Public Law 75–688

That section 98

Judicial Code, amendment.

28 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 179.

of the Judicial Code, as amended (U. S. C., 1934 edition, Supp. II, title 28, sec. 179), is amended to read as follows:

“The State of North Carolina is divided into three districts to be

North Carolina judicial districts.

known as the eastern, the middle, and the western districts of North Carolina.

“The eastern district shall include the territory embraced on the

Eastern district.

1st day of January 1926 in the counties of Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates, Granville, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Tyrrell, Vance, Wake, Washington, Warren, Wayne, and Wilson.

“The terms of the District Court for the eastern District of North

Terms of court.

Carolina shall be held at Raleigh, a one-week civil term, on the second Mondays in September and March, and at the following places on each succeeding Monday thereafter: Fayetteville, Elizabeth City, Washington, New Bern, Wilson, Wilmington, and Raleigh, the term at Raleigh being a criminal term only. The clerk of the court for the eastern district shall maintain an office in charge of himself or deputy at Raleigh, at Wilmington, at New Bern, at Elizabeth City, at Washington, at Fayetteville, and at Wilson which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of the court.

“The middle district shall include the territory embraced on the

Middle district.

1st day of January 1926 in the counties of Alamance, Alleghany, Ashe, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Lee, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yadkin.

“The terms of the district court for the middle district shall be held

Terms of court.

at Rockingham on the first Mondays in March and September, at Salisbury on the third Mondays in April and October, at Winston-Salem on the first Mondays in May and November, at Greensboro on the first Mondays in June and December, at Wilkesboro on the third Mondays in May and November; and at Durham on the first Monday in February and the fourth Monday in September: Provided,

Proviso.

Court accommodations.

That the cities of Winston-Salem, Rockingham, and Durham shall each provide and furnish at its own expense a suitable and convenient place for holding the district court until Federal buildings containing quarters for the court are erected at such places.

“The western district shall include the territory embraced on the

Western district.

1st day of January 1926 in the counties of Alexander, Anson, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Gaston, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Iredell, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Macon, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Union, and Yancey.

Terms of court.

“Terms of the district court for the western, district shall be held in Charlotte on the first Mondays in April and October, at Shelby on the fourth Monday in September and the third Monday in March, at Statesville on the fourth Mondays in April and October, at Asheville on the second Mondays in May and November, and at Bryson

Proviso.

Court accommodations.

City on the fourth Mondays in May and November: Provided, That the cities of Shelby and Bryson City shall each provide and furnish at their own expense suitable and convenient places for holding the

Clerk’s offices.

court at Shelby and Bryson City. The clerk of the court for the western district shall maintain an office, in charge of himself or a deputy, at Charlotte, at Asheville, at Statesville, at Shelby, and at Bryson City, which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of the court.

Judge, etc., for middle district, appointment.

“There shall be a judge appointed for the said middle district in the manner now provided by law who shall receive the salary provided by law for the judges of the eastern and western districts, and a district attorney, marshal, clerk, and other officers in the manner and at the salary now provided by law.

Pending causes, etc.

“All causes in the said middle district in equity, bankruptcy, or admiralty, in which orders and decrees have already been made and which are now in process of trial, shall continue and remain subject to the jurisdiction of the judge of that district by whom the same shall have been made and before whom the same shall have been partially tried and determined.”