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 1424 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Ciis. 420, 421 . 1929 . Libel proceedings for "SEC, 4. Whenever the person making any seizure under this title condemnation and sale of seized property. (sections 238 to 245, inclusive, of chapter 5, title 22, United States Code) applies for and obtains a warrant for the detention of the property, and (a) upon the hearing and determination of the petition of the owner or claimant restoration is denied, or (b) the owner or cla imant fails t o file a peti tion for resto ration within thirty days after the sei zure, the Uni ted States att orney for the district wherein it was seized, upon direction of the Attorney Jur isdiction of court . Genera l, shal l inst itute l ibel pr oceedi ngs in the Uni ted St ates di strict court or the district court of the Canal Zone or the court of first instance of the Philippine Islands having jurisdiction over the place wherein the seizure was made, against the property for condemna- ti o n ; and i f, after tria l and hearing of the issues involved, the Proceeds of sale. property is condemned, it shall be disposed of by sale, and the proceeds the reof, less th e legal costs and charges, paid into the Proviso. Treasury : Provided, That the court shall order any arms and Delivery to war De- pertinent ofcondemned munit ions o f war so co ndemne d deli vered to th e War Depart ment arm s, etc' of the United States ." Approved, March 1, 1929 . March 1, 1929 . [H. R. 12351.] [Public, No .872.] United States courts. Vol . 39, p . 122, amend- ed. U.S . Code, p. 878. California judicial dis tricts. S outhe rn d istri ct . Northern division . Central division . Southern division . Terms. Northern district . Northern division . Southern division . Terms, CHAP. 421 .-An Act Amending section 72 of the Judicial Code, as amended (United States Code, title 28, section 145) by changing the boundaries of the divisions of the southern district of California and terms of court for each division . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 72 of the Judicial Code, as amended (United States Code, title 28, section 145), be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows : "SEC. 72 . The State of California is divided into two districts, to be known as the northern and southern districts of California. The southern district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of July, 1910, in the counties of Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, and Tulare, which shall constitute the, northern division of said district ; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura, which shall constitute the central division of said district ; also, the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of San Diego and Imperi al, whi ch sha ll cons titute the so uthern divisio n of s aid dis trict. Terms of the district court for the northern division shall be held at Fresno on the first Monday in April and the second Monday in October ; and for the central division, at Los Angeles on the first Monday in February and the second Monday in September ; and for the southern division, at San Diego on the second Monday in July and the sec ond Mon day in Janu ary. The northern district shall include the territory embraced on the 1st day of July, 1910, in the counties of Del Norte, Siskiyou, Modoc, Humboldt, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama, Plumas, Mendocino, Lake, Colusa, Glenn, Butte, Sierra, Sutt er, Yuba, Nev ada, Sonoma, Napa, Yolo, Pl acer, Solano, Sacramento, El Dorado, San Joaquin, Amador, Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Alpine, and Mono, which shall constitute the northern division of said district ; also the territory embraced on the date last mentioned in the counties of San Francisco, Marin, Contra Costa, Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito, which shall constitute the southern division of said district. Terms of the district court for the northern division of the northern district shall be held at Sacramento on the second Monday in April and the first Monday in October, and at Eureka on the third Monday in July ; and for the southern division of the northern district, at San

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