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48 U.S.C. § 863 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–272, § 13, June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 298
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### Statutory Notes
Section, acts Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 41, 39 Stat. 965; Feb. 25, 1919, ch. 29, § 1, 40 Stat. 1156; Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 161, § 1, 41 Stat. 1412; Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 295, 42 Stat. 1560; Dec. 13, 1926, ch. 6, § 1, 44 Stat. 919; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158; Mar. 26, 1938, ch. 51, § 2, 52 Stat. 118; July 31, 1946, ch. 704, 60 Stat. 716; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 20, 62 Stat. 989, set out jurisdiction of United States District Court for District of Puerto Rico and provided for salaries of judge and officials of the court and for filling of vacancies. Section 34 of act Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, 31 Stat. 84, formerly cited as a credit to this section, was not repealed by act June 2, 1970.
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Pub. L. 91–272, § 13, June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 298, as amended by Pub. L. 91–450, Oct. 14, 1970, 84 Stat. 922, provided in part that nothing in the repeal of Act Mar. 2, 1917, as amended, by said section 13 would impair the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico to hear and determine any action or matter begun in the court on or before June 2, 1970.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, acts Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 41, 39 Stat. 965; Feb. 25, 1919, ch. 29, § 1, 40 Stat. 1156; Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 161, § 1, 41 Stat. 1412; Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 295, 42 Stat. 1560; Dec. 13, 1926, ch. 6, § 1, 44 Stat. 919; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158; Mar. 26, 1938, ch. 51, § 2, 52 Stat. 118; July 31, 1946, ch. 704, 60 Stat. 716; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 20, 62 Stat. 989, set out jurisdiction of United States District Court for District of Puerto Rico and provided for salaries of judge and officials of the court and for filling of vacancies. Section 34 of act Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, 31 Stat. 84, formerly cited as a credit to this section, was not repealed by act June 2, 1970.
#### Savings Provision
Pub. L. 91–272, § 13, June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 298, as amended by Pub. L. 91–450, Oct. 14, 1970, 84 Stat. 922, provided in part that nothing in the repeal of Act Mar. 2, 1917, as amended, by said section 13 would impair the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico to hear and determine any action or matter begun in the court on or before June 2, 1970.
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Puerto Rico constitutes one judicial district.
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**(a)** The district judges shall hold office during good behavior.
**(b)** Each district judge, except in the District of Columbia, the Southern District of New York, and the Eastern District of New York, shall reside in the district or one of the districts for which he is appointed. Each district judge of the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of New York may reside within 20 miles of the district to which he or she 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 judges 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 which of them shall do so.
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**(a)** The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a United States attorney for each judicial district.
**(b)** Each United States attorney shall be appointed for a term of four years. On the expiration of his term, a United States attorney shall continue to perform the duties of his office until his successor is appointed and qualifies.
**(c)** Each United States attorney is subject to removal by the President.
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Each United States attorney, assistant United States attorney, and attorney appointed under [section 543 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section543&num=0&edition=prelim), before taking office, shall take an oath to execute faithfully his duties.
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**(a)** The judges of each United States district court and the district courts of the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands shall appoint United States magistrate judges in such numbers and to serve at such locations within the judicial districts as the Judicial Conference may determine under this chapter. In the case of a magistrate judge appointed by the district court of the Virgin Islands, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands, this chapter shall apply as though the court appointing such a magistrate judge were a United States district court. Where there is more than one judge of a district court, the appointment, whether an original appointment or a reappointment, shall be by the concurrence of a majority of all the judges of such district court, and when there is no such concurrence, then by the chief judge. Where the conference deems it desirable, a magistrate judge may be designated to serve in one or more districts adjoining the district for which he is appointed. Such a designation shall be made by the concurrence of a majority of the judges of each of the district courts involved and shall specify the duties to be performed by the magistrate judge in the adjoining district or districts.
**(b)** No individual may be appointed or reappointed to serve as a magistrate judge under this chapter unless:
(1) He has been for at least five years a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands of the United States, except that an individual who does not meet the bar membership requirements of this paragraph may be appointed and serve as a part-time magistrate judge if the appo
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TITLE 48—TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
§ 865
SUBCHAPTER IV—THE JUDICIARY
§ 861. Repealed. July 3, 1950, ch. 446, § 5(2), 64
Stat. 320
Section, acts Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 40, 39 Stat. 965;
May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158, vested judicial power
in courts established and in operation on Mar. 2, 1917,
provided for appointment of chief justice and associate
justices of the supreme court by President with advice
and consent of United States Senate, and authorized
Puerto Rican legislature to organize, modify or rear-
range the courts and their jurisdiction and procedure,
except United States District Court.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL
Repeal effective July 25, 1952, see note set out under
section 732 of this title.
§ 862. Omitted
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 365, 42 Stat. 993, con-
ferred on the courts of Puerto Rico jurisdiction of of-
fenses under act Oct. 28, 1919, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 305, the
National Prohibition Act.
§ 863. Repealed. Pub. L. 91–272, § 13, June 2, 1970,
84 Stat. 298
Section, acts Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, § 41, 39 Stat. 965;
Feb. 25, 1919, ch. 29, § 1, 40 Stat. 1156; Mar. 4, 1921, ch.
161, § 1, 41 Stat. 1412; Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 295, 42 Stat. 1560;
Dec. 13, 1926, ch. 6, § 1, 44 Stat. 919; May 17, 1932, ch. 190,
47 Stat. 158; Mar. 26, 1938, ch. 51, § 2, 52 Stat. 118; July
31, 1946, ch. 704, 60 Stat. 716; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 20,
62 Stat. 989, set out jurisdiction of United States Dis-
trict Court for District of Puerto Rico and provided for
salaries of judge and officials of the court and for fill-
ing of vacancies. Section 34 of act Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191,
31 Stat. 84, formerly cited as a credit to this section,
was not repealed by act June 2
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