Legislation authored by John Leake Crosthwait

Includes legislation with John Leake Crosthwait as the primary author for the 47th through 56th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

56th Regular Session
HB 25	Caption: Relating to abolishing court costs in misdemeanor cases tried before a Justice of the Peace.
HCR 1	Caption: Providing for Sine Die adjournment of the 56th Legislature on May 12, 1959.
HJR 19	Caption: Proposing an amendment fixing the per diem of the members of the Legislature at Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per day for the first one hundred and fifty (150) days of the regular sessions in odd-numbered years, and Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per day for any special session.
HR 580	Caption: Commending Uncle Henry Blair for his service as Porter of the House.
55th Regular Session
HB 98	Caption: Relating to repealing certain Acts relative to personal property of the Game and Fish Commission and declaring legislative intent.
HB 401	Caption: Relating to providing for a resident hunting license, non-resident or alien hunting license, non-resident migratory bird hunting license, and resident big game hunting license.
HB 556	Caption: Relating to making an appropriation to pay amounts owed by the State for apportionments to counties where county officers are paid salaries and where there is a Criminal District Attorney or County Attorney performing the duties of District Attorney, or where the full salary of the District Attorney is paid out of the Officers' Salary Fund of the county.
HB 561	Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Banking Code of 1943 by adding thereto a new Article authorizing banks to own or lease land in the vicinity of such bank as an automobile parking area exclusively or predominately for use of its customers and employees, providing that such land shall not be used for any other purpose.
HB 887	Caption: Relating to creating an additional district court in Dallas County, Texas, to be known as the 160th Judicial District.
HB 907	Caption: Relating to providing for a resident hunting license, nonresident or alien hunting license, nonresident migratory bird hunting license; providing a penalty for violation of this Act.
HCR 4	Caption: Providing for Adjournment Sine Die.
HCR 24	Caption: Inviting Governor Price Daniel to address a Joint Session.
HJR 19	Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas to permit the Legislature to enact local or special laws regulating the affairs of counties, cities, towns, wards, or school districts.
HJR 28	Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas fixing the per diem of the members of the Legislature at Fifty Dollars per day for the first one hundred and fifty days of the regular sessions in odd-numbered years, and Fifty Dollars per day for the first sixty days of the regular sessions in even-numbered years.
HJR 29	Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas relating to sessions of the Legislature and what may be considered thereat.
HR 12	Caption: In memory of Jean Baptiste Adoue, Jr., of Dallas.
HR 30	Caption: Naming Clyde Richard Inman, Jr., as Mascot of the House.
HR 34	Caption: Naming Mary Frances Sanders as Mascot of the House.
HR 35	Caption: Naming David William Carr as King of Mascots of the House.
HR 105	Caption: Congratulating Karl Hoblitzelle on receiving the Distinguished Civil Service Award by the Greater Dallas Planning Council.
HR 203	Caption: Congratulating J. L. Latimer for being awarded the National Brotherhood Citation by the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
HR 221	Caption: Congratulating James W. Aston on being named Man of the Month by the East Texas Chamber of Commerce.
HR 430	Caption: In memory of W. R. "Bill" Olinger, Jr., of Garland and Weslaco.
55th 1st Called Session
HCR 36	Caption: Requesting the House of Representatives to adjourn sine die on November 12, 1957.
55th 2nd Called Session
HB 8	Caption: Relating to constituting a local law for the further maintenance of public highways, by authorizing the Commissioners' Court of Dallas County to expend proceeds of bonds heretofore and hereafter voted by Road District No. 1 of Dallas County for the purpose of providing for drainage of state highway rights of way and adjacent lands where such drainage is made necessary by the construction, widening or improvement of such highways.
HCR 29	Caption: Providing for the Legislature to adjourn sine die on Friday, December 6, 1957, at 12 o'clock noon.
HR 9	Caption: In memory of the Honorable Comer Carson Chessher of Trinity.
54th Regular Session
HB 22	Caption: Relating to amending the Election Code of Texas relating to assessments against candidates for State Senator or State Representative in primary elections.
HB 378	Caption: Relating to authorizing the Game and Fish Commission to manage wildlife and/or fish on wildlife management areas along sound biological lines; making certain acts unlawful except as permitted by the Commission and prescribing the penalty for violation.
HB 471	Caption: Relating to providing that in each county in this State having a population of six hundred thousand (600,000) inhabitants or more according to the last preceding Federal Census the Commissioners Court may furnish the constables and/or deputy constables thereof two-way radios to be used in connection with the performance of their official duties regardless of whether the constables and/or deputy constables drive county vehicles or their own personal vehicles.
HB 534	Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts relating to school bus transportation provided in the Foundation School Program Act.
HB 657	Caption: Relating to amending the law creating the Dallas County Water Supply and Control District by changing the method of selecting the Directors for said District; changing the terms and qualifications of such directors; and to authorize the District to convey its properties to any other District established under the Constitution and thereupon be dissolved.
HB 863	Caption: Relating to constituting a local law for the maintenance of public highways for Dallas County, to become operative after an election shall have been held and carried in said County; authorizing the tax collector of Dallas County to collect certain amounts of money form owners of such vehicles; requiring owners of such vehicles, upon which the registration fee is required to be paid in Dallas County to pay such money to the tax collector; prohibiting the operation of any such vehicle on the roads, highways or streets of Dallas County without the payment of such money.
HB 904	Caption: Relating to allowing the Commissioners Court in certain counties to fix the salaries of the District, County and Precinct Officers and all deputies and employees of such counties; to provide that the Commissioners Court shall fix the number of deputies and employees of certain District, County and Precinct Officers.
HB 925	Caption: Relating to providing for additional compensation from county funds for certain district judges; repealing all laws in conflict herewith.
HB 938	Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts with reference to the amount to be collected by the tax collector of Dallas County from the owners of trucks, trailers, semi-trailers, motor buses, and street or suburban buses.
HCR 1	Caption: Providing for Sine Die Adjournment of the 54th Legislature on June 7, 1955.
HCR 11	Caption: Directing a Joint Session of the Legislature to convene in order to canvass the results of the Gubernatorial Election.
HCR 110	Caption: In memory of Maury Hughes of Dallas.
HCR 187	Caption: In memory of Richard W. "Dick" Burnett of Dallas.
HR 5	Caption: Directing the creation of the House Photo Panel.
HR 16	Caption: In memory of Graham Frank of Dallas.
HR 17	Caption: In memory of Joseph Patrick Lynch of Dallas.
HR 25	Caption: In memory of Charles R. Moore of Dallas.
HR 28	Caption: In memory of Harry Hines of Dallas.
HR 29	Caption: In memory of Elmer Lincoln Scott of Dallas.
HR 30	Caption: In memory of John L. De Grazier of Dallas.
HR 31	Caption: In memory of Samuel L. Dysterbach of Dallas.
HR 33	Caption: Electing the children of the Speaker of the House to the offices of King and Queen of the Mascots.
HR 39	Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot.
HR 40	Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot.
HR 123	Caption: Congratulating Jerome K. Crossman for winning the 1954 Linz Award of Dallas.
HR 133	Caption: In memory of James Malcom Watson of Dallas.
HR 138	Caption: In memory of D. A. Frank, Sr. of Dallas.
HR 297	Caption: Congratulating James M. Windham for being named "Man of the Month" by the East Texas Chamber of Commerce.
HR 322	Caption: In memory of Mrs. Robert L. Clark of Dallas.
HR 326	Caption: In memory of Jordan C. Ownby of Dallas.
HR 333	Caption: An expression of appreciation from Mrs. John L. Crosthwait in regards to H. R. No. 328.
HR 369	Caption: In memory of Lyda Bunker Hunt of Dallas.
HR 434	Caption: Commending Uncle Henry Blair for his decades of service.
53rd Regular Session
HB 29	Caption: Relating to providing for the manner and method of forfeiting, restoring or permitting the retention of certain licenses, being hunting, fishing and trapping licenses; providing it shall be unlawful to hunt, fish, trap or use fishing gear within one year after forfeiture of license to hunt, fish, trap or use fishing gear.
HB 103	Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing for the creation of private corporations to engage in the business of employment or labor agencies recruiting workers for employment and dissemination of information in connection thereto, and for the performance of any lawful act in connection therewith.
HB 286	Caption: Relating to amending Section 5, Chapter 171, Acts 1947, 50th Legislature, so as to make the General Laws of Texas relating to maintenance taxes and bonds of independent school districts incorporated under Title 49, Revised Civil Statutes, as amended, applicable to independent school districts created under Chapter 171, Acts 1947.
HB 323	Caption: Relating to enabling the Game and Fish Commission to sell or exchange sections or parcels of land in Brewster, Culberson or Hudspeth Counties.
HB 324	Caption: Relating to authorizing the leasing of grazing rights upon, and the sale of timber or other valuable products taken from, lands acquired by the Game and Fish Commission for use as game management areas; providing the grazing lease or product sales shall be made by the State Board of Control.
HB 377	Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code so as to make it unlawful for a manager or owner of premises used for hunting to receive a guest for pay before such manager has received a license from the Game and Fish Commission to define a "shooting preserve", to require the issuance of one license for each "shooting preserve", to require certain prerequisites before the issuance of said license, to require all managers to keep a suitable record book to record required information, to provide for the cancellation of licenses, to provide a penalty, and to provide for the duties of the Game and Fish Commission in regard to the license used.
HB 439	Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts to broaden the tax base relative to the conducting of any fistic combat, boxing, sparring or wrestling, contest or exhibition where a money remuneration is charged or received.
HB 465	Caption: Relating to creating a Conservation District comprising certain territory contained within Dallas County, Texas, for the purpose of providing a source of water supply for municipal, domestic and industrial use and processing, transporting, and distributing the same.
HB 574	Caption: Relating to providing that any bank or trust company doing business in counties in this State having a population of more than Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand (350,000) inhabitants, according to the last preceding Federal Census, may, at its option, close on Saturday or any other week-day and that such day shall be deemed to be a legal holiday for bank purposes.
HB 577	Caption: Relating to making an appropriation out of any funds of the State of Texas available, the sum of Three Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000.00) to the University of Texas for the use and benefit of the Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, Texas, to be used only for new buildings as the Board of Regents of the University of Texas might direct.
HB 597	Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by providing for an annual election of members of the Board of Trustees of certain independent school districts.
HB 759	Caption: Relating to exempting motor vehicles from the ad valorem tax and to permit counties, cities, and towns to levy and collect a license tax in lieu thereof after an election is held for that purpose; providing for administration of this Act; setting penalties for violation.
HB 793	Caption: Relating to the terms and appointment of Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the Legislative Budget Board and the Legislative Council, or on any other interim Committee.
HB 803	Caption: Relating to repealing all local and special laws which fix a bag limit or an open season on beaver.
HB 907	Caption: Relating to providing for the creation of county-wide hospital districts in counties having a population of 190,000 or more and Galveston County, according to the last preceding federal census.
HCR 5	Caption: Providing for Sine Die adjournment of the 53th Legislature on May 12, 1953.
HCR 13	Caption: In memory of former State Representative Robert Herman "Bob" Alexander of Austin.
HCR 87	Caption: Granting Zedric Moore permission to sue the State of Texas.
HCR 92	Caption: Providing for Sine Die adjournment of the 53th Legislature on May 27, 1953.
HCR 99	Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of teh Legislature in order to allow the House to consider H. B. No. 907.
HJR 23	Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment permitting the Legislature to establish salaries of officers and elected officials.
HJR 26	Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that the Legislature may pass laws authorizing the Commissioners' Court of any County to levy certain taxes for the purchase, construction, maintenance and operation of hospitals owned by such counties or owned jointly by any city or county.
HJR 33	Caption: Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment to permit the Legislature to exempt motor vehicles from ad valorem taxes on property and to permit the Legislature to permit counties, cities, and towns to levy a license fee in lieu thereof.
HR 9	Caption: In memory of Tom C. Gooch.
HR 10	Caption: In memory of Dan D. Rogers of Dallas.
HR 11	Caption: In memory of Murrell L. Buckner of Dallas.
HR 12	Caption: In memory of Virginia Falls Clark of Dallas.
HR 13	Caption: In memory of William W. Pool of Dallas.
HR 14	Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the Office of Mascot.
HR 15	Caption: Directing the creation of the House Photo Panel.
HR 27	Caption: In memory of Dexter Hamilton of Dallas.
HR 43	Caption: In memory of Currie McCutcheon of Dallas.
HR 81	Caption: In memory of Mrs. Martin A. Row of Dallas.
HR 82	Caption: In memory of Mrs. William H. Atwell of Dallas.
HR 99	Caption: In memory of former State Representative Ray Holder.
HR 115	Caption: Congratulating Ben H. Wooten for his selection as the outstanding citizen of Dallas for 1952.
HR 121	Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot.
HR 122	Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot.
HR 148	Caption: In memory of Dora Alexander Talley of Garland.
HR 149	Caption: In memory of Carrie Neiman of Dallas.
HR 150	Caption: In memory of Lawrence B. Morgan of Dallas.
HR 175	Caption: Proposing an amendment to the House Rules.
HR 225	Caption: In memory of Joe Y. Field of Dallas.
HR 226	Caption: In memory of Mrs. Z. M. Duckworth of Dallas.
HR 240	Caption: In memory of Alphonso Ragland, Sr. of Dallas.
HR 274	Caption: In memory of Mrs. S. J. Hay, Sr. of Dallas.
HR 286	Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot.
HR 320	Caption: Commending the sub-committee selected to prepare the House Photo Panel for their efficiency.
HR 333	Caption: Commending Uncle Henry Blair for his decades of service as the House Porter.
53rd 1st Called Session
HB 6	Caption: Relating to making appropriations for completion, construction, and equipment of new buildings for the Southwestern Medical School, the University of Texas Dental Branch, and the Texas Prison System and for replacement or renovation of physical plant and equipment for the Texas School for the Deaf; fixing terms governing architectural fees and services authorized by the Act.
HB 119	Caption: Relating to authorizing cities having more than Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand (250,000) population to issue Airport Revenue Bonds for purposes, under conditions, and having specifications as provided herein.
HR 8	Caption: In memory of Ida King of Oak Cliff.
HR 10	Caption: Congratulating Julius Schepps for being awarded the 1953 Linz Award.
HR 11	Caption: Congratulating Arthur L. Kramer for bein recognized for his services to the City of Dallas.
HR 12	Caption: In memory of Tom E. Braniff of Dallas.
HR 13	Caption: In memory of Edward Henry Clay of Dallas.
HR 18	Caption: In memory of William Henry "Bill" Hitzelberger of Dallas.
HR 19	Caption: In memory of George S. Leachman of Dallas.
HR 20	Caption: In memory of Norman H. Crowell of Dallas.
HR 26	Caption: In memory of Tom W. Field of Farmers Branch.
HR 27	Caption: In memory of W. T. Savage of Dallas.
HR 28	Caption: In memory of Tom Porter Ellis, Sr. of Dallas.
HR 41	Caption: In memory of J. Hardy Neel of Dallas.
HR 42	Caption: In memory of Royall R. Watkins of Dallas.
HR 43	Caption: In memory of James Allen Patton of Dallas.
HR 133	Caption: In memory of Hubert D. Knickerbocker of Dallas.
52nd Regular Session
HB 17	Caption: Relating to requiring, providing for form issuance and effective period of and fixing fees for, resident and nonresident hunting licenses; providing for issuance and use of deer tags; providing suitable penalty for violation of any provision of this Act.
HB 116	Caption: Relating to making the 134th Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas, a permanent constitutional district court; activating and confirming the criminal jurisdiction of said court co-extensive with the limits of Dallas County, Texas; providing for the term of office of the Judge of said court.
HB 139	Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes providing for salaries of certain justices of the peace and constables.
HB 150	Caption: Relating to providing for automobile expense allowance for certain Justices of the Peace, Constables, and Investigators for the District Attorney in certain Counties.
HB 218	Caption: Relating to amending certain acts by providing that Policemen and Firemen and Fire Alarm Operators may, while serving their probationary period have the benefits of the Act; providing for a system of benefits for Policemen and Firemen and Fire Alarm Operators if they suffer injury or receive injuries resulting in death while in active performance of their duties, that they, or their beneficiaries may participate in said Fund.
HB 393	Caption: Relating to amending the Public Accountancy Act of 1945.
HB 531	Caption: Relating to amending certain Articles to perpetuate a state bureau of Child and animal protection, as a body corporate, under the name Texas State Humane Society; with power to organize and maintain in the state local or subordinate organizations, and conferring thereon powers, privileges, immunities and duties processed by the state society and each of the branches thereof, upon which the same is hereafter conferred; adding provisions to the Penal Code of the State of Texas relating to authority of officers, definitions, and cruelty to fowls, poultry, and birds.
HB 720	Caption: Relating to making it unlawful to sell, give or barter or cause to be sold, given or bartered to any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years or to sell to another for delivery to such minor any narcotic drug as defined in the Penal Code of the State of Texas, except as otherwise authorized in same code; prescribing the penalty for conviction for violation of this act.
HB 775	Caption: Relating to fixing the amount and authorizing the payment of the salaries of the sheriff, the district clerk, the county clerk, the district attorney or criminal district attorney, the assessor and collector of taxes, and the county judge in all counties have a population of six hundred thousand (600,000) or more.
HB 783	Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure as relating to and providing for the Criminal District Court and the Criminal District Court No. 2 of Dallas County; creating Criminal Judicial Districts of Dallas County, Texas.
HB 791	Caption: Relating to fixing the maximum and minimum of the salaries to be paid Judges of the County Courts-at-Law, County Criminal Courts and County Probate Courts in counties having a population of six hundred thousand (600,000) or more according to the last preceding or any future Federal Census.
HB 803	Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code providing that hunting, fishing, trapping and other such licenses shall be automatically forfeited upon a finding that a person has willfully or by gross negligence violated any of the laws which the Game, Fish and Oyster Commission is charged with enforcing; providing for a penalty for the violation of any provision of this Act.
HCR 70	Caption: Providing for sine die adjournment on June 8, 1951.
HCR 155	Caption: Urging Congress and Federal administrative agencies to keep the issue of the nation's reserves of crude oil and natural gas in the forefront of their minds.
HCR 181	Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules in order to consider S. B. No. 487 at any time.
HCR 188	Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules in order to consider S. B. No. 463 at any time.
HJR 9	Caption: Proposing an amendment providing that the Legislature may provide for trials in lunacy cases without a jury.
HJR 16	Caption: Proposing an amendment authorizing the Legislature to fix the term of office and compensation of certain constitutional officers; authorizing the Legislature to fix the term of office and compensation of the Governor; authorizing the Legislature to fix the compensation of the Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Comptroller of Public Accounts, the Treasurer and the Commissioner of the General Land Office.
HR 21	Caption: Providing for a panel of pictures of the Members of the House of Representatives.
HR 23	Caption: In memory of Arthur Lee Kramer of Dallas.
HR 24	Caption: In memory of Thomas Marvin Cullum of Dallas.
HR 25	Caption: In memory of Herbert Marcus of Dallas.
HR 26	Caption: In memory of Dillon Alva Little of Dallas.
HR 28	Caption: In memory of Hal F. Buckner of Dallas.
HR 29	Caption: In memory of Leslie Waggener Dallas.
HR 34	Caption: Naming Dennis Edward Dicker and Gregory Thomas Dicker mascots of the House.
HR 35	Caption: Naming Sandra Lynn Atwell and Ben Atwell, IV, mascots of the House.
HR 36	Caption: Naming William W. Houston mascot of the House.
HR 66	Caption: In memory of Johnny Sides of Dallas.
HR 87	Caption: In memory of Edward P. Simmons of Dallas.
HR 116	Caption: Naming Shirley and Linda Senterfitt Queens of Mascots and Ronnie Senterfitt Prince of Mascots of the House.
HR 127	Caption: Naming Bobbie Jo Fleming Mascot of the House.
HR 181	Caption: Designating April 26 as Speakers Day.
HR 196	Caption: In memory of Nathaniel Greene Jacks of Dallas.
HR 224	Caption: In memory of Alex F. Weisberg of Dallas.
HR 247	Caption: In memory of Herman L. Philipson of Dallas.
HR 248	Caption: In memory of Eli Sanger of Dallas.
HR 256	Caption: In memory of Ben F. Looney Dallas.
HR 257	Caption: In memory of William Arthur Browning of Dallas.
HR 258	Caption: In memory of Sol Dreyfuss of Dallas.
HR 263	Caption: In memory of Marion Francis Webster of Dallas.
51st Regular Session
HB 14	Caption: Relating to providing for an annual audit by the State Auditor of all accounts, books and other financial records of county officers in each county of the State; providing for an appropriation; repealing all laws in conflict herewith.
HB 146	Caption: Relating to providing for and requiring big game hunting license for hunting deer or turkey; fixing penalty for violation of this Act; making exceptions;
HB 180	Caption: Relating to providing for remittance of 80% of county court fines and penalties and 85% of justice court fines and penalties recovered in prosecution of laws which it is or may hereafter be the duty of the Game, Fish and Oyster Commission to enforce; repealing all laws or parts thereof in conflict herewith.
HB 181	Caption: Relating to requiring, providing for form, issuance and effective period of, and fixing fees for, resident and nonresident hunting licenses.
HB 404	Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, providing for the creation of the position of assignment clerk for all counties having at least eight (8) District Courts, two (2) of which are Criminal Courts, and at least four (4) County Courts, two (2) of which are Criminal Courts at Law and one (1) is a County Criminal Court, providing for the appointment of such clerk and for duties and salary.
HB 405	Caption: Relating to providing for the payment of money in wife and child desertion cases to the probation officer or the district clerk, as the Juvenile Board may direct, and the disbursement of such funds.
HB 504	Caption: Relating to providing for the disposition of property where there is no sufficient evidence that persons have died otherwise than simultaneously; providing a severance clause; repealing all laws in conflict herewith.
HB 505	Caption: Relating to providing for acknowledgments of written instruments; repealing all laws in conflict herewith.
HB 573	Caption: Relating to providing that authority is conferred on Dallas County to adopt a "Home Rule Charter" by a favoring vote of the resident qualified electors of said county.
HB 592	Caption: Relating to providing for salaries of constables and justices of the peace in counties having at least eight (8) District Courts, two (2) of which are Criminal District Courrs, and at least four (4) County Courts, two (2) of which are County Courts of Law and one (1) is a County Criminal Court.
HB 747	Caption: Relating to making it unlawful for any person to enter or enroll in any State University or State College without first signing a statement that he is not a member of the Communist, Facist, or Nazi Party; providing a penalty; fixing an operative date for this Act; repealing all laws in conflict herewith.
HB 811	Caption: Relating to authorizing Commissioners' Courts of counties, which have voted to do so, to provide for county planning; providing for penalties and the enforcement of the Act; repealing all Acts in conflict herewith.
HCR 9	Caption: Authorizing the Legislature to adjourn from Thursday, January 20 to Monday, January 24, 1949.
HCR 112	Caption: Instructing the Conference committee for the appropriation bills to consider only the appropriations for the first fiscal year of the biennium.
HCR 167	Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of the Legislature in order to consider H. B. No. 993.
HJR 5	Caption: Proposing an Amendment to Section 5 of Article III of the Constitution relating to sessions of the Legislature (annual sessions) and what may be considered thereat and an Amendment to Section 24 of Article III relating to compensation of Members of the Legislature; specifying the time when the Amendment shall take effect if ratified; and providing for the submission of the proposed Amendment to a vote of the people.
HJR 32	Caption: Proposing an amendment to Article I of the Constitution of the State of Texas by providing that the right to jury trial in lunacy cases shall be the same as in ordinary civil cases, and further providing for waiver of a jury trial; further providing for the submission of this Amendment to the voters of this State; prescribing the form of ballot; providing for the proclamation and publication thereof.
HR 80	Caption: Inviting all former Speakers of the House to appear before the House on March 1, 1949.
HR 82	Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot.
HR 113	Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot.
HR 126	Caption: Providing for certain measures of vehicle identification for Members and the Press to park on the Capitol Grounds.
HR 179	Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot.
HR 182	Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot.
HR 276	Caption: Expressing gratitude for H. R. 269.
51st 1st Called Session
HCR 13	Caption: In memory of William M. "Tudey" Thornton of Austin.
HR 15	Caption: Directing the creation of a supplementary photo panel for new Members of the House.
50th Regular Session
HB 96	Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, making an appropriation of moneys coming into the County and Road District Highway Fund.
HB 151	Caption: Relating to requiring every person now or hereafter employed by the State or any municipality or other subdivision, and every person receiving pay from any public funds before receiving any salary wages or other compensation, to take a certain pledge; making it a misdemeanor to violate said pledge and fixing the punishment therefor and for the discharge of such employee violating said pledge.
HB 182	Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code to provide for remittance of 80% of county court fines and penalties and 85% of justice court fines and penalties recovered in prosecution of laws which it is or may hereafter be the duty of the Game, Fish and Oyster Commission to enforce; repealing laws and parts of laws in conflict.
HB 183	Caption: Relating to providing for transfer of moneys now on deposit in the State Treasury to the credit of the Special Game Fund, the Special Fish Propagation and Protection Fund, the Sand, Shell and Gravel Fund, the Fish and Oyster Fund, and the Lake Worth-Eagle Mountain Lake Fund, to a single fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Special Game and Fish Fund; providing for an effective date of this Act; repealing conflicting laws.
HB 567	Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, providing that corporations may be formed for the purpose of dealing in agricultural commodities, poultry, dairy products, livestock; to operate cold storage plants, warehouses, locker plants; to manufacture ice and non-intoxicating beverages; and for other allied purposes.
HB 598	Caption: Relating to carrying into effect Section 62a of Article 16 of the Constitution, creating an employees retirement fund for county employees.
HB 728	Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes to provide for the re-commitment of insane patients to state institutions at any time by the County Judge.
HB 744	Caption: Relating to providing for the re-numbering of re-built second-hand or used or junked automobile motors.
HCR 6	Caption: Granting the Legislature permission to adjourn from Thursday, January 16, 1947 until Monday, January 20, 1947.
HCR 9	Caption: Granting the Legislature permission to adjourn from Wednesday, January 22, 1947 until Monday, January 27, 1947.
HCR 15	Caption: Authorizing the Secretary of State to provide the Session Laws to the Attorney General's Department.
HCR 20	Caption: In memory of J. Ralph Thomson of Garland, Texas.
HCR 23	Caption: In memory of Sam Hanna of Dallas, Texas.
HCR 25	Caption: In memory of of George T. Parkhouse of Dallas County.
HCR 51	Caption: Granting the Legislature permission to adjourn from Thursday, March 13, 1947 until Monday, March 17, 1947.
HCR 54	Caption: In memory of George Bannerman Dealey of Dallas, Texas.
HCR 66	Caption: Granting the Legislature permission to adjourn from March 27, 1947 until March 31, 1947.
HCR 88	Caption: Memorializing Congress to propose a Constitutional amendment relative to the personal right of an individual to work at a gainful occupation regardless of membership or non-membership in a labor union.
HCR 131	Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules to consider Senate and House local and uncontested bills after 4 p.m., May 15.
HJR 10	Caption: Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for additional sessions of the Legislature and the Committees thereof.
HJR 33	Caption: Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment to provide that the right to a jury trial in lunacy cases shall be the same as in ordinary civil cases.
HR 25	Caption: Designating Bobbie Jo Fleming as a Mascot of the Legislature.
HR 27	Caption: Designating Judy Chapman and Beckie Potthoff as Mascots of the House.
HR 38	Caption: Designating Alicia Ann Reed and Judith Kay Reed Queens as Mascots of the House.
HR 147	Caption: Designating Howard Gandy and Jimmie Gandy as Mascots of the House.
HR 169	Caption: Designating Earline Chapman and Eugene Gandy as Mascots of the House.
HR 215	Caption: Inviting a certain male chorus to perform for the House of Representatives.
49th Regular Session
HB 56	Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts; declaring the policy of the State with reference to building, maintaining and financing state designated roads; making an appropriation for the biennium beginning September 1, 1945 and ending August 31, 1947, of moneys coming into the County and Road District Highway Fund.
HB 113	Caption: Relating to amending certain Article so as to provide that all county bonds issued under said Chapter shall mature not later than forty years from their date and may be made optional on any interest payment date in the discretion of the commissioners court
HB 502	Caption: Relating to amending certain Article, relative to family group life insurance policies, etc.
HB 541	Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing for purchase of automobiles for tax assessor and collector to be used for official business in certain counties, etc.
HB 542	Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by authorizing the appointment and employment of a "Night Chief Deputy" in addition to the first assistant or chief deputy now authorized in the Sheriff's office in all counties having a population of three hundred and ninety-five (395,000) inhabitants or more, according to the last preceding Federal Census.
HB 736	Caption: Relating to creating the Dallas County Flood Control District in Dallas County, Texas, and defining its powers; repealing all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith.
HB 837	Caption: Relating to providing that assignment of reporters of daily newspapers of general circulation to the Court House in all counties having eight or more district courts for twenty or more consecutive years prior to making application to take the bar examination shall be equivalent to and may be substituted for the prelegal study and training and study of the law required as a prerequisite for the taking of the examination to practice law, provided such applicant meets the requirements as to moral character.
HB 859	Caption: Relating to fixing the compensation of certain designated District, County and Precinct Officers and Employees in counties having a population of three hundred and forty thousand (340,000) or more, and less than five hundred thousand (500,000) according to the last preceding Federal Census; repealing all laws in conflict herewith.
HB 868	Caption: Relating to amending certain Article so as to include May 8th as a legal holiday.
HCR 22	Caption: In memory of Honorable George Clark Purl of Dallas.
HCR 101	Caption: Suspending certain Joint rules to consider H.B. No. 56.
47th Regular Session
HB 255	Caption: Relating to providing for the public sale of all bonds issued by any county, city, town, school district, or other political sub-division or municipal corporation of the State of Texas.
HB 318	Caption: Relating to amending the Revised Civil Statutes relative to providing for certain school fund balances not expended for the current year to be placed in the School Equalization Fund in certain counties.
HB 860	Caption: Relating to prescribing the method for the annexation of unoccupied territory contiguous and adjacent to the city limits of certain incorporated cities or towns, on petition of the owners of all such territory; providing for the recording of such petitions.
HB 926	Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act to empower and authorize certain counties to establish, own, and operate a parental home and school for the training of dependent and delinquent youth residents.
HB 955	Caption: Relating to prescribing the method for the annexation of unoccupied territory of certain incorporated cities and towns on petition of the owners of all such territory.
HB 1008	Caption: Relating to the payment to the County Judges in certain counties a compensation for the services of such County Judges as budget officers of the counties.
HB 1012	Caption: Relating to authorizing the Commissioners Court of certain counties to issue bonds for the purpose of refunding any or all outstanding indebtedness of such county chargeable against the General Fund which existed on April 30, 1941.
HB 1029	Caption: Relating to authorizing and empowering the Commissioners Court in certain counties to purchase fire trucks and other fire-fighting equipment for the protection and preservation of bridges, warehouses, shops, and other property located within the limits of any incorporated city or town.
HCR 154	Caption: Providing for recess on July 15, 1941, and adjournment sine die on July 18, 1941.
HJR 2	Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that counties may levy, assess, and collect such taxes as may be authorized by law but not to exceed Eighty (80) Cents on the one hundred dollars valuation in any one year.
HR 54	Caption: Electing the children of House members to the office of mascot.
HR 301	Caption: In memory of Rawlins Colquitt of Dallas.
47th 1st Called Session
HB 4	Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act declaring the policy of the State with reference to financing the constructing of county lateral roads.
HB 10	Caption: Relating to making an appropriation of the biennium beginning September 1, 1941, and ending August 31, 1943, of monies coming into the County and Road District Highway Fund.
HB 51	Caption: Relating to providing that in certain counties having County Courts at Law, the Judges of such Courts may act for the County Judge in probate or guardianship proceedings or matters, also in juvenile and lunacy cases.
HB 56	Caption: Relating to providing for a budget system in certain counties.
HCR 9	Caption: Granting Harper Standard Engraving Company permission to sue the State.