Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Fortieth Legislature of the State of Texas Page: 95
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HOUSE JOURNAL. 95~
COMMITTEE TO ESCORT GOVERNOR
TO HALL.
The Speaker announced the appoint-
ment of the following committee, on the
part of the House, to escort the Gov-
ernor to the Hall of the House of Rep-
resentatives:
Messrs. Fly, Chairman; Smith of El
Paso, Storey, Holland and Webb.
SPECIAL ORDER SET.
On motion of Mr. Satterwhite, House
bill No. 52 was set as a special order
for 10:36 o'clock a. m. today.
(Mr. Loftin in the chair.)
HOUSE BILL NO. 52 ON SECOND
READING.
The Speaker laid before the House,
as a special order for this hour, on its
second reading and passage to engross-
ment,
H. B. No. 52, A bill to be entitled
"An Act to amend House bill No. 369
of the Acts of the Thirty-ninth Legisla-
ture, Regular Session, Chapter 86, and
providing for the reorganization of the
Thirty-first Judicial District of Texas;
naming the counties constituting the
same; creating and organizing the One
Hundred and Seventh Judicial District
of Texas, and naming the counties there-
in; fixing the times and terms of the dis-
trict courts, etc."
The bill was read second time.
Mr. Satterwhite offered the follow-
ing (committee) amendments to the bill:
Amend by striking out all after the
enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof
the following:
"Section 1. The Thirty-first Judicial
District of the State of Texas shall be
composed of the counties of Roberts,
Wheeler, Gray, Ochiltree, Lipscomb and
Hemphill; and the terms of the district
court shall be held therein each year as
follows :
"Beginning in Roberts county on the
second Monday in January and August
of each year, and may continue in ses-
sion two weeks;
"Beginning in Wheeler county on the
second Monday after the second Monday
in January and August of each year,
and may continue in session five weeks;
"Beginning in Gray county on the
seventh Monday after the second Mon-
day in January and may continue in
session three weeks; on the eighteenth
Monday after the second Monday in Jan-
uary, and may continue in session until
the business of the court is disposed of;and the seventh Monday after the sec-
ond Monday in August, and may con-
tinue in session three weeks; on the
eighteenth Monday after the second
Monday in August, and may continue in
session until the business of the court
is disposed of;
"Beginning in Ochiltree county on the
tenth Monday after the second Monday
in January and August of each year, and
may continue in session two weeks;
"Beginning in Lipscomb county on the.
twelfth Monday after the second Monday
in January and August of each year,
and may continue in session two weeks;
"Beginning in Hemphill county on the
fourteenth Monday after the second Mon-
day in January and August of each
year, and may continue in session four
weeks.
"Sec. 2. The One Hundred Seventh
Judicial District of Texas shall be com-
posed of the counties of Carson, Hans-
ford and Hutchinson; and the terms of
the district court in such counties shall
be held as follows:
"Beginning in Carson county on the
second Monday in January and August,
and the twelfth Monday after the second
Monday in January and August of each
year, and may continue in session four
weeks;
"Beginning in Hansford county on the
fourth Monday after the second Monday
in January and August of each year and
may continue in session two weeks;
"Beginning in Hutchinson county on
the sixth Monday after the second Mon-
day in January and August, and on the
sixteenth Monday after the second Mon-
day in January and August of each
year, and may continue in session until
the business of the court is disposed of.
"Sec. 3. The residence of W. R. Ew-
ing, Judge of the Thirty-first Judicial
District, and the residence of J. A.
Holmes, District Attorney of the Thirty-
first Judicial District, being in Roberts
county, one of the counties of the Thir-
ty-first Judicial District as reorganized,
no judge nor district attorney shall be
appointed for the Thirty-first Judicial
District, but the said W. R. Ewing and
J. A. Holmes shall hold their respective
offices for the term for which they were
elected.
"Sec. 4. The Governor shall appoint,
as soon as this act takes effect, a per-
son to act as judge of the One Hundred
Seventh Judicial District, and a person
to act as a district attorney of such
One Hundred Seventh Judicial District,
such persons to have the qualifications
as prescribed by law.HOUSE JOURNAL.
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