Terms of courts for northern district, southern division.

Sec. 3. That the regular terms of the district and circuit courts of the United States for the southern division of the northern district of Alabama shall be held at Birmingham, Alabama, on the first Tuesdays of March and November of each year.

Act Feb. 9, 1903, c. 533, § 3, 32 Stat. 821.

The terms of the courts for the southern division of the district, as established by Act Feb. 16, 1903, c. 554, § 1, set forth below, are, by that section, to be held at the times and places prescribed.

Pending causes.

Sec. 4. That no action, suit, proceeding, information, indictment, recognizance, bail, bond, or any other proceeding or process in either of said courts shall abate or be rendered invalid by reason of the change of time in the holding of said courts, but the same shall be deemed returnable, pending, or triable at the terms herein provided for.

Act Feb. 9, 1903, c. 533, § 4, 32 Stat. 821.

ACT FEB. 16, 1903, c. 554.

An Act to Amend an Act to Add Certain Counties in Alabama to the Northern District therein, and to Divide the said Northern District, After the Addition of said Counties, into Two Divisions, and to Prescribe the Times and Places for Holding Courts therein, and for Other Purposes, Approved May Second, Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-Four. (32 Stat. 832.)

Divisions in northern district; terms of courts therein.

Be it enacted, &c., That section two of an Act approved May second, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, entitled "An Act to add certain counties in Alabama to the northern district therein, and to divide the said northern district, after the addition of said counties, into two divisions, and to prescribe the times and places for holding courts. therein, and for other purposes," be amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 2. That the said northern district is hereby divided into three divisions, which shall be known as the northern, southern, and eastern divisions of the northern district of Alabama. The southern division of said northern district shall include the counties of Sumter, Greene, Hale, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Jefferson, Blount, Bibb, Shelby, Saint Clair, and Dekalb, and a term of the circuit court and district court of the United States for said northern district shall be held for said southern division at the city of Birmingham, in the said county of Jefferson, twice in each year, at the times provided by law.

"The eastern division of said northern district shall include the counties of Etowah, Calhoun, Cleburne, Clay, Talladega, and Cherokee, and a term of the circuit court and the district court of the United States for said northern district shall be held for said eastern division in the city of Anniston, in the said county of Calhoun, twice in each year, on the first Mondays in May and November. The remaining counties of said northern district shall constitute the northern division thereof, and the terms of the circuit and district courts of the United

States for said northern district shall be held therein at the times and places prescribed by law."

Act Feb. 19, 1902, c. 554, § 1, 32 Stat. 832.

Act May 2, 1884, c. 38, § 2, amended by this section, is set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 318.

Time of taking effect of act; application of existing provisions. Sec. 2. That this Act shall be in force from its passage, and all other provisions of the Act aforesaid, approved May second, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and all Acts amendatory thereof not inconsistent with this Act, shall remain in full force and effect, and so far as they are applicable shall relate to and govern the eastern division of the northern district of Alabama.

Act Feb. 16, 1903, c. 554, § 2, 32 Stat. 832.

Act May 1884, c. 38, and the acts amendatory thereof, referred to in this section, are set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 318, 319.

Court house in northern district, eastern division.

Sec. 3. That a place for holding the courts for the eastern division of the northern district of Alabama shall be furnished to the Government free of cost by the county of Calhoun until other provision is made therefor by law.

Act Feb. 16, 1903, c. 554, § 3, 32 Stat. 832.

Place of return of civil process, and of trial of prosecutions for offenses.

Sec. 4. That all civil process issued against persons residents in said counties of Etowah, Calhoun, Cleburne, Clay, Talladega, and Cherokee, and cognizable before the United States courts, shall be made returnable to the courts, respectively, to be held at the city of Anniston; and all prosecutions for offenses committed in either of said counties shall be tried in the appropriate United States court at the city of Anniston.

Act Feb. 16, 1903, c. 554, § 4, 32 Stat. 832.

Pending causes.

Sec. 5. That all cases, civil and criminal, now pending on the dockets of the southern division of the northern district of Alabama, as herein created, shall remain on the docket of the southern division of said district and be tried in Birmingham, Alabama, unless transferred to the dockets of the eastern division of said district by consent of all the parties thereto entered of record, or unless transferred by the order of court for good cause shown.

Act Feb. 16, 1903, c. 554, § 5, 32 Stat. 832.

Clerk's office; deputy clerk.

Sec. 6. That the clerks of the circuit and district courts of the southern division of the northern district of Alabama shall maintain an office in charge of themselves or a deputy at said city of Anniston which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of said courts.

Act Feb. 16, 1903, c. 554, § 6, 32 Stat. 832.

Sec. 533.

[ARKANSAS.]

The division of the State of Arkansas into districts is altered by the transfer of three counties from the eastern district to the western district, and a third division is established in the western district, and terms of the courts therein are appointed, by Act March 18, 1902, c. 222, set forth below.

The times of holding terms of the courts in the eastern division of the eastern district are changed by Act Feb. 3, 1903, c. 400, set forth below.

ACT FEB. 20, 1897, c. 269.

[Amended. Act March 18, 1902, c. 222.]

This act, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 321, 322, is expressly amended by Act March 18, 1902, c. 222, set forth below.

ACT JAN. 16, 1901, c. 92, § 1.

Terms of courts for eastern district.

The times fixed by this section for terms of the courts in the eastern division are changed by Act Feb. 3, 1903, c. 400, set forth below.

ACT MARCH 18, 1902, c. 222.

An Act to Re-form the Western Judicial District of the State of Arkansas. (32 Stat. 72.)

Counties transferred to western district.

Be it enacted, &c., That the Act of February twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An Act to reorganize the judicial districts of Arkansas, and for other purposes," be, and is hereby, so amended as to add to the western judicial district of the State of Arkansas as now formed the counties of Baxter, Marion, and Searcy, now a part of the eastern judicial district of said State.

Act March 18, 1902, c. 222, § 1, 32 Stat. 72.

Act Feb. 20, 1897, c. 269, amended by this section, is set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 321, 322.

Additional division in western district.

Sec. 2. That in the said western district there is hereby formed a third division, which shall be known as the Harrison division.

Act March 18, 1902, c. 222, § 2, 32 Stat. 72.

Two divisions in the western district, the Texarkana and Fort Smith divisions, were established by Act Feb. 20, 1897, c. 269, § 5, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 322.

Place of return of civil process; pending causes.

Sec. 3. That all process, civil and criminal, hereafter issued against any person or persons residing in either of the counties of Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Marion, Newton, or Searcy, which counties shall constitute the Harrison division, shall be made returnable to the courts for the Harrison division, to be held at the city of Harrison.

All process, civil and criminal, now pending in the courts, respectively, at Fort Smith or at Batesville, against persons residing in any

of the counties hereby incorporated in the Harrison division, shall be disposed of and determined in those courts, respectively.

Act March 18, 1902, c. 222, § 3, 32 Stat. 72.

Terms of courts for western district, Harrison division.

Sec. 4. That the terms of the United States circuit and district courts for the Harrison division of the western judicial district of the State of Arkansas shall be held at Harrison, in the county of Boone, on the second Mondays in April and October.

Act March 18, 1902, c. 222, § 4, 32 Stat. 72.

The terms of the courts in the other divisions of the western district are appointed by Act Feb. 20, 1897, c. 269, § 6, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 322.

Additional clerk in western district, Harrison division.

Sec. 5. That there shall be appointed, in the manner required by law, a clerk, who shall keep his office at the city of Harrison.

Act March 18, 1902, c. 269, § 5, 32 Stat. 72.

Repeal; time of taking effect of act.

Sec. 6. That all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Act March 18, 1902, c. 222, § 6, 32 Stat. 72.

ACT FEB. 3, 1903, c. 400.

An Act to Change and Fix the Time for Holding District and Circuit Courts of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Eastern District of Arkansas. (32 Stat. 795.)

Terms of courts for eastern district, eastern division.

Be it enacted, &c., That the regular terms of the United States district and circuit courts for the eastern division of the eastern district of Arkansas hereafter be held at Helena, Arkansas, on the second Monday in March and the first Monday of October in each year instead of the times now fixed by law.

Act Feb. 3, 1903, c. 400, § 1, 32 Stat. 795.

Before this act, the terms of the courts in all the divisions of the eastern district were regulated by Act Jan. 16, 1901, c. 92, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 323.

Time of taking effect of act.

Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Act Feb. 3, 1903, c. 400, § 2, 32 Stat. 795.

[COLORADO.]

ACT AUG. 3, 1886, c. 848.

[Superseded. Act Feb. 16, 1903, c. 555.]

This act, appointing terms of the courts for the district of Colorado, is superseded by the different provisions of Act Feb. 16, 1903, c. 555, set forth below.

ACT FEB. 16, 1903, c. 555,

An Act Fixing Terms of United States Courts in Colorado, and Other Purposes. (32 Stat. 833.)

Terms of courts.

Be it enacted, &c., That the terms of the district and circuit courts of the United States in and for the district of Colorado shall be held at the times and places hereinafter designated, namely: At Denver on the first Tuesdays in May and in November in every year; at Pueblo on the first Tuesday in April annually, and at Montrose on the second Tuesday in September annually; and such cases shall be heard in said courts as the law or the rules of said court may now or hereafter provide.

Act Feb. 16, 1903, c. 555, § 1, 32 Stat. 833.

Before this act, the terms of the courts for the district of Colorado were regulated by Act Aug. 3, 1886, c. 848, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 330, 331.

Transfer of pending causes, records, etc.

Sec. 2. That the term of said courts heretofore provided to be held at Del Norte, Colorado, on the first Tuesday in August annually is hereby discontinued, and all business now pending in said courts, including all records, files, books, or other property of the United States pertaining to said court, shall be transferred to Montrose, Colorado, and all cases pending at Del Norte, Colorado, shall be tried at Montrose, Colorado, the same as if originally begun at the latter place, and all requirements for return of process or persons to said court at Del Norte shall hereafter be made or complied with at said term at Montrose, Colorado.

Repeal.

Act Feb. 16, 1903, c. 555, § 2, 32 Stat. 833.

Sec. 3. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

Act Feb. 16, 1903, c. 555, § 3, 32 Stat. 833.

[GEORGIA.]

Sec. 535.

Georgia.

The county of Carroll is transferred from the northwestern division of the northern district to the northern district, by Act Feb. 26, 1902, c. 33, set forth below; and a southwestern division of the southern district is established, and terms of the courts appointed therefor, by Act June 30, 1902, c. 1338, also set forth below.

ACT JAN. 29, 1880, c. 17, § 2.
Divisions in southern district.

In addition to the eastern and the western divisions into which the southern district was divided by this section, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 334, and the northeastern division established by Act Feb. 15, 1889, c. 168, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 336, a southwestern division is established therein by Act June 30, 1902, c. 1338, set forth below.