The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-16

vi VI INh hOtSN - "a A'V'
l0l was approved and went into
immediate eff cot This bill restores
to the county court Of Marion coun.
ty the civil Jurisdiction heretofore
belonging to that county undtr the
constitution and general laS Ne of the
state.
q. House bill No. 4l6, which
was approved March -, restores
criminal and civil jurisdiction to
Nueces, McMullen ami San Patricio
counties. This act Is intended to
except these counties from the oper.
atoms of an act previ' usly passed
under which civil and criminal
iurisd c.ion was taken from about
twenty counties.
%. House bll No. sol, approved
March 5, authorizes the board Of
managers of the San Antonio luna
tic asylum to dispose Of the surplus
flow from their artesian wells.
"a. House bill No. $40, approved
march ID, reorganizes the Forty
fifth judicial district, providing that
court shall be held therein as fo.-
lows; Beginning in jeff Davis, the
second Mondays before the first
mondays in march and September,
two weeks; Brewster, the first
mondays in march and September,
two weeks; Pecos, the second MOL
days after the first Mondays in
march and September. one week
Nalverdi, the third Mondays after
the first Mondays in March and Sep.
TENDER, two weeks; Kinney, the
fifth Mondays after the first NJ ondays
in march and September, two
weeks; Edwards, the seventh MON,
days after the first Mondays in
March and September, two wee ks;
Maverick, the ninth Mondays after
the first Mondays in March and
September.
%. House bill No. 279 approx
ed March -, restores civil and
criminal Jurisdiction to Hamilton
aud Wharton counties.
20 House bill No. 56l was also
approved March Is. This act
changes the Second al d Ninth Judi.
dicial districts and fixes the terms
Of courts as follows: Second, Shell
by county, the first Monday in Janu-
airy and second Monday in July and
may continue five weeks. Sabine,
the fifth Monday after the first Mon
day IL January and the second MON
day in July, two weeks. San Au-
justine, the seventh Monday in
January and the second Monday in
July, three weeks; Nacogdoches,
the tenth Monday after the first Mon
day in January and the Second MON.
day in July, and may continue in
session four weeks; Angelina, the
fourteenth Monday after the first
Monday in January and the second
Monday in July, four weeks; Chero
kee, the eighteenth Monday after
the first Monday in January ard the
second Monday in july, until the
business is disposed of.
Ninth--Polk, the second Mondays
in January and July, five weeks;
Liberty, the sixth NJ Jndays after
the second Mondays in January aad
July, four weeks; Chambers, the
tenth Mondays after the second MON
days in January and July, two
weeks; Hardin, the twelfth Mondays
after the second Monday in January
and July, three weeks; San Jacinto,
the ffseenth Mondays after the frat
mondays in January and July, until
the business is disposed of.
u. House bill No. 20 approved
March Is, makes the stealing OF
any cattle or hogs punishable by
confinement in the penitentiary for
from two to four years. The steal.
ing of sheep or goats valued at 500
or over is punishable in like man.
ner, while the stealing of sheep or
goats of less value than $40 is
punishable by confinement in the
county Jail for six months, or by