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same laws and regulations. (19 U. S. Stats. 61.) TEXAS.-Courts of the said northern district shall have the same jurisdiction as is conferred by law upon the courts of the eastern and western districts of said State. (21 U. S. Stats. 10.)

FLORIDA.-The State of Florida is divided into two districts, which shall be called the northern and southern districts of Florida. The southern judicial district of the State of Florida sha'l embrace the counties of Hernando, Hillsborough, Polk, Manatee, and Monroe, in said State; and all the territories within the remaining counties shall constitute the northern judicial district. (20 U.S. Stats. 280; Rev. Stats. sec. 534.)

SOUTHERN DISTRICT.-From and after the passage of this act, the southern judicial district of the State of Florida shall embrace the counties of Hernando, Hillsborough, Polk, Manatee, and Monroe, in said State; and all the territory within the remaining counties shall constitute the northern judicial district. (20 U. S. Stats. 280.)

GEORGIA, NORTHERN DISTRICT.-The State of Georgia is divided into two districts, which shall be called the northern and southern districts of Georgia. The northern district includes the counties of Troup, Meriwether, Morgan, Greene, Taliaferro, Wilkes, and Lincoln, as they existed August 11, 1848, with all the counties north of them. (Rev. Stats. sec. 535.)

WESTERN DIVISION, NORTHERN DISTRICT.-A new division of the northern judicial district of the State of Georgia, to be known as the western division of the northern judicial district of Georgia, be, and the same is hereby, established, to be composed

of the following counties, to wit: Muscogee, Heard, Troup, Meriwether, Harris, Talbot, Taylor, Marion, Chattahoochee, Stewart, Schley, Webster, Quitman, Clay, Randolph, Early, Miller, and Terrell, and all of said counties which may not now belong for judicial purposes to the northern district of the State of Georgia, be, and the same are hereby, transferred to the said northern district. (26 Ü. S. Stats. 1110.)

EASTERN DIVISION.-The eastern division shall consist of the remaining counties in said district. No alditional clerk or marshal shall be appointed in said district. (21 U. S. Stats. 63.)

SOUTHERN DISTRICT.-The southern district includes the counties of Harris, Talbot, Uxson, Monroe, Jones, Putnam, Hancock, Warren, Columbia Pike, Butts, and Jasper,' as they existed August 11, 1848, with all the counties south of them.

1 Pie, Butts, and Jasper were transferred to the southern district by 21 U. S. Stats. 3.

NORTHEASTERN DIVISION OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT. -The northeastern division of the southern julicial district of Georgia shall be composed of the counties of Warren, Glascock, McDuffie, Columlia, Richmond, Burke, Jefferson, Johnson, and Washington of the southern district, and of the counties of Lincoln, Wilkes, and Taliaferro of the northern district, detached from the northern and made part of the northeastern division of the southern district. (25 U. S. Stats. 671.)

WESTERN DIVISION, SOUTHERN DISTRICT. The western division of the southern district shall consist of the counties of Bibb, Monroe, Jones, Twiggs, Houston, Crawford, Baldwin, Wilkenson, Laurens,

Pulaski, Dooly, Macon, Upson, Pike, Butts, Jasper, Putnam, Hancock, Dodge, Wilcox, Telfair, Sumter, Lee, Calhoun, Dougherty, Baker, and Mitchell. (21 U. S. Stats. 63, as modified by 26 U. S. Stats. 1110.)

ILLINOIS. NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT. The State of Illinois is divided into two districts, which shall be called the northern and southern districts of Illinois. The northern district includes the counties of Henderson, Warren, Knox, Peoria, Woodford, Livingston, and Iroquois, as they existed February 13, 1855, with all the counties north of them. The southern district includes the residue of said State. (Rev. Stats. sec. 536.)

NORTHERN DISTRICTS.-The counties of McDonough, Fulton, and Tazewell be detached from the southern district of Illinois, and be included in the northern district of Illinois. (24 U. S. Stats. 442.)

DIVISIONS OF NORTHERN DISTRICTS.-The northern district of Illinois shall be divided into two divisions, to be known as the northern and southern divisions. The counties of Peoria, Stark, Henry, Rock Island, Mercer, Henderson, Warren, Knox, McDonough, Fulton, Putnam, Marshall, Woodford, Tazewell, Livingston, and Iroquois shall constitute the southern division of said northern district of Illinois, the courts for which shall be held at the city of Peoria. (24 U. S. Stats. 442.)

IOWA-NORTHERN AND SCUTHERN DISTRICTS. The State of Iowa be, and the same is hereby, divided into two judicial districts, in manner following, to wit: The counties of Black Hawk, Hamilton, Webster, Calhoun, Sac, Ida, Monona, and all the counties north of those named shall constitute

a new aistrict, to be known as the northern district of Iowa. The remaining counties of the State shall constitute the southern district of Iowa; and the present district court of Iowa, from and after the passage of this act, shall be known as the district court for the southern district of Iowa. (22 U. S. Stats. 172; Rev. Stats. sec. 537.)

1 The counties of Clinton, Jones, Linn, Benton, Grundy and Hardin were taken from the list of counties named in the original (sec. 537 of the Rev. Scats.) to form with certain counties taken from the southern district a new division of the northern district. (See 26 U. S. Stats. 767.)

CEDAR RAPIDS DIVISION.-The counties of Cedar, Johnston, Iowa, and Tama be, and hereby are, transferred to the northern district and made a part thereof; and that said counties and the counties of Grundy, Hardin, Benton, Linn, Jones and Clinton shall constitute a new division in said northern district, the terms of court for which shali be held at the city of Cedar Rapids. All the provisions of said act approved July twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, shall be applicable to the division created by this act. (26 U. S. Stats. 767.

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DIVISION OF NORTHERN DISTRICT.-For the purpose of holding terms of court the northern district shall be divided into three divisions, to be known as the eastern, central, and western divisions. counties of Jackson, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Clayton, Fayette, Bremer, Floyd, Chickasaw, Mitchell, Howard, Winneshiek, and Alamakee shall constitute the eastern division, the courts for which shall be held at the city of Dubuque. The counties of Hamilton, Webster, Calhoun, Pocahontas, Palo Alto, Emmett, Kossuth, Humboldt, Wright, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth,

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Cerro Gordo, Franklin, and Butler shall constitute the central division, the courts for which shall be held at Fort Dodge. The counties of Monona, Woodbury, Plymouth, Sioux, Lyon, Osceola, O'Brien, Cherokee, Ida, Sac, Buena Vista, Clay, and Dickinson shall constitute the western division, the courts for which shall be held at Sioux City. (22 U. S. Stats. 172.)

1 The counties of Clinton, Jones, Linn, and Benton were taken from the eastern division, and the counties of Grundy and Hardin were detached from the central division to form the Cedar Rapids division. (26 U. S. Stats. 767. See above.)

DIVISION OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT.-For the purpose of holding terms of court the southern district of Iowa shall be divided into three divisions, to be known as the eastern, central, and western divisions. The counties of Scott, Muscatine, Washington, Louisa, Keokuk, Appanoose, Davis, Wapello, Jefferson, Van Buren, Henry, Des Moines, and Lee shall constitute the eastern division, for which the courts shall be held at the city of Keokuk. The counties of Poweshiek, Mahaska, Jasper, Marshall, Story, Boone, Greene, Guthrie, Adair, Dallas, Polk, Madison, Warren, Marion, Clark, Lucas, Decatur, Monroe and Wayne shall constitute the central division, for which the courts shall be held at the city of Des Moines.1 The counties of Carroll, Crawford, Harrison, Shelby, Audubon, Cass, Pottawattamie, Mills, Montgomery, Adams, Union, Ringgold, Taylor, Page, and Fremont, shall constitute the western division, in which the courts shall be held at the city of Council Bluffs; provided, that the additional courts at the places in the several divisions named in this act shall be held in build

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