Chapter 20. To amend title 28, section 192, United States Code, in respect to the terms of court in the western judicial district of Virginia
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CHAP. 20.— An Act To amend title 28, section 192, United States Code, in respect to the terms of court in the western judicial district of Virginia. January 20, 1930.[[H. R. 6344](/us/bill/71/hr/6344).][[Public, No. 33](/us/pl/71/33).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, United States courts.Vol. 40, p. 605, amended.[U. S. Code, p. 891](/us/usc/p891). That section 111 of the Judicial Code (section 192, title 28, United States Code) be so amended as to read as follows:
" Virginia judicial districts.“The State of Virginia is divided into two districts, to be known as the eastern and western districts of Virginia. Eastern district.Vol. 43, p. 962.“The eastern district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of July, 1910, in the counties of Accomac, Alexandria, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Culpeper, Dinwiddie, Elizabeth City, Essex, Fairfax, Fauquier, Gloucester, Goochland, Greenville, Hanover, Henrico, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Loudoun, Louisa, Lunenburg, Mathews, Mecklenburg, Middlesex, Nansemond, New Kent, Norfolk, Northampton, Northumberland, Nottoway, Orange, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince George, Prince William, Princess Anne, Richmond, Southampton, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Surry, Sussex, Warwick, Westmoreland, and York.
Terms of court.“Terms of the district court shall be held at Richmond on the first Mondays in April and October; at Norfolk on the first Mondays in May and November; and at Alexandria on the first Mondays in June and December. Western district.Vol. 43, p. 114.“The western district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of July, 1910, in the counties of Alleghany, Albemarle, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Buckingham, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte, Clarke, Craig, Cumberland, Dickenson, Floyd, Fluvanna, Franklin, Frederick, Giles, Grayson, Greene, Halifax, Henry, Highland, Lee, Madison, Montgomery, Nelson, Page, Patrick, Pulaski, Pittsylvania, Rappahannock, Roanoke, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Russell, Scott, Shenandoah, Smyth, Tazewell, Warren, Washington, Wise, and Wythe.
Terms of court.“Terms of the district court shall be held at Abingdon on the second Mondays in April and November; at Big Stone Gap on the first Mondays in May and October; at Charlottesville on the first Monday in February and on the Wednesday next after the first Monday in August; at Danville on the fourth "Monday in February and on the Wednesday next after the first Monday in September; at Harrisonburg on the third Monday in March and on the fourth Monday in October; at Lynchburg on the first Mondays in June and December; and at Roanoke on the first Mondays in January and July.
Offices of clerk for western district.“The clerk of the court for the western district shall maintain an office in charge of himself or a deputy at Lynchburg, Roanoke, Danville, Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Big Stone Gap, and Abingdon, which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of the court.” “Sec. 2. Effective date. This Act shall in any event become effective ninety days after it becomes a law and may, by order of said court, be put into effect after thirty days after this Act becomes a law.
” " Approved, January 20, 1930.