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GENERAL LAWS OF TEXAS.
criminal cases in which the justices of the peace and other inferior tribunals
of said county have original jurisdiction.
SEc. 7. The district court of said county shall no longer have jurisdiction
of misdemeanors, except misdemeanors involving official misconduct,
and shall no longer have jurisdiction of cases of which the
county court of said county by provisions of this Act has original or
appellate jurisdiction.
SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the district clerk of said county within
thirty days after this Act shall take effect, to make full and complete
transcripts of orders in cases on the criminal and civil dockets then
pending before the district court of said county, of which cases by the
provisions of this Act original and appellate jurisdiction is given to the
said county court, and to deliver said transcripts, together with the
original papers and a certified bill of costs in each case, to the county
clerk of said county, and the said county clerk shall file the same and
enter said cases as appearances on the respective dockets for trial by
said court and all cases, jurisdiction to try which is herein conferred on
the County Court of San Augustine county and which are now pending
in the district court of such county, are hereby transferred to said
county court.
SEC. 9. The said county court shall also have the power to hear and
determine all motions against sheriffs and other officers of the court for
failure to pay over money collected under process of said court, of other
defalcations of duty in connection with said process, and shall have power
to punish by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and by imprisonment
in the county jail not exceeding three days, any person guilty of contempt
of said court and all other powers and jurisdictions conferred on
county courts by the Constitution and general laws of this State.
SEC. 10. The terms of said court shall commence on the first Monday
in February and on the first Monday in May, and the first Monday
in August, and on the first Monday in November of each year, and may
continue in session for three weeks each term; provided, that the county
commissioners court of said county may thereafter change the term of
said court whenever it may be deemed necessary.
SEC. 11. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and
the same are hereby repealed.
SEC. 12. The importance of restoring the jurisdiction of the county
court of said county, to the end that pending and further litigation may
be disposed of without delay, creates an emergency and an imperative
public necessity that the rule requiring bills to be read on three several
days be suspended, and .the said rule is hereby suspended, and that this
Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and it is hereby
so enacted.
[NOTE.-The enrolled bill shows that the foregoing Act passed the
House by the following vote, yeas 98, nays 0; and passed the Senate by
a two-thirds vote, yeas 25, nays 0.]
Approved March 5, 1909.
Became a law March 5, 1909.
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1909-1910 [Volume 14], book, 1910; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth9392/m1/82/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .