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PUBLIC LAW 89-242-OCT. 7, 1965
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Public Law 89-242 AN ACT
October 7, 1965
To consolidate the two judicial districts of the State of South Carolina into a single judicial district and to make suitable transitional provisions with respect thereto.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section tri"'s^c'^'^' 121 of title 28 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows: "coAsoiidation "§121. South Carolina 62 Stat. 889. "South Carolina constitutes one judicial district comprising ten divisions. "(1) The Charleston Division comprises the counties of Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, and Jasper. "Court for the Charleston Division shall be held at Charleston. "(2) The Columbia Division comprises the counties of Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Richland, and Sumter. "Court for the Columbia Division shall be held at Columbia. "(3) The Florence Division comprises the counties of Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Horry, Marion, Marlboro, and Williamsburg. "Court for the Florence Division shall be held at Florence. "(4) The Aiken Division comprises the counties of Aiken, Allendale, Barnwell, and Hampton. "Court for the Aiken Division shall be held at Aiken. "(5) The Orangeburg Division comprises the counties of Bamberg, Calhoun, and Orangeburg. "Court for the Orangeburg Division shall be held at Orangeburg. "(6) The Greenville Division comprises the counties of Greenville and Laurens. "Court for the Greenville Division shall be held at Greenville. "(7) The Rock Hill Division comprises the counties of Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster, and York. "Court for the Rock Hill Division shall be held at Rock Hill. "(8) The Greenwood Division comprises the counties of Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Newberry, and Saluda. "Court for the Greenwood Division shall be held at Greenwood. "(9) The Anderson Division comprises the counties of Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens. "Court for the Anderson Division shall be held at Anderson. " (10) The Spartanburg Division comprises the counties of Cherokee, Spartanburg, and Union. "Court for the Spartanburg Division shall be held at Spartanburg." (b) The existing district judgeships for the Eastern District of South Carolina, the Western District of South Carolina, and the Eastern and Western Districts of South Carolina heretofore provided for by section 133 of title 28 of the United States Code shall hereafter 75 Stat. 8i. be district judgeships for the District of South Carolina and the present incumbents of such judgeships shall henceforth hold their offices under section 133, as amended by this Act. (c) I n order that the table contained in section 133 of title 28 of the United States Code will reflect the change made by this section in the
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