12th Regular Session (1871) – Governor Edmund J. Davis
| Bill | Caption | Document |
|---|---|---|
| HB 15 |
An act to incorporate the Casino Society of Yorktown.
Governor vetoed bill on April 17, 1871. Legislature passed HB 589, an act supplementary to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Casino Society of Yorktown, on May 3, 1871. (printed as Chapter CLV in session laws) Governor sent message to House on May 9, 1871 stating that the supplemental act "obviates the objection stated ... in my message" and that he is willing to withdraw his veto. House Journal Text Also, on May 9, the House on reconsideration agreed to pass the bill. House Journal Text Senate Committee recommends "that the Senate upon reconsideration, do not pass the bill." Senate Journal Text Act to Incorporate the Casino Society of Yorktown was passed in the following session, (12th Legislature, Adjournal Session) and printed in the Session Laws as Chapter XC |
Veto |
| HB 27 | An act for the relief of Judge M.B. Walker, of the Supreme Court. | Veto |
| HB 44 | An act to make an appropriation to pay the late assessors and collectors for taking the scholastic census in the several counties of this State. | Veto |
| HB 45 | An act for the relief of the widow and heirs of W.A. Smith, deceased. | Veto |
| HB 70 | An act for the relief of Thomas N. Haynes. | Veto |
| HB 72 |
An act to incorporate the Jefferson Gas Light Company.
There are two vetoes to this bill printed in the House Journal; both have identical text; one is dated February 21, 1871 and one is dated February 23, 1870 [sic]. Another bill with the same caption (HB 366) was approved March 4, 1871. |
Veto |
| HB 165 | An act for the relief of the estate of Thomas Carothers, deceased. | Veto |
| HB 247 | An act for the relief of R. H. Walker. | Veto |
| HB 248 | An act for the relief of Richard O'Hanlon. | Veto |
| HB 263 | An act to organize and incorporate the Galveston, Jefferson and St. Louis Railroad Company. | Veto |
| HB 322 | An act authorizing and regulating the sale of the University Lands. | Veto |
| HB 328 | An act for the relief of the heirs of Orlando Forrest. | Veto |
| HB 357 |
An act making appropriations for the support of the State government for deficiencies for the fiscal year ending August 31, 1871, and for the fiscal year beginning September 1, 1871.
Line-item veto. |
Veto |
| HB 364 |
An act for the relief of John Hawkins Brown.
House Override. House Journal Text Senate Override. Senate Journal Text |
Veto |
| HB 408 | An act to incorporate the Corpus Christi and Rio Grande Railroad Company. | Veto |
| HB 465 | An act for the relief of J. F. B. Vega. | Veto |
| HB 472 | An act for the relief of the heirs and assignees of James Power and James Hewitson. | Veto |
| HB 491 | An act for the relief of Drury Fields, assignee of James Y. Mason. | Veto |
| HB 505 |
An act to encourage the speedy construction of a railway through the State of Texas to the Pacific Ocean.
House Override. House Journal Text Senate Override. Senate Journal Text Governor sent related message to House in 12th Adjourned Session relaying his continued concerns on this topic. House Journal Text |
Veto |
| HB 526 |
An act to organize and incorporate the Austin and Red River Railroad Company.
Text of veto was printed in 12th Legislature, Adjourned Session, House Journal. |
Veto |
| HB 574 | An act to incorporate the Austin and Texas Pacific Junction Railroad and Telegraph Company. | Veto |
| HB 632 | An act to regulate the change of venue of cases in the district court, which the judges of said court are disqualified from trying. | Veto |
| HB 679 | An act making an apppropriation to pay the expenses of commissioners to locate and build the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. | Veto |
| SB 9 | An act authorizing the county courts to sell the school lands situated in their respective counties. | Veto |
| SB 57 | An act to prescribe the manner in which cases shall be tried in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, when one or more of the judges may be disqualified by having presided at the trial of such case in the district or lower court, or from any other cause. | Veto |
| SB 101 | An act to amend the first section of an act supplemental to an act entitled "an act defining the office and duties of notaries public," passed May 13, 1846, approved March 5, 1863. | Veto |
| SB 109 | An act to authorize J.F. Smith and J. Easley to erect a toll bridge over the mouth of Guthrie creek and the swamp channel of Grace's creek, in the county of Upshur and State of Texas. | Veto |
| SB 132 |
An act authorizing C.C. DeWitt and T.M. Harwood, of Gonzales county, to construct a bridge across the Guadalupe river, near the town of Gonzales, in Gonzales county.
Bill on same topic, SB 304, was passed after SB 132 was vetoed; printed in Session Laws as Ch. CLXXXVI. |
Veto |
| SB 168 | An act to incorporate the Galveston and Denver City Air Line Railway Company, and to promote the construction thereof. | Veto |
| SB 182 | An act to incorporate the Tyler Tap Railroad Company. | Veto |
| SB 219 | An act to incorporate the Texas Savings Bank. | Veto |
| SB 220 |
An act to incorporate the Calvert and Belton Railroad Company.
Senate Override. Senate Journal Text House Override. House Journal Text |
Veto |
| SB 222 | An act making an appropriation for the mileage and per diem pay of the members, and the per diem pay of the officers and employees of the Twelfth Legislature of the State of Texas. | Veto |
| SB 274 | An act to provide for the relief of the heirs of Charles G. Bryant, deceased. | Veto |
| SB 275 | An act to provide for the relief of the heirs of Andrew Jackson Bryant, deceased. | Veto |
| SB 312 | An act to authorize the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company to unite or consolidate its railroad with connecting roads. | Veto |
| SB 341 |
An act authorizing and requiring the sheriffs of the several counties in this State to pay certain claims.
Senate Override. Senate Journal Text House refuses to pass over veto. House Journal Text |
Veto |
| SB 406 |
An act authorizing Jacob Carroll to construct a toll bridge across Peach creek, in Gonzales county.
Senate Override. Senate Journal Text House refused to pass over veto. House Journal Text |
Veto |
| SB 407 |
An act to incorporate the Navasota and Washington County Ferry Company.
Supplemental bill referred to in Governor's veto proclamation is SB 434, found in Session Laws as Chapter CCL. |
Veto |
| SB 416 | An act to amend the fifth section of an act passed the first day of October, A.D., 1866, entitled 'an act to incorporate the Rio Grande Railroad Company. | Veto |
| SJR 26 | Joint resolution for the relief of Dillard Cooper. | Veto |
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