THE JUDICIAL CODE TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I DISTRICT COURTS-ORGANIZATION— (Sections 1-23) CHAPTER II DISTRICT COUrts-JurisdicTION-(Sections 24-27) CHAPTER III DISTRICT COURTS-REMOVAL OF CAUSES (Sections 28-39) CHAPTER IV DISTRICT COURTS-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS-(Sections 40-68) CHAPTER V DISTRICT COURTS-DISTRICTS AND PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR STATES (Sections 69-115) PROVISIONS COMMON TO MORE THAN ONE COURT (Sections 256-274) CHAPTER XII JURIES (Sections 275-288) CHAPTER XIII GENERAL PROVISIONS-(Sections 289-296) CHAPTER XIV REPEALING PROVISIONS-(Sections 297-301) An Act To codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the judiciary. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the laws relating to the judiciary be, and they hereby are, codified, revised, and amended, with title, chapters, head-notes, and sections, entitled, numbered, and to read as follows: TITLE THE JUDICIARY CHAPTER I DISTRICT COURTS-ORGANIZATION 1. District courts established-Appointment and residence of judges. § 2. Salaries of district judges. § 3. Clerks. § 4. Deputy clerks. § 5. Criers and bailiffs. 8 6. Records-Where kept. 7. Effect of altering terms. § 8. Trials not discontinued by new term. § 9. Court always open as courts of admiralty and equity. § 10. Monthly adjournments for trial of criminal causes. § 11. Special terms. § 12. Adjournment in case of nonattendance of judge. § 13. Designation of another judge in case of disability of judge. § 14. Designation of another judge in case of an accumulation of business. § 15. When designation to be made by Chief Justice. § 16. New appointment and revocation. § 17. Designation of district judge in aid of another judge. § 18. When circuit judge may be designated to hold district court. § 19. Duty of district and circuit judge in such cases. § 20. When district judge is interested or related to parties. § 21. When affidavit of personal bias or prejudice of judge is filed. § 22. Continuance in case of vacancy in office. § 23. Districts having more than one judge-Division of business. § 1. In each of the districts described in Chapter V there shall be a court called a district court, for which there shall be appointed one judge, to be called a district judge; except that in the northern district of California, the northern district of Illinois, the district of Maryland, the district of Minnesota, the district of Nebraska, the district of New Jersey, the eastern district of New York, the northern and southern districts of Ohio, the district of Oregon, the eastern and western districts of Pennsylvania, and the western district of Washington, there shall be an additional district judge in each, and in the southern district of New York, three additional district judges: Provided, That there shall be one judge for the eastern and western districts of South Carolina, one judge for the eastern and middle districts of Tennessee, and one judge for the northern and southern districts of Mississippi: Provided further, That the district judge for the middle district of Alabama shall continue as heretofore to be a district judge for the northern district thereof. Every district judge shall reside in the district or one of the districts for which he is appointed, and for offending against this provision shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor. See R. S. § 551; 4 Fed. St. Ann. 216. Amended, 38 Stat. L. 580; Supp. (1916) Fed. St. Ann. 130. § 2. Each of the district judges shall receive a salary of six thousand dollars a year, to be paid in monthly installments. See R. S. § 554; 4 Fed. St. Ann. 217. § 3. A clerk shall be appointed for each district court by the judge thereof, except in cases otherwise provided for by law. R. S. § 555; 4 Fed. St. Ann. 74. § 4. Except as otherwise specially provided by law, the clerk of the district court for each district may, with the |