Chapter 422. To change the time and places for the district and circuit courts of the northern district of Texas
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CHAP. 422.— An Act To change the time and places for the district and circuit courts of the northern district of Texas. June 11, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the United States circuit Texas northern judicial district. Terms. R. S., secs. 572, 658, pp. 101, 122. Vol. 20. p. 318.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:
Dallas.At Dallas, in the county of Dallas, on the second Monday of January and the third Monday of May. Waco.At Waco, in the county of McLennan, on the second Monday of April and the third Monday of November. Fort Worth.At Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant, on the first Monday of March and the third Monday in September. Abilene.At Abilene, in the county of Taylor, on the third Monday of March and the third Monday in October. San Angelo.At San Angelo, in the county of Tom Green, on the fourth Monday of March and the first Monday in November.
Return of process. Sec. 2. That all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Brazos, Robertson, Leon, Limestone, Freestone, McLennan, Falls, Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Bosque, Somervell, and Hill shall be returned to Waco. All process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Navarro, Johnson, Ellis, Kaufman, Dallas, Rockwall, Hunt, Collin, Denton, Cooke, and Montague shall be returned to Dallas. All process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Comanche, Hood, Erath, Tarrant, Parker, Palo Pinto, Wise, Clay, Jack, Young, Archer, Wichita, Wilbarger, Baylor, Hardeman, Cottle, Motley, Briscoe, Hall, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley, Armstrong, Randall, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Carson, Gray, Wheeler, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Hutchinson, Hansford, Sherman, Moore, Hartley, and Dallam shall be returned to Fort Worth.
All process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Eastland, Stephens, Throckmorton, Shackelford, Callahan, Taylor, Jones, Haskell, Knox, Nolan, Fisher, Stonewall, Kent, Dickens, King, Crosby, Garza, 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.
Transfer of pending actions. Sec. 3. That all actions or proceedings now pending in the courts of said district against parties residing in either of the counties from which process is made returnable to the courts to be held at Fort Worth, San Angelo, and Abilene, respectively, may, on the application of either party to such actions or proceedings, be transferred to the court at which the said proceedings would be returnable, as provided in this Act; and in case of such transfer all papers and files therein, with FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Chs. 422, 423. 1896.457copies 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 originally commenced in said court. Sec. 4. That there shall be appointed, in the manner required by Deputy clerks.law, a deputy clerk, who shall keep his office at the city of Fort Worth, and also one who shall keep bis 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 Terms at Graham abolished. Vol. 20, p. 310; Vol. 23, p. 48.the northern district of the State of Texas shall be held at the city of Graham after 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 affect the validity of any process or any bond or other obligation heretofore issued 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.
Approved, June 11, 1896.