Chapter 52. To transfer Fayette County from western to southern judicial district of Texas
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CHAP. 52.— An Act To transfer Fayette County from western to southern judicial district of Texas. January 21, 1905.[[H. R. 16284](/us/bill/34/hr/16284).][[Public, No. 19](/us/pl/34/19).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, United States courts.Texas southern judicial district.Fayette County transferred to.Vol. 92, p. 65, amended. That Fayette County shall be taken out of the western judicial district of Texas and placed in the southern judicial district of said State, and all process in causes arising in said county shall hereafter be returnable to Houston.
Sec. 2. All cases to be tried at Houston.That all causes of action, civil and criminal, that have accrued or may hereafter accrue in said county of which the courts of said southern judicial district of Texas have jurisdiction shall be cognizable in said courts at Houston in said district. Sec. 3. Pending eases not affected.That the provisions of this Act shall not affect any civil or criminal cause pending in said western judicial district out of said Fayette County at the time this Act becomes a law. but such case or cases shall proceed as if under existing law.
Sec. 4. Repeal.That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, January 21, 1905.