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38th 1st Called Session


March 15, 1923 - March 15, 1923


Leadership

Governor: Pat M. Neff -  Vetoes

Lieutenant Governor: Thomas Whitfield Davidson

Speaker of the House: Richard Ernest Seagler 

Special Session Topics

 Proclamations

  • Make appropriations within the available revenue for the support and maintenance of our schools, our State eleemosynary institutions, and the Texas Government. [Thu Mar 15, 1923]
  • Make effective the provisions of the Federal Constitution and the provisions of the Texas Constitution which prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating beverages. [Thu Mar 15, 1923]
  • Provide sufficient funds by every means known to the Constitution and statutes of Texas to properly maintain our public schools, our eleemosynary asylums, our Texas Government, and all her institutions. [Thu Mar 15, 1923]
  • Vest the courts of Texas with effective authority to remove from office any officer against whom it can be proven in open court and before a jury. that such officer has wilfully and corruptly failed and refused to enforce, as he took an oath to enforce, the laws of the country. [Thu Mar 15, 1923]

Journals

The House Journal and Senate Journal for the 38th 1st Called Session are available from the Legislative Reference Library.

Rules
House Rules (38th R.S.)
Joint Rules (38th R.S.)
Senate Rules (38th R.S.)

Bill statistics for the 38th Legislature, 1st Called Session

Status HB HCR HJR HR SB SCR SJR SR Total
HB & SB
Total
Filed 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Passed 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Vetoed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0