The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-02
FEDERAL COURTS OF TEXAS.

comments about the matter, we have beer
very successful in that regard. But
have probably talked enough on the sub
ject. You can take the bill and publish il
! Those who are interested can gain more
information from It than they can from
any explanation ! might give of its pro
| visions"
AN Act TO CREATE THE SOUTHERN Ju.
DIcIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE on
TEXAS, AND TO CHARGE THE NORTHERN
EASTERN AND WESTERN JUDICIAL Dfs-
TRIcTs OF SAID STATE, AND TO FIX THE
TIME AND PLACES OF HoLDING COURTS
IN SAID DfsTR1cTs, AND FOR OTHER PUR-
POSES
Be it enacted by the senate and house
OF representatives of the United States
of America. in congress assembled, that
judicial district is hereby created in the
State Of Texas, TO be called the "South-
ern District OF Texas" and the territory
embraced in the following named counties
as now constituted shall compose said dis
trict. namely;
Matagorda, Wharton, Brazoria, Fort
Bend Colorado Austin Waller, Harris,
Galveston. Chambers, Polk, San Jaonto,
Montgomery Walker, Grimes, Madison,
Brazos, Robertson, Leon, Limestone. Free
stone, McIennan, Falls, Bell Coryell,
Hamilton, Bosque, Somervell Hill, Cam
eron, Hidalgo, Starr Jackson, Victoria,
Calhoun, Goliad Refugio, Arkansas, San
Patricio Nueces and Liberty
Sec. 2 That from and after the pas
sage OF this act the territory embraced in
the following named counties as now con
sttuted shall compose the Eastern district
of Texas, namely
Cooke, Denton, Montague Collin. Gray
son, Jefferson Orange, Newton, Jasper,
Hardin, Tyler, San Augustine, Sabine,
Shelby. Nacoedoches, Angelina, Trinity.
Houston. Anderson, Cherokee, Pamela.
Rusl, Smith, Henderson, Van Zandt
Rains, Gregg, Wood, Upshur, Harrison,
Marion. Cass, Bowie. Red River, Titus
Camp, Hopkins, Morris. Franklin, Lamar,
tauniu and Delta
Sec. 3. That from and after the passage
of this act the territory embraced in the
following named counties as now consti-
tuted, shall compose the Western district
OF Texas, namely;
Webb. Duval, Dimmit, Maverick, Bee,
Live Oak, Karnes, Dc Witt. Lavaea Con
zales, Guadalupe Wilson, Atascosa, Nc
Mullen, Bexar, Comal Kendall, Kerr. Ed
wards Bandcra, Medina, Frio, La Sale.
| Zapata. Zavalla, Uvaldc, Kinney. Pecos,
| Preside, III Paso Fayeue, Washington,
! Burleson. Milan Williamson. Lee, Bas-
trop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, Blanco, Bur
/ net, Gillespie, Llano. Mason, McCulloch.
Kimble, San Saba. lampasas, Brewster.
Winklcr. Ward, Val Verde, Crane. Ector,
JEFF Davis and Reeves,
| Sec 4. That from and after The passage
OF this act the territory embraced in the
| following named counties as now consti-
tutcd shall compose the Northern district
OF Texas, namely:
| Navarro, Johnson Ellis. Kaufman, Dali
las Rockwell, Hunt, Comanche, Hood,
Erath, Tarrant, Parker Palo Pinto, Wise,
CLAW Jack Young Wichita, Wilbarger
| Archer Baylor Cottle. Hardeman. Motley
Briscoe, Hall Chidress. Colingsworth
Donlcy Armstrong Deaf Smith, Randall
! Oldham, Potter, Carson, Gray, Wheeler
Hemphill, Lpscomb Ochitree Roberts
| Hutchinson Hansford Sherman Moore
Hartley, Dalam, Eastland, Stephens
Throckmorton Shackelford. Callahan, Tay
Tor, Jones, Haskell Knox, Nolan, Fisher
Stonewal Kent Dickens King, Crosby
Cara, Lubbock, Gaines, Andrews. Mitch
land, Glasscock, Sterling, Coke, Ton
Green, Crockett, Schleicher, Sutton Irion
Mills. Runnels. Coleman, Brown, Bailey
Castro, Cochran, Dawson, Floyd, Foard
Hale, Hockey Lamb, Lynn, Farmer
Swisher, Terry Upton, Yoakuin, Conch,
and Menard
Sec, s. That all process issued agains
defendants residing in the counties of Ma
varro, Johnson, Ellis, Kaufman Dallas
Rockwell and Hunt shall be returned t
Dallas.
That all process issued against defend
ants residing in the counties Of Co
mauche, Hood, Erath, Tarrant, Parker
Palo Pinto, Wise Clay Jack Young, Ar
cher Wichita, Wilbarger, Baylor Bailey
Hardeman, Cotte Motley, Briscoe, Hall
Childress Collngsworih, Doulcy, Arm
strong, Randall, Deaf Smith Oldham. Pot
ter, Carson, Gray, Wheeler, Hemphill, Lips
comb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Hutchinson
Hansford, Sherman, Moore, Hartley. Dial
lam Foard, Parmer Swisher. Castro
Lamb, Hale, Floyd, Cochran, Dawson anc
Hockey shall be returned to Fort Worth
That all process issued against defend
ants residing in the counties Of Eastland
Stephens, Throckmorton, Shackelford, Cal
lahan Taylor, Jones' Haskell, Knox, No
Ian, Fisher, Stonewal Kent, Dickens
King, Crosby, Cara, Lubbock Gaines. An
drews Mitchell, Scurry, Borden, Howard
Martin, Midland Yoakum, Terry and Lynr
shall be returned to Abilene.
That all process issued against defend
] ants residing in the counties OF Glasscock
Sterling Coke, Tom Green, Crockett
: Schleicher Sutton, lrion, Mills, Runneis
Coleman Coneho, Menard, Brown and Up
ton shall be returned to San Angelo
] That all process issued against defend
ants residing in the counties Of Fayette
Warrington, Burleson Milan, William
son, Lee, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis
Blanco Gillespie, Burnet, I.lano, Mason
Kimble, McCulloch, San Saba and Lam
pasas slall be returned to Austin.
That all process issued against defend
ants residing in the counties OF Bee. Liv,
Oak, ksrnes, De Witt, Lavaca, Gonzales
Guadalupe, Wilson, Atascosa, Bexar. Co
NAL, Kendall, Kerr Edwards, Bandera, Me
dina, Frio, Uvalde, Zavaila, Kinney, Nav
erick and Val Verde snail be returned Z,
San Antonio.
That all process issued against defend
ants residing in the counties of FL Paso
Pecos Preside, Reeves Loving, Winkler
Ward. Ector, Crane, JEFF Davis and Brews
fer shall he ret,,rnsd o.. III D..