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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 42 STAT. · March 2, 1923 · Chapter 172

Chapter 172. To detach Pecos County, in the State of Texas, from the Del Rio division of the western judicial district of Texas and attach same to the El Paso division of the western judicial district of said State

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CHAP. 172.— An Act To detach Pecos County, in the State of Texas, from the Del Rio division of the western judicial district of Texas and attach same to the El Paso division of the western judicial district of said State. March 2, 1923.[[H. R. 6423](/us/pl/67/6423).][[Public, No. 459](/us/pl/67/459).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That Pecos United States courts.Pecos County transferred to El Paso division of Texas western district.Vol. 36, p. 1126, amended.County, in the State of Texas, be, and the same is hereby, detached from the Del Rio division of the western judicial district of the State of Texas and attached to and made a part of the El Paso division of the western judicial district of said State.
Sec. 2. That all process against persons resident in said county Service of process.of Pecos and cognizable before the United States district court shall be issued out of and made returnable to said court at Pecos City, and that all prosecutions against persons for offenses committed in said county of Pecos shall be tried in said court at El Paso or Pecos City: *Provided*, That no civil or criminal cause begun and pending prior to the passage of this Act shall be in any way affected *Proviso*.Pending causes not affected.by it.
Approved, March 2, 1923.
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