Chapter 247. To amend section 70 of the Judicial Code
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CHAP. 247.— An Act To amend section 70 of the Judicial Code. June 27, 1922.[[S. 3156](/us/bill/67/s/3156).][[Public, No. 255](/us/pl/67/255).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section 70 of anUnited States courts.Vol. 36, p. 1105.Vol. 37, p. 698, amended. Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary,” approved March 3, 1911, as amended, be, and the same is hereby, further amended to read as follows:
" “Sec. 70. That the State of Alabama is divided into three judicialAlabama judicial districts. districts, to be known as the northern, middle, and southern districts of Alabama. The northern district shall include the territory embracedNorthern district. on the 1st day of July, 1910, in the counties of Cullman,Northeastern division. Jackson, Lawrence Limestone, Madison, and Morgan, which shall constitute the northeastern division of said district; also the territoryNorthwestern division. embraced on the dateMiddle division. last mentioned in the counties of Colbert, Franklin, and Lauderdale, which shall constitute the northwestern division of said district; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Cherokee, Dekalb, Etowah, Marshall, and Saint Clair, which shall constitute the middle division of said district; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned inSouthern division. the counties of Blount, Jefferson, and Shelby, which shall constitute the southern division of said district; also the territory embracedJasper division. on the date last mentioned in the counties of Walker, Winston, Marion, Fayette, and Lamar, which shall constitute the Jasper division of said district; also the territory embraced on the date lastEastern division. mentioned in the counties of Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, and Talladega, which shall constitute the eastern division of said district; alsoWestern division. the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Bibb, Greene, Pickens, Sumter, and Tuscaloosa, which shall constitute the western division of said district.
Terms of the districtTerms. court for the northeastern division shall be held at Huntsville on the first Tuesday in April and the second Tuesday in October; for the northwestern division, at Florence on the second Tuesday in February and the third Tuesday in October: *Provided*, That suitable*Provisos*.Booms at Florence. rooms and accommodations for holding court at Florence shall be furnished free of expense to the Government; for the middle division, at Gadsden on the first Tuesdays in February and August: *Provided*,Rooms at Gadsden.
That suitable rooms and accommodations for holding court at Gadsden shall be furnished free of expense to the Government; for the southern division, at Birmingham on the first Mondays in March and September, which courts shall remain in session for the transaction of business at least six months in each calendar year; for the Jasper division, at Jasper on the second Tuesdays in January and June: *Provided*, That suitable rooms and accommodations forRooms at Jasper. holding court at Jasper shall be furnished free of expense to the Government; for the eastern division, at Anniston on the first Mondays in May and November; and for the western division, at Tuscaloosa on the first Tuesdays in January and June.
The clerk of theOffices. court for the northern district shall maintain an office, in charge of himself or a deputy, at Anniston, at Florence, at Jasper, and at Gadsden, which shall he kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of said court. The district judge for the northern district shall reside at Birmingham. The middle district shall includeMiddle district. the territory embraced on the 1st day of July, 1910, in the counties of Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chilton, Coosa,Northern division.
Covington, Crenshaw, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery, and Pike, which shall constitute the northern division of said district; alsoSouthern division. the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, and Houston, which shall constitute the southern division of said district; also the territory embraced onEastern division. the date last mentioned in the counties of Chambers, Lee, Macon, Randolph, Russell, and Tallapoosa, which shall constitute the668Terms. eastern division of said middle judicial district.
Terms of the district court for the northern division shall be held at Montgomery on the first Tuesdays in May and December; for the southern division, at Dothan on the first Mondays in June and December; and for the eastern division, at Opelika on the first Mondays in April and November:*Proviso*.Rooms at Opelika. *Provided*, That suitable rooms and accommodations for holding court at Opelika shall be furnished free of expense to the Government.Offices. The clerk of the court for the middle district shall maintain an office in charge of himself or a deputy at Dothan, and shall maintain an office in charge of himself or a deputy at Opelika, which said offices at Dothan and Opelika shall be kept open at all timesSouthern district.Southern division. for the transaction of the business of said divisions.
The southern district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of July, 1910, in the counties of Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia,Northern division. Mobile, Monroe, and Washington, which shall constitute the southern division of said district; also the territory embraced in the date last mentioned in the counties of Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry, and Wilcox, which shall constitute the northern division of saidTerms. district. Terms of the district court for the southern division shall be held at Mobile on the fourth Mondays in May and November; and for the northern division, at Selma on the second Mondays in January and July.
” " Approved, June 27, 1922.