Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 37: Difference between revisions

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* ''Day Land & Cattle Co. v. State'', 4 S.W. 865, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/004_SW_865.pdf#page=9 873] (Tex. 1887) (emphasis in original) ("The requirement is that a bill shall be 'referred to ''a committee'', and reported thereon,' before it shall be considered. This, from the averments of the answer, was done, and we cannot, under the wording of the constitution, say that more than this was necessary. If, however, the constitution required a bill to be referred to a committee of each house, and to be reported on before the house making the reference acted on it, it would be conclusively presumed that the legislature complied with the requirements.")
* ''Day Land & Cattle Co. v. State'', 4 S.W. 865, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/004_SW_865.pdf#page=9 873] (Tex. 1887) ("The constitution provides that 'no bill shall be considered, unless it has been first referred . . . . The requirement is that a bill shall be 'referred to ''a committee'', and reported thereon,' before it shall be considered. This, from the averments of the answer, was done, and we cannot, under the wording of the constitution, say that more than this was necessary. If, however, the constitution required a bill to be referred to a committee of each house, and to be reported on before the house making the reference acted on it, it would be conclusively presumed that the legislature complied with the requirements.")


|seo_title=Article III, Section 37 of the Texas Constitution ("Reference to Committee and Report")
|seo_title=Article III, Section 37 of the Texas Constitution ("Reference to Committee and Report")