An Act to provide for the appointment of additional circuit and district judges, and for other purposes
PL 83-294 (S.15), enacted 02/10/1954

PUBUC LAW 293-FEB. 9, 1954 
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of the first sentence of such section beginning with the words "by April 
30, 1949" and inserting in lien thereof the following: "not later than 
one year from the enactment of this amendment, or two years from 
the resting of the property or interest in respect of which the claim is 
made, whichever is later'.'. 
Approved February 9, 1954. 
February g, 1954 
[H. J. Res. 354] 
67 Stat. 427. 
Public Law 293 
CHAPTER 5 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Amendiug Public Law 207, Eighty-third Congress. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the limitation on the 
amount available for expenses of travel under the appropriation for 
"Salaries and expenses" of the Commission on Organization of the 
Executive Branch of the Government, contained in chapter VII of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1954 (Public Law 207, Eighty-
third Congress, approved August 7, 1953) is hereby increased to 
$60,000. 
Approved February 9, 1954. 
Public Law 294 
CHAPTER 6 
February lO, 1954 
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To provide for tlie apitointiuent of additional circuit and district judges, and 
for other purposes. 
U. S. Courts. 
Circuit judges. 
62 Stat. 871. 
District judges. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President 
shall appoint, hj and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one 
additional circuit judge for the fifth circuit and two additional circuit 
judges for the ninth circuit. 
In order that the table contained in 
section 44 (a) of title 28 of the United States Code will reflect the 
changes made by 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 
Fifth__. 
Number of judges 
* 
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: 
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• 
* 
* 
Seven 
* 
*
*
*
*
*
* 
Ninth 
Nine 
*
*
*
*
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SEC. 2. (a) (1) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the southern 
district of California, one additional district judge for the district of 
Colorado, one additional district judge for the district of Delaware, one 
additional district judge for the southern district of Florida, one 
additional district judge for the district of Idaho, one additional dis-
trict judge for the northern district of Indiana, one additional district 
judge for the southern district of Indiana, one additional district judge 
for the western district of Kentucky, one additional district judge for 
the district of Massachusetts, one additional district Judge for the 
eastern district of Michigan, one additional district ]udge for the 
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western district of Michijj^an, one additional district judge for the 
district of Xew Jersey, two additional district judges for the southern 
district of New York, one additional district judge for the district of 
North Dakota, one additional district judge for the northern district 
of Ohio, one additional district judge for the eastern district of 
Pennsylvania, one additional district judge for the western district of 
Pennsylvania, one additional district judge for the eastern district of 
Texas, one additional district judge for the eastern district of Virginia, 
and one additional district judge for the eastern district of Wisconsin. 
(2) The existing judgeship for the eastern and western districts of 
Missouri, created by the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the 
appointment of an additional district judge for the eastern and western 
districts of Missouri'', approved December 24,1942 (56 Stat. 1083), the 
existing judgeship for the southern district of Texas created by section 
2 (d) of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the appointment of 
additional circuit and district judges and for other purposes", approved 
August 3, 1949 (68 Stat. 495), and the existing judgeship for the 
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northern and southern districts of West Virginia, created by the Act 
entitled "An Act to provide for the appointment of an additional 
district judge for the northern and southern districts of West 
Virginia'', approved June 22,1936 (49 Stat. 1805), shall be permanent 
28usc 133 note,, 
judgeships. 
(3) In order that the table contained in section 133 of title 28 of 
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the United States Code will reflect the changes made by this subsection 
m the number of permanent judgeships for certain districts, such table 
is amended to read as follows with respect to said districts: 
"Districts 
Judges 
California: 
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Southern 
11 
Colorado 
2 
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Delaware 
3 
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* 
Florida: 
* 
*
*
*
*
*
* 
Southern 
4 
* 
*
*
*
*
*
* 
Idaho 
2 
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Indiana: 
Northern 
. 
2 
Southern 
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2 
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*
*
*
*
*
* 
Kentucky: 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
Western 
2 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
Massachusetts 
5 
Michigan: 
Eastern 
6 
Western 
2 
* 
*
*
*
*
*
* 
10 
New Mexico. 
Nevada. 
South Dakota. 
Tennessee. 
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Eastern and Western 
2 
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New Jersey 
7 
New York: 
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Southern 
18 
North Dakota 
2 
Ohio: 
Northern 
5 
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Pennsylvania: 
Eastern 
8 
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Western 
5 
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4c 
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Texas: 
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4c 
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Southern 
4 
Eastern 
2 
4c 
4c 
4c 
4c 
4c 
4i 
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Virginia: 
Eastern 
3 
4c 
4c 
4c 
4c 
4< 
4c 
4c 
West Virginia : 
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4c 
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Northern and Southern 
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Wisconsin: 
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(b) (1) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the district 
of New Mexico. The first vacancy occurring in the office of district 
judge ill said district shall not be filled. 
(2) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the district of 
Nevada. The first vacancy occurring in the office of district judge in 
said district shall not be filled. 
(3) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and con-
sent of tlie Senate, one additional district judge for the district of 
South Dakota. The first vacancy occurring in the office of district 
judge in said district shall not be filled. 
(4) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the middle dis-
trict of Tennessee. The first vacancy occurring in the office of district 
judge in said district shall not be filled. 
(5) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the western dis-
trict of Pennsylvania. 
The first vacancy occurring in the office of 
district judge in said district shall not be filled. 
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(6) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the district of 
Utah. 
The first vacancy occurring in the office of district judge in 
said district shall not be filled. 
(7) The second sentence of section 94 (a) (8) of title 28 of the 
United States Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "Court for 
tlie Hammond Division shall be held at Hammond and Lafayette." 
(8) (a) Section 102 (a) (1) of title 28 of the United States Code 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(1) The Southern Division comprises the counties of Jackson, 
Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, ]\Iacomb, Monroe, Oakland, Saint Clair, 
Sanilac, Washtenaw, and "Wayne. 
"Court for the Southern Division shall be held at Detroit and Port 
Huron." 
(b) The second sentence of section 102 (a) (2) of title 28 of the 
United States Code is amended to read as follows: "Court for the 
Xorthern Division shall be held at Bay City and Flint." 
(c) Section 102 (b) (1) of title 28 of the United States Code is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(1) The Southern Division comprises the counties of Allegan, 
Antrim, Barry, Benzie, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Charlevoix, 
Clinton, Eaton, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Hillsdale, Ingham, Ionia, 
Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, 
Mecosta, Missaukee, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, 
Ottawa, Saint Joseph, Van Buren, and Wexford. 
"Court for the Southern Division shall be held at Grand Rapids, 
Kalamazoo, and Mason." 
(9) The second sentence of section 115 (a) (1) of title 28 of the 
United States Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "Court for 
the Eastern Division shall be held at Cleveland, Youngstown, and 
Akron." 
(a) The first sentence of subsection (d) (4) of section 124 of title 28 
of the United States Code is hereby amended to read as follows: " (4) 
The San Antonio Division comprises the counties of Atascosa, Bandera, 
Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Frio, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, 
Kerr, Medina, Real, and Wilson." 
(b) The first sentence of subsection (d) (5) of section 124 of title 
28 of the United States Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 
" (5) The Del Rio Division comprises the counties of Edwards, Kinney, 
Maverick, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, and Zavalla." 
(10) The present incumbent of the judgeship created by the Act 
entitled "An Act to provide for the appointment of an additional 
district judge for the eastern and western districts of Missouri", 
approved December 24, 1942 (56 Stat. 1083), shall henceforth hold 
such office under section 133 of title 28 of the United States Code, as 
amended by this Act. 
(11) The present incumbent of the judgeship for the southern 
district of Texas created by section 2 (d) of the Act entitled "An Act to 
provide for the appointment of additional circuit and district judges, 
and for other purposes", approved August 3, 1949 (63 Stat. 495), 
shall hencefortli hold such office under section 133 of title 28 of the 
United States Code, as amended by this Act, and section 2 (d) of the 
said Act approved August 3,1949, is repealed. 
(12) The present incumbent of the judgeship created by the Act 
entitled "An Act to provide for the appointment of an additional 
district judge for the northern and soutliern districts of West Vir-
ginia", approved June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1805), shall henceforth hold 
such office under section 133 of title 28 of the United States Code, as 
amended by this Act. 
Utah. 
Indiana. 
62 Stat. 878. 
62 Stat. 882. 
Michigan. 
Ohio. 
62 Stat. 887. 
Texas. 
62 Stat. 893. 
28 u s e 133 note,, 
28 u s e 133 note. 
Repeal. 
28 u s e 133 note. 
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62 Stat. 896. 
(jg) (a) Sectioii 134 of title 28 of the United States Code is amended 
to read as follows: 
"§ 134, Tenure and residence of district judges. 
"(a) The district judges, except in Hawaii and Puerto Rico, shall 
hold office during good behavior. 
The district judges in Hawaii and 
Puerto Rico shall hold office for terms of six and eight years, respec-
tively, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. 
"(b) Each district judge, except in the District of Columbia, shall 
reside in the district or one of the districts for which he is appointed. 
"(c) If the public interest and the nature of the business of a district 
court require that a district judge should maintain his abode at or 
near a particular place for holding court in the district or within a 
particular part of the district the judicial council of the circuit may so 
declare and may make an appropriate order. 
If the district juclges 
of such a district are unable to agree as to which of them shall maintain 
his abode at or near the place or within the area specified in such an 
order the judicial council of the circuit may decide w^hich of them 
shall do so." 
(b) Orders made by the judicial councils of the circuits under the 
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second sentence of subsection (c) of section 134 of title 28, as amended 
by this section, determining that a specified district judge shall main-
tain his abode at or near a place or within an area which the council 
has theretofore designated for the abode of a district judge under the 
first sentence of such subsection, shall be applicable only to district 
judges appointed after the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. (a) The first sentence of section 26 of the Organic Act of the 
49 Stat. 1813. 
Virgin Islands of the United States, as amended (48 U. S. C. 1405y), 
is amended to read as follows: 
"The President shall, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, appoint a judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands 
who shall hold office for the term of eight years and until his successor 
is chosen and qualified unless sooner removed by the President for 
cause, and a district attorney who shall hold office for the term of 
four years and until his successor is chosen and qualified unless sooner 
removed by the President for cause." 
(b) This section shall take effect upon its approval but shall not 
affect the term of any incumbent whose term has not yet expired. 
62 Stat. 903. 
SEC. 4. (a) Scctious 371 and 372 of title 28, United States Code, 
are hereby amended to read as follows: 
"§ 371. Resignation or retirement for age. 
"(a) Any justice or judge of the United States appointed to hold 
office during good behavior who resigns after attaining the age of 
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seventy years and after serving at least ten years continuously or 
otherwise shall, during the remainder of his lifetime, continue to 
receive the salary which he was receiving when he resigned. 
"(b) Any justice or judge of the United States appointed to hold 
office during good behavior may retain his office but retire from regular 
active service after attaining the age of seventy years and after serving 
at least ten years continuously or otherwise, or after attaining the age 
of sixty-five years and after serving at least fifteen years continuously 
or otherwise. He shall, during the remainder of his lifetime, continue 
to receive the salary of the office. 
The President shall appoint, by 
and with the adviceand consent of the Senate, a successor to a justice 
or judge who retires. 
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"§ 372. Retirement for disability; substitute judge on failure to retire. 
"(a) Any justice or judge of the United States appointed to hold 
office during good behavior who becomes permanently disabled from 
performing his duties may retire from regular active service, and the 
President shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
appoint a successor. 
"Any justice or judge of the United States desiring to retire under 
this section shall certify to the President his disability in writing. 
"Whenever an associate justice of the Supreme Court, a chief judge 
of a circuit or the chief judge of the Court of Claims, Court of Cus-
toms and Patent Appeals, or Customs Court, desires to retire under 
this section, he shall furnish to the President a certificate of disability 
signed by the Chief Justice of the United States. 
"A circuit or district judge, desiring to retire under this section, shall 
furnish to the President a certificate of disability signed by the chief 
judge of his circuit. 
"A judge of the Court of Claims, Court of Customs and Patent Ap-
peals, or Customs Court desiring to retire under this section, shall 
furnish to the President a certificate of disability signed by the chief 
judge of his court. 
"Each justice or judge retiring under this section after serving ten 
years continuously or otherwise shall, during the remainder of his 
lifetime, receive tne salary of the office. 
A justice or judge retiring 
under this section who has served less than ten years in all shall, during 
the remainder of his lifetime, receive one-half the salary of the office." 
(b) The analysis of chapter IT of title 28, United States Code, im-
mediately preceding § 371 of such title, is amended by striking out the 
items "371. Resignation or retirement for age; substitute judge on fail-
ure to retire." and "372. Retirement for disability.", and inserting in 
lieu thereof the following: 
"371. Kesignation or retirement for age. 
"372. Retirement for disability; substitute judge on failure to retire." 
SEC. 5. Section 373 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to 
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read as follows; 
"§ 373. Judges in Territories and Possessions. 
"Any judge of the United States District Courts for the Districts of 
Hawaii or Puerto Rico, the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, 
the United States District Court for the District of the Canal 2k)ne, the 
District Court of Guam, or the District Court of the Virgin Islands, and 
any justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii who 
resigns after attaining the age of seventy years and after serving at 
least ten j^ears, continuously or otherwise, or after attaining the age of 
sixty-five years and after serving at least fifteen years, continuously 
or otherwise, shall continue during the remainder of his life to receive 
the salary he received when he relinquished office. 
"Any ]udge of any such courts who is removed by the President of 
the United States upon the sole ground of mental or physical disability, 
or who fails of reappointment, shall be entitled, upon attaining the 
age of sixty-five years or upon relinquishing office if he is then beyond 
the age of sixty-five years, (a) if his judicial service aggregated sixteen 
years or more, to receive during the remainder of his life the salary 
he received M'hen he relinquished office, or (b) if his judicial service 
aggregated less than sixteen years but not less than ten years, to 
receive during the remainder of his life that proportion of such salary 
^yhich the aggregate number of years of his judicial service bears to 
sixteen. 
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"Service at any time in any of the courts referred to in the first para-
graph, or in any other court under appointment by the President, shall 
be included in the computation of aggregate years of judicial service 
for the purposes of this section." 
SEC. 6. The Act entitled "An Act to clarify the law relating to the 
filling of the first vacancy occurring in the office of district judge for 
the eastern district of Pennsylvania, and to provide for the appoint-
ment of an additional United States district judge for the eastern, 
middle, and western districts of Pennsylvania", approved July 24,1946 
(60 Stat. 654), is amended by adding at the end of section 2 a new 
sentence to read as folloAvs: "If a vacancy arises in the office of district 
judge for the middle district of Pennsylvania while the judge 
appointed pursuant to this section is holding the office created by this 
section, such judge shall thereafter be a district judge for the middle 
district of Pennsylvania." 
Approved February 10, 1954. 
February 12, 1954 
[H. J. Res. 358] 
Public Law 295 
CHAPTER 7 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To discharge indebtedness of the Commodity Credit Corporation. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Re'presentatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
52 Stat. 107. 
63 Stat. 945. 
66 Stat. 354. 
COMMODITY CKEDIT CORPOKATIOX 
The Secretary of the Treasur}^ is hereby authorized and directed 
to discharge indebtedness of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
the Secretary of the Treasury by cancelling notes issued by the 
Corporation to the Secretary of the Treasury (1) in the amount of 
$550,151,848 for the capital impairment determined by the appraisal 
of June oO, 1953, pursuant to sections 1 and 4 of tlie Act of 
March 8, 1938 as amended (15 U. S. C. T13a-1, 4) ; (2) in the amount 
of $129,553,795 for the net costs during the fiscal year 1953 (including 
interest through the date of enactment hereof) luider the International 
Wheat Agreement Act of 1949 (7 U. S. C. 1641-1642); and (3) in 
the amount of $2,064,060 for the funds transferred and expenses 
incurred through the fiscal year 1953 (including interest through the 
date of enactment hereof) under the head "Eradication of foot-and-
mouth and other contagious diseases of animals and poultry" pursuant 
to authority granted in the Department of Agriculture Appropriation 
Act, 1953. 
Approved February 12, 1954. 
February 20,1954 
Public Law 296 
CHAPTER 9 
AN ACT 
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rp^j authorize the Secretary of the Army to transfer certain land and access 
rights to the Territory of Hawaii. 
Hawaii. 
Transfer ofland, 
etc. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
of the Army is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to the Terri-
tory of Hawaii all right, title, and interest of the United States in cer-