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62 STAT.] 80rTH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 646-JUNE 25, 1948 895 Eastern District (a) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Brown, Calu- met, Dodge, Door, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Green Lake, Kenosha, Kewaunee, Langlade, Manitowoc, Marinette, Marquette, Milwaukee, Oconto, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Racine, Shawano, Sheboy- gan, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, and Winnebago. Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Green Bay, Milwau- kee, and Oshkosh. Western District (b) The Western District comprises the counties of Adams, Ash- land, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Grant, Green, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, La Crosse, Lafayette, Lincoln, Marathon, Monroe, Oneida, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Rich- land, Rock, Rusk, Saint Croix, Sauk, Sawyer, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Washburn, and Wood. Court for the Western District shall be held at Eau Claire, La Crosse, Madison, Superior, and Wausau. § 131. Wyoming Wyoming and those portions of Yellowstone National Park situated in Montana and Idaho constitute one judicial district. Court shall be held at Casper, Cheyenne, Evanston, Lander, and Sheridan. § 132. Creation and composition of district courts (a) There shall be in each judicial district a district court which shall be a court of record known as the United States District Court for the district. (b) Each district court shall consist of the district judge or judges for the district in active service. Justices or judges designated or assigned shall be competent to sit as judges of the court. (c) Except as otherwise provided by law, or rule or order of court, the judicial power of a district court with respect to any action, suit or proceeding may be exercised by a single judge, who may preside alone and hold a regular or special session of court at the same time other sessions are held by other judges. § 133. Appointment and number of district judges The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, district judges for the several judicial districts, as follows: Districts Judges Districts Judges Alabama: Colorado------------------- 1 Northern----------------- 2 Connecticut---------------- 2 Middle------------------- 1 Delaware ----------------- 1 Southern----------------- 1 District of Columbia-------- 12 Arizona-------------------- 2 Florida: Arkansas: Northern----------------- 1 Eastern----------------- 1 Southern------------ _ 8 Western ----------------- 1 Georgia: Eastern and Western ---- 1 Northern----------------- 1 California: Middle------------------- 1 Northern----------------- 5 Southern----------------- 1 Southern---------------- 8 Hawaii ------------ - 2