The Laws of Texas, 1927 [Volume 25] Page: 44 of 1,111
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28 GENERAL AND SPECIAL LAWS.
SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the judge of the County Court
at Law No. 1 of Bexar County, Texas, as soon as practicable
after the passage and taking effect of this Act to transfer as
aforesaid from the docket of said court to the docket of said
County Court at Law No. 2 of Bexar County, Texas, approximately
one-half of the civil cases pending upon said docket,
which shall be done by transferring every alternate case without
reference to whether any particular case be pending upon the
jury or non-jury of said court; provided, this section is directory
in nature.
SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the judge of the County Court
at Law No. 2 of Bexar County, Texas, as soon as practicable
after the passage and taking effect of this Act, to transfer as
aforesaid from the docket of said court to the docket of said
County Court at Law No. 1, of Bexar County, Texas, approximately
one-half of the criminal cases pending upon said docket,
which shall be done by transferring every alternate case without
reference to whether any particular case be pending upon
the jury or non-jury docket of said court; provided, this section
is directory in nature.
SEC. 9. The judge of the County Court at Law No. 1 of
Bexar County, Texas, and the judge of the County Court at Law
No. 2, of Bexar County, Texas, may hold court for or with one
another, and all acts and proceedings of any court so held shall
be valid and binding.
SEC. 10. All writs, processes, judgments and decrees, civil
and criminal, heretofore issued by or out of the said County
Court of Bexar County for civil cases or the said County Court
of Bexar County for criminal cases, as well as all bonds and
recognizances taken in either of said courts, and all other acts
and proceedings had therein, shall be as valid and enforceable
and binding as if no change had been made in the name, designation,
jurisdiction or time of the holding of either of said
courts, and each and all of the same are, respectively, hereby
made returnable and effective in that one of said county courts
at law which shall have jurisdiction of the cause in conformity
with the terms and provisions of this Act.
SEC. 11. The judge of said County Court at Law No. 1, of
Bexar County, Texas, and the judge of said County Court at
Law No. 2, of Bexar County, Texas, shall each take' the oath of
office prescribed by the law relating to county judges, but no
bond shall be required of either of them. Each of the said
judges shall be enabled to collect the same fee provided by law
for county judges in similar cases all of which shall be collected
by the clerk of said courts and paid by him monthly into the
county treasury of Bexar County, in accordance with orders
of the commissioners court of said county. Each of said judges
shall receive a salary of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars, annually,
to be paid in equal monthly installments by said county
by warrants drawn from the general funds thereof, out of the
county treasury by the orders of the commissioners court.
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1927 [Volume 25], book, 1927; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16125/m1/44/?rotate=90: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .