77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 153-MAR. 6, 1942 139 [CHAPTER 153] AN ACT To amend subsections (b), (d), and (e) of section 77 of the Judicial Code so as to transfer the county of Meriwether from the Columbus division of the middle district of Georgia to the Newnan division of the northern district of Georgia, and to change the terms of the district court for the Macon and Americus divi- sions in the middle district of Georgia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (b) of section 77 of the Judicial Code, as amended (U. S. C., 1940 edition, title 28, sec. 150 (b)), is hereby amended to read as follows: "(b) The northern district shall include four divisions, constituted as follows: The Gainesville division, which shall include the terri- tory embraced on January 1, 1925, in the counties of Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Forsyth, Habersham, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White; the Atlanta division, which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Campbell, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, De Kalb, Douglas, Fannin, Fulton, Gilmer, Gwinnett, Henry, Milton, Newton, Pickens, and Rockdale; the Rome division, which shall include the territory em- braced on such date in the counties of Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker, and Whit- field; and the Newnan division, which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Haralson, Heard, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, and Troup. SEC. 2. Subsection (d) of such section 77, as amended (U. S. C., 1940 edition, title 28, sec. 150 (d)), is hereby amended to read as follows: "The middle district shall include seven divisions, constituted as follows: The Athens division, which shall include the territory embraced on January 1, 1925, in the counties of Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Hart, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, and Walton; the Macon division, which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Crawford, Hancock, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Twiggs, Upson, Washington, and Wilkinson; the Columbus division, which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Talbot, and Taylor; the Americus division, which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Crisp, Dooly, Lee, Macon, Schley, Sumter, Terrell, Webster, and Wilcox; the Albany division, which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Miller, Mitchell, Turner, and Worth; the Valdosta division, which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Berrien, Clinch, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, and Tift; and the Thomasville division, which shall include the territory embraced on such date in the counties of Thomas, Brooks, Colquitt, Grady, Decatur, and Seminole." SEC. 3. Subsection (e) of such section 77 of the Judicial Code, as amended (U. S. C ., 1940 edition, title 28, sec. 150 (e)), is hereby amended to read as follows: "(e) The terms of the district court for the Athens division shall be held at Athens on the first Mondays in June and December; for the Macon division at Macon on the third Mondays in April and October; for the Columbus division at Columbus on the first Mondays in March and September; for the Americus division at Americus on the third Mondays in January and the second Mondays in June: Provided, That suitable rooms and accommodations are furnished for holding March 6, 1942 [H. i. 670] [Public Law 481] Judicial Code, amendments. 44 Stat. 671. Georgia judicial dis- tricts. Northern district. Gainesville. Atlanta. Rome. Newnan. 44 Stat. 671. Middle district. Athens. Macon. Columbus. Americus. Albany. Valdosta. Thomasville. 44 Stat. 671. Terms of district court. Proviso. 56 STAT.]
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