Legislative Reference Library

45th 1st Called Session
May 27, 1937 - June 25, 1937

Leadership

Governor: James V Allred
Lieutenant Governor: Walter Frank Woodul
Speaker(s) of the House: Robert Wilburn Calvert

Special Session Topics

Outlaw and prohibit the so-called pari-mutuel betting or gaming on horse races, at race tracks, legalized by the Acts of the Forty-third Legislature in 1933 [Sat May 22, 1937]
Bookie statute [Mon Jun 7, 1937]
Disposition of jacks and stallions belonging to the state [Mon Jun 7, 1937]
Outlawing and prohibiting betting or wagering of any kind on this character of racing [Mon Jun 7, 1937]
Authorize a suit against the State Highway Department and the State [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Authorize certain investigations to be made before the issuance of a charter to labor organizations, expecting farmers [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Authorize execution of oil and gas leases by nonresident guardians [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Bounty on rattlesnakes in Bell County [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Brownsboro independent school district bill [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Certain corrections in House Bill 5, Acts of the Forty-fifth Legislature, which corrections have been requested by Hon. Bert Ford, Administrator for the Texas Liquor Control Board [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Correct inadvertent errors in Senate Bill No. 84, Acts of the Regular Session [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Enable a renewal of the charter of the San Antonio Express Publishing Company [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Local bond validation bill for Harris County [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Local game bill [Prairie Chickens, Colorado and Austin Counties] [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Local game bill [Use of seines in Bosque River] [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Local hospital bill [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Local jury wheel bill [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Local time warrant bill [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Local validation bill [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Local validation bond bill for Chambers County [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Lower the allowance for prisoners working out fines from $3.00 to $1.00 [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Make the State season for mourning and white-wing doves correspond with Federal regulations [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Prohibit candidates from making certain donations [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Provide for six members of the State Embalming Board, to be appointed by the State Board of Health [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Repeal of House Bill 915, Acts of the Regular Session (School consolidation bill) [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Validate certain independent school district elections [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Validate local bonds [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Validate the issuance of bonds for the New London School District and Gladewater [Mon Jun 21, 1937]
Amend Article 305, Revised Civil Statues of 1925 (relative to candidates applying for examination to practice law) [Tue Jun 22, 1937]

Bill statistics for the 45th Legislature, 1st Called Session

Status	HB	HCR	HR	SB	SCR	SR	Total HB & SB	Total
Filed	84	29	44	29	11	17	113	214
Passed	29	19	33	21	7	16	50	125
Vetoed	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	4