Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-02


This bill provides that article 1927 Of
the revised civil statutes % Texas shat
be SO amended so ns 10 permit the proper
state courts 20 grant letters Of admins
tratiou upon the estate Of any citizen
without regard to the date OF bis death
when the application is made Tor the
purpose Of enabling the ginging suit
In the United states currt Of claims "a
recover compensation for loss through
Indian deprcdatio1s, urder the. uct oil
| congress Of March 3 1891, cHtitled, Fan
act TO provide for the adjudication aud
payment of claims arising from Indian
| depredutions.
The laws OF TEXAS provide for the
| seftisnl and dismissal Of applications tes-
| tamentary on administration whoa filed
| four years or more after the death Of the
testator or intest0tor This disability
| the present act removes SO far as u
relates to claims for Indian depredauOns.
All snch claims however, will, by the
act of congress above quoted, be barred
after March 4, 1904.
-. House bin No. . was approved
Feb. 20. and went into immediate cf-
feet II is local hill diminishing the
civil aud criminal Jurisdiction Of the
county court Of Dimmitt county, leny-
, ing Il with probate jurisdiction, power
W luHlhl AVhtfhbAf W.
IL. Section so Of the law creating
the civil courts Of appeals provides that
the clerk of each VI the courts 0f civil
appeals shall be- entitled to salary of
$500 q year. TO be paid out Of the fees
collected by him aud All fees nnd costs
over and above thW amount shall be-
pAid into the tea my under such G los
and regulations. not conflicting with the
the act, a. the comptroller may pre-
scribe aud the judges approve.
Under this provision of the law
the clerks of these courts have been
entitled" 10 their pay bnt have been
made 20 get H.
senate bin no. 1Jl comes to their
relief and strikes out all Of section 90
aud substitute, therefor "a new section
which reads rs follows.
Tho clerks of the courts OF civil up
peulg shall receive 400 compensation for
thOir services the following fees
Entering appearance of either party
In person or by attorney 90 DC charged
but once 80 cents.
Dockcting each cause, TO be charged
but once 80 cents
Filing record In each cause 30 cents.
Entering rule or motion 20 cents.
Entering the order of the court upon
my rule OF notion, or entering any
iutcrlocutory Judgment 30 cents
ADMINISTERING am oath or affirmation
without 4 certificate 10 cents
Administering oath or affirmation and
giving certificate thereof with seal %
cents.
lsntorng each continuance 20 cents.
Entering euch Gual judgment or de-
cree 81,
Each writ issued ~.
Making out and transmitting the mnn-
date aud judgment OF the court 10 any
inferior court SlbO.
Making copies of any papers or records
In thor offices, including certificate and
seal for clcll hundred worl8 10 ,cnts.
Recording Oh, tpuion ot tho judges Tor
each hundred words. IS cuuts
rnyng The bin of costs In each case,
90 cents
The bll cmbodying the foregoing
which, exactly MS IL Is hew Given, was
approved March ., and went mto i'm.
mediate effect
~. The judges Of the several courts
Of civil appeals who have been perform.
Ing the functions Of their office since
September !, lSv2, have been working
on time. az have also other officers OF
the courts
Senate bill No Oh undertook to sec that
the Judges and the ussistnut reporters uf
the courts were pnid their back salaries,
aud stated az much In lbs caption. The
BODY OF the bin. however forgot oil
about The assistant reporters and simply
appropriated $1,000 10 Dpy the ninu
Judges Tor their services from September
], lSO2 90 March /, 1899.
The bill was approved and became "A
law March =. and the assistant reporters.
whom II only twIuod with neir nnpnid
condition were subsequently, after some
considerable trouble. lOohod after i'm The
general deficiency bill.
10. BY yirtnc Of SENATE hin No lC
which being neither approved nor vetoed
by th" governor became a law without
hiS signature. railroads, belt .lnei aud
suburban railway companies chartered
or amended since Jan, /, 1887. nre
to comply with Article ATS OF thu Re.
yisVd statutes
Aruclr i2IS provides for the forfeiture
OF Chuuer 10 such nhOve coutnpnirs 81
shall not within two years after filing nnd
recording OF their charters. begil tho
construction OF their rupds aud build
eqAp una pqt ~ good running order nj
.N..st Yen miles and utter the first two
Years, az least twenty miles per vpnr mn
w their proposed lines are comulwbd
The above bin which was prasrutnJ T.,
Ile governor for his signature E,h
u, nnd Is now a law. wipes ont An tbc
tofle,tures under tho old law ap1 rrnnts
70 Nu roads which come within ~ me-
Visions TWO years from tho Dnssnr,e -
tue act Ia which TO comply with thr Inv
o.. 10. Article 300 Of the Revised Cl,n
statutes provides thue the time md
pace OF making sale of real estate IN "a.
ecnuon shall be advertised py written or
printed notices posted at The court house
uoor ana two other conspicuous places In
Lne county Tor twenty days before the
House bll No, Is. which was passed
uE the legislature ana preserved To thc
Eoyerhor for his approval Fob. ~.
nul was not approved 10y him aud bp.
vAuie .aw without his signature, pmends
AIF'lele -3Qo 50 that the time AMI place
OF sNle OF feal estate under execution.
order Of sale, or yeaditioui expones sbnii
ne odVertised once a week for thrpe con.
s,euNNS weeks imcdiately before The sale.
we 1uNeruSenent appearing In some
NV ,p9pvr punlsheI IN the county, uuder
Wy rules and provisions usual Tor such
~ Senate bin No 1OT annrovo5
March y restores civil and erminoi
jurisdiction TO the county oOurt al iIS,i"r
county, and IN doing so the bill makes M,
OF the following language: aIn nh nm.
peals FROM Justices courts tbnre .bnn
he a Trial de nov0 IN the county CONT
aud an appeal shall be- 20 the coort ~
clNil appeals, under such reanlations az
may be prescribed by law"
This is hnrdly tho lima "a t..