318 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. IH. Ch. 96, 97. 1879. 0f said block provided for in the preceding section shall take effect and be binding only from the time the said board shall in good faith commence the erection of said superstructure. Approved, February 24, 1879. Feb. 24, 1879. CHAP. 9’l.——An act to create the northern judicial district of the State of Texas, and —-i to change the eastern and western judicial districts of said State, and to fix the time and places of holding courts in said districts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United Texas. States of Amerika in Congress assembled, That a judicial district is hereby _N°1'?h¤¥¤ Judi- created in the State of Texas, to be called the northern judicial district °""1 d'St“°t‘ of said State, and the territory embracedin the following-named counties, as now constituted, shall compose said district, namely: Brazos, Robertson, Leon, Limestone, Freestone, Navarro, Ellis, Kaufman, Dallas, Rockwall, Hunt Fannin, Lamar, Delta, Collin, Grayson, Cooke, Denton, Tarrant, Johnson, Hill, McLennan, Falls, Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Bosque, Comanche, Erath, Somerville, Hood, Parker, Palo Pinto, Jack, Wise, Montague, Clay, Archer, Wichita, Wilbarger, Hardeman, Knox, Bayloi, Haskell, Throckmorton, Young, Stephens, Shackelford, Jones, Taylor, Callahan Eastland, Brown, Coleman, Runnels, Greer, Nolan, Fisher, Stonewall, King, Cottlc, Childress, Collingsworth, Wheeler, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Gray, Donley, Hall, Motley, Dickens, Kent, Scurry, Mitchell, Howard, Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Martin, Andrews, Garza, Crosby, Floyd, Briscoe, Armstrong, Carson, Hutchinson, Hansford, Sherman, Moore, Potter, Randall, Swisher, Hale, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, Hockley, Lamb, Castro, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Hartley, Dallam, Palmer, Bayley, Cochran, and Yoakum. Eastern judicial Sec. 2. That from and after the passage of this act, the territory emdistrict. braced in the following-named counties, as now constituted, shall compose the eastern judicial district, namely: Matagorda, Wharton, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Colorado, Austin, W’al1er, Harris, Galveston, Chambers, Jefferson, Orange, Hardin, Liberty, Newton, Jasper, Tyler, Polk, San Jacinto, Montgomery, \Valker, Grimes, Madison, Trinity, Angelina, San Augustine, Sabine, Shelby, Nacogdoches, Cherokee, Houston, Anderson, Henderson, Smith, Rusk, Panola, Harrison, Gregg, Upsh1u·, \Vood, Vannandt, Rains, Hopkins, Camp, Titus, Marion, Cass, Bowie, Franklin, ilorris, and Red River. \Vesrem judicial Sec. 3. That from and after the passage of this act, the territory emdi¤¤i<>f· braced in the following-named counties, as now constituted, shall compose the western judicial district of said State, namely: Calhoun, Jackson, Victoria, Goliad, Refugio, Bee, San Patricio, Nueces, Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata, Duval, Eucinal, Webb, La Salle, McMullen, Live Oak, De Witt, Lavaca, Gonzales, \Vilson, Karnes, Atascosa, Frio, Dimmit, Zavala, Maverick, Kinney, Uvalde, Medina, Bexar, Guadalupe, Caldwell, Fayette, Washington, Lee, Burleson, Milan, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Hays, Comal, Kendall, Blanco, Binnett, Llano, Gillespie, Kerr, Bandera, Edwards, Kimball, Mason Menard, El Paso, Presidio, Tom Green, Crockett, Pecos, Concho, McCulloch, San Saba, and Lampasas. Timesand places Sec. 4. That the courts in the 1101‘tl10I'1l judicial district shall be held ¤“<>1‘h¤kl1¤8t¢¤¤¤- twice in each year, at \Vaco, Dallas, and at Graham, in Young County; and the courts in the eastern judicial district shall be held twice in each year, at Galveston, Tyler, and Jefferson; and the courts in the western judicial district shall be held twice in each year, at Brownsville, San Antonio, and Austin. The co1u·ts shall be held in the city of W'aco on the first Mondays in April and October; in the city of Dallas, the first Mondays in June and December ; in the town of Graham, Young County, on the first Mondays in February and August; in the city of Galveston, on the first Mondays in November and March; at the city of Tyler, on the second Mondays in January and May; at the city of J eiferson, on
