Public Law 76–920

That section 107 of the Judicial Code, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 107.

(a)(a)

The State of Tennessee is divided into three districts, to be known as the eastern, middle, and western districts of Tennessee.

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“(b)“(b)

The eastern district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of January 1940 in the counties of Bedford, Franklin,

Winchester division.

Lincoln, Warren, Grundy, Coffee, Van Buren, and Moore, which shall constitute the Winchester division of said district; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea, and

Southern division.

Sequatchie, which shall constitute the southern division of said district; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox,

Northern division.

Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Sevier, Scott, and Union, which shall constitute the northern division of said district; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan,

Northeastern division.

Terms of court.

Unicoi, and Washington, which shall constitute the northeastern division of said district. Terms of the district court for the Winchester division shall be held at Winchester on the third Mondays in May and October; for the southern division at Chattanooga on the fourth Monday in April and the second Monday in November; for the northern division at Knoxville on the fourth Monday in May and the first Monday in December; for the northeastern division at Greeneville on the first Monday in March and the third Monday in

Proviso.

Court accommodations at Winchester.

Ante, p. 348.

September: Provided, That suitable accommodations for holding court at Winchester shall be provided by the local authorities but only until such time as such accommodations shall be provided upon the recommendation of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in a public building or other quarters provided by the Federal Government for such purpose.

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“(c) Middle district.

The middle district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of January 1940 in the counties of Cannon, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Humphreys, Houston, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson, and Wilson, which shall constitute the Nashville division of said district; also

Nashville division.

the territory on the date last mentioned in the counties of Hickman, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Wayne, and Maury, which shall constitute the Columbia division of said district; also the territory

Columbia division.

embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Clay, Cumberland, De Kalb, Fentress; Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, and White, which shall constitute the northeastern

Northeastern division.

Terms of court.

division of said district. Terms of the district court for the Nashville division of said district shall be held at Nashville on the second Monday in March and the fourth Monday in September; for the Columbia division at Columbia on the third Monday in June and the fourth Monday in November; and for the northeastern division at Cookeville on the third Monday in April and the first Monday in November: Provided, That suitable accommodations for

Proviso.

Court accommodations at Columbia.

Ante, p. 348.

holding court at Columbia shall be provided by the local authorities but only until such time as such accommodations shall be provided upon the recommendation of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in a public building or other quarters provided by the Federal Government for such purpose.

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“(d)“(d)

The western district shall include the territory embraced on

Western district.

the 1st day of January 1940 in the counties of Dyer, Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, and Tipton, which shall constitute the

Western division.

western division of said district; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, Henry, Lake, McNairy, Madison, Obion, Perry, and Weakley, including the waters of the Tennessee River to low-water mark on the eastern shore thereof wherever such river forms the boundary line between the western and middle districts of Tennessee, from the north line of the State of Alabama, north to the point, Henry County, Tennessee, where the south boundary line of the State of Kentucky strikes the east bank of the river, which shall constitute the eastern

Eastern division.

division of said district. Terms of the district court for the western

Terms of court.

division of said district shall be held at Memphis on the first Mondays in April and October; and for the eastern division at Jackson on the fourth Mondays in March and September. An office

Office of clerk.

of the clerk, in charge of the clerk or a deputy, shall be maintained at Memphis and Jackson. The marshal for the western district shall appoint a deputy who shall reside at Jackson. The marshal for the eastern district

Deputy marshals.

shall appoint a deputy who shall reside at Chattanooga. An office of the clerk of the court for the eastern

Office of clerk.

district shall be maintained, in charge of the clerk or a deputy, at Knoxville, at Chattanooga, and at Greeneville.

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“(e)“(e)

The district judge for the eastern district of Tennessee in office

Terms of court at Knoxville and Greeneville.

on the date of the enactment of this Act, shall hold regular and special terms of court at Knoxville and Greeneville. The said district

Power of appointment, etc., of officers and employees.

judge shall have the power of appointment and removal of all officers and employees of the court in said district, except as herein otherwise provided, whose appointment is vested by law in a district judge or senior district judge.

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“(f)“(f)

The district judge for the eastern and middle districts of

Terms at Winchester and Chattanooga.

Tennessee, appointed under the authority of the Act approved May 31, 1938 (52 Stat. 584), whose official residence shall be at Chattanooga,

28 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 4w.

shall be an additional district judge for the eastern district of Tennessee as constituted by this Act and shall hold regular and special terms of court at Winchester and Chattanooga, The said judge shall

Powers, etc., of designated judge.

possess the same powers, perform the same duties, and receive the same compensation as other district judges. The said district judge shall have the power of appointment and removal of all those officers and employees of the court for the eastern district of Tennessee whose official headquarters are located in the Winchester division and in the southern division of the eastern district of Tennessee and whose appointment is vested by law in a district judge or a senior district

Appointment of successors to judge.

judge. The President is authorized to appoint, by and with the consent of the Senate, a successor or successors to said judge as vacancies may occur. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent said judge or his successors from becoming the senior district judge by succession, or from exercising the powers and rights of senior district judge

Orders for disposition of business, etc.

of said district. The judge designated herein to hold regular and special terms of court at Winchester and Chattanooga shall make all necessary orders for the disposition of business and assignment of

District attorneys and marshals.

cases for trial in said divisions. The district attorneys and marshals for the eastern, middle, and western districts of Tennessee in office immediately prior to the enactment of this Act shall be during the remainder of their present terms of office the district attorneys and marshals for such districts as constituted by this Act.

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“(g) Terms of court at Nashville, Columbia, and Cookeville.

The district judge for the middle district of Tennessee shall be the district judge for the middle district of Tennessee as constituted by this Act and shall hold regular and special terms of court at Nashville, Columbia, and Cookeville.

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“(h) Terms at Memphis and Jackson.

The district judge for the western district of Tennessee shall hold regular and special terms of court at Memphis and Jackson.”

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Sec. 2.

All provisions of law inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.