The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-01
FOR TWO FEDERAL DISTRICTS.
congressman Aiken Introduces Bill
to Duplicate Federal Machinery II,
This State.

washington. Sept. 25.-COngress-
man Aiken has introduced bill which
ii passed will divide the State Of
South Carolina into two judicial dis
tricts, this bill which is very much
wanted by many lawyers in the State
is as follows:
THE Western district will include
the counties of OcOnee, Pickens, An
derson, Greenville. Spartanburg, Lau-
rens, Abbeville, Greenwood, Edgefeld
Saluda, Newberry, Union, Cherokee,
York, Chester. Lancaster and Fair
field, as they exist at the date of
the passage of this act. The eastern
district includes the residue of the
said State.
Ihat the president should appoint
a district judge for the said western
district who shall possess and exer-
else all the powers conferred bv law
upon the judges of the district courts
or the United States, and who shall
as to all business and proceedings
arising in said western district sue
ceed to and possess the same powers
and perform the same duties within
the said western district as are now
possessed and exercised by the district
judge for the eastern and western dis
tricts of the district of South Caro-
lima, and who shall receive the same
salary as the other judges of the dis
trict courts of the United States.
THAT the present district Judge
and marshal who are now the district
judge and marshal for both the east
ern and western district OF
south Carolina, as heretofore con-
stituted, but who are residents of
the eastern district, are hereby as
signed to the eastern district as con-
stituted by section l of this act,
and the present district attorney. who
is the district attorney for both the
eastern and western districts of the
district of South Carolina, as hereto
fore constituted, but who is a resident
OF the western district, is hereby as
signed TO the western district as con-
stituted by section Of this act; and
there shall be district attorney for
the eastern district as constituted by
section l of this act to be appointed
as district attorneys are appointed in
other judicial districts of the United
States.
That there shall be q district at
torney and Il marshal i'm said western
dlstrict TO be appointed as marshals
ana district attorneys are appointed
IN the other judicial districts Of the
United States That the district at.
torncy for the eastern district of
South Carolina and the district attor-
ney for the western district of South
Carolina shall each receive an annual
salary of 81 500 and the marshall of
the eastern district of South Carolina
W." WV '''oidi VI tile western dis
trict OF South Carolina shall each re-
ceiNe an annual salary OF $4,50O.
That term Of the circuit court
and term of the district court of
the United states for said western
district of South Carolina, as consti-
tuted in section of this act, shall be
held in GreenVille on the third Tues
day of April and on the third TUESDAY
OF October in each year; at An
dersOn ON the fourth Tuesday i'm Eel
ruafN IN each year; at Sparianburp
on the first Tuesday Of June in each
year; and at Greenwood ON the first
Tuesday of December in each year"