"SEC. 77. (a) The State of Georgia is divided in three judicial Georgia judicial disdistricts, to be known as the northern, middle, and southern districts of Georgia. tricts. Northern district. "(b) The northern district shall include three divisions, constituted as follows: The Gainesville division, which shall include the territory embraced on January 1, 1925, in the counties of Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Forsyth, Habersham, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White; the Atlanta division, Atlanta division. which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Campbell, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dekalb, Douglas, Fannin, Fayette, Fulton, Gilmer, Gwinnett, Heard, Henry, Milton, Newton, Pickens, Rockdale, Spalding, and Troup; and the Rome division, which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker, and Whitfield. 66 (c) Terms of the district court for the Gainesville division shall be held at Gainesville on the fourth Mondays in April and November; for the Atlanta division at Atlanta on the second Monday in March and the first Monday in October; and for the Rome division at Rome on the third Mondays in May and November. "(d) The middle district shall include six divisions, constituted as follows: The Athens division, which shall include the territory, embraced on January 1, 1925, in the counties of Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Hart, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, and Walton; the Macon division, which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Crawford, Hancock, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Peach, Pike, Pulaski, Putnam, Twiggs, Upson, Washington, and Wilkinson; the Columbus division, which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Talbot, and Taylor; the Americus division, which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Crisp, Dooly, Lee, Macon, Schley, Sumter, Terrell, Webster, and Wilcox; the Albany division, which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Turner, and Worth; and the Valdosta division, which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas, and Tift. Rome Division. Terms. Middle district. Athens division, Macon division. Columbus division. Americus division, Albany division. Valdosta Division. Terms. Proviso. "(e) The terms of the district court for the Athens division shall be held at Athens on the first Mondays in June and December; for the Macon division at Macon on the first Mondays in May and November; for the Columbus division at Columbus on the first Mondays in March and September; for the Americus division at Americus on the second Mondays in February and June: Provided, That suitable rooms and accommodations are furnished for holding nished at Americus. court at Americus free of cost to the Government until a public building shall have been erected or put into proper condition for such purpose in said city; for the Albany division at Albany on the first Mondays in April and October; and for the Valdosta division at Valdosta on the third Mondays in March and September. "(f) The southern district shall include four divisions, to be constituted as follows: The Augusta division, which shall include the territory embraced on January 1, 1925, in the counties of Burke, Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Taliaferro, Warren, and Wilkes; the Dublin division, which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Dodge, Emanuel, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Southern district. Dublin division. Savannah division. Toombs, Treutlen, and Wheeler; the Savannah division, which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Liberty, Waycross division. Long, McIntosh, Screven, and Tattnall; and the Waycross division, which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Glynn, Pierce, Ware, and Wayne. Terms. Provisos. nished at Dublin. "(g) The terms of the district court for the Augusta division shall be held at Augusta on the first Monday in April and the third Monday in November; for the Dublin division at Dublin on the Rooms to be fur third Mondays in January and June: Provided, That suitable rooms and accommodations are furnished for holding court at Dublin, free of cost to the Government, until public building shall have been erected or put into proper condition for such purpose in said city; for the Savannah division at Savannah on the second Tuesdays in February, May, August, and November; and for the Waycross division at Waycross on the second Mondays in June and December: Provided, That suitable rooms and accommodations are furnished for holding court at Waycross, free of cost to the Government, until public building shall have been erected or put into proper condition for such purpose in said city." Rooms to be furnished at Waycross. Northern and southern district judges, atcontinued therein. SEC. 2. (a) The district judges for the northern and southern torneys, and marshals districts of Georgia in office immediately prior to passage of this Act shall be the district judges for such districts as constituted by this Act; and the district attorneys and marshals for the northern and southern districts of Georgia in office just immediately prior to the passage of this Act shall be during the remainder of their present terms of office the district attorneys and marshals for such districts as constituted by this Act. Judge, attorney, and marshal to be ap (b) The President is authorized to appoint, by and with advice pointed for middle dis- and consent of the Senate, for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, a district judge who shall reside in such district, a district attorney, and a marshal. trict. Offices to be maintained by clerks. Acts repealed. Vol. 38, p. 960. Vol. 38, p. 960. May 28, 1926. [H. R. 10859.] [Public, No. 308.] Public lands. land office in a State, (c) The clerk of the court for each of said districts shall maintain an office, in charge of himself or a deputy, in the respective divisions of the district, and the offices for such court shall be kept open at all times for transaction of business of the court. SEC. 3. The following Acts are repealed: 1. The Act entitled "An Act to amend section 77 of an Act entitled 'An Act to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary,' approved March 3, 1911," approved March 4, 1913; 2. The Act entitled "An Act to place Barrow County, Georgia, in the eastern division of the northern district of Georgia," approved March 3, 1915; and 3. The Act entitled "An Act to place Candler, Jenkins, and Evans Counties, Georgia, in the eastern division of the southern district of Georgia, and to place Bacon and Thomas Counties, Georgia, in the southwestern division of the southern district of Georgia," approved March 3, 1915. Approved, May 28, 1926. CHAP. 415.-An Act To provide for the transfer of certain records of the General Land Office to States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the On abolishment of United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the records, etc., thereof last United States land office in any State has been or hereafter may transferred be abolished the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to transfer to the State within which such United States may be thereto. J I e 1 1 land office was or is situated such transcripts, documents, and records Field notes, etc., of surveys, may be turned SEC. 2. That when the public surveys in any State have been so far completed that in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior it over to the State. is no longer necessary to maintain a public survey office in said State, he may turn over to the State the field notes, maps, plats, records, and all other papers appertaining to land titles in such public survey office that may not be needed by the United States and which the State may elect to receive. Provision for safe SEC. 3. The transcripts, documents, records, field notes, maps, keeping required. plats, and other papers mentioned in sections 1 and 2 of this Act shall in no case be turned over to the authorities in any State until such State has provided by law for the reception and safekeeping of same as public records, and for the allowance of free access to the same by the authorities of the United States. Approved, May 28, 1926. CHAP. 416.-An Act To provide for the preparation, printing, and distribution of pamphlets containing the Declaration of Independence, with certain biographical sketches and explanatory matter. May 28, 1926. [H. R. 11202.] [Public, No. 309.] Declaration of Inde pendence. Preperation directed of pamphlet containing, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence the Bureau of Educa- etc. tion of the Department of the Interior shall prepare and have printed at the Government Printing Office a pamphlet containing the Declaration of Independence, with a brief summary of the historical events preceding and resulting in its creation, a short biographical sketch of each of the principal characters involved in the struggle for independence, and such other educational matter as may be deemed appropriate. The Bureau of Education shall distribute one ucation Bureau. сору of such pamphlet to every public or private school, college, or university in the United States or any Territory or possession of the United States. Distribution by Ed Congressional distri SEC. 2. There shall be distributed through the folding rooms of bution. Approved, May 28, 1926. CHAP. 417.-An Act To amend in certain particulars the National Defense Amount authorized May 28, 1926. [H. R. 11511.] [Public, No. 310.] Defense Act amendments. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the National Guard. Funds allowed for care, etc., of animals ssued to, owned, etc., "SEC. 90. That funds allotted by the Secretary of War for the support of the National Guard shall be available for the purchase and issue of forage, bedding, shoeing, and veterinary services, and supplies for the Government animals issued to any organization, and ed." for animals owned or hired by any State, Territory, District of 43892-27- 43 by Vol. 43, p. 471, amend Compensation help. Provisos. Columbia, or National Guard organization, not exceeding the number of animals authorized by Federal law for such organization and for used solely for military purposes, and for the compensation of competent help for the care of material, animals, armament, and equipment of organizations of all kinds, under such regulations as the Number of detailed Secretary of War may prescribe: Provided, That the men to be so comenlisted men, pay, etc. pensated shall not exceed five for each organization, except heavierthan-air squadrons, for each of which a maximum of ten to be so compensated is hereby authorized, and shall, save as otherwise provided in the next succeeding proviso, be duly enlisted therein and detailed by the organization commander, and shall be paid by the United States disbursing officer in each State, Territory, and the Officer for caretakers District of Columbia: Provided further, That in each heavier-thanair squadron one caretaker may be a commissioned officer not above the grade of first lieutenant, and that in any organization whenever it shall be found impracticable to secure the necessary competent caretakers for the material, animals, armament, or equipment thereof from the personnel of such organization, the organization commander may employ one civilian caretaker therefor who shall be entitled to such compensations as may be fixed by the Secretary of War: ProCommissioned offivided further, That nothing in this section shall be held to increase the number of commissioned officers authorized by law." in heavier-than-air increased cers not ed. Vol.39, p. 207, amend Attendance at schools conducted by Regular Army officers. SEC. 2. That section 97 of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: "SEC. 97. Under such regulations as the President may prescribe the Secretary of War may provide for assemblages of officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the National Guard for the purpose of attending schools to be conducted by officers of the Regular Army detailed by the Secretary of War for that purpose, or for the purpose of participating in small arms competitions. Such assemblages may be held either within or without the State, Territory, or District of Columbia, to which the members of the National Guard designated Pay, etc., to officers, to attend them shall belong. Officers and warrant officers attending such assemblages shall be entitled to pay, allowances, and transportation, and enlisted men to pay, transportation, and subsistence at the same rates as for encampments or maneuvers for field or coastdefense instruction." Locations. attending. Attendance at Army service schools. Vol. 39, p. 207. officers and enlisted men allowed. Vol. 42, p. 1035, amended. SEC. 3. That section 99 of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, as amended, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: t Limited number of 66 SEC. 99. NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS, WARRANT OFFICERS, AND ENLISTED MEN AT SERVICE SCHOOLS, AND SO FORTH.-Under such regulations as the President may prescribe, the Secretary of War may, upon the recommendation of the governor of any State or Territory, or the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, authorize a limited number of selected officers, warrant officers, or enlisted men of the National Guard to attend and pursue a regular course of study at any military-service school of the United States, except the United States Military Academy, or to be attached to an organization of the same arm, corps, or department to which such officer or enlisted man shall belong, for routine practical instruction at or near an Army post during a period of field training or other outdoor exercises; and any such officer, or warrant officer, shall receive, out of any National Guard allotment of funds available for the purpose, the pay and allowances provided in the Pay Readjustment Act of June 10, 1922, for officers and warrant officers of the National Guard when authorized by law to receive Federal pay and the travel allowances provided in section 12 thereof, and any such enlisted man shall receive therefrom, except as otherwise provided in section 14 of the Pay Read Field training with Army. Pay, etc. Vol. 42, p. 631. Enlisted men. Provisos. Pay, etc., prior to de Allowances if becom justment Act of June 10, 1922, the same pay and allowances, including allowances for quarters, subsistence, and travel to which an enlisted man of the Regular Army of like grade would be entitled for attending such school, college, or practical course of instruction under orders from proper military authority, while in actual attendance at such school, college, or practical course of instruction, and for the necessary period of travel from and to his home station: parture from post. Provided, That all pay and allowances accruing to any officer, warrant officer, or enlisted man, including that for the period of travel to home stations, may be paid prior to departure from the post or other place at which such service is performed: Provided further, ing sick while training. That an officer, warrant officer, or enlisted man who becomes sick in line of duty while undergoing the training provided for by this section or the training provided for by section 94 or section 97 of this Act shall, while he is so sick during the period he is authorized to engage in such training, be entitled to pay and allowances the same as if he were actually participating in such training." SEC. 4. That payment of armory drill pay heretofore made to than 60 per cent attendenlisted men of the National Guard who attended less than 60 per centum of the drills or other exercises prescribed for their organizations during any month be, and the same are hereby, validated, notwithstanding the first proviso in section 110 of the National Defense Act, approved June 3, 1916, as amended by the Acts of June 4, 1920, and September 22, 1922. SEC. 5. That the schools of instruction for adjutants general from the States and the District of Columbia held in the District of Columbia during the months of May, 1924, and March, 1925, shall be deemed to have been held under the provisions of section 97 of the National Defense Act, approved June 3, 1916, as amended, and that payments for the pay and allowances of officers of the National Guard and payments for the traveling expenses of officers of the Regular Army heretofore made in connection with such schools be, and the same are hereby, validated. Approved, May 28, 1926. Payments for less ance at drills, etc. Vol. 39, p. 209; Vol. 4p. 784. Vol. 42, p. 1035. Adjutants general schools of instruction. Pay, etc., for attendance to, in 1924 and 1925, validated. Vol. 39, p. 207. CHAP. 418.-An Act To provide for the condemnation of land for the opening, extension, widening, or straightening of streets, avenues, roads, or highways in accordance with the plan of the permanent system of highways for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. May 28, 1926. [S. 2537.] [Public, No. 311.] District of Columbia. Opening, etc., desigunder highway system. Vol. 34, p. 151. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in all condemnation proceedings instituted by the Commissioners of the nated streets and others District of Columbia in accordance with the provisions of subchapter 1 of Chapter XV of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia for the acquisition of land for the opening, extension, widening, or straightening of Piney Branch Road between Thirteenth and Butternut Streets; Thirteenth Street, extended, except through the Walter Reed Hospital Reservation; Concord Avenue; Nicholson Street, or any street, avenue, road, or highway, or a part of any street, avenue, road, or highway in accordance with the plan of the permanent system of highways for the District of Columbia, all or any part of the entire amount found to be due and awarded by the may be assessed as jury in said proceedings as damages for, and in respect of, the land benefits. condemned for such streets, avenues, roads, or highways, or parts of streets, roads, avenues, or highways, plus all or any part of the costs and expenses of said proceedings, may be assessed by the jury as benefits: Provided, however, That if the total amount of damages awarded by the jury in any such proceedings, plus the costs and Award of damages Proviso. of Commissioners if benefits. |