Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 1.djvu/921

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62 STAT.] 80rH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 646-JUNE 25, 1948 to low-water mark on the eastern shore wherever such river forms the boundary between the western and middle districts from the north line of Alabama north to the point in Henry County, Tennessee, where the south boundary of Kentucky strikes the east bank of the river. Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at Jackson. (2) The Western Division comprises the counties of Dyer, Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, and Tipton. Court for the Western Division shall be held at Memphis. The district judge for the Eastern District in office on November 27, 1940, shall hold court in the Northern and Northeastern Divisions. The other judge of that district shall hold the terms of court in the Southern and Winchester Divisions. Each may appoint and remove all officers and employees of the court whose official headquarters are located in the divisions within which he holds court and whose ap- pointments are vested by law in a district judge or chief judge of a district. § 124. Texas Texas is divided into four judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas. Northern District (a) The Northern District comprises seven divisions. (1) The Dallas Division comprises the counties of Dallas, Ellis, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, and Rockwall. Court for the Dallas Division shall be held at Dallas. (2) The Fort Worth Division comprises the counties of Co- manche, Erath, Hood, Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant, and Wise. Court for the Fort Worth Division shall be held at Fort Worth. (3) The Abilene Division comprises the counties of Callahan, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Howard, Jones, Mitchell, Nolan, Shackleford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, and Throck- morton. Court for the Abilene Division shall be held at Abilene. (4) The San Angelo Division comprises the counties of Brown, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Glasscock, Irion, Me- nard, Mills, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Sut- ton, and Tom Green. Court for the San Angelo Division shall be held at San Angelo. (5) The Amarillo Division comprises the counties of Armstrong, Brisco, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Old- ham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, and Wheeler. Court for the Amarillo Division shall be held at Amarillo. (6) The Wichita Falls Division comprises the counties of Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, King, Knox, Mon- tague, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Court for the Wichita Falls Division shallbe held at Wichita Falls. ,(7) The Lubbock Division comprises the counties of Bailey, Bor- den, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley. Kent, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Motley, Scurry, Terry, and Yoakum. Court for the Lubbock Division shall be held at Lubbock. 891