Chapter CLXXVIII. *concerning the District Court of the United States for the District of Iowa*
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CHAP. CLXXVIII.— An Act *concerning the District Court of the United States for the District of Iowa*. June 30, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Western and central divisions of the United States district court for Iowa established. That the Iowa judicial district of the district court of the United States is hereby further subdivided, namely: The counties of Lyon, Osceola, Sioux, O’Brien, Plymouth, Cherokee, Woodbury, Ida, Monona, Crawford, Harrison, Shelby, Audubon, Pottawatomie, Cass, Mills, Montgomery, Fremout, and Page, now belonging to the western division of the said district court, shall constitute a new division, to be called the western division : and the division heretofore denominated the western division, with the exception of the counties above named, shall be hereafter denominated the central division.
Sec. 2. Terms in the western district.*And be it further enacted*, That two regular terms of said court shall be held annually in the new western district, at Council Bluffs, to commence on the third Tuesday of January and third Tuesday in July in each year from the passage of this act. Sec. 3. Existing laws to apply, &c.*And be it further enacted*, That the provisions of the several acts of Congress regulating the courts of the several divisions as heretofore organized shall, as far as the same are applicable, apply to the courts of the said district under the present division.
Sec. 4. Judge may make rules, &c.*And be it further enacted*, That the judge of the said district court shall have power to make such rules and orders as may be necessary to carry into effect the changes provided for in this act. Sec. 5. Repealing clause.*And be it further enacted*, That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, June 30, 1870.