Volume 49 · 681
Public Law 74–603
To establish a new division of the northern district of Georgia with terms of court to be held at Newnan, Georgia.
Approved August 22, 1935
Statutory text
AN ACT
To establish a new division of the northern district of Georgia with terms of court to be held at Newnan, Georgia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That subsection (b) of section 77 of the Judicial Code, as amended (U. S. C., Supp. VII, title 28, sec. 150 (b)), is hereby amended to read as follows:
“(b) The northern district shall include four 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,
Atlanta division.
Stephens, Towns, Union, and White; the Atlanta division which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Campbell, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, De Kalb, Douglas, Fannin, Fulton, Gilmer, Gwinnett, Henry, Milton, Newton, Pickens, and Rockdale; the Rome division which shall include the territory embraced on
Rome division.
such date in the counties of Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker, and Whitfield; and the Newnan division, which shall include the territory embraced on
Newnan division.
such date in the counties of Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Haralson, Heard, Pike, Spalding, and Troup”.
Sec. 2.
Subsection (d) of such section 77, as amended (U. S. C.,
Vol. 44, p. 671.
U. S. C., p. 1242.
Supp. VII, title 28, sec. 150 (d)), is hereby amended to read as follows:
“(d) The middle district shall include six divisions, constituted as
Middle district.
Post, p. 1561.
Athens division.
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
Macon division.
embraced on such date in the counties of Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Crawford, Hancock, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Twiggs, Upson, Washington, and Wilkinson; the Columbus division, which shall include the territory embraced
Columbus division.
on such date in the counties of Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris, Marion, Meriweather, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Talbot, and Taylor; the Americus division, which shall include the
Americus division.
territory embraced on such date in the counties of Crisp, Dooly, Lee, Macon, Schley, Sumter, Terrell, Webster, and Wilcox; the Albany
Albany division.
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
Valdosta division.
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.”
Sec. 3.
Subsection (c) of such section 77, as amended (U. S. C.,
Vol. 44, p. 671, amended.
U. S. C., p. 1242.
Supp. VII, title 28, sec. 150 (c)), is hereby amended to read as follows:
“(c) Terms of the district court for the Gainesville division shall
Terms of court.
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; for the Rome division at Rome on the third Mondays in May and November; and for the Newnan division if suitable rooms and accommodations are furnished for holding court thereat free of cost to the Government at Newnan on the first Mondays in April and November.”
Approved, August 22, 1935.