Volume 50 · 625
Public Law 75–594
To provide for a term of court at Benton, Illinois.
Approved August 12, 1937
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide for a term of court at Benton, Illinois.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 79 of the Judicial Code (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 28, sec. 152) is amended to read as follows:
Illinois judicial districts.
Northern district.
“The State of Illinois is divided into three districts, to be known as the northern, southern, and eastern districts of Illinois. The northern district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of July 1910 in the counties of Cook, De Kalb, Du Page, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, La Salle, McHenry, and Will, which shall constitute the eastern division; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Boone, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson. Whiteside, and Winnebago,
Terms.
which shall constitute the western division. Terms of the district court for the eastern division shall be held at Chicago on the first Mondays in February, March, April, May, June, July, September, October, and November, and the third Monday in December; and for the western division, at Freeport on the third Mondays in April
Offices.
and October. The clerk of the court for the northern district shall maintain an office in charge of himself or a deputy at Chicago and at Freeport, which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of the court. The marshal for the northern district shall maintain an office in the division in which he himself does not reside and shall appoint at least one deputy who shall reside therein. The southern district shall include the territory embraced
Southern district.
on the 1st day of July 1910 in the counties of Bureau, Fulton, Henderson, Henry, Knox, Livingston, McDonough, Marshall, Mercer, Putnam, Peoria, Rock Island, Stark, Tazewell, Warren, and Woodford, which shall constitute the northern division; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, De Witt, Greene, Hancock, Jersey, Logan, McLean, Macon, Macoupin, Madison, Mason, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, and Scott, which shall constitute the southern division. Terms
Terms.
of the district court for the northern division shall be held at Peoria on the third Mondays in April and October; for the southern division, at Springfield on the first Mondays in January and June, and at Quincy the first Mondays in March and September. The
Offices.
clerk of the court for the southern district shall maintain an office in charge of himself or a deputy at Peoria, at Springfield, and at Quincy, which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of the court. The marshal for said southern district shall appoint at least one deputy residing in the said northern division, who shall maintain an office at Peoria. The eastern district
Eastern district.
shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of July 1910 in the counties of Alexander, Champaign, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Iroquois, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Kankakee, Lawrence, Marion, Massac, Monroe, Moultrie, Perry, Piatt, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, Saint Clair, Saline, Shelby, Union, Vermilion, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White, and Williamson. Terms of the district
Terms.
court for the eastern district shall be held at Danville on the first Mondays in March and September; at Cairo, on the first Mondays in April and October; at East. Saint Louis, on the first Mondays in May and November; and at Benton on the first Mondays in June and December: Provided, That facilities for holding
Proviso.
Accommodations at Benton.
court at Benton are furnished free of expense to the United States. The clerk of the court for the eastern district shall maintain an office in charge of himself or a deputy at Danville, at Cairo, at East Saint Louis, and at Benton, which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of the court, and shall there keep the records, files, and documents pertaining to the court at that place.”
Approved, August 12, 1937.