Chapter 56. To provide for the appointment of an additional district judge in and for the district of Maryland
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CHAP. 56.— An Act To provide for the appointment of an additional district judge in and for the district of Maryland. February 24, 1910.[[S. 821](/us/bill/61/s/821).][[Public, No. 59](/us/pl/61/59).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the President of theMaryland judicial district.Additional district judge authorized.[R. S., sec. 551, p. 93](/us/bill/61/s/551).*Post*, p. 1087. United States shall appoint an additional district judge for the district of Maryland, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall reside in said district and shall possess the same qualifications and have the same power and jurisdiction now prescribed by law in respect to the present district judge therein.
Sec. 2. That no vacancy in the office of the existing district judgeNo successor for existing judge to be made. of said district of Maryland shall be filled by appointment, and in case of such vacancy there shall be thereafter one district judge only for said district. 202 Sec. 3. Division of business. That the present district judge in said district and the one appointed under this Act shall agree between themselves upon the division of business and assignment of cases for trial in said district: *Proviso*.Decision by circuit judge. *Provided, however*, That in case the said two district judges do not agree the senior circuit judge of the fourth circuit shall make all necessary orders for the division of business and the assignment of cases for trial in said district.
Approved, February 24, 1910.