Legislation authored by Jesse Richard Smith
Includes legislation with Jesse Richard Smith as the primary author for the 39th through 40th 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.
| 40th Regular Session | |
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| SB 29 | Caption: Relating to the appointment of notaries public. |
| SB 135 | Caption: Relating to the appointment of Jury Commissioners to select Grand Jurors, providing for their compensation and prescribing their qualifications, so as to provide for the appointment of not less than three nor more than five in the discretion of the District Judge. |
| SB 136 | Caption: Relating to the appointment of Jury Commissioners to select Petit Jurors, providing for their compensation and prescribing their qualifications, so as to provide for the appointment of not less than three nor more than five, in the discretion of the District Judge. |
| SB 155 | Caption: Relating to creating the 104th Judicial District of Texas, and designating the counties constituting said district, and fixing the time for holding court therein. |
| SB 244 | Caption: Relating to loans or credits of incorporated banks or trust companies charted under the laws of this State. |
| SB 283 | Caption: Relating to exempting Stephens County from any and all laws of this State inhibiting the use of seines for the taking or catching of fish known as carp or buffalo. |
| SB 369 | Caption: Relating to establishing, maintaining and operating, a dairy, poultry, pecan, crops, and other native products experiment station on the Miles, Roscoe and Abilene soil type in certain counties within a radius of twenty mile of Abilene, Taylor County, Texas; making an appropriation. |
| SB 435 | Caption: Relating to validating the sale of lot nine, in block six, town of Snyder, Scurry County, Texas, which sale was made by R. J. Nesbitt, County Judge, to R. F. Powell, September 15, 1884; and to vest fee simple title in R. F. Powell, his heirs and assigns. |
| SB 444 | Caption: Relating to permitting all cities and towns operating under Title 28 of the Revised Civil Statutes of 1925 to mortgage and encumber sewerage systems, sewerage disposal plants and other accessories and lands and rights of way in connection therewith, and income therefrom. |
| SB 478 | Caption: Relating to making provision for a district attorney in the 90th Judicial District of Texas, and an assistant district attorney in said district. |
| SR 3 | Caption: Providing for the appointment of a committee to provide for the renovation of the Lieutenant Governor's rooms. |
| SR 25 | Caption: In memory of former Representative Sam Webb. |
| SR 57 | Caption: Instructing the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Committee on State Penitentiaries to visit prison farms. |
| 40th 1st Called Session | |
| SB 121 | Caption: Relating to making provision for a district attorney in the 90th Judicial District of Texas and an assistant district attorney in said district. |
| SR 6 | Caption: Appointing Mrs. J.W. Stevens assistant telephone operator. |
| 39th Regular Session | |
| SB 125 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statute relating to the appointment of jury commissioners by district courts, prescribing their qualifications, so as to provide for the appointment by said courts of not les than three nor more than five such commissioners. |
| SB 142 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statute relating to writs of error before the Supreme Court so as to extend the time in certain cases for the filing of petitions for writs of error. |
| SB 162 | Caption: Relating to creating the Hobbs Independent School District in Fisher County, Texas, including therein the present Hobbs Common Consolidated District No. 18 in Fisher County; providing a board of trustees therefor, vesting said independent school district board of trustees with al the rights, powers, privileges and duties of independent districts incorporated under the General Laws of Texas. |
| SB 163 | Caption: Relating to creating the Blackwell Independent School District in Nolan County, Texas, including therein the present Blackwell Common School District No. 23 in Nolan County; providing a board of trustees therefor, vesting said independent school district board of trustees with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties conferred upon independent school districts incorporated under the General Laws of Texas. |
| SB 179 | Caption: Relating to creating the White Pond Common County Line School District in Fisher and Jones Counties, Texas, including therein the present White Pond Common County Line School District No. 6, in Fisher and Jones Counties; providing a board of trustees therefor, vesting said county line school district board of trustees with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties conferred upon common county line school districts incorporated under the General Laws of Texas. |
| SB 257 | Caption: Relating to creating the Roby Independent School District in Fisher County, Texas, setting forth metes and bounds of such district, providing a board of trustees therefor, and defining their powers. |
| SB 258 | Caption: Relating to creating the Anson Independent School District in Jones County, Texas, including therein the present Anson Independent School District, incorporated under the General Laws; providing a board of trustees therefor, vesting said Anson Independent School District board of trustees with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties conferred upon independent school districts incorporated under the General Laws of Texas. |
| SB 286 | Caption: Relating to requiring railroad companies that heretofore have constructed, or that hereafter may construct, railroads through or into any town or city in this State, to construct and form a physical track in connection with any other railroad that heretofore has been, or that hereafter may be, constructed through or into such town or city when ordered to do so by the Railroad Commission of Texas; prescribing a penalty for violation of such orders made by the Railroad Commission. |
| SB 316 | Caption: Relating to reorganizing the Thirty-ninth Judicial District of Texas so as to omit therefrom the county of Throckmorton, fixing the terms of the holding of the district court in each of the counties in said Thirty-ninth Judicial District of Texas; placing the county of Throckmorton in the Ninety-second Judicial District of Texas, fixing the time for holding of court by the district court of the Ninety-second Judicial District of Texas in the counties of said district. |
| SB 341 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statute creating the Woodson Independent School District in Throckmorton and Stephens Counties, Texas, so as to reduce the territory included in and re-define the boundaries of said Woodson Independent School District. |
| SB 375 | Caption: Relating to amending the Interchangeable Jury Law, regulating the selecting, organizing and custody of juries in counties where there are three or more District courts or two District Courts and one County Court at law. |
| SB 409 | Caption: Relating to creating the Snyder Independent School District in Scurry County, Texas; defining its boundaries, including the original Snyder Independent School Districts and adding territory thereto; conferring on said district and its board of trustees al the rights, powers, privileges and duties now conferred and imposed by the General Laws of the State upon independent school districts and the board of trustees thereof. |
| SB 437 | Caption: Relating to creating the Westbrook Independent School District in Mitchell County, Texas, including therein the present Westbrook Independent School District of the said county; providing a board of trustee therefor; vesting said school district board of trustees with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties conferred upon independent school districts incorporated under the General Laws of Texas. |
| SB 442 | Caption: Relating to amending and revising the metes and bounds of the Moran Independent School District in Shackelford and Callahan Counties, Texas. |
| SB 456 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statute so as to continue the duration and existence of the district court of Stephens County, Ninety-second Judicial District, until April 15, 1925, and providing that as to said district court of Stephens County said statute shall continue in force and effect until said time. |
| SB 468 | Caption: Relating to adding and making part of the Center Common School District No. 34 of Fisher County, Texas, certain lands and territory contiguous thereto and described the metes and bounds herein. |
| SCR 37 | Caption: Recalling S.B. 409 from the House for further consideration. - |
| 39th 1st Called Session | |
| SB 133 | Caption: Relating to creating Road District Number One (1), in Fisher County, Texas, validating and approving all orders made by the commissioners' court of said county, in respect to the organization of said district. |
| SB 134 | Caption: Relating to creating Road District Number Four (4), in Fisher County, Texas, validating and approving all orders made by the commissioners' court of said county, in respect to the organization of said district. |
| SB 135 | Caption: Relating to creating Road District Number Three (3), in Fisher County, Texas, validating and approving all orders made by the commissioners' court of said county, in respect to the organization of said district. |
| SB 208 | Caption: Relating to creating Road District Number One (1), in Taylor County, validating and approving all orders made by the commissioners' court of said county, in respect to the organization of said district. |
| SB 283 | Caption: Relating to creating the Common County Line School District No. 9 in Borden, Mitchell and Scurry Counties and validating all bond and maintenance tax elections heretofore held; making an amendment. |
| SB 288 | Caption: Relating to creating and incorporating the Breckenridge Independent School District in Stephens County, Texas, including the present Breckenridge Independent School District. |
| SB 289 | Caption: Relating to the creation of Special Road District No. Seven (7) in Haskell County, Texas. |
| SB 306 | Caption: Relating to creating a more efficient road system for Fisher County, Texas. |
| SB 309 | Caption: Relating to the creation of Roby Independent School District in Fisher County, Texas. |
| SB 319 | Caption: Relating to creating the Dowell Independent School District in Fisher and Stonewall Counties, Texas, including therein the present Dowell Rural High School District No. 6. |
| SB 320 | Caption: Relating to the creation of the Moody Independent School District in Fisher County, Texas, including therein the present Moody Independent School District. |
| SB 321 | Caption: Relating to the creation of the Newman Independent School District in Fisher County, Texas including therein the present Newman Common School District No. 46. |