Creation of Harrison County

 


 

 

Approved, January 28, 1839

AN ACT To create and establish the county of Harrison. 

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and I-louse of Representatives of the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, That all the territory comprehended within the following limits, beginning at the mouth of Murval's bayou, thence in a direct line to Norris' crossing of the Attoyac river, thence up the same to its source, or to the crossing of Trammel's trace, thence with said trace to the Sabine river, thence up the same to the Cherokee crossing, thence along the road leading to Jonesborough, to the Big Cypress bayou, thence down the road to Lake Soda, thence east to the boundary line between this Republic and the United States, thence due south to the Sabine river, thence up or down said river, as the case may be, to the place of beginning, be and the same is hereby created a new county to be called by the name of Harrison. 

Sec: 2. Be it further enacted, That the said county of-Harrison shall be organized in conformity with an act organizing the inferior courts, and defining the powers and jurisdiction of the same, and the county courts in said county shall be held on the third Mondays of February, May, August, and November, in each year. 

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said county shall be included in and form a part of the fifth judicial district, and the district court of said county shall be held on the third Monday after the fourth Monday in April and October, and the district' court shall be held in the county of Red River on the fourth' Monday after the fourth Monday in April and October, and may continue two weeks, and in the county of Fannin on the sixth Monday after the fourth Monday in April and October. 

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the chief justice of said county, so soon as he shall receive a notice of his appointment, to proceed to give notice and hold an election at the houses of Thomas Timmons and William J. Wills for the permanent location of the seat of Justice in said county, and shall (make) returns of the result of said election to the Secretary of State.

 Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That said county shall be entitled to one representative in Congress, and shall constitute a part of the Senatorial district composed of the counties of Shelby and Sabine, and the chief justice of the county of Shelby shall be the returning officer of the district.

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That all civil suits which have been instituted in the county of Harrison shall be transferred in said county, and be completed in the same manner as if continued in the county of Shelby. 

JOHN M. HANSFORD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
DAVID G. BURNET, President of the Senate. Approved, January 28, 1839.
 MIRABEAU B. LAMAR.

 

Source: Gammel's The Laws of Texas


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