Chapter 532. To detach the county of Dimmit from the southern judicial district of Texas and to attach it to the western judicial district of Texas
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CHAP. 532.— An Act To detach the county of Dimmit from the southern judicial district of Texas and to attach it to the western judicial district of Texas. February 9, 1903.[[Public, No. 75](/us/pl/57/75).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, United States courts.Dimmit County transferred to Texas western judicial district.*Ante*, p. 65.Pending proceedings. That the county of Dimmit, in the State of Texas, is hereby detached from the southern and is hereby attached to the western judicial district of Texas.
Sec. 2. That all offenses heretofore committed in said county of Dimmit of which the, district court of said southern judicial district has jurisdiction and upon which proceedings have been taken shall be tried and prosecuted in said southern judicial district, and civil suits and proceedings now pending in the circuit or district courts in said State, shall not be affected by this Act. Sec. 3. Subsequent process, etc. That hereafter all processes issued against defendants residing in said county of Dimmit shall be returned to San Antonio, Texas.
All offenses committed in said county of Dimmit in which proceedings have not been begun shall be prosecuted in said western district. Sec. 4. Repeal. That all laws and parts of laws, so far as in conflict here-with, are hereby repealed. Approved, February 9, 1903.