946 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. S1-ass. II. Ch. 233. 1925. shall be held at Guthrie on the first Monday in January, at Oklahoma City on the first Monday in March, at Mangum on the first Monday in rxpril, at Enid on the first Monda in J ime, at Lawton on the Iirst onday in September, and at Wlbodward on the first 1;.,,,,,,, ,,, Mangum Monday in November in each year: Promkled, That suitable rooms ud “'°°d"°'°- , and accommodations for holding court at Mangum and Woodward emwddam are furnished free of expense to the United States. The clerk of the district court for the northern district shall keep his office at Tulsa the clerk of the district court for the eastern district shall keep his office at Muskogee and shall maintain an office in charge - of a deputy at Ardmore, the clerk for the western district shall keep his office at Guthrie and shall maintain an office in charge of himself or his deputy at Oklahoma City."
Sec. 2. The present senior judge of the eastern district of Oklahoma be, and he is hereby, assigned to hold said court’in the said
eastern district, and shall exercise the same jurisdiction and perform the same duties within the said district as he exercised and rformed within his district prior to the passag of this Act. w°'°°*’¤ d*’*'*°‘~ gmt the present judge of the western district of O ahoma be, and he is hereby, assigned to hold said court in the western district of Oklahoma, and shall exercise the same jurisdiction and perform the same duties as he exercised and performed within his district rior §_,°{‘§';f;§,§f*°*— to the passage of this Act. That the present junior judge o¥ the ' eastern district of Oklahoma be, and he is here y, assigned to hold said court in the said northern district, and shall exercise the same jurisdiction and perform the same duties within the said district as he exercised an performed within his district prior to the passage Authority of 1¤dz¤¤· of this Act. Each of said judges and courts shall in other respects have all the power and authority, civil, criminal, equitable, or otherwise, which is conferred by law generally upon the district courts of _ the United States and the judges thereof. ju§g§,%§}“,f§$,§,§§¤ dg Sno, 3. The President, by and with the adyice and consent of the me ¤¤>¤¤ v¤¤¤¢v· Senate, shall appoint for said northern district of Oklahoma a district judge upon the death, disability, or retirement of the district judge who is hereby assigned to said northern district. __,°§*ggg¤·¤g;*hQg {gi Sec. 4. The President, by and with the adyice and consent of the mmobeappomaa. Senate, shall appoint for said northern district of Oklahoma a marshal and a district attorney. A clerk and deputy clerks shall ,m,Sd,c,,o¤_ mn 0, be appointed and may be removed in the manner provided by law. ggcem augnuegpem Sno, 5. The jurisdiction and authority of the courts and officers in ¤f»ii°¤e°}°»i1¤»¤na`Z$i of the western district of Oklahoma, and of the courts and officers of the eastern district of Oklahoma as heretofore divided between them by the order of the senior judge of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit of the United States over the territory embraced within said northern district of Oklahoma shall continue as T,,m,m,,,,,, O",. heretofore until the organization of the district court of said northern gym? i¤ ¤¤¤¤¤r¤ district, and thereupon shall cease and determine, save and except in ` so far as the authority of the junior judge of said eastern district is P,,,,,c,,,,,,,,,,, pm, continued in him as judge of said northern district, and save and ¤¤¤¤¤¤· e¤<=¤¤¢¤¤- except as to the authority expressly conferred by law on said courts, judges or omcers, or any of them, to commence and proceed with the prosecution of crimes and offenses committed therein prior to the establishment of the said northern district, and save and except as to any other authority expressly reserved to them or any of them under any law applicable in the case of the creation or change of the divi- P dm W . sions or districts of district courts of the United States. . C11 QCI CZLSPS lll • . . • . . . assi-B and weszem Src. 6. Any partyntg any civil action, suit, or proceeding, including Z‘§.%°“mmE,¥,}t’°¤a§u'““?} proceedings in ban ptcy, which is pending in the said eastern or gggjigmgéescribed western district and the pmmiibed venue of which would have b€BIl in said northern district had such district been constituted at the
