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


approved March 8, sets up the facts that
the roads and highways Of Caldwell
county are ia deplorable condition,
creating an emergency which the biil
proposes 10 cure by q county road law
giving tue county commissioners author
ity to appoint road ovcrseefs IN caeh
district with sufficient sub-ovcrseers. and
g utilize on the roads. besides those
regularly working ont road taxes also
county cohyicts aud defauting poll tax
payers
20 Senato bin No. 100. approved
March $, so amends the act dividing the
stale into judicial districts that the
! E'orty-ninth district Is composed Of
! Duyol, Eucnal. Webb and Iapata coun-
! ties and that district courts shnll be
! held IN Webb the first Monday in Octo-
! Der and may continue six weeks. tho
| nrst Monday IN january and may con
/ tinue eight weeks. and the first Monday
IN May and may continue ten weeks:
| IN Duyol The fifth Monday before the
/ FIRST Monday IN May and may continue
| three weeks, aud the sixth Monday after
| the first Monday IN October and may
continue three weeks; IN Zapnta the see
ond Monday before the first Monday in
MAY ana may continue Ia session two
weeks, and the ninth Monday IN Octo.
Der and may continue two weeks.
p House bill No. 101 was approved
March y and went into immediate effect.
restoring TO and comforting upon the
county court Of Marion county The civil
jurisdiction heretofore belonging 10 tie
county under the constitution and gen.
efai statutes Of the state
ii ,o Hog,c bin No. l1G, approved March
o. - tns,ofes 10 Nueces, McMulleu and
san fatrlciO counties the civil and critpi-
nm jurisdiction which they had prior 10
the plssnge OF mn act approved Feb. %.
~ winch the civil and criminal jursdic-
tloA was removed from some twenty
counties. The bill just passed repenls
VIC ,9lu act 80 TAR as IL relates TO Nueccs
McMullen and San Patricio counties
but as San Patricio county Ii NOT mon,
toned IN the old act aud was not re.
ierred TO at all, 10 Is doubtful NJ Tho sub.
sequent section repeating all laws and
parts Of lnsys In conflict with this net"
WIZ accomplish the desired end and re-.
store TO san Pntrco county the iuris.
dictlon which was taken from II by an
other aud separate act from that referred
House bill No. sol. approved March
~ authorizes the board Of managers of
the San Antonio luuatic asylum 10 dis
pose OF the surplus flow from their artc-
%. House bin No. 90. approved
March IL, rcorganizes the Forthwith
judiclnl district, providing that court
shall be held therein as follows: Begin
ning In Jcn Davis, the second Mondays
before the first Mondays In March and
September, two weeks; Brewster. the
hrst Mondays In March and September.
two weeks; PCcos, the second Mondays
after the first Mondays In March and
September, one week: Nulyerdi, the third
Mondays after the first Mondays IN
March and September, two weeks;
first Mondays In March aud September,
two weeks; Edwards the seventh Mon
days after the fret Mondays in March |
aud September, two weeks; Maverick, !
the ninth Mondays after the first Mon |
days In March and September.
~ House bin No. 30. approved March |
IL, restores criminal and civil jurisdc- |
ton 10 Hamilton and Wharton counties |
20, House bill No. 5Gl approved |
March 13, changes the Second judicial |
district aud fixes the tcrm for holding |
court therein az follows; In Shelby /
county the first Monday IN January and |
second Monday in July and may con-
tiuue five weeks. Sabine, the fifth Mon |
day after the first Monday In January |
and the second Monday IN July. two |
weeks San Augustine, the seventh Mon. |
day IN January aud the second Monday |
In July, three weeks; Nacogdoches, the |
tenth Monday after the first Monday in |
January and the second Monday In |
July aud may continue IN session four |
weeks; Angelina, the fourteenth Monday |
after the first Monday In january aud |
the second Monday IN July, four weeks; |
Cherokee, the eighteenth Monday after |
the first Monday IN January and the |
second Monday In July, until the bust |
ness Is disposed Of
This bill also changes the Ninth judi |
cial district and fixes It's times OF court |
as follows; Polk. the second Mondays |
in January and July, five weeks Liber- |
", the sixth Mondays after the second |
weeks; Chambers, the tenth Mondays |
after the second Mondays In January |
and July, two weeks; Hardin, the |
twelfth Mondays after the second Mon |
days Ia January and July, three weeks; |
San JHcinto the fifteenth Mondays after |
the first Mondays In January aud July, |
until the business Is disposed Of.
90. House bill No. 20, approved March |
10. makes the stealing of any cattle or |
hogs punishable by confinement In the |
penitent0ry two 60 four years, and the |
stealing of any sheep of goats valued $40 |
or over the same, Sheep and goats OF |
less value, however, may be stolen In |
payment for six months residence In the |
county Jail. or a. part payment, the |
balance being $3.50 IN cash
To accomplish its purpose, the bill |
makes the necessary changes in articles !
IA and TiS, chapter IL, title II OF the |
penal code.
81. House bin No. 4i6. approved March |
18th, changes the Tweuty-third judicial |
district and fixes the time Tor holding |
court therein as follows; In Fort Bond |
county, the third Mondays after the first |
Mondays In March aud September. four |
weeks. Wharton. the seventh Mondays |
after the first Mondays In March and |
September, three weeks. jackson, the |
tenth Mondays after the hrst Mondays |
in March aud September, two weeks. |
Matd gorda, the thirteenth. Mondays after |
the first Mondays In March and SCptem. |
hor two weeks Brazorin two terms |
each year. the first 20 be- held tile FIRST |
Monday Nv January, and may continue |
until the last Saturday In January, aud |
the second TO be held the fifteenth Mon. |
day after the first Monday IN March, and |
may continue In session until the last
Saturday In July following
2S House bill No. 101, approved March |
Is, changes the Thirty-eighth judicial |
district and hXcs the time of holding |
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