Legislation authored by John Erskell Quaid

Includes legislation with John Erskell Quaid as the primary author for the 37th through 38th 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.

38th Regular Session
HB 133	Caption: Relating to making appropriations to cover deficiencies in appropriations heretofore made for the support of the State government for the fiscal year ending August 31, 1922.
HB 366	Caption: Relating to making the appropriation for printing to the State Department of Education to print the necessary blanks and bulletins pertaining to the scholastic year 1922-1923, and in order that bulletins, forms and blanks for the public schools may be prepared as nearly as possible by the opening of the scholastic year of 1923-1924.
HB 442	Caption: Relating to permitting boards of trustees of religious, charitable, educational, or eleemosynary institutions to be affiliated with, elected, and controlled by a convention, conference, or association, incorporated or unincorporated, organized under the laws of this or another State whose membership is composed of representatives, delegates or messengers from any church or other religious association.
HB 502	Caption: Relating to the authorizing commissioners' courts of Hudspeth and Culberson Counties, Texas, each to make contracts not in excess of seventy-five dollars per month for services to be performed by the district attorney of the Thirty-fourth Judicial District of Texas.
HB 511	Caption: Relating to making certain emergency and supplemental appropriations out of the general revenues for the several institutions and departments of the State Government for the fiscal year ending August 31, 1923.
HB 602	Caption: Relating to making an appropriation of Six Hundred Thirty-one and 30/100 ($631.30) dollars to pay for manufacture and instillation of eight desks and eight chairs for members of the House of Representatives, and to pay for manufacture of stand for Speaker's Stand.
HB 631	Caption: Relating to regulating the killing of deer in the counties of: Culberson, Hudspeth and El Paso; defining offenses and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof.
HB 689	Caption: Relating to continuing the work of the State Reclamation Engineer in connection with the defense and prosecution of suits affecting the boundaries of the State of Texas, authorizing the marking of such boundaries, making an appropriation of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) therefor.
HCR 13	Caption: Commending President Álvaro Obregón of Mexico for his leadership of the nation.
HCR 17	Caption: Authorizing the Legislature to adjourn Sine Die.
HR 4	Caption: Providing salaries for certain officers of the House.
HR 56	Caption: Proposing an amendment to the House Rules.
HR 67	Caption: Inviting former State Rep. Charles G. Thomas to address the Members of the House.
HR 105	Caption: Directing a meeting of the Appropriations Committee.
HR 110	Caption: Directing the creation of committee to notify the Governor and the Senate that the House is ready to adjourn.
38th 2nd Called Session
HB 5	Caption: Relating to making appropriation to pay salaries to judges, and the support of the Judicial Department of the State Government for the two years beginning September 1, 1923, and ending August 31, 1925.
HB 41	Caption: Relating to making appropriations to pay salaries of officers and employees of certain eleemosynary institutions of the State and other expenses of maintaining and conducting them for the two fiscal years, beginning September 1, 1923 and ending August 31, 1925.
HB 42	Caption: Relating to making certain emergency and supplemental appropriations out of the general revenues of the State for the several institutions and departments of the State Government as named herein for the balance of the fiscal year ending August 31, 1923.
HB 203	Caption: Relating to making appropriations for the State government for two years beginning September 1, 1923, and ending August 31, 1925, and for other purposes and prescribing certain regulations and restrictions in respect thereto.
HR 1	Caption: Directing the creation of committees to notify the Governor and the Senate that the House is organized.
HR 2	Caption: Providing compensation for the employees of the House.
38th 3rd Called Session
HB 76	Caption: Relating to making appropriations to pay the salaries of officers and employees of certain eleemosynary institutions of the State and other expenses of maintaining and conducting them for the two fiscal years beginning September 1, 1923, and ending August 31, 1925.
HB 77	Caption: Relating to making appropriations to pay salaries of judges, and the support of the Judicial Department of the State Government for the two years beginning September 1, 1923, and ending August 31, 1925.
HB 85	Caption: Relating to making appropriations for the State Government for two years beginning September 1, 1923, and ending August 31, 1925, and for other purposes and prescribing certain regulations and restrictions in respect thereto.
HB 86	Caption: Relating to making appropriations to pay the salaries of officers and employees of certain educational institutions and other expenses of maintaining and conducting them as follows, to-wit: University of Texas, including the Medical Branch at Galveston, and the College of Mines and Metallurgy at El Paso; Agricultural and Mechanical College, State Experimental Stations; Prairie View Normal and Industrial College; John Tarleton Agricultural College; Grubbs Vocational College, hereafter to be known as the North Texas Junior Agricultural College; College of Industrial Arts; Texas Technological College; Sam Houston State Teachers College at Huntsville; Southwest Texas State Teachers College at San Marcos; North Texas State Teachers College at Denton; West Texas State Teachers College at Canyon; East Texas State Teachers College at Commerce; Sul Ross State Teachers College at Alpine; Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College at Nacogdoches; South Texas State Teachers College at Kingsville, Texas; Texas School for the Blind; and Texas School for the Deaf; for years beginning September 1, 1923, and ending August 31, 1925.
HB 115	Caption: Relating to appropriating any unexpended balance to the credit of Appropriation C-3507, the same being an appropriation made by the 36th legislature for the year ending August 31, 1921.
HB 118	Caption: Relating to amending the statutes relative to drugs and narcotics, making it unlawful to possess for unlawful sale, furnishing or giving away any marihuana or other drug, narcotic, preparation, derivative or preparation mentioned in certain statute, and making it a felony to carry on, or about the person any pistol, arm or weapon mentioned in Article 475, Penal Code, while so possessing same.
HCR 12	Caption: Authorizing the Legislature to adjourn Sine Die.
HR 11	Caption: Endorsing the proposal to conduct a Child Welfare Convention.
HR 30	Caption: Suspending certain House Rules in order to consider Senate Bills.
HR 34	Caption: Condemning the New York State Legislature for their repeal of prohibition enforcement legislation.
37th Regular Session
HB 68	Caption: Relating to a certain Act regarding the creation of a Juvenile Board within certain counties of this State and prescribing the duties and powers of such board, including the appointment by it of probation officers and providing for the payment of compensation of such officers and allowing the said district judges an additional salary, to be paid out of the general fund of such county.
HB 212	Caption: Relating to a certain Act regarding the filing and recording of instruments of writing.