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 438 "A. For the purpose of holding terms of court the southern district of Indiana shall be divided into four divisions, constituted as follows : The Indianapolis division, which shall include the terri tory e mbrace d wit hin th e coun ties o f Bar tholom ew, Bo one, Brown, Clinton, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Fountain, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Randolph, Rush, Shelby, Tipton, Union, and Wayne ; the Terre Haute division, which shall include the territory embraced within the counties of Clay, Greene, Knox, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermilion, and Vigor, the Evansville division, which shall include the territory embraced within the counties of Davies, Dubois, Gibson, Martin, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburg, and Warrick ; and the New Albany division, which shall include the territory embraced within the counties of Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Lawrence, Ohio, Orange, Ripley, Scott, Switzerland, and Washington. " B . For the purpose of holding terms of court the northern distri ct shal l be d ivided into th ree di visions, const ituted as fol lows : The Fort Wayne division, which shall include the territory embraced within the counties of Adams, Allen, Blackford, Dekalb, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Lagrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells, and Whitley ; the South Bend division, which shall include the territory embraced within the counties of Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Laporte, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, Saint Joseph, Starke, and Wa b a sh ; the Ham mond division, which shall include the t erritory embraced - within the counties of Benton, Carroll, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter, Tippecanoe, Warren, and White . "2. Except as hereinafter in this section provided, terms of the District Court for the Southern District shall be held for the Ind ianapolis div ision at Indi anapolis on th e first Monda ys of May and November of each year ; for the Terre Haute division at Terre Haute on the first Mondays of April and October of each year ; for the Evansville division at Evansville on the second Mondays of April and October of each year ; for the New Albany division at New Albany on the third Mondays of April and October Terms, northern dis- of each year. The terms of the District Court for the Northern District of Indiana shall be held for the Fort Wayne division at Fort Wayne on the first Mondays of April and December of each year ; for the South Bend division at South Bend on the first Mondays of October and February of each year ; for the Hammond division at Hammond on the first Mondays of March and November of each year. When the time fixed as above for the sitting of a court shall fall on a legal holiday the terms shall begin upon the next day following. Terms of the district court shall not be limited to any particular number of days nor shall it be necessary for any term to adjourn by reason of the intervention of the term of court e lsew here ; but the term about to com mence in anot her division m ay be postponed or adjourned over until the business of the court in session is concluded. A grand jury summoned to attend a term of court held in any division of either of the districts as above provided, may i nvestigate an d find an indi ctment or mak e a presentme nt for, any crime or offense committed in the district, whether or not the crime or offense was committed within the division in which the jury is in session. "3 . A. The senior district judge for the district of Indiana in office immediately prior to the passage of this Act shall be the district judge for the southern district as constituted by this Act ; the j unior distric t judge for th e district of Indiana imme diately prior to the passage of this Act shall be the district judge for the South ern d istr ict . Ind ianapolis div ision . Terre Haute division . Evansville division . New Albany div i- s ion . Northern district . Fort wayne division. Sou th Bend divi sion . trict Hamm ond divisio n . Terms, southern dis- trict. Allowance for holi- days . Gr and jury may in- vestigate, et e ., crimes committed in another division . Sen ior judg e to be judge for southern dis- trict . Junior, f or northern district. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS. I. CH. 393. 1928.

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