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 838 SIXTY ·SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sm. I1. Ch. soc. 1922. one; for the western district of Pennsylvania, one; for the northern district of Texas, one; for the southern district of Florida, one; for the eastern district of Michigan, one; for the northern district of Ohio, one- for the middle district of Tennessee, one; for the northern district of Illinois, one; for the eastern district of Illinois, one; for the district of Minnesota, one· for the eastern district of Missouri, one; for the western district of Missouri, one; for the eastern district of Oklahoma, one; for the district of Montana, one; for the northern district of California, one; for the southern district of California, one; · for the district of New Mexico, one; and for the district of Arizona, one. F¤¤¤: w•¤·=i¤$ re A vacanc occurrmg', more than two years after the assage of this mmm Act, in the dffcice of any district judge appointed lpursualiit to this Act, except for the middle district o Tennessee, sha not be filled unless Congress shall so provide and if an appointment is made to fill such a vacancy occurrigg  two years a vacancy thereafter occurring in said omce all not be filled unless Congress shall so provide: {,’{,'§"‘°,,;dg,, ,0, NW Provided, however, That in case a vacancy occurs in the district of ¥¤¤=i·=<>» ¤¤¤•¤¤· New Mexico at any time after the assage of this Act, there shall ltghegeafter be but one judge for said district until otherwise provided aw. m°*},*§f‘°¤°° ‘°¤“*’°· yEvery judge shall reside in the district or circuit or one of the _ districts or circuits for which he is aptplomted. .,i,°?,,"{"§’“‘:.§,,,,°*$.§’“‘t§'.§ Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of e Chief Justice of the United "°m‘·““‘ Y- States, or in case of his disability, of one of the other justices of the Supreme Court, in order of their seniority, as soon as may be after the assage of this Act, and annually thereafter, to summon to a confierence on the last Monday in September, at Washington, District of Columbia, or at such other time and lace in the United States as the Chief Justice, or, in case of his disaliility, any of said `ustices in order of their seniority, may designate, the senior circuit judge of each ,a§j;*j,°*g;f**‘* '°* S°¤· judicial circuit. If any senior cu·cuit judve is unable to attend, the Chief Justice, or in case of his disability, the justice of the Supreme Court calling said conference, may summon any other circuit or district judee in the judicial circuit whose senior circuit judge is unable At to attend, that each circuit may be adequately represented at said q,,,,.,°.§Y'°°°°°* °°°" '° conference. It shall be the duty of eve _ jud thus summoned to attend said conference and to remain xthrougiiiout its proceedings, unless excused by the Chief Justice, and to advise as to the needs of his circuit and as to any matters in respect of which the administra- _ tion of justice in the courts of the United States may be improved. j,,§§,t§j,°,§i,.,§‘§,l’,§’{§,,,,?{ The senior district judge of each United States district court, on or QNQ, $*1*},*; °° S°¤‘<**’ before the first day of August in each year, shall pre are and submit to the senior circuit judge of the jpdicial circuit in which said district is situated, a report setting fort the_ condition of business in said district court, including the number and character of cases on the docket, the business in arrears, and cases dis osed of, and such other facts pertinent to the business dispatched and) pending as said district judge may deem proper, together with recommendations as to the Tm _ nee of a d1tional ju icial assistance for the disposal of business for ,,,,,,,§,‘f",§,’j{"" ”" °"“‘ abc year ens(j113gg) Saudi reports shall be laid before hthe conference erein rovi e, said senior circuit `u cre, or, in `s absence, b the judge represerhzing the circuit at tlieddonference, together with such recommendations as he may deem proper. The Chief Justice, or, in his absence, the senior associate justice, ems. shall be the presiding officer of the conference. Said conference shall make a comprehensive survey of the condition of business in the courts of the United States and prepare plans for assignment and transfer of judges to or from circuits or districts where the state of the docket or con tion of business indicates the need therefor, and shall