The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-11
FIFTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.
BILL GIVING ANOTHER COURT m
HARRIS COUNTY PASSED.
Provides for the Appointment of n
Judge nnd Regulates the Venue
of the Two Courts.

Austin. Texas, March 9.-The following
is the house bill by Representative Hol-
land OF Harris county giving to that county
an additional judicial district. which pass
ed the senate finally this morning.
| An act to create a judicial district in Har.
ris county additional to the Eleventh
| judicial district existing therein, to be
| the FIFTY fifth judicial district, to es-
tablish court and provide for Judge
and clerk of such new district; and to
| regulate the venue of the courts OF said
respective districts and the disposition of
| business therein, and define the juris-
dictional boundaries and terms thereof:
BE it enacted by the legislature of tho
/ State of Texas
| Section / That tho county of Harris
| shall compose in addition to the Eleventh
1uuicial district now existing by law ana
continued in force. the Fifty-fith judicial
district as well. and the Jurisdiction of the
district courts in and for said Eleventh and
said Fiftyfourth judicial districts shall be
concurrent and co-eXtensive with the limits
OF said Harris county.
Sec. .. That the terms of the district
court of said Eleventh judicial district shall
be begun and holden as now provided by
law. to-wt In said county of Harris on
the first Monday in February, April. June,
octoper ana December of each and every
year. and may continue in session until the
business of the court is disposed Of
Sec B. The terms of the district court
OF said Fifty fifth judicial district shall be
begun and holden in said county of Harris
on the hrst Monday in January, March,
May. September and November of each
and every year and may continue in SEES
sion until the business of the court is dis
posed of
4 no, ind Of
said courts shall be elected at the times
and in the manner provided by law. by the
duallhod voters of Harris county but the
Judge OF the district court of the Eleventh
judicial district shall continue as Judge
thereof. hodins his office as provided by
law with the tenure thereof UNAFFECTED by
this act: and Immediately after this act
shall become q law. the governor shall ap-
point judge of the Fifty-fifth judicial
district having the necessary qualifications
who shall hold his Office under such ap-
pointment until the next general election,
and his successor shall have been elected
and qualified
Sec. .. Immediately upon the taking eff
feet OF this act the cases upon the docket of
the said Eleventh judicial district shall
be divided between that court and the
court Of the Fifty-nfth judicial district as
equally as may be. by transferring every al
ternate case to the court of the Fifty fifth
Judicial district leaving the first unds-
posed of case oldest in number in the court
of the Eleventh judicial district; and there
after in subsequent suits or actions or pro-
ceedings. it shall be sufficient in every in
stance for the address or designation to be
merely the district court of Harris county,
and the clerk of said courts shall file and
docket the even numbers thereof in the
court of the Eleventh judicial district and
the odd numbers thereof in the court Of the
Iiat. Al istc 1N,,t
pending in said courts may. in the dis
erection of the respective judges thereof, be
transferred from enc Of said district courts
10 the other and so from time to time. and
in case of the disqualification of the Judge
of either of said courts in any case. such
case on his suggea cn of disqualification
shall snail stand traiTierf'e to the other Of
accordingly
Sec &. In order to expedite the dispatch
of business term of the court of the said
fifty-iifth judicial district may be begun
and holden on the first Monday after the
appointment and qualification Of the judge
thereof. at which term juries may be
drawn for the ensuing regular term, nom
Jury cases tried by consent Of the parties,
and all necessary preliminary proceedings
and interlocutorv orders had and made.
conducive to the prompt dispatch of busi- |
ness at the ensuing regular terms.
sec Z, The clerk OF the district court /
of the Eleventh judicial district shall per- |
form the duties of clerk of the district court !
of the Fifty fifth judicial district. and In |
case of vacancy in said office of clerk, the |
same shall he filled by appointment OF the |
Judge OF the Eleventh judicial district.
form the duties of clerk of the district |
court of the Eleventh judicial district shall
perform the duties of the clerk OF the
tifty-ffth judicial district, and in case of
vacancy In said Office of clerk the same
shall be filled by appointment of the judge
Of the Eleventh judicial district.
Sec. y. All wrts and process heretofore
issued or that may hereafter be issued up
TO the time this act shall take effect which
are made returnable to the district court
1f the eleventh judicial district shall be
roturnable to the court in which the case
NAV remain. or to which II may be trans
terred' In like manner as II originally made
reiurnahle to said court. and all such writs
and process are hereby legalized and vail
dated.
See .. That all laws and parts of laws
In conflict with this act be and the same
ire hereby repealed. u
Sec. 10. That the crowded condition OF
the docket of the district court of the Elev {
Anth judicial district, whereby great delay,
and expense are entailed upon the
iiigants and taxpayers of Harris county.
rcates an emergency and an imperative
'ublic necessity requiring the constitution I
NJ rule for bills to be read on three sever
Al days to be suspended. and said rule is
hereby suspended, and this act shall take I
nect and be in force from and after its
and Is so enacted