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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 443 --OCT. 31, 1945 TITLE II-MISCELLANEOUS Additional Federal SEC. 201. Nothing in this Act shall be construed (a) to prevent the jurisdiction. acceptance by the United States pursuant to the provisions of section 54Stat. 83. 355 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (40 U. S . C ., sec. 255), of such jurisdiction as may be granted by the State of Virginia over any lands to which the United States now has, or may hereafter have, title within the boundaries of the State as established by this Act; or (b) to affect any jurisdiction heretofore obtained by the United States from the State of Virginia over lands adjoining or adjacent to those herein ceded; and all jurisdiction whether partial, concurrent, or exclusive, which Virginia has ceded and which the United States has accepted over any part or parts of the ceded total is hereby expressly retained. SEC. 202. Section 111 of the Judicial Code (46 Stat. 56; U. S . C ., title 28, sec. 192), as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: Virginia udicial dis- "The State of Virginia is divided into two districts, to be known as the eastern and western districts of Virginia. Eastern distrct. "The eastern district shall include the territory embraced on the effective date of this Act in the counties of Accomac, Arlington, Amelia Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Culpeper, Dinwiddie, Elizabeth City, Essex, Fairfax, Fauquier, Gloucester, Goochland, Greensville, Hanover, Henrico, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Loudoun, Louisa, Lunenburg, Mathews, Mecklenburg, Middlesex, Nansemond, New Kent, Norfolk, Northampton, Northumberland, Nottoway, Orange, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince George, Prince William, Princess Anne, Richmond, Southampton, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Surry, Sussex, Warwick, Westmoreland, and York. Terms of court. "Terms of the district court shall be held at Richmond on the first Mondays in April and October; at Norfolk on the first Mondays in May and November; and at Alexandria on the first Mondays in June and December. Western district. "The western district shall include the territory embraced on the effective date of this Act in the counties of Alleghany, Albemarle, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath, Bedford Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Buckingham, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte, Clarke, Craig, Cumberland, Dickenson, Floyd, Fluvanna Franklin, Frederick, Giles, Grayson, Greene, Halifax, Henry, Highland, Lees Madison, Montgomery, Nelson, Page, Patrick, Pulaski Pittsylvama, Rappa- hannock, Roanoke, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Russell, Scott, Shenan- doah, Smyth, Tazewell, Warren, Washington, Wise, and Wythe. Ters of o rt. "Terms of the district court shall be held at Abingdon on the second Mondays in April and November at Big Stone Gap on the first Mon- days in May and October; at Charlottesville on the first Monday in February and on the Wednesday next after the first Monday in August at Danville on the fourth Monday in February and on the Wednesday next after the first Monday in September; at Harrison- burg on the third Monday in March and on the fourth Monday in October; at Lynchburg on the first Mondays in June and December; and at Roanoke on the first Mondays in January and July. Clerk's ofes. "The clerk of the court for the western district shall maintain an office in charge of himself or a deputy at Lynchburg, Roanoke, Dan- ville, Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Big Stone Gap, and Abingdon, which shall be kept open at all times for the transaction of the business of the court." Approved October 31, 1945. [59 STAT.