An Act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended
PL 87-37 (H.R.7030), enacted 05/20/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87.37-MAY 20, 1961 
[75 STAT. 
"Western District 
" (b) The Western District comprises six divisions. 
"(1) The Opelousas Division comprises the parishes of Evangeline 
and Saint Landry. 
"Court for the Opelousas Division shall beheld at Opelousas. 
"(2) The Alexandria Division comprises the parishes of Avoyelles, 
Catahoula, Grant, La Salle, Kapides, and Winn. 
"Court for the Alexandria Division shall be held at Alexandria. 
"(3) The Shreveport Division comprises the parishes of Bienville, 
Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, 
and Webster. 
"Court for the Shreveport Division shall be held at Shreveport, 
"(4) The Monroe Division comprises the parishes of Caldwell, Con-
cordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, 
Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union, and West Carroll. 
"Court for the Monroe Division shall be held at Monroe. 
"(5) The Lake Charles Division comprises the parishes of Allen, 
Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, and Vernon. 
"Court for the Lake Charles Division shall be held at Lake Charles. 
"(6) The Lafayette Division comprises the parishes of Acadia, 
Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Saint Mary, and Vermilion. 
"Court for the Lafayette Division shall be held at Lafayette." 
eT^iPau^y^. 
SEC. 5. Section 83 of title 28 of the United States Code is amended 
by striking out so much thereof as related to the Eastern District of 
Arkansas and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"Eastern District 
" (a) The Eastern District comprises five divisions. 
"(1) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Cross, Lee, 
Monroe, Phillips, Saint Francis, and Woodruff. 
"Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at Helena. 
"(2) The Western Division comprises the counties of Conway, 
Faulkner, Lonoke, Perry, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline, Van Buren, 
White, and Yell. 
"Court for the Western Division shall be held at Little Rock. 
"(3) The Pine Bluff Division comprises the counties of Arkansas, 
Chicot, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Grant, Jefferson, and Lincoln. 
"Court for the Pine Bluff Division shall be held at Pine Bluff. 
"(4) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Cleburne, 
Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Sharp, and Stone. 
"Court for the Northern Division shall be held at Batesville. 
" (5) The Jonesboro Division comprises the counties of Clay, Craig-
head, Crittenden, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett, and 
Randolph. 
"Court for the Jonesboro Division shall be held at Jonesboro." 
Approved May 19, 1961, 12:46 p. m. 
Public Law 87-37 
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y 20, 1961 
^^ ACT 
[H. R. 7030] 
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and, House of Representatives 
of the 
Cotton. 
United States of America in Congress assemMed, That section 344(n) 
m^ts!^tfansfer°*' of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended 
72 Stat. 186.' 
(1) by stHkiug out the figures "1958" where they first appear therein 
7 use 1344. 
^^^ inserting the figures "1961" and (2) by striking out the last two 
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PUBLIC LAW 87.40-MAY 27, 1961 
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sentences thereof and inserting: "Any farm allotment transferred 
under this paragraph shall be deemed to be released acreage for 
purposes of acreage history credits under sections 
344(f)(8), 
344 (m) (2), and 377 of this Act." 
Approved May 20, 1961, 10:00 a.m. 
73 Stat. 393. 
7 u s e 1377. 
Public Law 87-38 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
^^^ ^S, i96l 
To amend section 217 of the National Housing Act to provide an interim increase 
[s. j . Res. 89] 
in the authorization for insurance of mortgages by the Federal Housing 
Administration. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 217 of the 
National Housing Act is amended by striking out "$15,000,000,000" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "$16,000,000,000". 
Approved May 25, 1961. 
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73 Stat. 657. 
12 u s e 1715h 
596; 
Public Law 87-39 
AN ACT 
Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to coin and sell duplicates in bronze 
of a gold medal presented to Robert Frost by the President of the United 
States. 
May 25, 1961 
[S. 712] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first section 
of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the President of the United 
States of America to present a gold medal to Robert Frost, a New 
England poet", approved September 13, 1960 (74 Stat. 883), is 
amended (1) bj^ inserting " ( a ) " immediately after the word "That", 
and (2) by adding at the end thereof a new subsection (b) to read as 
follows: 
"(b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause duplicates in bronze 
of such medal to be coined and sold, under such regulations as he may 
prescribe, at a price suiRcient to cover the cost thereof (including 
labor), and the appropriations used for carrying out the provisions 
of this subsection shall be reimbursed out of the proceeds of such 
sale." 
Approved May 25, 1961. 
R o b e r t 
F r o s t 
medal, 
Duplicates. 
Regulations. 
Public Law 87-40 
AN ACT 
To waive certain restrictions of the New Mexico Enabling Act with respect to 
certain sales of lands granted to the State by the United States; and to consent 
to an amendment of the constitution of the State of New Mexico. 
May 27, 1961 
[S. 104] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That those provisions 
of section 10 of the Act entitled "An Act to enable the people of New 
Mexico to form a constitution and State government and be admitted 
into the Union on an equal footing with the original States; and to 
enable the people of Arizona to form a constitution and State govern-
ment and be admitted to the Union on an equal footing with the origi-
nal States", approved June 20, 1910 (36 Stat. 557, 563), which pro-
N. Mex. 
Sales of lands.