The Laws of Texas, 1927 [Volume 25] Page: 43 of 1,111
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GENERAL AND SPECIAL LAWS. 27
as such respective judge and officers of the County Court at
Law No. 1, of Bexar County, Texas, until the expiration of their
present terms of office and until their successors shall have
been duly elected or appointed and qualified.
SEC. 2. From and after the passage and taking effect of this
Act the county court of Bexar County for criminal cases shall
be known and designated as the "County Court at Law No. 2,
of Bexar County, Texas,." The present judge and all officers
of the county court of Bexar County for criminal cases shall
continue as such respective judge and officers of the County
Court at Law No. 2, of Bexar County, Texas, until the expiration
of their present terms of office and until their successors
shall have been duly elected or appointed and qualified.
SEC. 3. Said County Court at Law No. 1, of Bexar County,
Texas, and the judge thereof, shall have and exercise the same
jurisdiction, original and appellate, heretofore conferred on said
county court of Bexar County for civil cases, and the judge
thereof, and in addition thereto, shall have jurisdiction within
Bexar County, Texas, of all such subject matters and causes,
original and appellate, over which the county court of Bexar
County for criminal cases has heretofore had jurisdiction; and
the authorized jurisdiction of said courts, namely, the County
Court at Law No. 1, of Bexar County, Texas, and the County
Court at Law No. 2, of Bexar County, Texas, over all such matters,
within said county, shall be concurrent.
SEC. 4. Said County Court at Law No 2 of Bexar County,
Texas, and the judge thereof, shall have and exercise the same
jurisdiction, original and appellate heretofore conferred on said
county court of Bexar County for criminal cases, and the judge
thereof, and in addition thereto, shall have jurisdiction within
Bexar County, Texas, of all such subject matters and causes,
original and appellate, over which the county court of Bexar
County for civil cases has heretofore had jurisdiction; and the
authorized jurisdiction of said courts, namely, the County Court
at Law No. 1, of Bexar County, Texas, and the County Court
at Law No. 2, of Bexar County, Texas, over all such matters,
within said county, shall be concurrent.
SEC. 5. From and after the passage and taking effect of this
Act, civil and criminal cases, within the jurisdiction of said
courts, may be filed in either the County Court at Law No. 1,
of Bexar County, Texas, or in the County Court at Law No. 2 of
Bexar County, Texas.
SEC. 6. Whenever the judge of said County Court at Law No.
1, or the judge of said County Court at Law No. 2 of Bexar
County, Texas, may deem it advisable or expedient he may
transfer any cases or cases pending in the court over.which he
presides to the other of said county courts at law, and the written
order upon the minutes of said court so transferring such
case, signed by the judge thereof making the transfer, shall be
authority for the clerk of said court to make such transfer.
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1927 [Volume 25], book, 1927; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16125/m1/43/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .