Chapter 255. To amend paragraph 1 of section 101 of the Judicial Code, as amended
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CHAP. 255.— An Act To amend paragraph 1 of section 101 of the Judicial Code, as amended.May 7, 1926.[[H. R. 9305](/us/bill/69/hr/9305).][[Public, No. 191](/us/pl/69/191).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,United States courts.Vol 43, p. 945, amended. That paragraph 1 of section 101 of the Judicial Code as amended be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 101. The State of Oklahoma is divided into three judicialOklahoma judicial districts. districts, to be known as the northern, the eastern, and the western districts of Oklahoma.
The territory embraced on January 1, 1925,Northern district. in the counties of Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Okfuskee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, and Washington, as they existed on said date, shall constitute the northern district of Oklahoma. Terms of the United States District Court for the NorthernTerms of court. 409 District of Oklahoma shall be held at Tulsa on the first Monday in January, at Vinita on the first Monday in March, at Pawhuska on the first Monday in May, at Miami on the first Monday in November, and at Bartlesville on the first Monday in June in each year; *Provided*,*Proviso*.Rooms at Pawhuska, Miami, and Bartlesville.
That suitable rooms and accommodations for holding court at Pawhuska, Miami, and Bartlesville are furnished free of expense to the United States. The eastern district of Oklahoma shall include the territoryEastern district. embraced on the 1st day of January, 1925, in the counties of Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, Carter, Garvin, Grady, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston, Jefferson, Latimer, Le Flore, Love, McClain, Muskogee, McIntosh, McCurtain, Murray, Marshall, Okmulgee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Pontotoc, Seminole, Stephens, Sequoyah, and Wagoner.
Terms of the district court for the easternTerms of court. district shall be held at Muskogee on the first Monday in January, at Ada on the first Monday in March, at Okmulgee on the first Monday in April, at Hugo on the second Monday in May, at South McAlester on the first Monday in June, at Ardmore on the first Monday in October, at Chickasha on the first Monday in November, at Poteau on the first Monday in December in each year, and annually at Pauls Valley at such times as may be fixed by the judge of the eastern district: *Provided*, That suitable rooms and*Proviso*.Rooms at Hugo, Poteau, Ada, Okmulgee, and Pauls Valley. accommodations for holding said court at Hugo, Poteau, Ada, Okmulgee, and Pauls Valley are furnished free of expense to the United States.
The western district of Oklahoma shall include the territoryWestern district. embraced in the 1st day of January, 1925, in the counties of Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cimarron, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Dewev, Ellis, Garfield. Grant, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Jackson, Kay, Kangfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, Major, Noble, Oklahoma, Payne. Pottawatomie, Roger Mills, Texas, Tillman, Washita, Woods, and Woodward. The terms of theTerms of court. district court for the western district shall be held at Oklahoma City on the first Monday in January, at Enid on the first Monday of March, at Guthrie on the first Monday of May, at Mangum on the first Monday of September, at Lawton on the first Monday of October, and at Woodward on the first Monday of November: *Provided*, That suitable rooms and accommodations for holding*Proviso*.Rooms at Mangum. court at Mangum are furnished free of expense to the United States: *And provided fur liter*, That the district judge of said district, or in his absence a district judge or a circuit judge assigned to hold court in said district, may postpone or adjourn to a dayAdjournment, etc., of terms. certain any of said terms by order made in chambers at any other place designated as aforesaid for holding court in said district.
The clerk of the district court for the northern district shallOffices of clerks. keep his office at Tulsa; the clerk of the district court for the eastern district shall keep his office at Muskogee and shall maintain an office in charge of a deputy at Ardmore; the clerk for the western district shall keep his office at Guthrie and shall maintain an office in charge of himself or his deputy at Oklahoma City. " Approved, May 7, 1926.