The Laws of Texas, 1931-1933 [Volume 28] Page: 346 of 2,111
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118 GENERAL AND SPECIAL LAWS.
and may continue in session four weeks; on the first Monday in
August and may continue in session four weeks; on the first
Monday in October and may continue in session four weeks.
In Upshur County said Court shall meet on the first Monday
in March and may continue in session for six weeks; on the first
Monday in November and may continue in session for four
weeks; on the first Monday in June and may continue in session
for eight weeks.
SECTION 10. The District Clerks of Upshur and Smith Counties
shall, immediately upon the taking effect of this Act, secure
a seal having engraved a star of five points in the center and
the words: "Special District Court of ----------------County,
Texas," the imprints of which shall be attached to all process,
except subpoenaes issued out of said Special District Court and
shall be kept bv said Clerk and used to authenticate his official
acts as Clerk of said Court.
SECTION 11. Said Special District Court of Smith and Unshur
Counties created by this Act shall cease to exist on the 15th
day of November, 1934. at which time the term of office of the
Judge of said Court shall expire by limitation of law and the
provisions of this Act, except those as embodied in Section 12
herein.
SECTION 12. At the expiration of the term for which said
Special District Court is created, the Judge thereof shall deliver
all the dockets and records of said Court to the Clerks of the
District Courts of Smith and Upshur Counties for preservation,
and any case or cases pending upon the dockets of said Special
District Court at the time shall be by said Clerks transferred to
the Docket of the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District
of the County in which said causes are pending. The Judge
of said Snecial District Court shall also have authority and
power, after the expiration of histerm of office, to approve any
and all statements of fact, bills of exception, or make any other
order necessary in cases tried in said Special District Court and
appealed.
SECTION 13. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as in
any way affecting the process, terms, jurisdiction or authority
of the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District of Texas,
except as herein specially conferred upon said Special District
Court hereby created, and all process issued in any case pending
in the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District shall be
equally valid in any case or cases transferred to said Special
District Court.
SECTION 14. The Judge of said Special District Court may,
in his discretion, from time to time, order drawn and convened,
a grand jury in the counties of Smith and Upshur as he may
deem proper and necessary.
SECTION 15. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with the
provisions of this Act shall be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 16. If any section, paragraph, or provision of this
Act be held or declared unconstitutional or invalid for any rea-
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1931-1933 [Volume 28], book, 1933; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17293/m1/346/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .