The Laws of Texas, 1921 [Volume 21] Page: 28 of 1,670

20 GENERAL LAWS.
FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT-FIXING TIME OF HOLDING
COURT IN.
H. B. No. 47.] CHAPTER 11.
An Act to fix the time of holding the courts in the Fifth Judicial District
of Texas to validate all process, bonds and recognizances heretofore taken
in the courts of said district, and all judgments therein rendered, or to be
rendered, repealing all laws in conflict therewith, and declaring an emergency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
SECTION, 1. That Section 1, Chapter 5 of the General Laws of the
Thirty-fourth Legislature of the State of Texas be amended so as to
hereafter read as follows:
Section 1. That the Fifth Judicial District of Texas shall be composed
of the counties of Bowie and Cass, and the terms of the District
Court shall be held therein in each year as follows:
In the County of Bowie, beginning on the First Monday in January
of each year, and may continue in session for ten weeks.
In the County of Cass, beginning on the tenth Monday after the
first Monday in January of each year, and may continue in session
for seven weeks.
In the County of Bowie on the eighteenth Monday after the first
Monday in January of each year, and may continue in session until
the first Monday in September.
In the County of Cass, on the first Monday in September of each
year, and may continue in session for seven weeks.
In the County of Bowie, on the seventh Monday after the First
Monday in September of each year, and may continue in session until
the first Monday in January following.
SEC. 2. That all process issued out of the District Court of the
counties of said district before this Act takes effect is hereby made
returnable to the terms of said court, as fixed by this Act, and all
bonds heretofore executed, and the recognizances entered of record
in said court shall bind the parties for their appearance, or to fulfill
the obligation of such bonds and recognizances at the terms of said
court as fixed by this Act, and all procesA heretofore returned, as well
as all bonds and recognizances heretofore taken in the District Courts
of the Sixty-second Judicial District shall be as valid as if no change
had been made in the time of holding said courts in the counties of
said district.
SEC. 3. That should the District Court in any of the counties of
said district be in session under existing laws when ths Act takes
effect, the same shall continue and end its terms under such existing
laws, and all process, writs, judgments and decrees shall be valid,
and shall not be effected by the change in the time of holding the
courts in the district, by this Act.
SEC. 4. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions
of this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed.