Bill Text: TX HCR84 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Designating 42 as the official State Domino Game of Texas.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 5)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Signed by the Governor [HCR84 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HCR84-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 84 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Citizens of Texas have long enjoyed a reputation for | ||
| developing original and imaginative ideas that have been embraced | ||
| by individuals throughout the nation and beyond; and | ||
| WHEREAS, One such innovation is the domino game 42, a very | ||
| popular pastime that was created in the Lone Star State; and | ||
| WHEREAS, According to research conducted in 1985 by | ||
| journalist Christopher Evans of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the | ||
| game, also called "Texas 42," dates to 1887 and was developed by two | ||
| enterprising boys in the North Texas town of Trapp Spring, known | ||
| today as Garner; and | ||
| WHEREAS, There, 12-year-old William A. Thomas and | ||
| 14-year-old Walter Earl one day found themselves in deep trouble | ||
| with their parents when they were discovered in a barn hayloft | ||
| playing the card game auction whist, which is similar to the modern | ||
| game of bridge; card games were considered sinful in the boys' | ||
| devoutly Baptist families, and William and Walter were disciplined | ||
| for their actions; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The punishment did not end their love of whist, | ||
| however, and they went on to devise a similar four-player game that | ||
| used dominoes instead of cards; because there was no prohibition | ||
| within their faith against playing dominoes, William and Walter | ||
| were able to show their friends how to play, and their invention was | ||
| soon taken up by other local residents; the activity later became | ||
| popular in Fannin County after the Thomas and Earl families moved to | ||
| the town of Windom; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through the decades, the boys' creation spread far | ||
| and wide and became known as 42, an entertaining contest of skill | ||
| and chance that is enjoyed by countless people the world over; the | ||
| game is a true Lone Star original and a testament to the ingenuity | ||
| and fun-loving nature of Texans, making it a most fitting symbol for | ||
| our state; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate 42 as the official State Domino | ||
| Game of Texas. | ||
| Cain | ||
| White | ||
| King of Parker | ||
| Landtroop | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 84 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 13, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.C.R. | ||
| No. 84 on May 27, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 6, 3 | ||
| present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 84 was adopted by the Senate, as | ||
| amended, on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
