FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 63, 64. 1884. 35 mands were not below the minimum number required by existing laws and regulations: And provtdedfurther, That the pay and allowances act- Proviw ually received shall be deducted from the sums to be paid under this act. Sec. 2. That the heirs or legal representatives of any officer whose lEleirs,etc.,toremuster into the service has been or shall be amended hereby shall be, °°“’° ‘:i"°“¥“ °f entitled to receive the arrears of pay due such officer, and the pension, pay an p°°m°D` if any, authorized by law, for the grade into which such officer is mustered under the provisions of this act. Sec. 3. That all claims arising under this act shall be presented to Claims barred and tiled in the proper Department within three years from and after 2~f*°*` *1***** 5'°**”· the passage hereof, and all such claims not so presented and tiled within said three years shall be iorever barred, and no allowance ever made thereon. SEO. 4. That the pay and allowances of a rank or grade paid to and PML °*¤·» ¤°* *° ‘ received by any military or naval officer in good faith for services ¥;’as;;°3,Y$;‘;.gct1{¥l actually performed by such officer in such rank or grade during the mk,, ,,,,_,_, of ,4,. war of the rebellion shall not be charged to or recovered back from pointment. such officer because of any defect in the title of such officer to the office, rank, or grade in which such services were so actually performed. Approved, June 3, 1884.· CHAP. 64.-An act to amend sections four, five, and nine of an act approved Feb- Jung 3, [334, ruary twenty-fourth eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled “A.n act to create ——————;- the northern judicial district of the State of Texas, and to change the eastern and western judicial districts of said State, and to tix the time and places for holding courts in said districts", and to provide for holding terms of the court of the western judicial district of Texas at the city of El Paso, and for other purposes. Y Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the fourth section of An Act T¤1¤¤- approved February twenty fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine J ¤di<=i¤·i disentitled “An Act to create the northern judicial district of the State of "“““· Texas, and to change the eastern and western judicial districts of said 20 S*“”·· 318· State, and to tix the time and places of holding courts in said districts " is hereby amended asfollows.
- ‘ Sec. 4. That the courts in the western judicial district shall be held T¤¤¤¤ af ¤9¤}‘*i
twice in each year at Brownsville, San Antonio, the city of El Paso, "§;2_1‘?°‘f·l“d‘°‘“ and Austin. The courts shall be held at the city of Brownsville on the ' first Mondays in January and July; at San Antonio on the iirst Mondays in May and November; at the city of El Paso on the nrst Mondays in April and October; at Austin on the first Mondays in February and August " · SEc 2. That section five of said act be so amended that all process is- Return of proc sued after this act shall take effect against defendants residing in the ¤¤¤· counties of El Paso, Pecos, Presidio, Tom Green, Crockett, Andrews, Gaines, Yoakum, Cockrau, Bailey, Parmer, Castro, Lamb, Hockley, Terry, Dawson, Martin, Swisher, Hale, Lubbock, Lynn, Floyd, Crosby, Garza, Borden, Howard, Scurry, and Mitchell shall be returned to the city of El Paso. That civil actions or proceedings now pending in the Tu“m.°,·Pg,,d_ court at San Antonio against parties residing in the counties of El Paso, ing cum;. Pecos, Presidio, Tom Green, and Crockett, and now pending in the court at Graham against parties residing in the counties of Andrews, Gaines, Yoakum Cockran, Bailey Parmer, Castro, Lamb, Hockley, Terry, Dawson, Martin Swisher, Iilale, Lubbock, Lynn, Floyd, Crosby, Garza, Borden, Howard, Scurry, and Mitchell, as provided in the act to which this is amendatory, may, on the application of either party to such actions or proceedings,be transferred to the court at the city of El Paso; and in case of such transfer all papers and tiles therein, with copies of all journal entries, shall be transferred to the oiice of the deputy clerk of the court at the city of El Paso, and the same shall proceed in all respects as if originally commenced in said court.
