Excerpt from General Laws of the Extra Session of the Ninth Legislature: Of the State of Texas Chapter I. An Act to authorize the Supreme Court of the State, for the Galveston District, to hold its Spring term at the city of Austin. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the Supreme Court of the State, for the Galveston District, is hereby authorized to hold its Spring term, for the year 1863, at the city of Austin. Sec. 2. That the Judges of said Court are hereby authorized to have the records and papers appertaining to the Supreme Court of said Galveston District removed to the city of Austin, to be kept separate and apart from the records and papers of the Austin District, and to be returned to the Galveston District upon the adjournment of said Court. Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 9th, 1863. Chapter II. An Act in relation to Judicial Proceedings in Counties in possession of, or endangered by the enemy. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That during the continuance of the war between the Confederate States and the United States, should any enemy of the Confederate States take possession of any territory within any county of this State, or apparently threaten so to do, so as, in the judgment of the Chief Justice, or County Court of said county, or of the Judge of the District Court of the District in which such county is situated, to render it unsafe or improper, in view of the public interest, to hold the District or County Courts of such county at the court-house of the same, or to keep the records of such District Court, or of such county, at the court-house of the same, it shall be the duty of the Chief Justice, County Court or District Judge, to certify such fact upon the records of the county or District Court of such county, either in term time or vacation, or to publish the same in some public manner, which act may be done either within or without such county, as may be necessary or convenient to the Chief Justice, County Court or District Judge acting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.