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The Texas House of Representatives Committee to Investigate Bribery Charges against Representatives Dale and Moore was a special committee created by a Simple Resolution of the 40th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, passed on February 3, 1927. The committee was responsible for investigating a criminal complaint of bribery against Representatives Francis A. Dale and H.H. Moore, who were accused of soliciting a bribe from the Texas State Optometric Association in return for killing a bill that they had introduced that would have put a special occupation tax on optometrists. The House immediately appointed a committee upon the arrest of Representatives Dale and Moore. The committee of nine members held public hearings and heard testimony from the Speaker of the House, the arresting officers from the Texas Rangers, an officer of the Texas State Optometric Association, and the two members charged. The committee submitted a report to the House stating that the charges were justifiable, that the conduct of Representatives Dale and Moore rendered them unfit to sit in the House, and that the committee recommended they be expelled and their seats declared vacant. The House adopted the report and expelled the two representatives on February 8, 1927. Dale was re-elected to the same district seat in 1930 and served again in the 42nd Legislature.
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The Texas House of Representatives Committee to Investigate Bribery Charges against Representatives Dale and Moore was a special committee responsible for investigating a criminal complaint of bribery against Representatives Francis A. Dale and H.H. Moore, who were accused of soliciting a bribe from the Texas State Optometric Association in return for killing a bill that they had introduced that would have put a special occupation tax on optometrists. Records of the committee are minutes of the committee's proceedings, a copy of the resolution, transcript of the testimony, and the committee's report, all dating 1927.
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(Identify the item), House of Representatives Committee to Investigate Bribery Charges against Representatives Dale and Moore records, Texas Legislature. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Guide survey information compiled by Paul Beck, January 1988
Finding aid encoded in EAD Version 2002 as part of the TARO project by Rebecca Romanchuk, March 2012
Accession number: 1988/063
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by an unknown agency during the 20th century. An accession number was assigned on January 20, 1988.