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CONSTITUTION OF TEXAS.
359
same manner as the clerk of the Supreme Court, which clerk shall receive
s;uch complensation as may be fixed by law. Until the organization of the
Courts of Civil Appeals and Criminal Appeals, as herein provided for, the
juris(dition, pow:\r, and orgatnization and location of the Supreme Court, the
Court of App,eals, and the Comnission of Appeals shall continue as they were
before the adoption of this amendment. All civil cases which may be pend-
ing inl the Court of A.lppeals shaill, as soon as practicable after the organization
of thle Courts o(t C(ivil Appeals, be certified to and the records thereof trans-
Illittedl to tlhe , roper Con ts of Civil Appeals, to be decided by said courts.
At the first session of tlle $tSupreime Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals, and
suilci of' the ( ourts of (Civil A)ppeals whlich maybe hereafter created under this
Article aftter the first electtionl of the judges of such courts under this amend-
lmenlt, t tIli ter ms of olice Eof the judges of each court shall be divided into three
class'es, ad1 tlhe justic(s thereof slill draw for the different classes. Those
whol slall draw cela iss No. I slhall hold their offices two years, those drawing
claiss No. 2 shall lhold tlheir otfices for four years, and those who may draw
class No. 31 sl;ll lold thllir otiets for six years from the date of their elec-
tion an.11d tIlllil thelir sltuccessors are elected and qualified; and thereafter each
of tlh staid juldges shall hold hIis office for six years, as provided in this Con-
stitlltiion.
S.(:c. 7. ThI'l Stateo sh;ll )b divided into as many judicial districts as may
Inow ' lor herftelr e proviled by law, which may be increased or diminished
lbv law. Pl',r '.eah dlistriet lthere shall be elected by the qualified voters
thlereo.f,. at a geillerl'l e'lhtio(n, ia jdge, who shall be a citizen of the United
State s anll o,f t his State; w1ho sha ll hatve been a practicing lawyer of this State
o,r ti j,ilgo , of La co,urt int this State for four years next preceding his election;
whlto tsTi h1ave rIsided in the district in which he was elected for two years
nexst plre'''dlil,g his ilection ; whlo shllll reside in his district during his term
of otticet; wtho slill hold his office for the period of four years, and shall re-
('eive fl,r liis servi,ces :n lan ltllat salary of two thousand five hundred dollars,
unttil oit lerwise c.}lhan;ged liv lt llw. Iie shall hold the regular terms of his court
lt the cuntlit v s -lt o,f e:ac. h oul.ntyl in his district at least twice in each year,
ilt such llIannl r as lmay 1,e tpescribed by law. The Legislature shall have
1,ower b,y genmral or S;l.secil laws to aLuthorize the holding of special terms of
the olt,' rt, or1' tili hlling o(f tlore than two terms in any county, for the dis-
pI:.tc.h o{f ,usiness. Tle ILegislature shall also provide for the holding of Dis-
trict C(',rt lwhenlt thle Jludlg thlereof is absent, or is from any cause disabled
or disulalified frimtl presidinilg. The D)istrict Judges who may be in office
wh.en tilis atllenlr lnent takes effect shall hold their offices until their respec-
tive t,m.;s slalll explire unlder tlheir present election or appointment.
S.:e . 8. Tiih lI istrict ('oulrt shalll hIave original jurisdiction in all criminal
ease(s of tihe 'railet (,f fe lony; in all suits in behalf of the State to recover pen-
alties, fo,rfelit ll.s, tand eshalll,ts; of all cases of divorce; of all misdemeanors
involving ,ifficial mliiscocllIit:; of I1ll suits to recover dlsmages for slander or
(e1,famat ion of c:haraetetr; of all suits for trial of title to land and for the en-
foreomlert (f liens tllereon; of all suits for the trial of the right of property
levied upon by virtI,ue of anvy writ of execultion, sequestration, or attachment,
8'. VII.- How mamnny tldlci (listrietH liaH Texuas 2. Give the qualifications o
ats itrtctJudlg.^ . : lSalry. 4. I lnugth of term. 5. His duties.
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Pennybacker, Anna J. Hardwicke. A new history of Texas for schools : also for general reading and for teachers preparing themselves for examination, book, 1895; Palestine, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2388/m1/375/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.