Found inside – Page 448First of all , I am Sam D. Seale ; I am county judge of Jackson County ... of Texas , as its president - comprised of 254 counties , 1,270 elected officials ... Although I wasn't selected to keep a diary to read to new Texas judges in a future year, the suggestion gave me the idea for this book. I kept such a daily diary: detailed, meticulous, contemporaneous, unfailing. Found inside – Page 581In Texas , counties are governed by a County Commissioners Court . The Court consists of a County Judge elected at - large and four county commissioners ... Found inside – Page 7Texas. of which jupunty judge , commissioners officer of suc The jurisdiction of the County Court of Wichita County at Law ... There shall be elected in said county by the qualified voters thereof , at each general election , a judge of the County ... Found inside – Page 206Judge Sec . 3. ( a ) At the general election in November 1970 , a Judge of the County Court at Law of Guadalupe County shall be elected if this Act has taken effect in accordance with Section 7 . ( b ) To be eligible for the office of Judge of the ... Found inside – Page 1037Texas. Legislature. House. laws governing county courts throughout the State, and to issue writs of habeas corpus, ... The judge of the El Paso county court at law who was elected at the last general election before this act takes ' effect, shall ... Found inside – Page 110Judges of court of appeal , and district and associate district judges elected on non - partisan ballot in adversary ... TEXAS All elected on partisan ballot except municipal judges , most of whom are appointed by municipal governing body . Found inside – Page 96The volume of probate business in many counties does not warrant the full - time employment of a judge of suitable cal - iber ... In Texas ordinary trial courts of record are presided over by district judges , who are elected for four year terms and ... Found inside – Page 362All of these officials are chosen in partisan elections to serve staggered four - year terms . All but justices of the peace and constables are elected countywide . After the county judge , the most visible county official is the sheriff , the chief law ... Found insideOur example of a technically oriented leader is Texas County Judge Harold ... and county personnel amount to just forty-eight people including all elected ... Found insideThe Juvenile Board of El Paso County is composed of the county judge, ... up to five judges on the "El Paso Council of Judges" to be elected by majority ... Found inside – Page 667He was appointed Treasurer of Bee County, in 1870, and continued to fill that office, being re-elected, until April, 1876, when he was elected County Judge, ... Found inside – Page 24At the next level are the county courts , including county judges , probate ... females.3 County Courts Each county in Texas has an elected county judge ... Found inside – Page 36Engineers selected by county highway commissions serve in a technical and supervisory capacity . Texas Unit : County 1 . 8 2 . Policy - making ... How members are selected : The county judge is elected by the voters of the entire county . Found inside – Page 16Data for county elected officials in Texas show that Hispanics were also ... counties had 9 elected Hispanic law enforcement officials ( county judges ) ... Found inside – Page 204The voters elect judges of all these courts , except municipal courts , to four - year terms . Most municipal court judges are appointed to two - year terms . Local government . Texas has 254 counties - more than any other state . Each one is ... Found inside – Page 466City judges , magistrates , and some county judges and family court judges appointed by Governor — the latter on ... Texas . - All elected on partisan ballot except municipal judges , most of whom are appointed by municipal governing body . Found inside – Page 149These officials are elected to fouryear terms on a partisan ballot. The county judge is elected countywide and the commissioners are elected within ... Found inside – Page 230The members of the Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association consist of one county judge and four commissioners elected in each of the 254 counties ... Found insideJudgment rendered by special judge who has not been appointed or non's Ann.Texas Const . Art . 5 , § 16 ; Vernon's selected in ... Ann.Texas C.C.P. art . 30.03 , Appointment of special judge by county judge $ S 1 , 2 ; V.T.C.A. , Government ... Found inside – Page 58County CouTT; ELECTION; TERM of OFFICE of COUNTY JUDGES: FEES.--There shall be established in each county in this State a county court, which shall be a court of record; and there shall be elected in each county by the qualified voters ... Found inside – Page 105Supreme court justices and court of criminal appeals judges appointed by Governor from lists of three submitted by ... Judges of court of appeals, district and associate district judges elected on nonpartisan ballot in adversary popular election. Found inside – Page 210“ Texas counties are governed by a commissioners court which consists of a ... County judges are elected to four year terms in a county - wide election ... Found inside – Page 434There are no areas in Texas lacking county government . ... of directors having five elected members plus additional members appointed by the county judge . Found inside – Page 232There are no areas in Texas lacking county government . ... precinct and additional members representing the population are appointed by the county judge . Found inside – Page 541We are unpersuaded that a constable of a Texas county precinct occupies a relationship to the County such that his ... of a county judge : Because of the unique structure of county government in Texas , the judge — like other elected county ... Found inside – Page 463Supervision by judges Sec. 2. A majority of the Judges for the District and County Courts of any such county are authorized to act in carrying out the provisions of this law. From time to time they shall elect one of their number as the presiding ... Found inside – Page 7Above , Harris County Probate Judge Pat Gregory , left , discusses a point ... effect in One district judge said he had ob improving the practices in Texas ... Found inside – Page 53The court is composed of the county judge and four county commissioners , all elected at each biennial general election . Each county is divided into four ... Found inside – Page 1335Every four years thereafter , this officer shall be elected for a regular four - year term as provided in Section 30 , Article V , and Section 65 , Article XVI , Constitution of Texas . ( c ) Any vacancy occurring in the office of the judge of County Court ... Found inside – Page 132Texas. ceeding before such special judge without mant V. Webb ( Civ . App.1912 ) 147 S.W. objection . Johnson v . Willacy County Wa 693 . ter Control & Improvement Dist . No. 1 A special county judge elected by the ( Civ.App.1940 ) 136 ... Found inside – Page 1084hief Justice Thomas Phillips was appointed to the Texas Supreme Court in 1987 by Gov. ... In many counties judges are treated very well, but some district judges still have no computers and no coordinators, and about 80 percent have no ... Found inside – Page 406Because county judges and treasurers are actively involved in county ... A county judge is the chief elected official in county government in Texas. Found inside – Page 2178Of the 1,016 county commissioners in Texas only less than 1 percent were ... of black elected officials , 196 of the 2,009 , with Virginia saving Texas from ... Found inside – Page 32County judges , howeveralso members of the respective commis sioners ' courts but elected at largegenerally favored the ... The forks of the creek are due to get out of the mud How Five Texas County Judges View Law Unit operating system ... Found inside – Page 107Yet, there were only twenty-three original Texas counties when the ... based on population) and a county judge elected by voters of the entire county. Found insideAnd , in 1994 , LULAC , the oldest Chicano civil rights organization in the nation , elected as Chair at its national ... for County Judge in Texas to explore this issue as well as to examine the situations these women face , once elected . Found inside – Page 83As the numbers of elected officials of color have grown at the local level, ... There are also counties where the term “county judge” is not a judicial ... Found inside – Page 137Among these , especially important is the Official Monthly Report on Court Activity submitted to the Texas Judicial Council . ... County judges generally have ( 1 ) jurisdiction over juvenile matters , ( 2 ) concurrent civil jurisdiction in selected ... Found insideSome facilities are both in cities and counties while others operate in unincorporated ... There are elected heads of each county in Texas, county judges. Found inside – Page 26EXECUTIVE OFFICERS CHAIRMAN Honorable Tom Vickers Bexar County Commissioner Bexar County Courthouse San Antonio, Texas ... O. B. Gates Atascosa County Judge Atascosa County Courthouse Jourdanton, Texas 78026 (512) 769-3093 (Term expires December 1983) ... Of these, 61 percent are elected officials of general-purpose governments; 25 percent are elected or appointed officials of ... Found inside – Page 369To which are Added Notes of the Decisions of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of Texas . ... County judges , in those counties wherein the civil or criminal jurisdiction of the county courts has been , or may hereafter be , diminished , shall ... or unable or unwilling to hold the court , a special county judge may be elected in the same manner as is provided for the election of a special judge of the ... Found inside – Page 466Supreme Court and circuit court judges elected by Legislature . ... 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