Public Law 74–428

That section 90 of the Judicial Code, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 28, sec. 170), is amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 90.

The State of Mississippi is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the northern and southern districts of

Northern district.

Mississippi. The northern district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of December 1923 in the counties of Alcorn, Attala, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe,

Eastern division.

Oktibbeha, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo, and Winston, which shall

Western division.

constitute the eastern division of said district; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, De Soto, Grenada, Lafayette, Marshall, Montgomery, Panola, Tate, Tippah, Union, Webster, and Yalabusha,

Delta division.

which shall constitute the western division of said district; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Bolivar, Coahoma, Leflore, Quitman, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, and Tunica, which shall constitute the Delta division of said district.

Terms of court.

Eastern division.

The terms of the district court for the eastern division shall be held at Aberdeen on the first Mondays in April and October; for the western division, at Oxford on the third Monday in April and the

Western division.

first Monday in December; and for the Delta division, at Clarksdale

Delta division.

on the fourth Monday in January and the third Monday in October. The southern district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st

Southern district.

Jackson division.

day of December 1923 in the counties of Amite, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Holmes, Leake, Lincoln, Madison, Pike, Rankin, Simpson, Smith, Scott, Wilkinson, and Yazoo, which shall constitute the Jackson division; also the territory embraced on the date last

Western division.

mentioned in the counties of Adams, Claiborne, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson, Sharkey, Warren, and Washington, which shall constitute the western division; also the territory embraced on the date last

Eastern division.

mentioned in the counties of Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, and Wayne, which shall constitute the eastern division; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in

Southern division.

the counties of George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, and Stone, which shall constitute the southern division of said district; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Covington, Forrest, Greene, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Perry, and Walthall, which shall constitute the Hattiesburg division. Terms of the district court for the

Terms of court.

Jackson division shall be held at Jackson on the first Mondays

Jackson division.

in May and November; for the western division, at Vicksburg on

Western division.

the third Mondays in May and November; for the eastern division,

Eastern division.

at Meridian on the third Mondays in March and September; for

Southern division.

the southern division, at Biloxi on the third Monday in February and the first Monday in June; and for the Hattiesburg division, at

Hattiesburg division.

Hattiesburg on the second Mondays in April and October. The

Clerks and marshals; offices.

clerk of the court for each district shall maintain an office in charge of himself or a deputy at each place in his district at which court is now required to be held, at which he shall not himself reside, which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of the court. The marshal for each of said districts shall maintain an office in charge of himself or a deputy at each place of holding court in his district.”

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