Chapter 101. To amend section 88 of the Judicial Code, as amended
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CHAP. 101.— An Act To amend section 88 of the Judicial Code, as amended. March 31, 1930.[[S. 3371](/us/bill/71/s/3371).][[Public, No. 87](/us/pl/71/87).] *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. 1114.[U. S. C., p. 883](/us/usc/p883). That section 88 of the Judicial Code, as amended by the Act of July 9, 1912, chapter 222 (section 168, title 28, United States Code), be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
" Michigan judicial districts.Eastern district.“The State of Michigan is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the eastern and western districts of Michigan. The eastern district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of July, 1910, in the counties of Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Bay, Cheboygan, Clare, Crawford, Genesee, Gladwin, Gratiot, Huron, Iosco, Isabella, Midland, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon, Saginaw, Shiawassee, and Tuscola, which shall constitute the northern division; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Branch, Calhoun, Clinton, Hillsdale, Ingham, Jackson, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Saint Clair, Sanilac, Washtenaw, and Wayne, which shall Terms of court.constitute the southern division of said district.
Terms of the district court for the southern division shall be held at Detroit on the first Tuesdays in March, June, and November; for the northern division, at Bay City on the first Tuesdays in May and October, and at Port Huron in the discretion of the judge of said court and at such times Special term for admiralty causes.Western district.as he shall appoint therefor. There shall also be held a special or adjourned term of the district court at Bay City for the hearing of admiralty causes, beginning in the month of February in each year.
The western district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of July, 1910, in the counties of Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, and Schoolcraft, which shall constitute the northern division; also the territory embraced on the said date last mentioned in the counties of Allegan, Antrim, Barry, Benzie, Berrien, Cass, Charlevoix, Eaton, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Missaukee, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, Ottawa, Saint Joseph, Van Buren, and Wexford, which shall constitute Terms of court.Vol. 37, p. 190.the southern division of said district.
Terms of the district court for the southern division shall be held at Grand Rapids on the first Tuesdays in March, May, September, and November; and for the northern division, at Marquette on the first Tuesdays in April and October and at Sault Sainte Marie on the first Tuesdays in January and June. All issues of fact shall be tried at the terms held in the division where such suit shall be commenced. Actions in rem and admiralty may be brought in whichever division of the eastern Venue of transitory actions.district service can be had upon the res.
Nothing herein contained shall prevent the district court of the western division from regulating by general rule the venue of transitory actions either at law Offices of clerks, etc.or in equity, or from changing the same for cause. The clerk of the court for the western district shall reside and keep his office at Grand Rapids, and shall also appoint a deputy clerk for said court held at Marquette, who shall reside and keep his office at that place. The marshal for said western district shall keep an office and a deputy marshal at Marquette, The clerk of the court for the eastern district 139shall keep his office at the city of Detroit, and shall appoint a deputy for the court held at Bay City, who shall reside and keep his office at that place.
The marshal for said district shall keep an office and a deputy marshal at Bay City, and mileage on service of process in said northern division shall be computed from Bay City.” " Approved, March 31, 1930.