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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss. II. CHs. 100, 101. 1930 . under the laws of the State of Nebraska, including the laws of pre- scription in the absence of the said interest and estate of the United States . Approved, March 31, 1930 . March 31, 1930.

[3 . 3371.] CHAP. 101 .-An Act To amend section 88 of the Judicial Code, as amended. [P ublic, No . 87.] United states courts . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Vol 36 p .1114.

United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 88 of u.s. d., p. 883. the Judicial Code, as amended by the Act of July 9, 1912, chapter 222 (section 168, title 28, United States Code), be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows dis Michigan judicial § The State of Michigan is divided into two judicial districts to be Eastern district. known as the eastern and western districts of Michigan . The eastern district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of July, 1910, in the counties of Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Bay, Cheboygan, Clare, Crawford, Genesee, Gladwin, Gratiot, Huron, Tosco, Isabella, Mi dland, Mo ntmor ency, Oge maw, Oscod a, O tsego, Pre sque Isle, Ros - co mmon, Sag inaw, Shia wass ee, a nd Tu scol a, wh ich s hall cons titut e the norther n divisio n; a lso the territor y embrace d on the date la st mentioned in the counties of Branch, Calhoun, Clinton, Hillsdale, Ingham, Jackso n, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oa kland, Sa int C lair, San ilac, Wash tena w, an d Way ne, which shal l Terms of court. constitute the southern division of said district . Terms of the district court for the southern division shall be held at Detroit on the first Tuesdays in March, June, and November; for the northern division, at Bay City on the first Tuesdays in May and October, and at Port Huron in the discretion of the judge of said court and at such times miraltyaclausress .y

for ad- as he shall appoint therefor . There shall also be held a special or wes tern di stri ct . adjourned term of the district court at Bay City for the hearing of admiralty causes, beginning in the month of February in each year . The western district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of July, 1910, in the counties of Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Lu ce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menomine e, Ontonagon, and Schoolcraft, which shall constitute the northern division; also the territory embraced on the said date last mentioned in the counties of Allegan, Antrim, Barry, Ben zie, Berri en, Cass, Char levo ix, E aton, Emm et, G rand Trav erse, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Missaukee, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, Terms of court.

Ottawa, Saint Joseph, Van Buren, and Wexford, which shall consti- Vol . 37, 9 .190 . tute the southern division of said district . Terms of the district court for the southern division shall be held at Grand Rapids on the first Tuesdays in March, May, September, and November; and for the northern division, at Marquette on the first Tuesdays in April and October and at Sault Sainte Marie on the first Tuesdays in January and June. All issues of fact shall be tried at the terms held in the division where such suit shall be commenced . Actions in rem and admiralty may be br ought in whichever division of the eastern Venue of transitory district service can be had upon the res . Nothing herein contained actions.

shall prevent the district court of the western division from regu- lating by general rule the venue of transitory actions either at law O fScesof clerks, etc . et c, or in equity, or from changing the same for cause . The clerk of the court for the western dist rict shall reside and keep his offi ce at Grand Rapids, and shall also appoint a deputy clerk for said court held at Marquet te, who shall re side and keep his office at that place . The marshal for sai d wester n distri ct shall keep an office a nd a dep uty marshal at Marquette . The clerk of the court for the eastern district