Chapter 30. Providing for the appointment of an additional district judge for the southern judicial district of the State of West Virginia
219 words·~1 min read·
/statutes-at-large/vol-42/chapter-30-402547·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
CHAP. 30.— An Act Providing for the appointment of an additional district judge for the southern judicial district of the State of West Virginia. June 25, 1921.[[S. 694](/us/bill/67/s/694)][[Public, No. 25](/us/pl/67/25).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the President of the West Virginia southern Judicial district.Additional judge authorized.Vol. 36. p. 1087, amended.United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint an additional judge of the district court of the United States for the southern judicial district of the State of West Virginia, who shall possess the same powers, perform the same duties, and receive the same compensation and allowance as the present judge of said district, and the judge so appointed shall be held and treated as the To act as senior Judge.senior judge and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties in that judicial district as may be incident to seniority.
Sec. 2. That whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Vacancy in office of judge senior in commission not to be filled.district judge for the southern district of West Virginia senior in commission such vacancy shall not be filled, and thereafter there shall be but one district judge in said district. Approved, June 25, 1921.