1 Oregon 2 Pennsylvania: Eastern.. Middle. Western... Puerto Rico__. Rhode Island. South Carolina: Eastern Western.. South Dakota__. Western__ 5231A two; (25B) Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri, two; (26) District of Montana, two; (29) District of New Hampshire, one; (32A) Southern District of New York, sixteen; (32B) Eastern District of New York, 1 six; 2 1 1 1 1 Tennessee: Eastern. Middle.. (32C) Western District of New York, two; (33) Eastern District of North Carolina, one; (33A) Middle District of North Caro3 lina, one; (33B) Western 1 Carolina, one; 22 District of North (34) District of North Dakota, one; (35) Northern District of Ohio, three; (35A) Southern District of Ohio, three; (36) Northern District of Oklahoma, 2 one; Western Eastern 1 (36A) Eastern District of Oklahoma, one; (36B) Western District of Oklahoma, one; (36C) Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma, one; (37) District of Oregon, three; (38) Eastern District of Pennsylvania, five; (38A) Middle District of Pennsylvania, two; (38B) Western District of Pennsylvania, three; (39) District of Puerto Rico, one; (40) District of Rhode Island, one; (41) Eastern District of South Carolina, one; (41A) Western District of South Carolina, one; (41B) Eastern and Western Districts of South Carolina, one; (42) District of South Dakota, one; (43) Eastern District of Tennessee, two; (43A) Middle District of Tennessee, EXISTING LAW PROPOSED LAW (44) Northern District of Texas, three: (44A) Southern District of Texas, three; (44B) Eastern District of Texas, one; (44C) Western District of Texas, two; (45) District of Utah, one; (46) District of Vermont, one; (47) Eastern District of Virginia, two; (47A) Western District of Virginia, two; (48) Eastern District of Washington, one; (48A) Western District of Washington, two; (48B) Eastern and Western Districts of Washington, one; (49) Northern District of West Virginia, one; (49A) Southern District of West Virginia, one; (50) Eastern District of Wisconsin, one; (50A) Western District of Wisconsin, one; and (51) District of Wyoming, one. (b) Only citizens of the Territory of Hawaii who have resided therein for at least 3 years next preceding shall be eligible for appointment as district judges for the district of Hawaii. SECTION 134 OF TITLE 28 UNITED STATES CODE $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, respectively, 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) One of the district judges for the Southern District of California shall reside in the city of San Diego. (d) One of the district judges for the District of Kansas shall reside in the County of Wichita. (e) One of the district judges for the Southern District of Texas shall reside within that portion of the district comprising Laredo, Brownsville and Corpus Christi divisions. SEC. 5. The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, two additional district judges for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, one additional district judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and one additional district judge for the Southern District of Texas. The first two vacancies occurring in the office of district judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the first vacancy occurring in the office of district judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania and for the Southern District of Texas shall not be filled. о EXTENDING FOR 2 YEARS THE EXISTING PRIVILEGE OF FREE IMPORTATION OF GIFTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES ON DUTY ABROAD JUNE 13, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. REED, from the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following REPORT To accompany H. J. Res. 2421 The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. J. Res. 242) extending for 2 years the existing privilege of free importation of gifts from members of the armed forces of the United States on duty abroad, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the joint resolution do pass. The purpose of this proposed legislation is to continue for 2 years the existing law which allows for the entry of so much of any shipment of bona fide gifts as does not exceed $50 in value without the payment of customs duties, charges, or exactions, or internal revenue taxes when such gifts are sent by members of the armed forces on duty abroad. GENERAL STATEMENT The act of December 5, 1942 (Public Law 790, 77th Cong.; 56 Stat. 1041), allowed, until the expiration of 6 months after the termination of hostilities as determined by proclamation of the President, the entry, free of customs duties or internal revenue import taxes of so much of any shipment as did not exceed $50 in value if there was filed in connection with the entry satisfactory evidence that the articles were bona fide gifts from a member of the armed forces of the United States on duty outside the continental limits of the United States. Public Law 384 of the Eightieth Congress extended the period for free entry through June 30, 1949, and also amended the H. Repts., 81-1, vol. 4- 43 |