western district is provided for by Rev. St. § 622, Comp. St. 1901, p. 497.

Duties of marshal for western district.

Sec. 3. That the marshal for the western district of Virginia shall discharge all the duties of marshal in connection with the business of said courts at Charlottesville and Roanoke.

Act June 30, 1902, c. 1339, § 3, 32 Stat. 552.

This section is re-enacted in Act Feb. 3, 1903, c. 398, § 2, set forth below.

Time of taking effect of act.

Sec. 4. That this Act shall be in force from and after its passage. Act June 30, 1902, c. 1339, § 4, 32 Stat. 552.

ACT FEB. 3, 1903, c. 398.

An Act Fixing the Times and Places for Holding Regular Terms of the United States Circuit and District Courts in the Western District of Virginia, and for Other Purposes. (32 Stat. 794.)

Terms of courts for western district.

Be it enacted, &c., That hereafter the circuit and district courts of the United States for the western district of Virginia shall be held each year at Danville on the Tuesday after the second Monday in April and November; at Lynchburg on the Tuesday after the Second Monday in March and September; at Abingdon on the Tuesday after the first Monday in May and October; at Harrisonburg on the Tuesday after the first Monday in June and December; at Charlottesville on the second Monday in January and the first Monday in July, and at Roanoke on the second Monday in February and the third Monday in June.

Act Feb. 3, 1903, c. 398, § 1, 32 Stat. 794.

This section re-enacts the appointments of terms of the district court for the western district made by previous acts, the last preceding provision being Act June 30, 1902, c. 1339, § 1, set forth above, and ap points additional terms at Charlottesville and Roanoke City, thus super. seding all previous provisions relating to terms of the courts in the western district.

Duties of marshal for western district.

Sec. 2. That the marshal for the western district of Virginia shall discharge all the duties of marshal in connection with the business of said courts at Charlottesville and Roanoke.

Repeal.

Act Feb. 3, 1903, c. 398, § 2, 32 Stat. 794.

Sec. 3. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.

Act Feb. 3, 1903, c. 398, § 3, 32 Stat. 794.

Time of taking effect of act.

Sec. 4. That this Act shall be in force from and after its passage.

Act Feb. 3, 1903, c. 398, § 4, 32 Stat. 794.

[WEST VIRGINIA.]

ACT JAN. 22, 1901, c. 105, § 9.
Terms of courts.

So much of this section as relates to the time of holding the regular terms of the circuit and district courts for the southern district of West Virginia is amended by changing such times, by Act June 4, 1902, c. 989, set forth below. An additional term of the district court for the southern district is appointed by Act Jan. 31, 1903, c. 346, also set forth below.

ACT JUNE 4, 1902, c. 989.

An Act to Fix the Time of Holding the Circuit and District Courts for the Southern District of West Virginia. (32 Stat. 304.)

Terms of courts for southern district.

Be it enacted, &c., That so much of the Act of Congress approved January twenty-second, nineteen hundred and one, entitled "An Act to divide the State of West Virginia into two judicial districts," as relates to the time of holding the regular terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the southern district of West Virginia, be amended so as to read as follows: "At Huntington, the first Tuesday in April and the first Tuesday after the third Monday in September; at Bluefield, the first Tuesday in May and the third Tuesday in October; at Charleston, the first Tuesday in June and the third Tuesday in November."

Act June 4, 1902, c. 989, 32 Stat. 304.

The provision amended by this act, Act Jan. 22, 1901, c. 105, § 9, is set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 442.

An additional term of the district court for the southern district is appointed by Act Jan. 31, 1903, c. 346, set forth below.

ACT JAN. 31, 1903, c. 346.

An Act Establishing a Regular Term of United States District. Court in Addison, West Virginia. (32 Stat. 791.)

Additional term of district court for southern district.

Be it enacted, &c., That the regular term of the district court of the United States for the southern district of West Virginia shall be held in each year in the city of Addison, West Virginia, on the first Monday in September: Provided, That accommodations for said term of court shall be furnished without cost to the United States.

Act Jan. 31, 1903, c. 346, 32 Stat. 791.

Other terms of the circuit and district courts for the southern district are appointed by Act June 4, 1902, c. 989, set forth above.

Sec. 551.

CHAPTER TWO.

District Courts-Organization.

District judges, appointment and residence.

The appointment of an additional district judge for the district of Minnesota is provided for by Act Feb. 4, 1903, c. 402, and of an additional district judge for the southern district of New York, by Act Feb. 9, 1903, c. 527, set forth ante, under chapter 1 of this Title; and on the division of the state of Texas into four judicial districts, by Act March 11, 1902, c. 183, the appointment of a district judge for the southern district established by that act is provided for by section 2 of the act, also set forth ante, under chapter 1 of this Title.

Sec. 554.

Salaries of district judges.

The salaries of the district judges are $6,000 a year, by a provision of Act Feb. 12, 1903, c. 547, set forth post, under chapter 12 of this Title. The usual annual appropriation for expenses of district judges while holding court outside of their districts, mentioned in the note under this section, in Comp. St. 1901, p. 450, is repeated in the language of the provision there set forth, in the sundry civil appropriation acts for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904, the last mentioned provision being by Act March 3, 1903, c. 1007, § 1, 32 Stat. 1141.

Sec. 555.

Clerks.

The statutes establishing new judicial districts or divisions in districts often contain provisions for the appointment of clerks and deputy clerks for such districts and divisions, their powers, duties, compensation, etc., inseparably connected with the provisions relating to the districts or the divisions therein. Such statutes relating to particular districts, therefore, are set forth in full in chapter 1 of this Title, under the names of the states in alphabetical order.

Sec. 558.

Deputy clerks.

See note under Rev. St. § 555, above, as to special provisions for appointment of deputy clerks, contained in statutes establishing new districts or subdividing districts into divisions.

CHAPTER THREE.

District Courts-Jurisdiction.

Sec. 563. [As amended 1871.]

Jurisdiction.

Jurisdiction of all causes, civil and criminal, arising under any of the provisions of Act March 3, 1903, c. 1012, to regulate the immigration of aliens, is given to the circuit and district courts by section 29 of that act, post, under Title XXIX, "Immigration," subtitle "Regulation and Restriction of Immigration in General."

Jurisdiction of certain crimes committed within the limits of any Indian reservation in the State of South Dakota is conferred on the circuit and district courts for the district of South Dakota by Act Feb. 2, 1903, c. 351, set forth post, under Title LXX, “Crimes," c. 3.

CHAPTER FOUR.

District Courts-Sessions.

Sec. 572.

Terms of district courts.

The statutes establishing new judicial districts or subdividing districts into divisions contain further provisions appointing terms of the courts, circuit courts as well as district courts, to be held in the particular districts or divisions. These provisions usually are connected inseparably with those establishing and dividing the various districts, and the terms of both district courts and circuit courts are appointed in nearly every instance to be held at the same times and places. They are set forth, therefore, with the other provisions of the same statutes, in chapter 1 of this Title, under the names of the states in alphabetical order. References to such provisions are inserted here under the names of such states respectively.

Alabama.

The times for the terms of the courts for the middle district and the northern division of the northern district of Alabama are changed by Act Feb. 9, 1903, c. 533, set forth ante, under chapter 1 of this Title. And on the division of the northern district into three divisions, by Act Feb. 16, 1903, c. 554, additional terms of the courts in the eastern division of that district at Anniston are appointed by section 1 of that act, also set forth ante, under chapter 1 of this Title, by amendment of Act May 2, 1884, c. 38, § 2.

Arkansas.

On the establishment of the Harrison division in the western district of Arkansas, by Act March 18, 1902, c. 222, terms of the courts in that division are appointed by section 4 of that act, set forth ante, under chapter 1 of this Title. And the times for the terms in the eastern division of the eastern district are changed by Act Feb. 3, 1903, c. 400, also set forth ante, under chapter 1 of this Title.

Georgia.

Kansas.

On the establishment of the southwestern division in the southern district of Georgia, by Act June 30, 1902, c. 1338, terms of the courts in that division at Valdosta are appointed by section 2 of that act, set forth ante, under chapter 1 of this Title.

Additional terms of the courts in the first division of the district of Kansas at Kansas City, Kan., are appointed by Act Feb. 19, 1903, c. 709, set forth ante, under chapter 1 of this Title.

Kentucky.

Additional terms of the courts for the eastern district of Kentucky at Catlettsburg are appointed by an amendment of Act Feb. 12, 1901, c. 355, § 9, by Act March 10, 1902, c. 144, set forth ante, under chapter 1 of this Title.

North Carolina.

Additional terms of the courts for the western district of North Carolina at Wilkesboro are appointed by Act Feb. 23, 1903, c. 749, § 1, set forth ante, under chapter 1 of this Title.

Pennsylvania.

Texas.

The times for the terms of the district court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, appointed by this section, are changed by Act June 30, 1902, c. 1336, set forth ante, under chapter 1 of this Title; and the times for the terms of the circuit and district courts for the middle district, appointed by Act March 2, 1901, c. 801, § 2, Comp. St. 1901, p. 406, are changed by Act June 30, 1902, c. 1335, also set forth under chapter 1 of this Title.

All previous provisions relating to terms of the courts for the districts of Texas are superseded by those of Act March 11, 1902, c. 183, which divides the state into four judicial districts, the northern, the eastern, the southern, and the western districts, instead of the three districts previously existing, and appoints terms of the courts in each district, by sections 11-14 of the act, set forth ante, under chapter 1 of this Title. -The times fixed by section 14 of that act for terms in the western district are changed by an amendment of the section by Act Jan. 30, 1903, c. 337, 32 Stat. 785, which is incorporated into that section as set forth under chapter 1. And on the establishment of an additional division in the eastern district by Act March 2, 1903, c. 974, terms of the courts in that division at Texarkana are appointed by section 2 of that act, also set forth ante, under chapter 1 of this Title.

Virginia.

The previous provisions for terms of the courts for the western district are re-enacted and additional terms at Charlottesville and at Roanoke City are appointed by Act June 30, 1902, c. 1339, § 1, and Act Feb. 3, 1903, c. 398, § 1, set forth ante, under chapter 1 of this Title.

West Virginia.

The times fixed by Act Jan. 22, 1901, c. 105, § 9, Comp. St. 1901, p. 442, for terms of the courts for the southern district of West Virginia, are changed by an amendment of that act by Act June 4, 1902, c. 989. set forth ante, under chapter 1 of this Title.

Sec. 596.

ACT MARCH 3, 1881, c. 133.

Expenses of judges holding court outside their districts.

Annual appropriations for expenses of district judges directed to hold SUPP. '03-6