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# THE ATTORNEY 

# GENERAL

AUSTIX~TEXAS

PRICE DANIEL ATTORNEY

GENERAL October 18, ,1947

Hon. J. 9. Holleman District Attorney 9th Judicial rndat Conroe, Texas opinion Ho. v-410

Be: ,Constmotion of H. B. 353, Aots

, 50th Leg.., 1947, p. 104, aa it relates to Polk County.
Dear Sir:

Your requent ror an opinion of this Departnent Is In substanoe as follows:

‘Section 1, House Bill Ho. 353, pro

### vides,amongother things:
*fFcom ahd after the passe. Aot the Spools1 1IlLnth Dlstrlot I!

e of this owt of IQntgoPerp, Polk and San Jaolnto County, Texas shall also lnoludde Trinity Qounty, T8xas and the nam8of suah Distriot Court shall hereafter be the Spsoial Ninth Dirtrlot Court of lontgomery, Polk, San Jaolnto and Trinity County and the terns oi suoh Dlstriot Court In eaoh oi said Counties shall be held therein eaoh year, as follows:

“‘In the County of Polk, on the 18th Wondayafter the 1st MondayIn

### January of daoh year and on the 20th Mondayafter the 1st Mondayin July of ’ each ‘year.

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‘&-tiale 199,. Title 8, Section 11;' says thst~‘the SpeciaI ‘Ninth Dlbtriot Court 61 Montgoatt~,‘Polk MidSatiJi%ointo Coimty orsated by this Aot shall o&as8 to dxlst the 30th day of June, 1943, at which IAm the term of ofiioe of the Judge of said Court shall 8Xpil’d by limitation oi law and’the prOViSioI16 Of this Aot, 8XO8pt tgsfhzs elabodied in s8OtiOIl 12 hel’8ill. caption o? House Bill Ilo. 353 it states that this Aot IS to amend and to pl’OVid8 for a continuous tern meaning continuousHon. J. 9. Bolleman - Page 2 (V-410)

term for Polk, WontgOmery, SanJaointo **mad** Trinity Oouuty. ti P8gaFdt0 th8 aU8StiOu a0 **t0~** Whether or not thie Aot U8k8r the Speolal Hlnth Judioial 0-t a oontinuous COUrta8 r8OMOted it would **S88m** that under the provisions d? Ar'tiole'l99, Title 8, S8OtiOn 11, 

### whloh states that the Court xl11 expire on the 30th day o? June, 1943, 

### which Artlolb wanr88naoted by :tbm:Fortyniuth Leglslatur8 and House Bill 437 wbiah uade the explr&tion date June 30, 1947. As this Bill gave the expiration of this COWt (18**JUA8** 30, 1947, the Court 08as8d to exist oa that date andwhenRouse Bill HO. 353 W8llti,XItOeffeot it did prOVid8 for a continuous court. After expiration oi the Court onJune 30, 1947, there o8as8d to be a Special Rlnth Judicial Court until Roveuber 24, 1947, that being the 20th Honda1 aflter the 1st MondayIn July of the year 19 7.,Section 9, Article 199, V.C.S., provides ?or the creation o? a Speola& 9th IFflstrlot Court for the couuties o? Montgomery, Polk and SsmJaointo. By the terms o? this Aot the Spealal 9th D$strlot Court ceased to exist at the exp%ration o? twoyears from the date thereof. This Court was reorgapizqd aqd extended from time to tlm8 by the Legielature. P~suant to the Acts of 1939, 46th Leg., p

. 162, the county ,oi~Trinity was added to the Special 9th District Court, aud **the** Act speol?ioally provided that suoh diatr$ot oourt.be the' Special 9th Dietriot Court o? Xontgoqery Polk,. SanJai Cinto and Trinity COUUti8s. 9. B. 270, 46th Leg., p8g8 162, whioh Changedthe titlea? the 9th Judiolal Dib-' tridt by add.$nga new oounty, did not createa newjudaioial'distriot, but merely reorganised~~he di8triCt pre- ~~s"~~~"et&"': ~State~v. Hariry, (COP. App.) 16 S.~'W.

s **B-8** Special 9th‘~Dlstriot COtU't, as @6- ated~~'byS&at.8 B/11' lo. 270, Acts of the 46th Leg., wa.(1 ext@nded by 9. B. 158, Acts of the 48th Leg.', R.S. **HOUS** Bill 437,~Aacts or the 49th Leg., extended **the** expiration date of said Court to th8 30th day OfJ-8, 1947.

H. B. 353, Aots of **the** 50th Leg., 1947, p. 104,
**-8UdS** Section 1 of 9. B. 100.270, Actrrof the 46th Leg. After that portion thereo? quoted by you in the first paragraph o? this opinion, it reads:Hon. J. 5. RO118Mn * Page 3 (V-410)

“Sec. 3. The crowded condition of tide dookets o? theDistrlot Oourts of Nontgomhry, Polk, SanJaclnto and Trinity Counties and the ,lnablllty 0s parties litigant to haV8 their o&a88heard and d$spo88d of without unusual and dlsastroue delay without the eontlnuance 0s said Speolal court, and the fact that the oontinuauce 0s the term 0s Court provided for In this Act will aid lmmsasurably in the dispatch of the business of the Courts of Nontgomery, Polk, SanJacinto and hrinity 0ounti8.3, and will aVOid delay in the expeditious transaction of the business in said Courts, create an emergencyand an iaperatlve public necessity that the Conetitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days in haahHouse be suspended, and aald Rule i.8 **h&eby** suspended, and this Act shall take **8ffeOt** and be in fOrC8 itamediately upon the explratlon date o? said Court, fzX8d by House Bill. lfo. 437, Acts of the Regn- ~~w~~aslon of the Forty-ninth LegCslature,
: June 30, 1947, and It Is so enact8d."
Inacmuoh aa 8. B. 353 ooatalned this emergency clause and passedby thbneoe66a"3 two-thirds vote %n raoh gOUll8, the Aot beOar Off8Ot V8 UPOU the OXpiratiOll 

### dateo? a Speolal 9th Dlstrlot Oourt fixed by H. B. 437, Aots o? the 49th Legislature, to-tit, June 30, 1947. Therefore, a valid oourt wa6 la exieteaoe, a8 reorgan168d by aald AOt oa. JUn8 30, 1947. Although a valid Court exists, the terms Of Court for the‘DoOntj Of Pdlk, prOVid8d for In H. Bi 353, begin on the 18th lo&lay after the 1stMonday in January and dn the 20th Mondayester the 1st Mondayin July (Nov. 24; 1947,). Thehext 'term 0s Court ?or the, Oounty of Polk obaiibnoes on 

### Hoveuber 24, 1947. ThereSorb, it la the OplniOll b? thlS'~DepaZ'tla8nttmt the.speOial~gth Dltitrlct Court, a6 proilded 

### for in H. B. 353, ha6’a oontinuous t8MI 0s court; the first t8lFU0r’Cowt iOr, the County 0s Polk ~111begla on liovember 24, 1947.

A valid Speolal 9th Distrlot Courtwith oontlnuous terms, was oreated by H. B. 353, Acts of the 50thLegislatU'8, but the t8l%Hon. J. S. Holleman - Page 4 (V-410)

OSCourt for the county of Polk does not oomaenae until Rlovember

### 24,1947,the20th Hondayafter the 1st Mondayin July.



### Verytrulyyours ATTCRRSYQBIiERAL OF 

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