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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 42 STAT. · May 1, 1922 · Chapter 173

Chapter 173. To amend section 87 of the Judicial Code

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CHAP. 173.— An Act To amend section 87 of the Judicial Code. May 1, 1922.[[H. R. 9671](/us/bill/67/hr/9671).][[Public, No. 207](/us/pl/67/207).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, United States courts.Vol. 36, p. 1114, amended. That section 87 of the Judicial Code is hereby amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 87. That the State of Massachusetts shall constituteMassachusetts judicial district. one judicial district, to be known as the district of Massachusetts.
“Terms of the district court shall be held at Boston on the third Terms of court.Tuesday in March, the fourth Tuesday in June, the second Tuesday in September, and the first Tuesday in December; at Springfield, on the second Tuesday in May and December; and at New Bedford, on the first Tuesday in August: *Provided*, That suitable rooms and accommodations *Provisos*.Rooms at Springfield and New Bodford.for holding court at Springfield and New Bedford shall be furnished free of expense to the United States: *And provided further*, Processes, etc., returnable at BostonThat all writs, precepts, and processes shall be returnable to the terms at Boston, and all court papers shall be kept in the clerk’s office at Boston, unless otherwise specially ordered by the court, and the terms at Boston shall not be terminated or affected by the terms at Springfield or New Bedford.
“The marshal and the clerk for said district shall each appoint at Deputy marshal and clerk at Springfield.least one deputy to reside in Springfield and to maintain an office at that place.” " Approved, May 1, 1922.
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