Chapter 252. To amend section 71 of the Judicial Code, as amended
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CHAP. 252.— An Act To amend section 71 of the Judicial Code, as amended. February 17, 1925.[[H. R. 5197](/us/bill/68/hr/5197).][[Public, No. 421](/us/pl/68/421).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * United States courts.*Ante*, p. 90, amended. That section 71 of the Judicial Code, as amended, be amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 71. Arkansas judicial districts.
(a)The State of Arkansas is divided into two districts, to be known as the western and eastern districts of Arkansas. “(b) Western district.Texarkana division. The western district shall include four divisions constituted as follows: The Texarkana division, which shall include the territory embraced on July 1, 1920, in the counties of Sevier, Howard, LittleEl Dorado division. River. Pike, Hempstead, Miller, Lafayette, and Nevada; the El Dorado division, which shall include the territory embraced on suchFort Smith division. date in the counties of Columbia, Ouachita, Union, and Calhoun; the Fort Smith division, which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Polk, Scott, Logan, Sebastian, Franklin,Harrison division. Crawford, Washington. Benton, and Johnson; and the Harrison division, which shall include the territory embraced on such date in949 the counties of Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Marion, Newton, and Searcy. “(c) Terms of the district court for the Texarkana division shallTerms. be held at Texarkana on the second Mondays in May and November; for the El Dorado division, at El Dorado on the fourth Mondays in January and June; for the Fort Smith division, at Fort Smith on the second Mondays in January and June; and for the Harrison division, at Harrison on the second Mondays in April and October. “(d) The clerk of the court for the western district shall maintainOffices of clerk. an office in charge of himself or a deputy at Texarkana, Fort Smith, El Dorado, and Harrison. Such offices shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of the court. “(e) This Act does not repeal or amend the remainder of sectionEastern district not changed. 71 of the Judicial Code as it applies to the eastern district of Arkansas.” " Approved, February 17, 1925.