The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-16
AN ORDINANCE TO DIVIDE THE STATE OF


Be 10 ordained By tie people of Tezas in
COnoerstiOa assembled, That until otherwise
provided by law, the State of Texas shall
be divided into twentY-slx Judicial Dis
tricts, as follows, to-wit:
SECTION l. The First Distinct shall be
composed Of the counties of jefferson,
Chambers, Liberty, Hardin, Polk, Tyler,
Jasper, Newton, Orange, and San Jacinto.
Dec. 2. The Second District shall be
composed of the counties of Harrison, Rusk,
Pamela, Shelby, and Sabine.
SEQ. 3. The Third District shall be
composed of the counties of San Au gustine,
Nacogdoches, Cherokee, Houston, and An.
dersOn.
SEC. 4. The Fourth District shall be
compoIsd Of the counties of Grimes, Wal
ker, Madison, Leon, Trinity, and Angelina.
SEC. 8. The Fifth District shall be COM
posed Of the counties of Marion, Cass,
Bowie, Titus, Morris, Franklin, and Camp,
SEC. o. The Sixth District shall be COM
posed Of the counties of Red River, Lamar
Fannin, and Grayson.
SEC. 2. 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. o. The Ninth District shall be
composed Of the counties Of Brazos, Rob
ertson, Burleson, 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
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 p,strict snail be
composed of the counties VA McLennan,
Bell, and Falls.
SEC. 10. The Fifteenth District shall be
composed of the counties of Austin, Fay
cite, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, and Blanco
Sec. IL. The Sixteenth District shall be
composed of the counties of Washington,
Lee, Travis, and Williamson.
SEC. IL. The Seventeenth District shall
be composed of the counties of Burnet,
Lampasas, San Saba, LlanO, Mason, Men
ard, Gillespie, and the unorganized coun-
ties of Concho, McCulloch, and Kimble.
SEC. 10. The Eighteenth District shall be
composed of the counties of Waller, Whar-
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 Presidio.
SEC. FL. The Twenty-frst District shall
be composed of the counties of Harris and
Montgomery.
SEC. %. The Twenty-second 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 Patriotic, Karnes, Live oaiz,
and McMullen.
SEC. "A. The Twenty fourth District shall
be composed of the counties of Kendall,
Kerr, Bandera, Medina, Frio, Uvalde, "a
Yala, Kinney, Maverick, Dimmit, LaSalle
Edwards, and Dawson.
SEC. 20. The Twenty-fifth District shall
be composed of the counties of Cameron,
Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata, Webb, Encinal,
Nueces, and Duval.
SEC. 20. The Twenty-sixth District shall
be composed of the county of Galveston.
An ORDINANCE TO DIVIDE THE STATE OF
TEXAS INTO SENATORIAL AND REPRESENT
ALIVE DISTRICTS.
SECTION l. 30 it ordained 6y the people or
Ieras IN OonUention assembled, That until
after the first apportionment of Senators
and Representatives as provided in this
Constitut.' n, after the census of the United
States shall have been taken in 1880, the
state shall be divided into Senatorial and
Representative Districts, as follows:
SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.
First District-The counties of Liberty,
Chambers, San Jacinto, Hardin, Tyler, JEFF
ferson, Jasper, Orange, Newton and Polk
shall elect one senator; Tyler to be the re-
turning county.
Second District-The counties of Hous-
ton, Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Angus
tine and Sabine shall elect one senator: Ma
cogdoches to be the returning county.
Third District-The counties of Rusk, Pa
ola and Shelby shall elect one senator;
Pamela to be the returning county.
Fourth District-The county of Harrison
shall cleo: one senator.
Fifth District-The counties of Marion,
Cass, Bowie and Morris shall elect one sem
ator; Cass to be the returning county.
Sixth District-The counties of Red Riv-
er, Titus, Franklin and Hopkins shall
elect one senator; Titus to be the returning
county.
Seventh District-The counties of Camp.
Upshur, Gregg and Smith shall elect one
senator; Gregg TO be the returning county.
Eighth District-The counties of Chero-
kee, Anderson and Henderson shall elect
one senator; Anderson to be the returning
county.
Ninth District-The counties of Lamar,
fSnnin and Delta shall elect one senator !;
Lamar to be the returning county.
Tenth District-The counties of Wood,
Van Zandt, Kaufman, Rains, Rockwell ami
Hunt shall elect one senator; Kaufman to
be the returning county. 1
Eleventh Olstrlct-Ine counties OF Gray
son and Cooke shall elect one senator; Gray
son TO be the returning county.
Twelfth District-The counties of Collin
and Denton shall elect one senator; Collin
to be the returning county.
Thirteenth District-The counties of Dali
las and Ellis shall elect one senator; Ellis
to be the returning county.
Fourteenth District-The counties of Ma
varro, Limestone and Freestone shall elect
one senator; Limestone to be the returning
county.
Fifteenth District-The counties of Leon
Robertson and Brazos shall elect one sena-
tor; Robertson to be the returning county.
sixteenth District = The so1ntiss of
Griues, Madison, Walker and Trinity shall
elect one SENATOR Walker to be the return
ing county.
Seventeenth District-The counties of
Waller, Fort Bend and Wharton shall elect
one senator, Waller to be the returning
county.
Eighteenth District - The counties of
Harris and Montgomery shall elect one