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0 1518 Am endment . March 2, 1929 . [H. R. 10431.] [Public, No . 965 .] United States courts. Vol . 44, p . 408, amend- ed. Oklahoma ju dicial dis tricts. Northern district . Ter ms of court . Proviso . R ooms at P awhu ska, Miami, and Bartles- ville. Eastern district . Terms of court . Proviso. R ooms at H ugo, Po- teau , Ada, Okmul gee, Pawls Valley, and Du- rant . Western district . Terms of court . Provisos. Rooms at Mangum . Adjournment, etc., of terms . SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS. II . CI-18 . 538, 539 . 1929 SEC. 4. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herewith expressly reserved . Approved, March 2 , 19 29 . CHAP . 539.-An Act To amend section 101 of the Judicial Code . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 101 of the Judicial Code, as amended, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows " SEC . 101 . The State of Oklahoma is divided into three judicial districts, to be known as the northern, the eastern, and the western districts of Oklahoma . The territory embraced on January 1, 1925, in the counties of Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, and Washington, as they existed on said date, shall constitute the northern district of Oklahoma . Term s of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma shall be held at Tulsa on the first Monday in January, at Vinita on the first Monday in March, at Pawhuska on the first Monday in May, at Miami on the first Monday in November, and at Bartlesville on the first Monday in June in each year : Provided, That suitable rooms and accommodations for holding court at Paw- huska, Miami, and Bartlesville are furnished free of expense to the United States. " The eastern district of Oklahoma shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of January, 1925, in the counties of Adair, Atoka, Bryan , Cher okee, Choct aw, Co al, Ca rter, Garvi n, Gra dy, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston, Jefferson, Latimer, Le F lore, Love, M cClain , Muskogee, McIntosh, McCurtain, T furray, Marshall, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Pontotoc, Seminole, Stephens, Sequoyah, and Wagoner. Terms of the district court of the eastern district shall be held at Muskogee on the first Monday in January, at Ada on the first Monday in March, at Okmulgee on the first Monday in April, at Hugo on the first Monday in May, at South McAlester on the first Monday in June, at Ardmore on the first Monday in October, at Chickasha on the first Monday in Nov ember, at Pot eau on the fi rst Monday in December in e ach year, and annually at Pauls Valley and Durant at such times as may be fixed by the judge of the eastern district : Provided, That suitable rooms and accommodations for holding said court at Hugo, Poteau, Ada, Okmulgee, Pauls Valley, and Durant are furnished free of exp ense to the U nited States . " The western district of Oklahoma shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of January, 1925, in the counties of Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cimarron, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Jackson, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, Major, Noble, Oklahoma, Payne, Pottawatomie, Roger Mills, Texas, Tillma n, Was hita, Woods , and Woodwa rd . The terms of the district court for the western district shall be held at Oklahoma City on the first Monday in January, at Enid on the first Monday of March, at Guthrie on the first Monday of May, at Mangum on the first Mon- day of September, at Lawton on the first Monday of October, and at Woodward on the first Monday of November : Provided, That suit- able r ooms a nd acc ommod ations for h olding cour t at M angum are furnished free of expense to the United States : And provided fur- ther, That the district judge of said district, or in his absence a dis- trict j udge or a circ uit ju dge ass igned t o hold court in said distr ict,