Chapter 178. To constitute a new division of the eastern judicial district of Texas, and to provide for the holding of terms of court at Beaumont, Texas, and for the appointment of a clerk for said court
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CHAP. 178.— An Act To constitute a new division of the eastern judicial district of Texas, and to provide for the holding of terms of court at Beaumont, Texas, and for the appointment of a clerk for said court. February 8, 1897. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the counties of Jefferson, Texas eastern judicial district. Eastern division constituted. Vol. 20, p. 318. R. S., sec. 548, p. 92. Terms of court, Beaumont.Orange, Newton, Jasper, Hardin, Liberty, Tyler, San Augustine, Sabine, Polk, and San Jacinto shall constitute a division of the eastern judicial district of Texas.
Sec. 2. That terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the said eastern district of the State of Texas shall be held twice in each year at the city of Beaumont, on the first Mondays in June and December. Process, etc. Sec. 3. That all civil process issued against persons resident in the said counties of Jefferson, Orange, Newton, Jasper, Hardin, Liberty, Tyler, San Augustine, Sabine, Polk, and San Jacinto, and cognizable before the United States courts, shall be made returnable to the courts, respectively, to be held at the city of Beaumont; and all prosecutions for offenses committed in either of said counties shall be tried in the *Proviso.* Pending causes, etc.appropriate United States court at the city of Beaumont: *Provided,* That no process issued or prosecution commenced or suit instituted before the passage of this Act shall be in any way affected by the provisions hereof.
Deputy clerks, etc. Sec. 4. That the clerks of the circuit and district courts for said district shall maintain an office in charge of themselves or a deputy at said city of Beaumont, which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of said division. Repeal. Sec. 5. That so much of all acts or parts of acts as are in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. In the House of Representatives, *January 22, 1897.* The President of the United States having returned to the House of Representatives in which it originated the bill (H.
R. 9469) “An Act to constitute a new division of the eastern judicial district of Texas, and to provide for the holding of terms of court at Beaumont, Texas, and for the appointment of a clerk for said court,” with his objections thereto, the House proceeded in pursuance of the Constitution to reconsider the same; and *Resolved, *That the said bill pass, two-thirds of the House of Representatives agreeing to pass the same. Attest: A. McDowell *Clerk.* 517 In the Senate of the United States, *February 8, 1897.* The Senate having proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the bill entitled “An Act to constitute a new division of the eastern judicial district of Texas, and to provide for the holding of terms of court at Beaumont, Texas, and for the appointment of a clerk for said court,” returned to the House of Representatives by the President of the United States, with his objections, and sent by the House of Representatives to the Senate, with the message of the President returning the bill: *Resolved, *That the bill do pass, two thirds of the Senate agreeing to pass the same.
Attest: Wm. R Cox *Secretary.*