Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-09-16

End. Suits for the determination Of rights
Of every kind, including suits for The col
lection Of debts, may DO instituted, pro-
ylded the parties instituting them shall
comply with the ldws Of the State and of
the United States respecting the institu-
ton Of suits, and the issuance Of process:
and In all suits involving the title TO land,
and for the trial Of the right Of property
heretofore levied on by virtue OF any writ
of execution, sequestration or attachment,
and for injuries TO the person, including
actions for false imprisonment and for
Islander, and in actions for the recovery Of
damages for trespass upon property, all
Courts having jurisdiction, may proceed to
final Judgment and execution: and in all
actions OF debt where the plaintiff shall be
entitled, under existing laws TO the writ Of
Injunction, sequestration or attachment, 1t
shall be the duty of the Courts having ju-
risdiction, to issue such writs, and to make
any order that may be necessary and in
reference TO the sale ofperishable property
levied on by virtue of any writ Of attach
ment or sequesiration; but the District
Courts shall not proceed to final judgment
in actions Of debt, until this portion Of this
proclamation shall be revoked.
any assembly of persons in the city Of Aus
tin, calling themselves the Legislature Of
the State of Texas, in reference to the time
Of holding the Courts in the several Judic-
ial Districts of the State, and in relation to
the form Of Districts, will, upon considera-
tons of policy and convenience, be rcspec-
ted and observed by the District Courts.
4th. Upon the organization Of the Dis
trict Courts in the respective counties, oil
persons who claim the right to practice as
Attorneys and Counsellors Of said Courts,
shall be required by the presiding Judge to
take the oath of amnesty prescribed in the
Proclamation ofthe President of the United
States of the Goth of May, A. D., 1866; this
oath shall be taken in open Court; and it
shall DO the duty of the presiding Judge to
examine all Attorneys and Counsellors I'M
der oath, to ascertain whether or not they
are within any of the exceptions to the
general amnesty offered by the President
of the United States: and if any one shall
appear to be within any of the said excep
tions land this point the Judge shall sum
marily decide) he shall not be permitted
to practice as an Attorney or Counsellor in
the Courts, until he shall have received par
don from the President of the United States.
| If.any one heretofore licensed TO practice
as an Attorney shall appear not to be with
| in my of the exceptions to the general
amnesty, and shall take the oath Of am
nesty in open Court, he shall be entitled to
practice as an Attorney and Counsellor in
all the Courts in which his former license
entitled him to appear; and the facts shall
be entered on the minutes of the Court I'M
der the direction Of the presiding Judge,
and the Clerk of the Court shall give to the
party certificate under the seal of the
Court, that he is permitted to practice as
an Attorney and Counsellor in the Courts
of the State according to the terms of his
former license; which certificate shall en-
title the party receiving it to appear in the
Courts of the State without further exami-
nation or question.
9th. All persons of color must be put
upon an equality with white men in respect
to the punishment of crime; and when they
are tried by virtue of indictments hereto
fore presented and are found guilty, the
judgment Of the Court must be the same as
if the defendant were o white person.
9th The Justices of the Peace throughout
the State will proceed to hear and determ-
inc all matters within their jurisdiction,
and to render final judgment and award
execution in conformity with existing laws.
A. J. HAMILTON,
Provisional Governor Of the
TX State of Texas.
JAMES II. BELL, Secretary of State.