Laws Passed by the Eighth Congress of the Republic of Texas. Page: 9
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originates, and the Clerk shall so issue his summons or notice,
and the Sheriff shall make his return accordingly, and
all executions, or other process of all descriptions, whatsoever,
that may issue, either by the Court, or upon the proceedings
of the said Court, shall be made returnable to the place
of holding the same.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the Assessor, or Assessors, of the County of Liberty, in each
and every year, to return into the Clerk's Office, for each
District, in this act designated, the name of each individual
liable to serve upon juries in the same, from which the juries
shall be drawn, both grand and petit, as is now. provided for,
by law; and it is hereby made the duty of the Sheriff; for
said County, immediately after the passage of this act, to
make out, as accurately as he conveniently can, a list of the
names of all persons liable to serve upon juries, in each District
specified in this act, and return the same into the Clerk's
Office, at the place of holding Court for the same, from which
list, the jurors shall be drawn for the Courts, at each rlace.
both grand and petit, of holding the same, until the assessor
returns his list, as provided for in this act, and the grand juries
shall be sworn to esquire for that portion of the body of
the County of Liberty, embraced in their respective Districts.
SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the Chief Justice of tihe County of Liberty to hold a Court,
once in three months, at the several places of holding the
District Courts, for the transaction of Probate business, in the
respective Districts herein specified, which said Courts shall
be holden at Liberty, on the first Mondays in February, May,
August, and November ; at Swartwout, on the second Mondays
in said months; at Town Bluff, on the third Mondays
in said months, in each and every year, and continue until all
the business is transacted ; all of which business he shall
transact without the aid of the associate Justices, and it shall
be the duty of the Clerk of the County Court to attend said
several Courts, either by himself or a Deputy, and shall cause
a record of all the proceedings of said Court to be kept at the
place of holding the same.
SEC. 8. Be itfurther enacted, That the said District Courts
shall have jurisdiction bf all offences against the laws of this
Republic, that originate in the respective Districts, and shall
try the same, at the places of holding the Courts, in said DisB
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Texas (Republic). Eighth Congress. Laws Passed by the Eighth Congress of the Republic of Texas., book, 1844; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth45348/m1/9/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .