The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-04-13

Tics vi NohchO, hlmDall, Edwards and
Crockett, shall elect one senator; Bexar to
be the returning county.
ThIrty-tirst District-The counties OF
Guadalupe, Caldwell, Hays, Blanco, Llano
and San Saba, with the unorganized county
of McCulloch, shall elect one senator; Hays
to be the returning county.
AN ORDINANCE TO DIVIDE THE STATE OF
| TEXAS INTO JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
BE IL ordained by the people of TEXAS in
| COnUentiOR assembled, That until otherwise
provided by law, the State of Texas shall
be divided into twenty-six Judicial Dis
tricts, as follows, to-wit:
SECTION l. The First District shall be
composed of the counties OF Jefferson,
Chambers, Liberty, Hardin, Polk, Tyler,
Jasper, Newton, Orange, and San Jacinto.
Sec. 2. The Second District shall lie
composed of the counties of Harrison, Rusk,
Pamela, Shelby, and Sabine.
SEC. 3. The Third District shall be
composed of the counties of San Augustine,
Nacogdoches, Cherokee, Houston, and An
derson.
SEC. 4. The Fourth District shall be
composed of the counties of Grimes, Wal
ker, hladison, Leon, Trinity, and Angelina.
SEC. B. The Fifth District shall be COM
posed OF the counties of Marion, Cass,
Bowie, Titus, Morris, Franklin, and Camp.
SEC. D. The Sixth District shall be COM
| posed OF the counties of Red River, Lamar,
Fannin, and Grayson.
SEC. z. The Seventh District shall be
composed of the counties of Gregg. Smith.
Upshur, Wood, Raines, Van Zandt, and
| Henderson.
SEC. 8. The Eighth District shall be
composed of the counties of Hunt, Hop
kins, Collin, Rockwell, Kaufman, and
Delta.
SEC. 8. The Ninth District shall be
composed of the counties of Brazos, Rob-
ertson, Burlesnn, and Milan.
| SEC. 10. The Tenth District shall be
composed of the counties of Cooke, Denton,
Montague, Wise, Clay, Parker, Tarrant,
and the unorganized counties of Archer,
Wichita, Baylor, Wilbarger, Knox, Harde,
man, Greer, and Wegefarth.
SEC. IL. The Eleventh District shall be
J composed OF the counties of Dallas and
Ellis.
SEC. 10. The Twelfth District shall be
composed of the counties of Hood, Coryell,
Hamilton, Comanche, Brown, Coleman,
Shackleford, Palo Pinto, Eastland, Erath,
Somerville, Jack, Young, and the unor-
ganized counties of Jones, Taylor, Runnels,
Callahan, Stephens, Haskell, and Throck-
morton.
SEC. 10. The Thirteenth District shall be
| composed of the counties of Hill, Navarro,
Limestone, Bosque, johnson, and Free
stone.
SEC. IA. The Fourteenth D'strict snail be
composed of the counties VI McLennan,
Bell, and Falls.
no obon I,
composed of the counties of Austin, Fay
cite, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, and Bianco.
| SEC. 16. The Sixteenth District shall be
composed of the counties of Washington,
Lee, Travis, and Williamson.
Sec. II. The Seventeenth District shall
be composed of the counties of Burnett,
Lampasas, San Saba, Llano, Mason, Men
ard, Gillespie, and the unorganized coun-
ties of Concho, McCulloch, and Kimble.
SEC. IL. The Eighteenth District shall be
composed of the counties of Waller, What-
ton, Fort Bend, Brazoria, Matagorda, and
Jackson.
SEC. 10. The Nineteenth District shall be
| composed of the Counties of Colorado, La
vaca, Gonzales, Guadalupe, and Wilson.
SEC. 20. The Twentieth District shall be
composed of the counties of Ell Paso, Tom
Green, Pecos, Crockett, and Presido.
SEC. 81. The Twenty-frst District shall
be composed of the counties of Harris and
Montgomery.
SEC. %. The Twenty. District shall
be composed of the counties of Comal,
Bexar, and Atascosa.
SEC. %. The Twenty-third District shall
De composed of the counties of Dewitt,
Victoria, Calhoun, Refugio, Goliad, Bee,
Arkansas, San Patricio, Karhes, Live OAK,
and McMullen.
Sec. "A. The Twenty fourth District shall
be composed of the counties of Kendall,
Kerr, Bandera, Medina, Frio, Uvalde, Ia
vala, Kinney, Maverick, Dimmit, LaSalle
Edwards, and Dawson.
SEC. 20. The Twenty-fifth District shall
be composed of the counties of Cameron,
Aldalgo, Starr, Zapata, Webb, Encinal,
Nueces, aid Duval.
SEC. 26. The Twenty-sixth District shall
be composed Of the county of Galveston.
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.
Sec. 2. Be 1t further ordained, That until
| such apportionment after the census of 1880,
representatives shall be elected as follows
First District - the counties of Liberty,
Hardin, Jefferson and Chambers shall elect
one representative; Liberty to be the re-
turning county.
| bSCouu DlslTlCl-lne counties OF san j a.
cinto, Polk and Tyler shall elect one repre-.
sentative; Tyler to be the returning
county.
Third district = The counties of Jasper.
Newton and Orange shall elect one repre-.
sentative; Jasper to be the returning
county.
Fourth District The counties of Sar
Augustine and Sabine shall elect one rep
resentative; San Augustine to be the re.
turning county.
Fifth District The county of Houston
shall elect one representative.
Sixth District The counties of Nacog
doehes and Angelina shall elect one repre-
sentative; Nacogdoches to be the return
ing county.
Seventh District = the county of Rusb
shall elect one representative.
Eighth District-fhe counties of Panels
and Shelby shall elect one representative
Pamela to be the returning county.
Ninth District - The counties of Rusk,
Pamela and Shelby shall elect one repre-
sentative; Pamela to be the returning
/ county.