legislation now before you and on the matter of those negotiations he is well qualified to explain the situation.

Any questions that may arise concerning the actual construction of the armories proposed I will be very glad to answer in detail if you will let me know. I can either telephone, telegraph, or write depending on the time available. I believe that the enclosed letter dated May 18 sets forth our views accurately and in some detail.

Yours truly,

O

C. D. O'SULLIVAN, Major General, the Adjutant General

AMENDING TITLE 28, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 90, TO CREATE A SWAINSBORO DIVISION IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA, WITH TERMS OF COURT TO BE HELD AT SWAINSBORO

JULY 1, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. DENTON, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 5287]

The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 5287) to amend title 28, United States Code, section 90, to create a Swainsboro division in the southern district of Georgia, with terms of court to be held at Swainsboro, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.

It is proposed by this bill to create a Swainsboro division in the southern district of Georgia and to provide for the holding of terms of court at Swainsboro. The committee is informed that the bar in the adjacent area is desirous that such an arrangement be made. Since there are facilities for the holding of court in a local court building, there will not be any need for expense to the United States in that connection. At present jurors, parties, and witnesses from Bulloch, Candler, and Jenkins Counties must travel a distance of 75 to 95 miles to attend court at Savannah; and from Washington and Jefferson Counties, they must travel from 50 to 60 miles to Atlanta, while the same parties from Toombs and Emanuel Counties must attend court at Dublin 50 to 60 miles away.

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia disposes of a large number of cases, and it is frequently necessary to hold adjourned terms. Many of these cases originate in the counties which would comprise the Swainsboro division and if the court can sit at Swainsboro it would eliminate a great expense for mileage in travel to and from these counties to the present places of holding court. All of these counties to be embraced in the new Swainsboro division will lie within a 40-mile radius of Swainsboro.

Attached hereto and made a part of this report is a letter from the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts with respect to H. R. 1155, which was amended and reintroduced as H. R. 5287.

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES Courts, Washington 13, D. C., June 14, 1949. Hon. EMANUEL CELLER,

Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary,

House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.

DEAR CONGRESSMAN CELLER: In answer to your inquiry concerning a bill to create a Swainsboro division in the southern district of Georgia, and provide for the holding of terms of court at Swainsboro (H. R. 1155) I would say that I have consulted Hon. Frank M. Scarlett, United States district judge for the district concerned. He tells me that the bar in the area adjacent to Swainsboro are desirous that the court should sit there, and that an arrangement of that nature would undoubtedly be conducive to the convenience of litigants and the public in that area. He further says that there is a good county courthouse and facilities at Swainsboro so that a provision for the sitting of the court there would not presently entail any cost for quarters to the Government.

If the substance of the bill is approved it should be changed in form to conform with title 28 of the United States Code inasmuch as the section of the Judicial Code which the bill as drawn purports to amend was repealed by the revision last year of title 28. I enclose a draft of bill revised to conform with the present title 28 of the United States Code. It does not specify the times but only the places of holding court in the southern district of Georgia because under section 138 of title 28 the times of holding terms of the district courts are no longer fixed by statute but left to the respective courts to determine. With kind regards, I am,

Sincerely yours,

HENRY P. CHANDLER.

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

In compliance with clause 2a of rule XIII of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italics, and existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman):

Title 28, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 90

SECTION 90. GEORGIA

Georgia is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Georgia.

(c) The Southern District comprises [five] six divisions.

(1) The Augusta Division comprises the counties of Burke, Columbia, Glascock, [Jefferson,] Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Taliaferro, Warren, and Wilkes. Court for the Augusta Division shall be held at Augusta.

(2) The Dublin Division comprises the counties of Dodge, [Emanuel,] Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, [Toombs,] Treutlen, and Wheeler. Court for the Dublin Division shall be held at Dublin.

(3) The Savannah Division comprises the counties of Bryan, [Bulloch, Candler,] Chatham, Effingham, Evans, [Jenkins,] Liberty, Screven, and Tattnall. Court for the Savannah Division shall be held at Savannah.

(4) The Waycross Division comprises the counties of Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Coffee, Pierce, and Ware.

Court for the Waycross Division shall be held at Waycross.

(5) The Brunswick Division comprises the counties of Appling, Camden, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Long, McIntosh, and Wayne.

Court for the Brunswick Division shall be held at Brunswick.

(6) The Swainsboro Division comprises the counties of Bulloch, Candler,

Jefferson, Washington, Jenkins, and Toombs.

Court for the Swainsboro Division shall be held at Swainsboro.

Emanuel,

CONSIDERATION OF S. 1008

JULY 5, 1949.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Mr. LYLE, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. Res. 277)

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 277, report the same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution do pass.