Legislation authored by Harry Paulson Hornby
Includes legislation with Harry Paulson Hornby as the primary author for the 32nd through 36th 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.
| 36th Regular Session | |
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| HB 50 | Caption: Relating to limiting the time in which delinquent taxes may be demanded by the State or any county, city, or district, so that such taxes may not be demanded or be collectable, for any year, prior to the year 1910. |
| HB 103 | Caption: Relating to amending certain laws relating to prorating the appropriation for Confederate pensions soldiers among the pensioners; provided that women, now widows, who were the wives of Confederate soldiers or sailors and who after the death of such soldiers or sailors have remarried, may be eligible to the grant of a pension. |
| HB 124 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting the killing or shipment or sale of the reptile commonly known as the horned toad, except for educational purposes; providing penalties for the violation of this Act. |
| HB 148 | Caption: Relating to requiring fire prevention be taught in the public schools of this State, and also in all other schools conducted in the State in which instruction is given corresponding in grade and advancement to that given in the public schools; providing that the teaching for fire prevention shall include the practice of fire drills, and prescribing the duties of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Texas State Textbook Commission in the administration of said Act. |
| HB 297 | Caption: Relating to permitting all State departments and all educational and eleemosynary institutions that now purchase their stationery and office supplies through the State Printing Board to go into the open market and purchase their stationery and office supplies from the lowest and best bidders. |
| HB 312 | Caption: Relating to making it unlawful for the commissioners court of any county to issue warrants or other evidences of indebtedness for any of the purposes for which bonds may be issued by vote of the qualified property taxpaying voters of the county. |
| HB 370 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statute relating to the regulation, growing and marketing of fruits and vegetables by exempting onion growers from the provisions of said Act. |
| HB 428 | Caption: Relating to providing for the establishment, maintenance and management of experimental apiaries under the direction of the Director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, for the purpose of experimenting with the culture of the honey bees, and studying honey yield conditions, and other beekeeping problems; and making necessary appropriations therefor. |
| HB 549 | Caption: Relating to exempting the county of Uvalde from the provisions and operations of certain statutes relating to the inspection of hides and animals. |
| HB 561 | Caption: Relating to repealing certain laws so as to place Zavala county under the general road law. |
| HR 34 | Caption: Urging Congress to pass legislation to discourage profiteering in foodstuffs. |
| HR 40 | Caption: Inviting John T. Smith, former tax commissioner and author of annotations of current tax laws, to address the House. |
| HR 63 | Caption: Inviting former Representative J.F. "Frank" Harris to address the House. |
| HR 127 | Caption: Requesting that the Secretary of State furnish a list of institutions that have failed to send printed biennial reports to the Legislature. |
| 36th 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 46 | Caption: Relating to amending certain laws supplementing the Eradication of Cattle Ticks law so that hereafter Kinney County, Uvalde County and Medina County shall be placed in Zone No. 3 instead of Zone No. 2. |
| HB 77 | Caption: Relating to exempting Uvalde County from provisions of hide and animal inspection law. |
| HB 78 | Caption: Relating to creating the Board of Public Printing. |
| HB 168 | Caption: Relating to amending certain laws relating to providing whole family protection for members of Fraternal Benefit Societies so as to require a deposit and the investment of the reserves by Insurance Companies and Fraternal Societies. |
| HB 182 | Caption: Relating to providing for the Live Stock Sanitary Commission of Texas to sell the hides of any predator animals killed under certain laws and such funds to be set apart for the further eradication of predatory animals. |
| 33rd Regular Session | |
| HB 11 | Caption: Relating to the protection of honey bees against foul brood. |
| HB 12 | Caption: Relating to incorporating and creating the Sabinal Independent School District in Uvalde County, Texas. |
| HB 366 | Caption: Relating to requiring the state health department to disseminate information concerning the cause, nature and extent of communicable disease and requiring the display throughout the state of a public health exhibit in a railway car; permitting railways to furnish free cars for this purpose and free transportation to persons engaged in the work. |
| HB 515 | Caption: Relating to exempting Medina County from the provisions of the General Road Laws, as contained in Chapter Three, Title 119 which requires certain persons to work five days each year on county roads. |
| HB 564 | Caption: Relating to authorizing issuance of road bonds by Zavala County or any political subdivision thereof. |
| HB 622 | Caption: Relating to defining, regulating, and controlling Fraternal Benefit Societies; defining a lodge system and a representative form of government; providing for the issuance of certificates and the investment and beneficiaries in said Societies; naming the duties and authority of the Commissioner of Insurance and banking; repealing certain chapters of the Acts of the Legislature. |
| HB 738 | Caption: Relating to creating the Utopia Independent School District, known as Common School District No. 6 in Uvalde County, Texas. |
| HB 774 | Caption: Relating to amending the Act creating a more efficient road system for Fayette, Uvalde and Frio counties, so as to apply to Dimmit county. |
| HB 797 | Caption: Relating to validating certain patents issued by the State for lands situated in Medina county and relinquishing all right, title and claim of the State. |
| HCR 18 | Caption: Providing for the publication of the Manual of the 33rd Legislature. |
| HR 31 | Caption: Requesting the Railroad Commission to issue its opinion on certain proposed legislation. |
| HR 131 | Caption: Providing for the scheduling of considering appropriation bills for the remainder of the Session. |
| HR 144 | Caption: Commending Charles P. Burkes on his appointment as Deputy United States Marshal. |
| 32nd Regular Session | |
| HB 172 | Caption: Relating to allow the qualified voters of any school district to select by a majority vote sites and location for school buildings. |
| HB 245 | Caption: Relating to amending an Act to provide for the protection of honey bees against foul brood and other contagious diseases; providing penalties" |
| HB 412 | Caption: Relating to amending an Act relating to the discharge of firearms on or across any public square, street or alley in any city, town or village. |
| HB 467 | Caption: Relating to amending an Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of Agricultural, Horticultural and Feeding experimental stations in certain parts of Texas"; to provide for an additional experimental station to be located west of the Medina River and East of Rio Grande River and providing for an appropriation of $5000. |
| HB 542 | Caption: Relating to prescribing the time for holding the terms of the district court in the various counties comprising the Thirty-eighth Judicial District of the State of Texas. |
| HB 604 | Caption: Relating to validating the organization of Prairie View Common School District No. 13 in Uvalde county, Texas, and providing that no person or property within said District No. 13 shall be relieved or released from any existing debt or liability. |
| 32nd 1st Called Session | |
| HB 90 | Caption: Relating to creating a more efficient road system for Frio County, making the county commissioners ex-officio road commissioners; providing for working county convicts and delinquent poll taxpayers upon the county roads; providing penalties. |