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FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE-THIRD CALLED SESSION. 117
authority to try and finally dispose of same as was originally
had by said Special District Court.
SECTION 4. Any party or person desiring to bring a suit
over which the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District
has jurisdiction in Smith and Upshur Counties, shall have the
right to file the same either in said Court or in the Special District
Court hereby created, subject to the right of the Judges
of said Courts to transfer the same as herein provided.
SECTION 5. The Clerk of the District Court of each of the
Counties of Smith and Upshur, and his successors in office, shall
be the Clerk of the Seventh Judicial District Court in his county,
and also the Clerk of the Special District Court in his County,
and shall perform all duties pertaining to the clerkship of each
of said courts.
SECTION 6. The District Attorney of the Seventh Judicial
District of Texas shall represent the State in all cases wherein
the State of Texas is a party in said Special District Court, and
in case of the absence or inability of said District Attorney to
so represent the State in any case pending in said Special District
Court, then the County Attorney of the County in which
said case is pending shall represent the State without extra
compensation.
SECTION 7. The Governor of the State of Texas is hereby
authorized and empowered to appoint some person having the
qualifications provided by law for District Judges, as Judge of
said Special District Court, who shall hold his office for the
duration of the term for which said Court is created. The compensation
of the Judge of the Special District Court of Smith
and Upshur Counties hereby created shall be the same as the
compensation paid to the Judges of other District Courts, includinv
the expenses as provided for in Article 6820, Revised
Civil Statutes, 1925; and the Comptroller of the State of Texas
is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer
for such payment; and the compensation herein provided
for shall be paid in the manner in which other District Judges
of the State of Texas are paid.
SECTION 8. There is hereby conferred upon said Special District
Court, and upon the Judge thereof, all of the rights, powers,
privileges and duties that are given by law to the District
Court and District Judges of this State, and all laws of the
State of Texas with reference to District Courts and District
Judges shall be deemed equally applicable to said Special District
Court and the Judge thereof, except as herein specially
excepted.
SECTION 9. The terms of said special District Court created
by this Act in Smith County, Texas, and in Upshur County,
Texas, shall be as follows:
In Smith County the Court shall meet on the first Monday in
January of each year and may continue in session four weeks;
on the fourth Monday after the first Monday in January and
may continue in session four weeks; on the first Monday in May
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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/m1/345/?q=waco+tornado&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .