General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Third Called Session of the Fifty-Seventh Legislature and the Regular Session of the Fifty-Eighth Legislature Page: 1,189
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MARRIED WOMEN
and. if the husband be joined in any suit based upon a contract of the
wife for necessaries for herself and their common child or children and
the court finds that such contract was for such necessaries and that the
debts so contracted or expenses incurred were reasonable and proper, the
court shall also decree that execution may be levied upon the common
property or upon the separate property of the husband."
Sec. 6. Article 4626, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amend-
ed by Section 2 of Chapter 499, Acts of the Forty-fifth Legislature, Regu-
lar Session, 1937, is hereby amended 37 so as to read as follows:
"Art. 4626.
"A married woman shall have the same powers and capacity as if she
were a feme sole, in her own name, to contract and be contracted with,
sue and be sued, and all her separate property, her personal earnings and
the revenues from her separate estate which is not exempt from execution
under the laws of Texas shall thereafter be subject to her debts and be
liable therefor, and her contracts and obligations shall be binding on
her."
Sec. 7. The importance of this legislation and the crowded condition
of the Calendars in both Houses create an emergency and an imperative
public necessity that the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on
three several days in each House be suspended, and this Rule is hereby
suspended, and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
passage, and it is so enacted.
Passed the House, April 17, 1963, by a non-record vote; passed the
Senate, May 21, 1963, by a viva-voce vote.
Approved June 10, 1963.
Effective 90 days after May 24, 1963, date of adjournment.
MARRIED WOMEN-CONVEYANCE OF SEPARATE LANDS
CHAPTER 473
H. B. No. 404
An Act repealing one Article of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925;
namely, Article 1299, which requires Joinder of the husband and privy
acknowledgment of the wife in any conveyance of the separate lands of
the wife; and declaring an emergency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
Section 1. The following Article of the Revised Civil Statutes of
Texas, 1925, is hereby repealed:38 Article 1299, which requires joinder
of the husband and privy acknowledgment of the wife in any conveyance of
the separate lands of the wife.
Sec. 2. The importance of this legislation and the crowded condition
of the Calendars in both Houses create an emergency and an imperative
public necessity that the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on
three several days in each House be suspended, and this Rule is hereby sus-
37. Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 4626.
38. Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 1299.
1189Ch. 473
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Texas. Legislature. General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Third Called Session of the Fifty-Seventh Legislature and the Regular Session of the Fifty-Eighth Legislature, legislative document, 1963; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth221759/m1/1525/?q=+date%3A1945-1972: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.