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74TH CONGRESS . SESS. II. CHS. 428, 432. MAY 19, 20, 1936 .

1363 western division, at Oxford on the third Monday in April and the Western division . first Monday in December ; and for the Delta division, at Clarksdale De lta divis ion . on the fourth Monday in January and the third Monday in October . The southern district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st sout hern d istrict . day of December 1923 in the counties of Amite, Copiah, Franklin, Jackson division . Hinds, Holmes, Leake, Lincoln, Madison, Pike, Rankin, Simpson, Smith, Scott, Wilkinson, and Yazoo, which shall constitute the Jackson division ; also the territory embraced on the date last men- We ster n div isio n, ti oned i n the counti es of Adams, Claib orne, Humphr ey s, Issaqu ena, Je fferso n, Sha rkey, Warren , and Washin gton, which shall consti tute the western division ; also the territory embraced on the date last Eastern division . mentioned in the counties of Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, and Wayne, which shall constitute the eastern division ; also the territory embraced on the date last men- Southern division . tioned in the counties of George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, and Stone, which shall constitute the southern division of said district ; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in Ha the sburg division. the counties of Covington, Forrest, Greene, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Perry, and Walthall, which shall con- stitute the Hattiesburg division . Terms of the district court for the Terms of court . Jackson division shall be held at Jackson on the first Mondays Jackson d ivision . in May and November ; for the western division, at Vicksburg on Western division . the third Mondays in May and November ; for the eastern division, Eastern d ivision . a t Meridian on the . third Mondays in March and September ; for Southern division . the southern division, at Biloxi on the third Monday in February and the first Monday in June ; and for the Hattiesburg division, at Ha the sburg division. Hattiesburg on the second Mondays in April and October . The Clerks and marshals; clerk of the court for each district shall maintain an office in charge ofCCs ' of himself or a deputy at each place in his district at which court is now required to be held, at which he shall not himself reside, which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of the court . The marshal for each of said districts shall maintain an office in charge of himself or a deputy at each place of holding court in his district ." Approved, May 19, 1936 . [ CHAPT ER 432 .] AN ACT

Mare 20,1936. To provide for rural electrification, and for other purposes .

[S . 3483 .] [Public, No. 605 .] Be it enacted b y the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Unite d Stat es of Americ a in C ongres s asse mbled, That there is Actof hereby created and established an agency of the United States to Rural Ele ctrification be known as th e "Rur al Ele ctrifi cation Admin istrat ion", all of the administration ereat- powers of which shall be exercised by an Administrator, who shall be QrA d e mini tra or; pow appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of ten years, and who shall receive a salary of $10,000 per year . This Act may be cited as the "Rural Electrifi- Citation of title . cation Act of 1936" . SEc.2. The Administrator is authorized and empowered to make Loans in States and loans in the several States and Territories of the United States for T erritor ies aut horized . rural electrification and the furnishing of electric energy to persons in rural areas who are not receiving central station service, as here- inafter provided ; to make, or cause to be made, studies, investiga- Studies and reports c oncerni ng rura l areas

tions, and reports concerning the condition and progress of the elec- publication, etc . trification of rural areas in the several States and Territories ; and to publi sh and disse minate infor mation with respec t ther eto .