Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Fifty-First Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 3 Page: 3,287
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HOUSE JOURNAL
Has carefully compared same and
finds it correctly engrossed.
ETHEREDGE, Chairman.
Austin, Texas, May 30, 1949.
Hon. Durwood Manford, Speaker of
the House of Representatives.
Sir: Your Committee on Engrossed
Bills to whom was referred
H. B. No. 37, A bill to be entitled
"An Act to provide a general reg-
istration system for voters at all
elections; providing that the County
Clerk shall be the Registrar of
Voters and providing in cities with
a population of seventy-five thou-
sand (75,000) or over, the Commis-
sioners Court may designate a board
of three (3) members to serve as
Registrar of Voters in lieu of said
County Clerk; prescribing the duties
of the Registrar of Voters; provid-
ing for the manner, method and
time of registration; providing for
rules for participating in Primaries
and General Elections; providing for
registration receipts and duplicate
receipts; providing for transfer of
registration and for correcting the
rolls; providing for a challenge of
registration or registrations and ap-
peal to the District Court; providing
for printing of forms and expenses
of system; providing for duties of
Secretary of State as administrative
head; providing for its effective
date; repealing all laws or parts of
laws in conflict herewith; providing
a severance and saving clause; and
declaring an emergency."
Has carefully compared same and
finds it correctly engrossed.
ETHEREDGE, Chairman.
Austin, Texas, May 31, 1949.
Hon. Durwood Manford, Speaker of
the House of Representatives.
Sir: Your Committee on Engrossed
Bills to whom was referred
H. C. R. No. 114, Granting permis-
sion to Clyde Rose of San Antonio,
Bexar County, Texas, to sue the State
of Texas and/or the Austin State
School.
Has carefully compared same and
finds it correctly engrossed.
ETHEREDGE, Chairman.
Austin, Texas, May 31, 1949.
Hon. Durwood Manford, Speaker of
the House of Representatives.3287
Sir: Your Committee on Engrossed
Bills to whom was referred
H. C. R. No. 43, Providing for
the disposition of all properties, both
real and personal, and interests in
property acquired by the State of
Texas, pursuant to the operations of
Article 6144b and 6144c, R. C. S.,
and the Commission of Control for
Centennial Celebrations, not hereto-
fore disposed of.
Has carefully compared same and
finds it correctly engrossed.
ETHEREDGE, Chairman.
Austin, Texas, May 31, 1949.
Hon. Durwood Manford, Speaker of
the House of Representatives.
Sir: Your Committee on Engrossed
Bills to whoin was referred
H. C. R. No. 117, Memorializing
Congress as to the retention of all
lands and minerals within the orig-
inal boundaries of Texas.
Has carefully compared same and
finds it correctly engrossed.
ETHEREDGE, Chairman.
REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON
ENROLLED BILLS
Austin, Texas, May 31, 1949.
Hon. Durwood Manford, Speaker of
the House of Representatives.
Sir: Your Committee on Enrolled
Bills to whom was referred
H. B. No. 162, An Act amending
Chapter 25, Acts of the Regular Ses-
sion, Thirty-ninth Legislature, 1925,
by adding a Section thereto providing
for the creation and organization of
underground water conservation dis-
tricts to provide for the conservation,
preservation, protection and recharg-
ing and the prevention of waste of
underground. water: prescribing the
powers, functions and limitations of
such districts; defining terms and
prescribing standards to govern the
operation of such districts and the
adoption, promulgation and enforce-
ment of rules and regulations there-
of; recognizing individual ownership
of underground water; authorizing
the State Board of Water Engineers
to designate underground water res-
ervoirs and subdivisions thereto; pro-
viding for appeals from orders, rules,
regulations and acts hereunder: con-
taining a saving clause; and declar-
ing an emergency.May 31, 1949
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