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 FORTYFIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 97. 1879. 319* the second Mondays February and September; at the city of Brownsville on the nrst Mondays in January and July; at San Antonio on the f11st Mondays in May and November; at Austin on the first Mondays in February and August. And the district judge of each of said districts Adjournedterms, shall have power to fix adjourned terms at all of said places, so as to dispose of the whole of the business of said courts. Sec. 5. '1`hat all process issued against defendants residing in the coun- Return of N0- ties of Brazos, Robertson, Leon, Limestone, Freestone, McLennan, Falls, °""· Bell. Coryell, Hamilton, Comanche, Erath, Hood, Bosqne, Somerville, Hill, Brown. Coleman, and Runnels shall be returned to Waco; and all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Navarro, Johnson, Ellis, Kaufman, Dallas, Rockwall, Hunt, Lamar, Fannin, Gray- son, Collin, Denton, Cooke, Montague, \\'ise, Tarrant, Parker, Delta, and Clay shall be returned to Dallas; and all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Eastland, Stephens, Young, Archer, l\`ichita, YVilbarger, Baylor, Throckmorton, Shackeltbrd, Callahan, Taylor, Jones, Haskell, Knox, Hardeman, Greer, Nolan, Mitchell, Howard, Martin, Andrews, Gaines, Dawson, Borden, Scurry, Fisher, Stonewall, Kent, Garza., Lynn, Terry, Yoakam, Cochran, Hockley, Lubbock, Crosby, Dickens, King, Cottle, Motley, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Bayley. Palmer, Castro, Swisher, Brisco, Hall, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley, Armstrong, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Carson, Gray, \Vheeler, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Hutchinson, Hanstord, Sherman, Moore, Hartley, Palo Pinto, Jack, and Dallam shall be returned to Graham; and all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Jackson, Mata gorda, Brazoria, YVharton, Colorado, Fort Bend, Austin, Harris, Galveston, Chambers, J efferson, Orange, Hardin, Liberty, Montgomery, \Valler, Grimes, Madison, Walker, San Jacinto, Polk, Tyler, Jasper, and Newton shall be returned to Galveston; and all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Nacogdoches, Angelina, Trinity, Houston, Anderson, Cherokee, Panola, Rusk, Smith, Henderson, Vanzandt, Rains, Gregg, and Wood shall be returned to Tyler; and all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Upshur, Harrison, Marion, Cass, Bowie, Red River, Titus, Camp, Hopkins, Morris, and Franklin shall be returned to J eiierson ; and all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata, Webb, Encinal, Duval, Nueces, San Patricio, Dimmit, and Maverick shall be returned to Brownsville; and all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria, Goliad, Bee, Live Oak, Karnes, DeYVitt, Lavaca, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Wilson, Atacosa, McMullen, Bexar, Comal, Kendall, Kerr, Edwards, Bandera, Medina, Frio, La Salle, Zavala, Uvalde. Kinney, Crockett, Tom Green, Pecos, Presidio, and El Paso shall be returned to San Antonio; and all process issued against defendants residing in the counties of Fayette, Washington, Burleson, Milan, \Villiamson, Lee, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, Blanco, Gillespie, Burnet, Llano, Mason, Kimball, Menard, Concho, McCulloch, San Saba, and Lampasas shall be returned to Austin; and ROFUYB of P¤>· that all process issued against defendants residing in any county which  m mw °°"“` may hereafter be created by law, shall be returned to the nearest place T ° ger holding court in the judicial district within which said county is ormed. And if there be more than one defendant, and they reside in different Suits against divisions of the district, the plaintiff may sue in either division, and mom *·h¤¤ Om d°· send duplicate writ or writs to the other defendants, on which the f°“d°“t‘ plaintiff or his attorney shall endorse that the writ thus sent is a copy of a writ sued out of a court of the proper division of the said district; and the said writs, when executed and returned into the office from whgch they issued, shall constitute one suit, and be proceeded in according y. Sec. G. Actions or proceedings now pending at Brownsville, Austin, _ Tr=m¤f¤rvfp¢¤<l- Galveston, and Tyler, which, under this act, would be brought in some mg °"““S·