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PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1970
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a judge of the municipal court of the Virgin Ishmds or a circuit or district judge of the Third Circuit, or the Chief Justice of the United States may assign any other United States circuit or district judge with the consent of the judge so assigned and of the chief judge of his circuit, to serve temporarily as a judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands. The compensation of the judges of the district court and the administrative expenses of the court shall be paid from appropriations made for the judiciary of the United States. "(b) The judge of the district court who is senior in continuous service and under seventy years of age shall be the chief judge of the court and shall have power to appoint officers of the court when and as provided in section 756 of title 28, United States Code. The division of the business of the court among the judges shall be made as prescribed in section 137 of that title. "(c) The Attorney General shall appoint a United States marshal for the Virgin Islands, to whose office the provisions of chapter 33 of title 28, United States Code, shall apply." SEC. 4. (a) Section 128(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "EASTERN DISTOICT

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" (a) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman, and Yakima. "Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Spokane, Yakima, Walla Walla, and Richland." (b) Section 128(b) of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "WESTORN

DISTOICT

" (b) The Western District comprises the counties of Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Thurston, Wahkiakum, and Whatcom. "Court for the Western District shall be held at Bellingham, Seattle, and Tacoma." SEC. 5. Section 92 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 92. Idaho "Idaho, exclusive of Yellowstone National Park, constitutes one judicial district. "Court shall be held at Boise, Coeur d'Alene, Moscow, and Pocatello.'SEC. 6. Section 118(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended to 1

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read as follows: "EASTERN DISTRICT

" (a) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, and Schuylkill. "Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Allentown, Easton, Reading, and Philadelphia." SEC. 7. The second sentence of section 117 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "Court shall be held at Coquille, Eugene, Klamath Falls, Medford, Pendleton, and Portland." SEC. 8. Section 93(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by '

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