The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-30
siArn CouHr OF AprnALs.
New mn Proposed Embracing East
Texas Counties,

IcAhh Counties.
Beaumont, Texas. January 2s.--By re-
quest OF the jefferson county bar Il. j.
Russell has prepared the following bill
creating the sixth civil court oil appeals
uiEtrict.
section /, BE II enacted by the legisa-
ture vi the State OF Texas, that the state
OF Texas he ana the same IL hereby diviued
into siA supreme luucial districts Tor tho
purpose OF constituting aud organizing
courts OF civil appeals therein respectively.
Section =. That one OF the courts OF civil
appeals shall DC held in the First supreme
juaiciai district In the city OF Galveston,
III the county Of Galveston.
Section 3. That one OF the courts Of civil
| appeals shall bo neld in the second supreme
Judicial district in the city OF Fort Worth,
IA the county Of Tarrunt.
Section I. That one OF the courts oil civil
| appeals snail be held In The Third suprems
| Judiclal district In the city of Austin. ia
| the county OF Travis.
| Section .. That one OF the courts of civil
| appeals shall be held In the Fourth supreme
| judicial district In tho city OF San Antonio,
| In the county Of Bcxar.
| Section U, That one OF the courts OF civil
appeals shall be held IN tho Fifth supreme
! judicial district IN the city of Dallas, In
| the county of Dallas.
Section I. That one OF the courts of cisil
appeals shall be held in the Sixth supreme
| Judicial district In the city OF -. in the
| county OF ---~
Section $. The sixth supreme judicial
district shall he composed OF tho following
named counties Viz; Orange. jefferson,
Chambers, Liberty, Hardin. Newton. Jas
pcr, Tyler Polk, San Jacinto Leon Free
stone. HoustoV. Trinity. Anderson, AM
J gcIinn, NacogiSches, Sar Augustine Sa-
bne shelby, PanoIn, Rusk, Cherokee, Har-
rison, Gregg and Class.
l inn "a INIT hn for pfa ~
Of civil appeals shall commence and con-
tinuo their respective terms as now pro-
vidod by Inv.
Section 10. That the first term Of the
court Of civil appeals shall begin In the
Sixth supreme judicial district as soon AZ
this act takes effect
Section II. That Immediately after this
act takes effect the governor Of tho state
shall appoint ono suitable person as chief
justice and two suitable persons as asso-
ciate Justices Of the court Of civil appeals
for the Sixth supreme Judicial district OF
tho State OF Texas who shall hold their
respective offices until the next general
election for Stnte and county officers and
until their SUCCESSORS are elected and quail
fled.
Section IL. That tho Second Third and
Fourth supreme judicial districts shall re-
main as now organized; and the First and
| Fifth supreme judicial districts shall re-
main as now organized. except as TO tho
counties taken tberefrom and placed In the
Sixth supreme judicial district and all ap-
peals and wrlis OF error from said cOun-
lies shall no returnable to the court ~
civil appeals Of the sixth supreme judicial
district in the State OF Texas In the city OF
-, in the county OF ----.
Section 49, That all laws and parts Of
laws In conflict herewith be and the same
nre hereby repealed
Section II, That tho near APPROACH OF the
close OF the present session OF the legisla-
ture, and the fact that the present courts
i of civil appeals are unable to dispose OF the
cases on their dockets In reasonable length
| OF time, creates an emergency and an Inn
perative public necessity. that this act take
effect and be In force from and after its
| passage and It IL so enacted.
The bill Will be forwarded to the repre-
scntatiyes from this district with request
! that II be introduced.