Chapter 289. To amend section 107 of the Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary,” approved March 3, 1911, as heretofore amended
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CHAP. 289.— An Act To amend section 107 of the Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary,” approved March 3, 1911, as heretofore amended. March 4, 1923.[[H. R. 14324](/us/bill/67/hr/14324).][[Public, No. 540](/us/67/pl/540).] *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. 1124, amended.Vol. 37, p. 314. That section 107 of the Act entitled “An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary,” approved March 3, 1911, as heretofore amended, be, and it is, amended so as to read as follows:
" “Sec. 107. Tennessee judicial districts. Eastern district. Southern division, The State of Tennessee is divided into three districts, to be known as the eastern, middle, and western districts of Tennessee. The eastern district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of July, 1910, in the counties of Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, James, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea, and Sequatchie, which shall constitute the southern division of said district; Northern division.also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Sevier, Scott, and Union, which shall constitute the northern division of said district;
Northeastern division.also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington, which shall constitute the Terms.north-eastern division of said district. Terms of the district court for the southern division of said district shall be held at Chattanooga on the fourth Monday in April and the second Monday in November; for the northern division at Knoxville on the fourth Monday in May and the first Monday in December; and for the northeastern division at Greeneville on the first Monday in March and the third Middle district,Nashville division.Monday in September.
The middle district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of July, 1910, in the counties of Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson, and Wilson, which shall constitute the Winchester division.Vol. 39, p. 232.Nashville division of said district; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Franklin, Warren, Grundy, Coffee, and Moore, which shall constitute the Winchester division Columbia di vision.of said district; also the territory on the date last mentioned in the counties of Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Marshall, Northeastern division.Wayne, and Maury, which shall constitute the Columbia division of said district; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Clay, Cumberland, Dekalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, and White, which shall constitute the northeastern division of said district.
Terms.Terms of the district court for the Nashville division of said district shall be held at Nashville on the second Monday in March and the fourth Monday in September; for the Winchester division at Winchester on the first Monday in April and the third Monday in November; for the Columbia division at Columbia on the third Monday in June and the fourth Monday in November; and for the northeastern division at Cookeville on the third Monday in April 1521 and the first Monday in November: *Provided*, That suitable accommodations *Proviso*.Accommodations.for holding the courts at Winchester? Columbia, and Cookeville shall be provided by the local authorities without expense to the United States.
The western district shall include the Western district. Western division.territory embraced on the 1st day of July, 1910, in the counties of Dyer, Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, and Tipton, which shall constitute the western division of said district; also the territory Eastern division.embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, Henry, Lake, McNairy, Madison, Obion, Perry, and Weakley, including the waters of the Tennessee River to low-water mark on the eastern shore thereof wherever such river forms the boundary line between the western and middle districts of Tennessee, from the north line of the State of Alabama, north to the point, Henry County, Tennessee, where the south boundary line of the State of Kentucky strikes the east bank of the river, which shall constitute the eastern division of said district.
Terms of the districtTerms. court for the western division of said district shall be held at Memphis on the fourth Mondays in May and November; and for the eastern division at Jackson on the fourth Mondays in April and October. The clerk of the court for the western district shall appoint a deputy who shall reside at Jackson. The marshal for the western district shall appoint a deputy who shall reside at Jackson. The marshal for the eastern district shall appoint a deputy who shall reside at Chattanooga.
The clerk of the court for theOffices of clerk at Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Greeneville. eastern district shall maintain an office in charge of himself or a deputy at Knoxville, at Chattanooga, and at Greeneville, which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of the court.” " Approved, March 4, 1923.