Chapter 100. To provide for the appointment of a district judge, district attorney, and marshal for the western district of South Carolina, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 100.— An Act To provide for the appointment of a district judge, district attorney, and marshal for the western district of South Carolina, and for other purposes. March 3, 1915.[[H. R. 20894](/us/bill/63/hr/20894).][[Public, No. 288](/us/63/pl/288).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That there shall be a districtSouth Carolina Judicial districts.Judge for each district.Vol. 36, p. 1087, amended.*Ante*, p. 581.*Proviso*.Indorsements to be made public.Service of present judge. judge for the eastern district of South Carolina and a district judge for the western district of South Carolina, who shall be appointed as district judges are appointed in other judicial districts of the United States: *Provided*, That the President, previous to appointing said judge, shall make public all indorsements of the applicants for said position.
The present district judge, who is a resident of the eastern district of South Carolina, is hereby assigned to said eastern district as the district judge thereof. Sec. 2. That all causes of a civil nature and motions thereinDisposal of pending eases in western district. submitted and all causes and proceedings of a civil nature, including proceedings in bankruptcy, now pending in the western district of South Carolina in which the evidence has been taken in whole or in part before the present district judge for the eastern and western districts of South Carolina, or taken in whole or in part and submitted to and passed upon by the said district judge, shall be retained by said judge and proceeded with and disposed of by said judge, who may for that purpose continue to exercise jurisdiction in the said western district.
Sec. 3. That there shall be a district attorney for the eastern districtDistrict attorney for each district.[R. S., sec. 767, p. 144, amended](/us/rs/s767/p144). of South Carolina and a district attorney for the western district of South Carolina, who shall be appointed as district attorneys are appointed in other judicial districts of the United States. TheSalary. district attorney for the eastern district of South Carolina and the district attorney for the western district of South Carolina shall each receive an annual salary of $4,500.
The present district attorney, who is aPresent officer in eastern district. resident of the eastern district of South Carolina, is hereby assigned to said eastern district as the district attorney thereof. Sec. 4. That there shall be a marshal for the eastern district ofMarshal for each district.[R. S., 776, p. 146, amended](/us/rs/s776/p146). South Carolina and a marshal for the western district of South Carolina, who shall be appointed as marshals are appointed in other judicial districts of the United States.
The marshal for the eastern districtSalary. of South Carolina and the marshal for the western district of South Carolina shall each receive an annual salary of $4,500. The presentPresent officer in eastern district. marshal, who is a resident of the eastern district of South Carolina, is hereby assigned to said eastern district as the marshal thereof. Sec. 5. That terms of the district court for the eastern district shallTerms of court.Vol. 36, p. 1123, amended.Eastern district. be held at Charleston on the first Tuesdays in June and December; at Columbia on the third Tuesday in January, first Tuesday in November; at Florence, first Tuesday in March; and at Aiken on the first Tuesdays in April and October.
Terms of the district court of the western district shall be held atWestern district. Greenville on the first Tuesday in April and the first Tuesday in October; at Rock Hill, the second Tuesdays in March and September; and at Greenwood, the first Tuesdays in February and November. The office of the clerk of the district court for the western districtOffices. shall be at Greenville and the office of the clerk of the district court for the eastern district shall be at Charleston.
Approved, March 3, 1915.