Legislature Passes 1 140 Bills and 66 Joint Resolutions
The session ending March 16 saw 1,140 bills and 66 joint resolutions offered in two houses. Of these 655 House bills and 485 Senate bills were introduced, with about 130 Senate and 170 House bills finally passed. Eight joint resolutions passed, four from each house. Senate and House bills passed cover appropriations, redistricting, tax, law, and governance topics across counties and state agencies.
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House
Senate
Commission of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Wichita Falls
Legislature Proposals on Salaries and Supreme Court
House and Senate joint resolutions propose abolishing the fee system and fixing salaries for all officers. Nine Supreme Court justices would be specified. Investment of the university permanent fund in U S and other bonds is allowed. Legislators’ pay after 60 days would match regular session rates, and salaries of all state officials could be set by the Legislature.
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University Stadium
Texas-Oklahoma
Sheppard-Towner
Webster Independent School District
State Service Officer
Highway Commission
Supreme Court
University Permanent Fund
United States
Doris Duke Heiress in a Sea of Riches
A letter to Doris Duke, then 15, notes her vast $53 million inheritance from tobacco magnate James B. Duke and her seven mansions in New York, while contrasting her wealth with a North Carolina log cabin memory and the simple joys she may never know.
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Doris
James B. Duke
Park Avenue
City
New York
Seven Seas
North Carolina
Carolina
Johnny Jones
Innocence and wealth contrasted in an Omaha World Herald note
The column laments a 15-year-old girl living in a marble mansion with 53 million dollars in the bank while recalling youthful joys berry picking with friends and simpler springtime adventures. It contrasts childhood freedoms with future fortunes and questions enduring happiness.
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Doris
Omaha World-Herald
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Brom Quinine Ad
Drug advertisement asserts a single day cure for a cold using Laxative Brom Quinine tablets. It claims to stop cough and headache and to work off the cold with E W Groves signature on each box. Price 30 cents.
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W. Grove
E.W. Groves
No Worms in a Healthy Child Advertisement
An old medical ad promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a tonic for children with worms. It claims the remedy improves blood, digestion, and overall strength, helping Nature dispel worms. The product is described as pleasant to take at 60 cents per bottle.
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Grove
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Normal College
Huntsville
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Harris County Navigation District
Harris County
Cates
Ferguson Farm
Johnny
Mary
Sue
National Battery
the National Battery Station
Dan S. Dickerman
Whitewright
Rexall
Dyer
Jones Drug Store
Duco
Fisher
Chevrolet
Flint Mick
F.o.b. Flint
Mich
Bob Sears
Texas
of Gordon Clothing Company
Garland
Alexander & Coldwell
Whitewright, Texas
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