The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-31
JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
LEGISLATIVE TALK OF REDIS-
TRICTING THE STATE FOR
RETRENCHMENT'S SAKE.
An Able Article is Herewith Reproduced
Showing the Practical Difficulties
That Will be Encountered in Any
Such Wholesale Change of
Districts-Read This, Leg
islators,

Referring to the suggestion of Judge
| McCord that the state could not be
properly redistricted into judicial dis
tricts without constitutional conven-
ton, and to the action of the senate COM
mittee on judicial districts in suggesting
JOINT committee of the two houses TO
consider whether constitutional conyen-
ton should be called, it may be of serv-
Ice TO the members to reproduce brief
OIL authorities in communication to the
Galveston News last December, touch
ing the subject of the necessity of pro-
viding for the taking effect of any redis-
trlcting bill that might be passed so as
not to interfere with he present terms of
once OF any of the district judges who
might be left without district by the
passage of such bill. When it is con-
sidered that about 10 of the judges were
elected at the last general election for
terms of four years, and that the terms
of the others will not expire for about
two years, during which time the liti-
CATION of the state will probably increase
i'll proportion to the increase in business
and population, the difficulties of the sub
Ject will be apparent. The article re-
ferred to is as follows:
There is an obstacle to the reduction
of the expenses of the state government
by diminishing the number of judicial dis
tricts which seems thus far to have been
overlooked by those who have discussed
the ACCESSIBILITY of saving small amount
OF expenses by making such reduction
wonid seem tbot tb;s Gould NOT ho dona
ca nc 70 tal,o &c. III ,,r;,,r, tbn two go,
which tbo non o1,,,;.;atrot 49,, ,,';I, 80
70 snr,-n fon .s, ~ 'I o 10.
t,,+;"n e. io' .ne ie.eo az; .n e 1;.n;l.
' uSion n nA .ne term oI oiice oi uis.rlct
Jeeu ~, a. tour sSars. Noie VI 'ns 'ellns
VI ,ne Judges VIII expire before lhe next A,I
general eieGuoh, Dut most Oh them Will
expire ,IM ut lnat tune.
ne GSnRstltutlon OF the state as amend Il
Gu II! i9oi pIo'lues that tne slu,e si'tll
pe ulNlueu mo us MANY JuuicIal 9islIicts
as may now OF herea1!er ne PROVIDED by
iuM; when may pe lncIedSeu Vi ulll
lhlsne4 by Jaw: hor eacn district there
t stlud &c eiecteu ny anG Iu'i i Eotsrs
tnereoi al u GENERAL eiectioll Ju9ge,
VINO shali nave reslde9 III lne ulstrict III
winch ne Was elected loT two years peN u
l1I LIZ ms eie Gu WIG s f,n
nolu MS once LOT the perlou OIL TOUR
years: ~ Is manliest tnat tne power 10
llihllllsn inc NUMBER OIL ulstrictS miust De
so eAerciseu us not 10 con'llct WIN tne
aosUlute anu unconullioiilnnL PROVISIONS us
~ tne Terms VI ONCE: Ihe ues'ion Has
not peen ueeideu IN tnis stU5e, put lne
ueianllllllS WIN whlch lne uishesl courts
% otiier SUITES have auop'eiti 'nis Gun.
s!ruGtlon mnen passihs oh one SAM ~; VI
slniiia, quSstiois anu .ne ,;t eoono S,'t 81
lor sun .h u t Ie,IIe luz ne az h?o ~
i5 ' faii ,me .pu 5os VI snId ~
MouiG noiloM 'neou ueoi ISM TnV Iii W"
f 49," d' ~ W Sonie VI l'e '"''' ''
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oy tr,,o oo,,,4;+,.;o,, &c AI;.s;,,;,,,,; =, soo
o. Soilo. t; VI ;In5 ~ III
S Ti shall he o Ptorna, ,,onoraI oio,
81 Nv, AZ, ,a pG "a oIoatrs sc a. stoto
gu VA amr dt"niuu ,,,,,bor nf d;str;ot ottor
n.lu I,o l oIotod nv tb ,'oi;fod aoct
ore of thn resnact;va districts whose form
ofo VI tile lm ~, s'. dan
u service snali ue lout Se"i1 It'll mnI "noae
,';Is, 'liiu HUi IMAM w p''
'o III Ie9E ~ INV thoro oro +birtoor judicial
~ 70 ~ VIZ I'M oI3od d;s
u l:t anu oal,eS any was S;at,,ot
Irici 90 a5.oIey ~, oiie OF SUI az Ill n;ro,t
in IoIo .ne seliiS ~ Ina y, ",i 1917
J 1nn .I ttorna1, frau tb;r
thc W t Vi ma; ioft j.; az tu,n ,,nro
5een 10 te ms i th III .b bee umu i, d;s
aistricI a'tTgreys 'uali ILL., me.u us 30,
lllcts' IN 10 .ne .pi "a'ot a.
acI 10 pro!lue ior asslshlis uis.iic. 49, ".
neSs 10 uis'Iiets, anu iedI tnUsu nv n,'d a..
Sislieu WIN pus no aiit =; S' tL' ohsonno
duties 10 perform, e4cept III inc ~, an,,
VI an asslSlleu e'si ~. al.Ill:s. nv ~
Slllullolallty vi liis lestSia.ol' ANY W, III,
der review III me case OIL rant vs.. Gi !nG,
audltor' ana 'ne supreme eours u . INA
S Socos neit ord rosSit IN ~irtalv esis
latlng out OF ONCE tnree district attorneys
DeloTe lnelr cpnstituliohhl 'eIlils .uu "a
plred. IL VIII De observed lhal III t IA,
stare, as IN ms, !ne legisiu,ure iau ,u,'
power 10 apolisl uls.ilc.s aiiu IA 'hc nu nn,,
per OF dlstrlct attorneys, WIN no express
hmltatlon on inns power. me suprelllg
court helu' however; INA. ne 'e.,u mAeu
by tne constitution lUr ulstrlcl a'.Ilness
was limitation on the power 10 cnanse
their number ana mat the power 10 re-
district and assign oincers must ne eMer.
clsed IN such q manner rs not 10 slol !t
the term OF once nHeu ny 'n rr,, cois,n ,,.t
ton Tor district autorhefs. me COURT
after discussing the question:, says:
Inc authoriry 10 ueterni,ne 'ne l.uill,
Der OF tnese olLclhis. 'ne .It mus. 9e
eNerciseu III nuIrhoy VIII tng'i nv Ioi,n, ,
tuilonaliy prescripen, Terms; nilu iniS t"n
only ne done 0y nolulng thnt Sucn ne.1i,
mlnation must pc arrived Ut priolr ln.
commencement Oh t1e TERM. anu cnnn9'
'thrTediter ne cnanEcu uIlil u mus cAp a. GU.