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: 520
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Ch. 193 58TH LEGISLATURE-REGULAR SESSION
in each House be suspended, and said Rule is hereby suspended; and that
this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and
it is so enacted.
Passed the Senate, March 21, 1963: Yeas 30, Nays 0; passed the House,
May 8, 1963, by a non-record vote.
Approved May 21, 1963.
Effective 90 days after May 24, 1963, date of adjournment.
BUILDING COMMISSION-LANDS WITH HISTORIC
SITES-ACQUISITION
CHAPTER 194
S. B. No. 239
An Act to amend Section 15 of Chapter 514, Acts of the 54th Legislature, Regular
Session, 1955, (compiled as Article 678m, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) and
to amend Chapter 514, Acts of the 54th Legislature, Regular Session, 1955,
by adding thereto a new Section to be known as Section 16A; providing
for the acquisition of lands upon which are located historic and prehistoric
sites and other historical features by the State Building Commission, allow-
ing certification or authentication by the Texas State Historical Survey
Committee, authorizing the erection and maintenance of historic monu-
ments or memorials, the locating and marking of graves of former Texas
heroes, the maintenance of monuments and memorials erected by the State
of Texas to commemorate the Centenary of Texas Independence, requiring
certain approval of the Texas State Historical Survey Committee before
erection of new monuments or memorials; repealing all laws in conflict;
and declaring an emergency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
Section 1. Section 15 of Chapter 514, Acts of the 54th Legislature,
1955, (compiled as Section 15 of Article 678m, Vernon's Texas Civil Stat-
utes), is hereby amended 29 to read as follows:
"Sec. 15. Monuments or memorials for the Texas heroes of the Con-
federate States of America and the Texas War for Independence, or to
commemorate any other event or person of historical significance to Texans
and the State of Texas may be erected on land owned or acquired by the
state or, if suitable contracts can be made for permanent preservation
of such monuments or memorials, on private property or on land owned by
the federal government or by other states. The locating and marking
of graves of such Texans is hereby authorized. The Commission is fur-
ther authorized to maintain and shall be responsible for the continuing
maintenance of the monuments and memorials erected by the State of
Texas to commemorate the Centenary of Texas Independence. Before
erection of any new monument or memorial the Commission shall obtain
the approval of the Texas State Historical Survey Committee as to the
form, dimensions, substance of and inscriptions or illustrations upon such
monuments or memorials."
Sec. 2. Chapter 514, Acts of the 54th Legislature, 1955, (compiled as
Article 678m, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) is hereby amended by add-
29. Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 678m, 15.
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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/m1/856/?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.