Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-09-22

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the House of Representatives, as a substi.
tute for that reported by the Judiciary
Committee, and passed that body. II was
ordered to be cngross d, by large MAORI
ty, and our information is that it will pass
both houses in its present form:
A BILL
To proride for districting The Sedts Of Texas
into judicial Districts.
SECTION /. BE it enacted by the L,0is-
iaWrc ofthe Sta'e of Teras, That the State
be divided into fourteen Judicial Districts
ms hereinafter provided. The first District
shall be composed of the following named
counties, viz: Brazoria, Matagorda, Whar-
ton, Jackson, Colorado Fort Bend Fayette
and Austin.
SEC. 2. The second District shall be
composed of the counties Of Bastrop, Cald-
we'll, Guadalupe, Hays, Blanco, Gillespie,
Mason, Llano, Burnet, Williamson and
Travis.
SIC. 8. The third District shall be com
posed of the counties Of Brazos, Burleson,
Washington, Harris, Galveston and Milan.
SIC. 4. The fifteenth District shall be
composed of the counties of Chambers,
Hardin, Liberty, Jefferson, Orange, Tyler,
Trinity, Polk, Jasper, Newton and Ange-
lima.
SEC. 5. The thirteenth District shall be
composed of the counties Of Montgomery
Grimes, Walker, Madison, Robertson, Lime
stone, Freestone, Navarro and Leon.
SEC. 6. The sixth District shall be com
posed Of the counties of Sabine, San Angus
tine, Shelby, Pamela, Harrison, Rusk and
Upshur.
SEC. I. The eighth District shall be
composed of the counties of Marion, Davis,
Bowie, Red River, Titus, Lamar, Hopkins
and Wood.
SEC. 8. The ninth District shall be COM
posed of the counties of Houston, Anderson,
CheNakee, Nacogdoches, Smith, Henderson
and Van Zandt. -,
SEC. 0. The Sixteenth District shall be
composed of the counties of Kaufman, Ellis,
Hill, johnson, Erath Palo Pinto, Parker,
Tarrant and Dallas.
SEC. 10. The twentieth District shall be
composed of the counties of Fannin, Hunt,
Collin, Grayson, Cook, Wise, Jack, Mon
taguc, Clay and Young.
SEC. II. The nineteenth District shall
be composed of the counties Of Bell, Coryell,
Lampasas, San Saba, Brown, Comanchc,
Hamilton, Bosque, Falls and McLennan.
SEC. II. the e1ghtvonth District shall
be composed of the counties of Bexar,
Comal, Kerr, Kendall Atascosa, Bandcra,
Uvalde, Medina and Wilson.
Sec. 10. The tenth District shall be
composed of the counties of Victoria, Lava
ca, Dewitt, Gonzales, Calhoun, Goliad, Bee,
Refugo, Karnes and Live Oak.
SEC. IA. The twelfth District shall be
composed of the counties Of Nueces, San
Patricio, Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata
and Webb.
SEC. Is. The present session of the Leg
islature shall proceed to fix the times for
holding the Courts in the several Districts
herein provided for and shall also re-num-
Der the same from one consecutively up to
fourteen.
SEC. l6. The counties of Ell Paso and
Preside, are hereby attached to the fourth
District, as herein created, and in the law
providing for the time of holding courts in
the county Of Bexar, time should be given
for the determination of all suits that may
be transferred from said counties of FL
Paso and Preside, to the District Court OF
Bexar county.
Sec. II. That for Judicial purposes the
county of Duval shall be attached to the
county of Nueccs the counties of Encinal
and Dimmitt, to Webb; the county of Nc
Mullen, to Live Oak; the counties of La
Sale, and Frio, to Atascoso; the counties
of Kinney, Maverick, Zavala and Dawson,
to Uvalde; the county of Edwards to Ban
dera the county of Kimball, to Gillespie;
the county of Mcuard, to Mason; the coun-
ties of Concbo and McCulloch, to San Saba
the counties of Runnels and Coleman, TO
Brown; The counties of Taylor, Callahan
and Eastland to Comanche; the counties OF
Jones, Shackleford and Stephens, TO PalO
Pinto the counties Of Haskell, Knox,
Hardin, Greer, wilbarger, Baylor and
Throckmorton, to Young; the counties Of
Archer and Wichita, to Clay.
SEC Is. The fifth, seventh, eleventh
fourteenth, seventeenth, and fourth judi
cial Districts as heretofore existing, hay
ing been divided aud parceled out to other
Districts, shall henceforth cease to exist
and the District Judges and District At
torneys in the said named Districts, 50 d.
yiled and parceled out, shall cease to hold
their offices as such from and after the 5lsl
day of December, 1866.