Records, 1935

Texas. Department of Agriculture

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In 1974, the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) established the Family Land Heritage Program in order to honor families who have continuously operated Texas farms and ranches for at least 100 years. That same year, the TDA printed the first registry of honorees and hosted the first Family Land Heritage Day, during which the families received certificates by the Agricultural Commissioner. The program still continues, with new honorees accepted to the registry every year. Applicants submit a fo...

Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee to Investigate Expenditures of State Funds.

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Texas Legislature's House Committee to Investigate Expenditures of State Funds was created in 1935 by a simple resolution during the Regular Session of the 44th Legislature. A resolution introduced by Representative Petsch on January 23, 1935 pointed out that, prior to June 20,1933, the Board of Education, which managed the Permanent School Fund, had invested almost $2.5 million dollars of that fund in what proved in danger of being worthless bonds. Then, after June 30, 1933, the Bo...

Permanent School Fund (Texas)

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Texas. State Board of Barber Examiners

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The Texas State Board of Barber Examiners was created in 1929 by the Texas Barber Law, House Bill 104, 41st Legislature, 1st Called Session, to protect Texas consumers by regulating the practice of barbering. The board administers the examination and licensing of barbers and barber instructors, requires health certificates for barbers, provides for licensing of barbershops and schools, and requires regular inspection of such establishments for compliance with rules and regulations concerning san...

Texas School for the Deaf

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Texas Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb was created in 1856. It changed its name to Texas Deaf and Dumb Institution about 1868, to Texas Institution for the Deaf and Dumb about 1871, and to Texas Deaf and Dumb Asylum about 1887. In fiscal year 1911 the name was changed to its current designation, the Texas School for the Deaf. The original Institution was governed by 5 trustees named by the governor; the board appointed the superintendant except for a pe...

Texas. Highway Dept.

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The Texas (State) Highway Department (merged into the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation in 1975, and merged again into the Texas Department of Transportation in 1991) was responsible for the building and maintenance of the state's roads and highways from its creation in 1917. Its governing body was a three-member Highway Commission who appointed the state highway engineer, held public hearings, had the authority to create geographical divisions within the Depart...

Texas. State Dept. of Education.

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Texas. State Dept. of Health.

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Until it was abolished in 2004 and absorbed into the Texas Department of State Health Services, the Texas Department of Health was the latest successor in a line of health-related state agencies: the Texas Quarantine Department (1879-1903), the Texas Department of Public Health and Vital Statistics (1903-1909), the Texas State Department of Health (1909-1975), and the Texas Department of Health Resources (1975-1977). The department became the State of Texas' primary agency for publi...