San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-22
HIS GOOD WORK.
Judge Noonan's Work for the Twelfth
District in That San Angelo

Judge NOOnan Work Tor the IWelItn
District in That San Angelo
Court Matter.
The following bill, and which passed
without amendment, shows some good
work for this district on the part of
the new Republican congressman:
A BILL to change the time and
places for the district and circuit
courts of the northern district of
Texas.
Be 1t enacted by the senate and house
of representatives of the United
States of America in congress as
sembled: That the United States
circuit and district courts for the
northern district of Texas shall be
composed of the counties hereinafter
named, and the terms of the said
courts shall be held in each year at
the time and places as follows:
At Dallas, in the county of Dallas,
on the second Monday of January and
the third Monday of May.
At Waco, in the county of McLen-
nan, on the second Monday of April
and the third Monday of November.
At Fort Worth, in the county of Tar
rant, on the first Monday of March
and the third Monday in September
At Abilene, in the county of Taylor,
on the third Monday of March and the
third Monday in October.
At San Angelo, in the county of Tom
Green, on the fourth Monday of March
and the first Monday in November.
Section 2. That all process issued
against defendants residing in the
counties of Brazos, Robertson, Leon,
Limestone, Freestone, McLennan,
Falls, Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Bosaue,
Somervell and Hill shall be returned to
Waco. All process issued against de-
PENDANTS residing in the counties of
Navarro, Johnson, Ellis, Kaufman,
Dallas, Rockwell, Hunt, Collin, Dem
ton, Cooke and Montague shall be re-
turned to Dallas. All process issued
against defendants residing in the
counties Of Comancbe, Hood, Erath,
Tarrant, Parker, Palo Pinto, Wise,
Clay, Jack, Young, Archer, Wichita,
Wilbarger, Baylor, Hardeman, Cottle
Motley, Briscoe, Hall, Childress, Col
lingsworth, Donley, Armstrong, Ran
dali, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Car
son, Gray, Wheeler, Hemphill, Lips
comb, Ochiltree. Roberts, Hutchinson.
Hansford, Sherman, Moore, Hartley
and Dallas shall be returned to Fort
Worth. All process issued against de-
PENDANTS residing in the counties of
Eastland. Stephens, Throckmorton,
Shackelford, Callahan, Taylor, Jones,
Haskell, Knox, Nolan, Fisher. Stone
wall, Kent, Dickens, King, Crosby,
Cara, Lubbock, Gaines, Andrews,
Mitchell, Scurry Borden. Howard.
Martin and Midland shall be returned
to Abilene. All process issued against
defendants residing in the counties of
GlaSscock, Sterling, Coke, Tom Green
Crockett, Schleicher, Sutton, Irion
Mills, Runnels, Coleman and Brown
shall be returned to San Angelo.
Sec. 3. That all actions or proceed
ings now pending in the courts of said
district against parties residing in
either of the counties from which pro-
cess is made returnable to the courts
to be held at Fort Worth, San Angelo
and Abilene, respectively, may, on ap-
plication of either party to such ac-
tions or proceedings, be transferred to
the court at which the said proceed
ings would be returnable, as provided
in this act; and in case of such trans
fer all papers and files therein, with
copies of all journal entries, shall be
transferred to the office of the deputy
clerk of the said court, and the same
shall proceed in all respects as If orig
inally commenced in said court
Sec. a. That there shall be appoint
ed, in the manner required by law, a
deputy clerk, who shall keep his office
at the city of Fort Worth, and also one
who shall keep his office at the city of
Abilene. and also one who shall keep
his office at the city of San Angelo,
Sec. 5. That no session of the said
circuit court and district court of the
northern district of the State of Texas
shall be held at the city of Graham af-
ter this law shall take effect, and the
records of said courts shall be removed
from said town of Graham to the said
town of Abilene, and the change of the
places of holding the terms of the said
courts as herein provided shall not af-
feet the validity of any process or any
bond or other obligation heretofore is
sued or made, and the same shall be
held and taken as returnable and
otherwise to the respective courts to
which they would be returnable, as
provided after this law takes effect.