een hundred and eighty-three, and not set apart and occupied by the five civilized tribes, shall, from and after the passage of this Act, be annexed to and constitute a part of the eastern judicial district of the State of Texas, for judicial purposes." "The counties of Lamar, Fannin, Red River, and Delta, of the State of Texas, and all that part of the Indian Territory attached to the said eastern judicial district of the State of Texas by the provisions of this Act, shall constitute a division of the eastern judicial district of Texas." The counties of Grayson, Cooke, Montague, Collin, and Denton shall constitute a division of the eastern judicial district of Texas.

The Western District includes the counties of Calhoun, Aransas, Victoria, Goliad, Refugio, Bee, San Patricio, Nueces, Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata, Duval, Encinal, Webb, La Salle, McMullen, Live Oak, De Witt, Lavaca, Gonzales, Wilson, Karnes, Atascosa, Frio, Dimmit, Zavala, Maverick, Kinney, Uvalde, Medina, Bexar, Guadalupe, Caldwell, Fayette, Washington, Lee, Burleson, Milan, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Hays, Comal, Kendall, Blanco, Burnett, Llano, Gillespie, Kerr, Bandera, Edwards, Kimball, Mason, Menard, El Paso, Presidio, Pecos, McCulloch, San Saba, and Lampasas. The terms of the District and Circuit Courts for the Northern District of Texas are held at Dallas, Dallas county, on the third Monday of January and the fourth Monday of May; at Fort Worth, Tarrant county, on the first Monday of March and the fourth Monday of October; at Abilene, Taylor county, on the first Monday of April and the fourth Monday of September; at San Angelo, Tom Green county, on the third Monday of April and the third Monday of November; at Waco, McLennan county, on the fourth Monday of April and the second Monday of October.

The terms of the Circuit and District Courts for the Eastern District of Texas are held at Beaumont on the first Mondays of June and December, at Sherman upon such days as the judges shall fix and after due notice, and at "Paris on the third Mondays in April and the second Mondays in October; and the United States courts herein provided to be held at Paris shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all offenses committed against the laws of the United States within the limits of that portion of the Indian Territory attached to the eastern judicial district of the State of Texas by the provisions of this Act, of which jurisdiction is not given by this Act to the court herein

established in the Indian Territory; and all civil process, issued against persons resident in the said counties of Lamar, Fannin, Red River, and Delta cognizable before the United States courts, shall be made returnable to the courts, respectively, to be held at the city of Paris, Texas. And all prosecutions for offenses committed in either of said last mentioned counties shall be tried in the division of said eastern district of which said counties form a part: Provided, that no process issued or prosecution commenced or suit instituted before the passage of this Act, shall be in any way affected by the provisions thereof."

The terms of the Circuit and District Courts for the Western District of Texas are held at Brownsville, on the first Monday of January and the second Monday of June; at San Antonio, on the first Mondays of May and November; at El Paso, on the first Mondays in April and October; at Austin, on the first Mondays in February and July; and at Laredo on the third Monday of March and the first Monday of December.

Process against defendants residing in the counties of Webb, Zapata, Duval, Encinal, La Salle and McMullen is returned to Laredo.45

Utah constitutes one judicial district, which is divided into two divisions, known as the Northern and Central. The counties of Weber, Davis, Morgan, Rich, Cache and Boxelder constitute the Northern Division, the court for which is held at Ogden. The remaining counties compose the Central Division, the court for which is held at Salt Lake City. The terms of the District and Circuit Courts are held at Salt Lake City, beginning on the first Monday of May and the first Monday of December, and at the city of Ogden, beginning on the first Monday of March and the first Monday of September.46

Vermont constitutes one judicial district, for which the terms of the District and Circuit Courts are held at Burlington, on the fourth Tuesday in February; at Windsor, on the third Tues

45 U. S. R. S., § 548, 572, 658; 20 St. at L. 318; 21 St. at L. 10, 148; 23 St. at L. 35, 148; 25 St. at L. 786, 787; 26 St. at L. 3. See 29 St. at L. 456, 516; 30 St. at L. 240, 397, 812, 1002; 31 St. at L. 27, 74, 218, 798. See In re Jackson, 40 Fed. R. 372. For special jurisdiction of the courts held in

this district over controversies affecting the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fé Railroad Company, see 23 St. at L., ch. 177, § 8. p. 72; 23 St. at L., ch. 179, 8, p. 975; Briscoe v. Southern Kan. Ry. Co., 40 Fed. R. 273.

46 28 St. at L. 620; 29 St. at L. 110.

day in May; and at Rutland, on the first Tuesday in October. One of the terms of both courts may, when adjourned, be adjourned to meet at Montpelier.47

In Virginia, two districts, the Eastern and Western. The Western District includes the counties of Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Buckingham, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte, Clarke, Craig, Cumberland, Floyd, Franklin, Frederick, Fluvanna, Giles, Grayson, Greene, Halifax, Henry, Highland, Lee, Madison, Montgomery, Nelson, Patrick, Page, Pulaski, Pittsylvania, Rappahannock, Roanoke, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Shenandoah, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, Wythe, and Warren. The Eastern District includes the residue of the State. The terms of the District and the Circuit Court for the Eastern District are held at Richmond, on the first Mondays in April and October; at Alexandria, on the first Mondays in January and July; and at Norfolk, on the first Mondays in May and November. The terms of the same courts for the Western District are held at Danville, on the Tuesdays after the second Mondays in April and November; at Lynchburg, on the Tuesdays after the second Mondays in March and September; at Abingdon, on the Tuesdays after the first Mondays in May and October; and at Harrisonburgh, on the Tuesdays after the first Mondays in June and December."

Washington constitutes one judicial district, which is divided into four divisions, the Eastern, Southern, Northern, and Western. The counties of Spokane, Stevens, Okanogan, Douglas, Lincoln, Adams, and Kittitass, including any and all Indian reservations in one or more of said counties, constitute the Eastern Division, the court for which is held at the city of Spokane Falls. The counties of Whitman, Asotin, Garfield, Columbia, Walla Walla, Franklin, Yakima, and Klickitat, including any and all Indian reservations in one or more of said counties, constitute the Southern Division, the court for which is held at the city of Walla Walla. The counties of Whatcom, Skagit, San Juan, Island, Snohomish, Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap, and King, including any and all Indian reservations in one or

47 U. S. R. S., §§ 531, 572, 658; 18 St. at L. 53; 28 St. at L. 39.

48 U. S. R. S., S$ 549, 572, 658; 21 St. at L. 324; 26 St. at L. 474. As to

the boundary between Virginia and
West Virginia, see Bluefield Water
Works & Imp. Co. v. Sanders, 63 Fed.
R. 333.

more of said counties, constitute the Northern Division, the court for which is held at the city of Seattle. The counties of Pierce, Mason, Thurston, Chehalis, Pacific, Lewis, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Clarke, and Skamania, including any and all Indian reservations in one or more of said counties, constitute the Western Division, the court for which is held at the city of Tacoma.

The terms of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States are held, for the Eastern Division, at Spokane Falls, on the first Tuesdays of September and April; for the Southern Division, at Walla Walla, on the first Tuesdays of November and May; for the Northern Division, at Seattle, on the first Tuesdays of December and June; and for the Western Division, at Tacoma, on the first Tuesdays of February and July.49

In West Virginia, two districts, the Northern and Southern. The Northern District includes the counties of Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Tyler, Pleasants, Wood, Wirt, Ritchie, Doddridge, Wetzel, Monongalia, Marion, Harrison, Lewis, Gilmer, Calhoun, Upshur, Barbour, Taylor, Preston, Tucker, Randolph, Pendleton, Hardy, Grant, Mineral, Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley, and Jefferson. The Southern District includes the residue of the State and the waters thereof. The terms of both courts for the Northern District are held at Wheeling, on the first Tuesday of April and the third Tuesday of September; at Clarksburg, on the third Tuesday of April and the first Tuesday of October; and at Parkersburg on the second Tuesdays of January and June. For the Southern District, at Charleston, on the first Tuesday of May and the second Tuesday of November; at Huntington, Cabell county, on the first Tuesday of April and the third Tuesday of September; at Bluefield, Mercer county, on the first Tuesdays of June and December. The terms of the Circuit Court for the same district are also held at Parkersburg, on the tenth days of January and June. When either of these dates falls on Sunday, the term will commence on the following Monday.50

In Wisconsin two districts, the Eastern and Western. The Western District includes the counties of Rock, Jefferson, Dane,

49 25 St. at L. 682; 26 St. at L. 45. 50 U. S. R. S., §§ 531, 572, 658; 20 St. at L. 27, 259; 23 St. at L. 655; 25 St.

at L. 151; 27 St. at L. 14, 254; 31 St. at L. 738.

Green, Grant, Columbia, Iowa, Lafayette, Sauk, Richland, Crawford, Vernon, La Crosse, Monroe, Adams, Juneau, Buffalo, Chippewa, Dunn, Clark, Jackson, Eau Claire, Pepin, Marathon, Wood, Pierce, Polk, Portage, St. Croix, Trempealeau, Douglas, Barron, Burnett, Ashland, and Bayfield. The Eastern District includes the residue of the State. The terms of the District and Circuit Courts for the Eastern District of Wisconsin are held at Oshkosh, on the second Tuesday of June, and at Milwaukee, on the first Mondays of January and October. The same courts for the Western District of Wisconsin are held at Madison, on the first Monday in June; at La Crosse, on the third Tuesday in September, and at Superior, on the third Tuesday of June.51

Wyoming constitutes one district, which is attached to the Eighth Circuit, and includes the Yellowstone National Park. The terms of the District and Circuit Courts are held at Cheyenne, commencing on the second Mondays of May and November, and at the town of Evanston, on the first Monday of July. One session of both courts is also held at the town of Sheridan, annually, and other sessions at any other place and on such dates as the courts may order.52

27. Sources of Federal equity practice.- The Revised Statutes provide:

"The Supreme Court shall have power to prescribe, from time to time, and in any manner not inconsistent with any law of the United States, the forms of writs and other process, the modes of framing and filing proceedings and pleadings, of taking and obtaining evidence, of obtaining discovery, of proceeding to obtain relief, of drawing up, entering, and enrolling decrees, and of proceeding before trustees appointed by the court, and generally to regulate the whole practice to be used in suits in equity or admiralty, by the Circuit and District Courts." 1

"The several Circuit and District Courts may, from time to time, and in any manner not inconsistent with any law of the United States, or with any rule prescribed by the Supreme

51 U. S. R. S., §§ 550, 572, 658; 18 St. at L. 75; 27 St. at L. 12; 31 St. at L. 218, 219; Bigelow v. Nickerson (C. C. A.), 70 Fed. R. 113.

52 26 St. at L. 225; 27 St. at L. 39, 73; 28 St. at L. 73.

§ 27. U. S. R. S., § 917.