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STATE GOVERNMENT. 29
until name was changed in the appropria-
tion act of 1923.
8 A second law for the establishment of
the University of Texas was passed in 1881
and the University was opened in 1883.
9 The law for the present organization of
the Commission was passed in 1910.
10A Board of Medical Censors was cre-
ated in 1837. but abolished a few years
later. Licensing of physicians was done
by county boards (1873) and by district
boards (1876). Three boards for the sepa-
rate schools of practitioners were estab-
lithed in 1901. A single board was pro-
vided in 1907.
THIRTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE;
COUNTIES IN NEW DISTRICTS.
The law defining new boundaries
for Texas State Senatorial and Rep-
resentative Districts, passed by
the Thirty-Seventh Legislature
(.1923), became effective April 1,
1924, and the elections of 1924 were
upon a basis of the new districts.
Below are given lists of State
Senators and members of the House
as elected in 1924 to the Thirty-
Ninth Legislature. The names of
the counties represented by each
Senator and each member of the
House are also given:
State Senators and Senatorial
Districts.
Note.-All Democrats except Julius Real,
Republican, Twenty-Sixth District.
District No. 1-Lloyd E. Price,
Daingerfield. Includes Bowie, Ma-
rion;-Cass, Morris and Titus Coun-
ties.
District No. 2-J. G. Strong, Car-
thage. Includes Harrison, Gregg,
Rusk, Panola and Shelby Counties.
District No. 3-I. D. Fairchild,
Lufkin. Includes Cherokee, Nacog-
doches, San Augustine, Angelina,
Sabine, Newton, Jasper and Tyler.
District No. 4-H. F. Triplett,
Beaumont. Includes Orange, Jef-
ferson, Hardin and Liberty Coun-
ties.
District No. 5-H. L. Lewis, Nava-
sota. Includes Grimes, Montgomery,
Trinity, Houston. Leon; Polk, Madi-
son, Walker and San Jacinto Coun-
ties.
District No. 6-J. Roy Hardin,
Kaufman. Includes Navarro, Hen-
derson, Anderson, Freestone and
Kaufman.
District No. 7-Thomas G. Pol-
lard, Tyler. Includes Camp, Wood,
Upshur, Smith and Van Zandt Coun-
ties.
District No. 8--Charles R. Floyd,
Paris. Includes Lamar, Delta,
Franklin, Hopkins and Red River
Counties.
District No.. 9-W. S. Moore,
Gainesville. Includes Cooke, Gray-
son and Fannin Counties.
District No. 10-Joe M. Moore,
Greenville. Includes Rockwall, Col-
lin, Hunt and Rains Counties. -
District No. 11--John Davis, Dal-
las. Includes Dallas County.
District" No. 12--Pierce - B. Ward,
Cleburne. Includes Johnson, Hill,
Ellis,-Hood and Somervell"Counties,District No. 13-Edgar E. Witt,
Waco. Includes McLennan, Falls,
Limestone and Milam Counties.
District No. 14-R. S. Bowers,
Caldwell. Includes Bastrop, Lee
Burleson, Washington, Brazos and
Robertson Counties..
District No. 15-Gus Russek,
Schulenburg. Includes Fayette La-
vaca, Colorado, Austin and Waller
Counties.
District No. 16-Charles Murphy,
Houston. Includes Harris County.
District No. 17-T. J. Holbrook,
Galvestpn. Includes Wharton, Fort
Bend, Matagorda, Brazoria, Galves-
ton and Chambers Counties.
District No. 18-John H. Bailey,
Cuero. Includes Wilson, Atascosa,
Karnes, De Witt, Victoria, Goliad,
Live Oak, San Patricio, Bee, Re-
fugio, Aransas, Calhounand Jack-
son Counties.
District No. 19-A. J. Wirtz, ce-
guin. Includes Blanco, Hays, Co-
mal, Caldwell, Guadalupe and Gon-
zales.
'District No. 20--A. E. Wood,
Granger. Includes San Saba, Lam-
pasas, Llano, Burnet, Williamson
and Travis Counties.
District No. 21--Carl C. Hardin,
Stephenville. Includes Bell, Erath,
Bosque, Hamilton and Coryell Coun-
ties.
District No. 22-Eugene Miller,
Weatherford. Includes Montague,
Jack, Wise, Denton, Palo Pinto and
Parker Counties.
District No. 23-J. D. Parnell,
Wichita Falls. Includes Harde-
man, Foard, Knox, Wilbarger. Bay-
lor, Wichita, Archer, Young and
Clay Counties,
District No. 24-Jesse R. Smith,
Breckenridge. Includes Scurry, East-
land, Callahan, Taylor, Nolan,
Mitchell, Throckmorton Fisher,
Jones, Haskell, Shackelford and
Stephens Counties.
District No. 25-Walter C. Wood-
ward, Coleman. Includes Comanche,
Mills, Brown, Coleman, McCulloch,
Mason, Menard, Concho,- Runnels,
Coke, Torn Green, Schleicher, Irion,
Sterling, Gillespie and Kimble Coun-
ties.
District No. 26-Julius Real, Kerr-
ville. Includes Ker, Kendall, Bexar
and Bande a Counties.
District No. 27-A. Parr, San
Diego. Includes Zavalla, Frio, Mc-
Mullen, La 'Salle, Dimmit, Webb,
Duval, Jim Hogg, Zapata, Jim Wells,
Kenedy, Nueces, Kleberg, Willacy,
Brooks, Starr, Hidalgo and Cameron
Counties.
District No. 28-Robert A. Stuart,
Fort Worth. Includes Tarrant
County.
District No. 29-B-enjamin F.
Berkley, El Paso. Includes El Paso,
Hudspeth, Culberson, Reeves Lov-
ing,. Winkler, Ward, Ector, Midland,
Glasscock. Reagan, Upton, Crane,
Crockett, Sutton, Edwrards, Real,
Kinney, Val Verde, Terrell, -Brew-
ster, Presidio; Jeff Davls, Pecos,
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