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PUBLIC LAW 89-372-MAR. 18, 1966

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Public Law 89-372 AN ACT To provide for the appointment of additional circuit and district judges, and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the Presi- cuit ^ d i s t rcirAdditional i c t and dent shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, j^iTdgeT. two additional circuit judges for the fourth circuit, two additional circuit judges for the sixth circuit, one additional circuit judge for the seventh circuit, and one additional circuit judge for the eighth circuit. (b) I n order that the table contained in section 44(a) of title 28 of the United States Code will reflect the changes made by subsection ^2 Stat. 87i. (a) of this section in the number of circuit judges for said circuits, such table is amended to read as follows with respect to said circuits: •'Circuits



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(c) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, four additional circuit judges for the fifth circuit. The first four vacancies occurring in the office of circuit judge in said circuit shall not be filled. SEC. 2. (a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one district judge for the middle and southern districts of Alabama, one additional district judge for the district of Arizona, one additional district judge for the northern district of Florida, one additional district judge for the middle district of Florida, two additional district judges for the southern district of Florida, one additional district judge for the northern district of Illinois, one additional district judge for the southern district of Indiana, four additional district judges for the eastern district of Louisiana, one additional district judge for the district of Maryland, one additional district judge for the northern district of Mississippi, one additional district judge for the southern district of Mississippi, one additional district judge for the western district of New York, one additional district judge for the northern district of Ohio, one additional district judge for the southern district of Ohio, one additional district judge for the district of Rhode Island, two additional district judges for the southern district of Texas, one additional district judge for the western district of Texas, two additional district judges for the eastern district of Virginia, and one additional district judge for the district of Vermont. (b) The existing district judgeship for the northern, middle and ^'lo'-ida. southern districts of Florida heretofore provided for by section 133 of title 28, United States Code, shall hereafter be a district judgeship '^^ ^*^'- ^'*^for the middle district of Florida only, and the present incumbent of such judgeship shall henceforth hold his office under section 133, as amended by this Act. SEC. 3. (a) Section 84 of title 28, United States Code, is amended ^"^^^=^^1 ^is.

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to read as follows: "§84. California "California is divided into four judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Eastern, Central, and Southern Districts of California.

tricts, revision.

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