PUBLIC LAW 91-272-JUNE 2, 1970
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SEC. 2. (a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the district of New Jersey. The first vacancy occurring in the office of district judge in that district shall not be filled. (b) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the middle district of Pennsylvania. The first vacancy occurring in the office of district judge in that district shall not be filled. (c) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district jud^e for the eastern district of North Carolina. The first vacany occurring in the office of district judge in that district shall not be filled. SEC. 8. (a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands, who shall hold office for the term of eight years and until his successor is chosen and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President for cause. (b) In order to reflect and implement the changes made by subsection (a) of this section, section 24 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 24. (a) The President shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint two judges for the District Court of the Virgin Islands, who shall hold office for terms of eight years and until their successors are chosen and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President for cause. The salary of a judge of the district court shall be at the rate prescribed for judges of the United States district courts. Whenever it is made to appear that such an assignment is necessary for the proper dispatch of the business of the district court, the chief judge of the Third Judicial Circuit of the United States may assign
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