Public Law 75–763

That section 76 of the Judicial Code (U. S. C., 1934 edition, title 28, sec. 149), is amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 76.

(a)(a)

The State of Florida is divided into two districts, to be known as the northern and southern districts of Florida.

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“(b)“(b)

The southern district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of July 1937 in the counties of Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, Columbia, Dade, De Soto, Duval, Flagler, Glades, Hamilton, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lake, Lee, Madison, Manatee, Marion, Martin, Monroe, Nassau, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Saint Johns, Saint Lucie, Sarasota, Seminole, Sumter, Suwannee, Union, and Volusia.

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“(c)“(c)

Terms of the district court for the southern district shall be held at Ocala on the third Monday in January; at Tampa on the second Monday in February; at Key West on the first Mondays in May and November; at Jacksonville on the first Monday in December; at Fernandina on the first Monday in April; at Miami on the fourth Monday in April; at Orlando on the first Monday in October;

Provisos.

Accommodations at Fort Pierce.

and at Fort Pierce on the first Monday in February: Provided, That suitable rooms and accommodations for holding court at Fort Pierce are furnished without expense to the United States: Provided further,

At Orlando; officers’ quarters, courtrooms, etc., in new Federal building.

That suitable rooms and accommodations for holding court at Orlando are furnished without expense to the United States: And provided further, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent the provision of quarters for the officers of said court and appropriate courtrooms for the holding of the sessions of said court in any new Federal building which may be constructed in Orlando,

Appointments for Fort Pierce.

Florida. No deputy clerk or deputy marshal of the court shall be appointed for Fort Pierce. The district court for the southern district shall be open at all times for the purpose of hearing and deciding causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction.

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“(d)“(d)

The northern district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of July 1937 in the counties of Alachua, Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington.

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”(e)”(e)

Terms of the district court for the northern district shall be

Terms.

held at Tallahassee on the second Monday in February and on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in September; at Pensacola on the first Mondays in May and November; at Marianna on the first Monday in April; at Gainesville on the second Mondays in June and December; and at Panama City on the first Monday in October: Provided, That suitable rooms and accommodations for holding court

Proviso.

Courtrooms at Panama City.

at Panama City are furnished without expense to the United States.”

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Sec. 2.

The Act entitled “An Act providing for the establishment

Acts repealed.

48 Stat. 147; 49 Stat. 683, 1261.

of a term of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida at Orlando, Florida”, approved June 15, 1933, as amended; the Act entitled “An Act providing for the establishment of a term of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida at Fort Pierce, Florida”, approved August 22, 1935; and the Act entitled “An Act providing for the establishment of a term of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Florida at Panama City, Florida”, approved May 6, 1936, are hereby repealed.