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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 231. 1911. 1].3]. CHAPTER S11:. ¢}¤¤v¤¤¤6- cmcurr oomrrs or .n»rm.u.s. p_§lL}*¤**¤¤·¤¤¤f¤r» Sec. see. 116. Circuits. 1 . ‘ ‘ ‘ - m. Circuit com of gpm. 29 A%’§§.}‘L.£l  f°' “"““°, 118. Circuit   _ 130. Appellate and supervisory jurisdic- 119. Allotment of justices to the circuits. tion under the bankru t act. ‘ 120. Chxefsiuetice and associate justices 131. Appeals from the Unitedgtates court of upreme Court, and district for China. judges, may sit in circuit court of 132. Allowance of appeals, etc. appeals. 133. Write of error and appeals from the · 121. Justices allotted to circuits, how supreme courts of Arizona and designated. New Mexico. 122. Seals, orms of process, and rules. 134. Write of error and a peals from dis- 123. Marshals, trict court for Alaska to circuit 124. Clerks. court of appeals for ninth circuit; 125. Deputy clerks; appointment and re court may certify questions to the moval. Supreme Court. 126. Terms. 135. Appeals and write of error from 127. Rooms for court, how rovided. Alaska; where heard. 128. Jurisdiction; when juxgment final. Sec. 116. There shall be nine judicial circuits of the United States, °“°““·’°°“““‘“‘°d· constituted as follows: First. The first circuit shall include the districts of Rhode Island, F“'“‘· Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. Second. The second circuit shall include the districts of Vermont, B°°°’”*· Connecticut, and New York. Third. The third circuit shall include the districts of Pennsylvania, '““’°· New Jersey, and Delaware. _ Fourth. The fourth circuit shall include the districts of Maryland, F°“"“‘· Viiiggnia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. th. The fifth circuit shall include the districts of Georgia, Florida, “‘“’· Alabama, Mississi pi, Louisiana, and Texas. Sixth. The sixtll circuit shall include the districts of Ohio, Michi— sum gan, Kentuck, and Tennessee. Seventh. Tlle seventh circuit shall include the districts of Indiana, S°"°°°" Illinois, and Wisconsin. ° Eighth. The eighth circuit shall include the districts of Nebraska, m"““‘ ·Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Oklahoma. , Ninth. The ninth circuit shall include the districts of California, Mum Oregon, Nevada, l/Vashington, Idaho, Montana, and Hawaii. SEO. 117. There shall be in each circuit a circuit court of appeals, Pe§§;f‘“‘ °°‘“"° °‘“¤* which shall consist of three judges, of whom two shall constitute a \’¤¤.26,p.a2¤. uorum, and which shall be a court of record, with appellate jurisgiction, as hereinafter limited and established. Sec. 118. There shall be in the second, seventh, and eighth circuits; mggzcgg iudw M- respectively, four circuit judges, in the fourth circuit, two circuit ` judges, and in each of the other circuits, three circuit judges, to be agpointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of t e Senate. They shall be entitled to receive a salary at the rate of S¤1¤¤‘¢ r¢¤id•=¤¢¢· · seven thousand dollars a ear, each, payable monthly. Each circuit judge shall reside within his circuit. Sec. 119. The Chief Justice and associate justices of the Supreme u,$;l§’§'f,‘§'Q{m§f ’“‘°' Court shall be allotted among the circuits by an order of the court, Big; {gy- °°°· 61*% and a new allotment shall be made whenever it becomes necessary W _ ` or convenient bfy reason of the alteration of any circuit, or of the new agnpomtment 0 a Chief Justice or associate justice, or otherwise. I a new allotment becomes necessary at any other time than during