The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-26
NEW MADE LAWS
>NNOPJiCAL 81 WMARX or ACTS
PASSED Try THE IMMORTAL
TWENTY-THIRp
Nanv Measures OF Moment and
Lesser Local Laws Fresh From the
Fingers OF the Faithful

No. Is of the general laws of the
Twentythi Legislature will con-
tain the act to extend the time
within which lands that have been
sold for taxes and bought in by the
state, cities and towns may be re.
deemed. 1t is provided that, if,
within twelve months from the date
on which this act takes { fleet, the
owner of the property or his agent
desires to redeem it, he shall pay to
the state or the city or town, as the
case may be, the original amount of
taxes for which the land was sold
and all costs with per cent interest
thereon and the taxes due each year
since such sale or from the day of
the accrual of such subsequent
taxes. The comptroller is required
in the case of redemptions from the
state, to rers;t to the county inter
ested, that proportion of the re-
demption money due it. Approved
May 9.
No 70 embraces the law provid-
ing that all sales of real estate with
in this state, which have been here
tofore made by executors Of wills,
which prior to such sale had been
probated according to the laws of
another state of the Union, and
which wills possessed the requisites
to pass title to real estate as re.
quired by the statute of this state,
where such wills conferred upon the
executors the power to sell the
real estate 80 sold independent CT
the probate court, that these ales are
validated, except that the valuation
of such sales shall not defeat the
creditors Of the testators of such
Wills nor affect the title of purchas-
ers for value from the heirs or
divisees of the testators of such
willie, where such purchases were
made prior to the enactment of this
law. Approved May 2.
No. 80 of the general avs is an
act authorizing the holding of spe-
cial terms of the district court in
the Twentysixth judicial district
for the trial Of civil cases only
The Judge is authorized to order the
time for the opening and close of
the special term, which order is to
be exposed in the usual manner by
the sheriff for twenty days prior to
the opening of the term and print
ed three times in a weekly newspa-
per. All civil cases the service of
which was so perfected that they
might have been lawfully tried at
the regular term, as we'll as all cases
brought before. such term begins, or
while it is in session, all the parties
thereto agreeing, may be heard at
the special term. The jurors Sc
lected at the regular term for the
next regular term 81 all be summoned
to serve at the special term and new
jury commissioners shall be ap-
pointed to select jurors for the next
regular term. Became law
without the executive signature.
No. 81 contains the act to amend
sections . and ! | of theact of April g.,
1888, to redistrict the state into ju-
dicial districts. The amendment to
section 9 provides that the Ninth
judicial district shall be composed
of the counties of Montgomery,
Liberty, Chambers, Hardin, San
Jacinto and Polk, and designating
the time of holding court therein as
follows In Montgomery on the
second Mondays in January and
july, to continue in session four
weeks. In Liberty on the fifth
Mondays after the second Mondays
in January and July, to continue in
session four weeks. In Chambers
on the ninth Mondays after the
second Mondays in January and
July, to continue in session two
weeks. In Hardin on the eleventh
Mondays after the secondMondays in
January and July, to continue IN
session three weeks. In San ia
cinto on the fourteenth Mondays
after the second Mondays in January
and July, to continue in session tive
weeks. In Polk on the nineteenth