cross permission to be absent from the State of Texas. |
| SCR 62 | Caption: Granting certain corporations permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| SCR 68 | Caption: Authorizing the construction of a water tower on the grounds of John Tarleton College. |
| SCR 70 | Caption: Granting District Judge Few Brewster permission to leave the State during the next biennium. |
| SCR 71 | Caption: Granting the heirs of Thomas F. McKinney permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| 45th 2nd Called Session | |
| SB 15 | Caption: Relating to repealing the Bosque County Special Road Law. |
| SB 19 | Caption: Relating to fixing the compensation of County Auditors in every County having a population of 50,030 and not more than 60,000 inhabitants according to the last preceding Federal Census, and prescribing how same shall be paid. |
| 44th Regular Session | |
| HB 717 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; bringing suits against defendants of unknown residence so as to clarify the meaning thereof and make it applicable only when all the defendants are non-residents of the State. |
| HB 718 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; permitting issuance of execution under certain circumstances to any county in the State. |
| HB 719 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; requiring notice within twenty days of intention to assert the defense of forgery to a recorded instrument. |
| HB 912 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting taking, killing, or possessing wild foxes for the purpose of barter or sale, providing a penalty for the violation thereof, in certain counties. |
| HR 65 | Caption: Congratulating Representative Joe Kelton Wells on his engagement to Marjorie Paul. |
| HR 144 | Caption: Providing for a committee to investigate the buying of a piano for the House floor. |
| 44th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 18 | Caption: Relating to requiring licenses for the operation, maintenance, opening or establishment of stores in this State, prescribing the license and filing fees to be paid therefor, and the disposition thereof, providing for certain exceptions, and fixing the powers and duties of the Comptroller of Public Accounts in connection therewith. |
| HCR 1 | Caption: Inviting Governor James V. Allred to address a joint session of the Legislature. |
| 44th 3rd Called Session | |
| HR 75 | Caption: Providing for a certain investigating committee to continue their activities. |
| 43rd 1st Called Session | |
| HB 83 | Caption: Relating to creating a closed season upon wild deer, buck, doe, fawn, wild turkey or pheasant for a period of five (5) years in the County of Erath, State of Texas, making it unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, ensnare, kill or attempt to kill by any means whatsoever, any wild deer, buck, doe, fawn, wild turkey or pheasant for a period of five (5) years; providing a penalty. |
| 43rd 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 51 | Caption: Relating to providing for the levy and collection of an occupation tax upon individuals, companies, corporations, and associations, pursing the occupation of dealing in the business of wholesaling, or distributing beer. |
| HR 4 | Caption: In memory of A.D. Wells, mother of Representative Joe Wells. |