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After statehood, Texas county courthouses kept their powers. [2] The counties of Texas were often first served by a tree, tent, or another building before judicial functions moved into a log cabin or dugout. [3] During the later 19th century, most county courthouses were simple wooden or stone two-story rectangular buildings. [4]
Established in 1887 on the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway, Hoover is named form businessman and landowner Harvey E. Hoover.A post office opened in January 1910, with E. D. McClain becoming postmaster, until it closed in 1914, but reopened in 1915 until closure in 1972.
A court clerk (British English: clerk to the court or clerk of the court / k l ɑːr k /; American English: clerk of the court or clerk of court / k l ɜːr k /) is an officer of the court whose responsibilities include maintaining records of a court and administering oaths to witnesses, jurors, and grand jurors [1] [2] as well as performing some quasi-secretarial duties. [3]
In one of the odd provisions of the Texas Government Code, there is no requirement that a municipal judge be an attorney if the municipal court is not a court of record (Chapter 29, Section 29.004), but the municipal judge must be a licensed attorney with at least two years experience in practicing Texas law if the municipal court is a court of ...
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The Southern District of Texas started with one judge, Waller T. Burns, and a Clerk of Court, Christopher Dart, seated in Galveston. Since that time, the court has grown to nineteen district judgeships, six bankruptcy judgeships, fourteen magistrate judgeships, and over 200 deputy clerks.
The Clerk's Office is responsible for maintaining the dockets and records of the court. However, since approximately 1960, most of the court's non-current case files and other records have been placed in the custody of the National Archives and Records Administration. The clerk is one of the court's four statutory officers.
A court of record is a trial court or appellate court in which a record of the proceedings is captured and preserved, for the possibility of appeal. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A court clerk or a court reporter takes down a record of oral proceedings. [ 4 ]