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120 GENERAL AND SPECIAL LAWS.
CREATING SPECIAL DISTRICT COURT OF RUSK AND
GREGG COUNTIES.
S. B. No. 39.] CHAPTER 48.
An Act creating the Special District Court of Rusk and Gregg Counties,
Texas, prescribing its jurisdiction, limiting its existence, fixing its
terms; providing for the appointment of a Judge thereof, fixing his
compensation, making an appropriation therefor, prescribing his powers
and duties, providing for the transfer of cases from the Fourth Judicial
District of Rusk County and from the One Hundred Twenty-Fourth
Judicial District of Gregg County; and from the Special District Court
to the Fourth Judicial District of Rusk County and the One Hundred
Twenty Fourth Judicial District of Gregg County; providing for the
District Clerks of Rusk and of Gregg Counties and their successors
in office, to be the Clerks for said Special District Court in their respective
counties; providing that the District Attorney of the District Court
of Rusk County and the District Attorney of Gregg County, shall represent
the State in said Special District Court in their respective counties,
without extra compensation from said Special District Court in
their respective counties; providing a seal for said Special District
Court; providing that if any section of this Act be held unconstitutional
or invalid for any reason, the same shall not impair or affect the
remaining sections or provisions and declaring an emergency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
SECTION 1. There is hereby created a Court to be held in
Rusk and Gregg Counties, to be called the Special District Court
of Rusk and Gregg Counties, Texas.
SECTION 2. Said Special District Court of Rusk and Gregg
Counties shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the District
Court of the Fourth Judicial District of Rusk County and of the
One Hundred Twenty Fourth Judicial District of Gregg County,
over all matters and causes of a civil and criminal nature, in
Rusk and Gregg Counties, over which, under the Constitution
and General Laws of the State of Texas, the District Court of
said Fourth Judicial District of Texas of Rusk County, and the
One Hundred Twenty Fourth Judicial District of Gregg County,
have original and appellate jurisdiction.
SECTION 3. The Judge of the Fourth Judicial District of Rusk
County, Texas, and of the One Hundred Twenty Fourth Judicial
District of Gregg County, Texas, may, in their discretion, either
in term time or in vacation, by order entered upon the minutes
of the District Court of Rusk and Gregg Counties, transfer any
case or cases that may at that time be pending in said District
Courts of said Counties to the Special District Court of Rusk and
Greo:r Counties created by this Act and holding sessions in said
Counties; and said Special District Court shall have the same
power and authority to try and finally dispose of such case or
cases so transferred, as the Court possessed from which the
same were transferred; and the Judge of said Special District
Court may, in his discretion, either in term time or in vacation,
by order or orders entered upon the minutes of his Court in
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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/m1/348/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .