Chapter 28. To amend sections ninety, ninety-nine, one hundred and five, and one hundred and eighty-six of an Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven
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CHAP. 28.— An Act To amend sections ninety, ninety-nine, one hundred and five, and one hundred and eighty-six of an Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven.February 5, 1912.[[S. 2750](/us/bill/62/s/2750).][[Public, No. 73](/us/pl/62/73).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,United States courts.Vol. 36. pp. ll16, 1121, 1128, 1143, amended.
That sections ninety, ninety-nine, one hundred and five, and one hundred and eighty-six of an Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary,” approved March third, nineteen hundred and eleven, be, and they hereby are, amended to read as follows: “Sec. 90. The State of Mississippi is divided into two judicialMississippi judicial districts.Vol. 36, p. 1116, amended. Northern district. Eastern division*Post*, p. 118. districts, to be known as the northern and southern districts of Mississippi.
The northern district shall include the territory embraced on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and ten, in the counties of Alcorn, Attala, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Oktibbeha, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo, and Winston, which shall constitute the eastern division of said district; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned inWestern division. the counties of Benton, Coahoma, Calhoun, Carroll, De Soto, Grenada, Lafayette, Marshall, Montgomery, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tunica, Union, Webster, and Yalobusha, which shall constitute the western division of said district.
Terms of the districtTerms. court for the eastern division shall be held at Aberdeen on the first Mondays in April and October; and for the western division, at Oxford on the first Mondays in June and December, and at Clarks60 dale on the tided Mondays in June and December: *Provided*, That *Proviso*.Rooms at Clarksdale.suitable rooms and accommodations for holding court at Clarksdale Southern district.are furnished free of expense to the United States. The southern district shall include the territory embraced on the first day of July, Jackson division.nineteen hundred and ten, in the counties of Adams, Amite, Copiah, Covington, Franklin, Hinds, Holmes, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Leflore, Madison, Pike, Rankin, Simpson, Smith, Scott, Wilkinson, and Yazoo, which shall constitute the Jackson Western division.division; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Bolivar, Claiborne, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower, Warren, and Washington, which shall constitute the western division; also Eastern division.the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Clarke, Jones, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, and Wayne, which shall constitute the eastern division; also Southern division.the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Forest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Lamar, Marion, Perry, and Pearl River, which constitutes the Terms.southern division of said district.
Terms of the district court for the Jackson division shall be held at Jackson on the first Mondays in May and November; for the western division, at Vicksburg on the first Mondays in January and July; for the eastern division, at Meridian on the second Mondays in March and September: and for the southern division, at Biloxi on the third Mondays in February Offices.and August. The clerk of the court for each district shall maintain an office in charge of himself or a deputy at each place in his district at which court is now required to be held, at which he shall not himself reside, which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of the court.
The marshal for each of said districts shall maintain an office in charge of himself or a deputy at each place at which court is now held in his district.” “Sec. 99. North Dakota district.Vol. 86, p. 1121, amended.Southwestern division.The State of North Dakota shall constitute one judicial district, to be known as the district of North Dakota. The territory embraced on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and ten, in the counties of Burleigh, Stutsman, Logan, McIntosh, Emmons, Kidder, Foster, Wells, McLean, Sheridan, Adams, Bowman, Dunn, Hettinger, Morton, Stark, and McKenzie shall constitute the southwestern Southeastern division.division of said district; and the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Cass, Richland, Barnes, Dickey, Sargent, Lamoure, Ransom, Griggs, and Steele shall constitute the Northeastern division.southeastern division; and the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Grand Forks, Traill, Walsh, Pembina, Cavalier, and Nelson shall constitute the northeastern division;
Northwestern division.and the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Ramsey, Eddy, Benson, Towner, Rolette, Bottineau, Pierce, and McHenry shall constitute the northwestern division; and the Western division.territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Ward, Williams, Mon traffic, Burk, and Renville shall constitute the Indian reservations included.Terms.western division. The several Indian reservations and parts thereof within said State shall constitute a part of the several divisions within which they are respectively situated.
Terms of the district court for the southwestern division shall be held at Bismarck on the first Tuesday in March; for the southeastern division; at Fargo on the third Tuesday in May; for the northeastern division, at Grand Forks on the second Tuesday in November; for the northwestern division, at Devils Lake on the first Tuesday in July; and for the western division, at Minot on the second Tuesday in October. The Offices.clerk of the court shall maintain an office in charge of himself or a deputy at each place at which court is now held in his district.
” “Sec. 105. South Carolina judicial districts.Vol. 36, p. 1123, amended.Western district.The State of South Carolina is divided into two districts, to be known as the eastern and western districts of South Carolina. The western district shall include the territory embraced 61 on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and ten, in the counties of Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville, Greenwood, Lancaster, Laurens, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Saluda, Spartanburg, Union, and York.
Terms of the district courtTerms. for the western district shall be held at Greenville on the third Tuesdays in April and October. The eastern district shall include theEastern district. territory embraced on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and ten, in the counties of Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington, Dillon, Dorchester, Florence, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter, and Williamsburg.
Terms of the district court for theTerms. eastern district shall be held at Charleston on the first Tuesdays in June and December; at Columbia on the third Tuesday in January and the first Tuesday in November, the latter term to be solely for the trial of civil cases; and at Florence on the first Tuesday in March. The offices of the clerk of the district court shall be atOffices. Greenville and at Charleston; and the clerk shall reside in one of said cities and have a deputy in the other.
” “Sec. 186. No person shall be excluded as a witness in the CourtCourt of Claims.Witnesses not excluded because of color or interest.Vol. 36, p. 1143, amended. of Claims on account of color or because he or she is a party to or interested in the cause or proceeding; and any plaintiff or party in interest may be examined as a witness on the part of the Government.” Approved, February 5, 1912.