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22d Leg. 1891] General Laws of Texas. 3
it intersects the center of Main, Street in the city of Fort Worth; thence northerly
with the center of Main Street to the center of the court house; thence north
30 degrees west to the intersection of the north boundary line of the A. Gouhenaut
survey; thence west with the north line of said Gouhenaut survey to its
northwest corner; thence south to the center of Trinity river; thence westward
with the center of said river to Silver creek; thence westward with the center of
Silver creek to the west boundary of Tarrant County, shall constitute the Seventeenth
Judicial District, and the district court shall be begun and held therein as
follows: On the second Mondays in January and September, and may continue in
session until the business is disposed of.
Sec. 2. All that part of said Tarrant County lying north and east of the line
as defined in the foregoing section of this act shall constitute the Forty-eighth
Judicial District and the district court shall be begun and held therein as follows:
On the second Monday in February and October, and may continue in session
until the business is disposed of.
Sec. 3. The said district courts of the Seventeenth and Forty-eighth Judicial
districts shall have concurrent jurisdiction throughout the limits of said Tarrant
County, of all matters civil and criminal of which jurisdiction is given to the
District Court by the Constitution and laws of the State; and grand and petit
juries for said courts respectively shall be selected and drawn from the body of the
county.
Sec. 4. That the Judge of the Seventeenth Judicial District as heretofore constituted
shall continue as the Judge of the Seventeenth Judicial District as herein
constituted, and until the expiration of the term of his office and until his successor
shall be elected and qualified.
Sec. 5. Immediately after this act shall take effect, the Governor shall appoint
a suitable person as Judge of the Forty-eighth Judicial District who shall hold
said office until the next general election held for state and county officers, and
until his successor shall be elected and qualified.
Sec. 6. If any election precinct as now or may be hereafter constituted in Tarrant
County or any ward as now or as may be hereafter constituted in any incorporated
city or town, now existing or hereafter to be formed in said county, shall
be situated partly in each of said districts, then each voter thereof shall vote for
the District Judge only of the' district in which such voter resides.
Sec. 7. When this act shall take effect, the clerk of the district court of
Tarrant county shall at the earliest practicable time, make up a civil docket
and a crimainl docket for each of said courts, by placing thereon alternately
the cases civil and criminal, now pending in the district court of Tarrant
county; that is, said clerk shall place the first civil case on the civil docket
and the first criminal case on the criminal docket of the Seventeenth judicial
district and the next civil case on the civil docket, and the next criminal
case on the criminal docket of the Forty-eighth judicial district, and .so
on to the end of the dockets heretofore used, so that the business now pending
in the district court of Tarrant county, as heretofore constituted, shall be
as equally divided between said courts as can by this method of division be accomplished;
and all cases, prosecutions and proceedings filed with said clerk after
this act shall take effect, shall by him be entered upon the dockets of said courts
alternately in the manner above indicated, so that the business may be equally
distributed between said courts; provided that the reference above to a
civil docket in the singular number shall be taken to embrace the vari(5)
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 10, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6733/m1/7/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .