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 62 STAT.] 80TH ONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 646-JUNE 25, 1948 § 135. Salaries of district judges Each judge of a district court of the United States shall receive a salary of $15,000 a year. The chief judge of the District Court for the District of Columbia shall receive a salary of $15,500 a year. § 136. Chief judges; precedence of district judges (a) In each district having more than one judge the district judge senior in commission shall be the chief judge of the district court. (b) The chief judge shall have precedence and preside at any session which he attends. Other district judges shall have precedence and preside according to the seniority of their commissions. Judges whose commissions bear the same date shall have precedence according to seniority in age. (c) A judge whose commission extends over more than one district shall be junior to all district judges except in the district in which he resided at the time he entered upon the duties of his office. (d) If the chief judge desires to be relieved of his duties as chief judge while retaining his active status as district judge, he may so certify to the Chief Justice of the United States, and thereafter the district judge in active service next in precedence and willing to serve shall be designated by the Chief Justice as the chief judge of the district court. (e) If a chief judge is temporarily unable to perform his duties as such, they shall be performed by the district judge in active service, present in the district and able and qualified to act, who is next in precedence. § 137. Division of business among district judges The business of a court having more than one judge shall be divided among the judges as provided by the rules and orders of the court. The chief judge of the district court shall be responsible for the observance of such rules and orders, and shall divide the business and assign the cases so far as such rules and orders do not otherwise prescribe. If the district judges in any district are unable to agree upon the adoption of rules or orders for that purpose the judicial council of the circuit shall make the necessary orders. § 138. Times for holding regular terms The times for holding regular terms of court at the places fixed by this chapter shall be determined by rule of the district court. § 139. Term continued until terminated A term of a district court continues for all purposes until termi- nated by order of final adjournment or by commencement of the next general or special term at the same place. § 140. Adjournment (a) Any district court may by order made anywhere within its district, adjourn, or with the consent of the judicial council of the circuit, pretermit any term of court for insufficient business or other good cause. (b) If the judge of a district court is unable to attend and unable to make an order of adjournment, the clerk may adjourn the court to the next regular term or to any earlier day which he may determine. § 141. Special terms; places; notice Special terms of district court may be held at such places in the district as the nature of the business may require, and upon such 68706°-49-pt. 1 ---57 897

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