*Immigration cases have been eliminated from this table because they occur in volume in only 5 districts on the Mexican border and because the average Judicial time per case for their disposition is small.

**This column includes 86 districts for 1949 and thereafter; 84 districts before 1949.

"The median time interval in months is computed for the civil cases in which a trial was held, which were terminated during the year, excluding land condemnation, habeas corpus and forfeiture proceedings. No median interval is shown for the years 1945 through 1952 where less than 25 cases were terminated after trial. For the year 1953 and subsequent years, where there were less than 25 cases terminated after trial, a median is listed with an asterisk (*) on the basis of the number of cases terminated after trial for the last two years, provided there were 25 such cases for the two years.

Fiscal Number of
Year Judgeships

Illinois, National Illinois, National Illinois, National
Northern Average* Northern | Average* Northern Average*

THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF IOWA

The act of July 20, 1822 (22 Stat. 172), which divided the State of Iowa into two judicial districts, provided for one judge in the Northern District and one judge in the Southern District.

There has been no change in the number

of judgeships since that date except for the act of January 19, 1928 (45 Stat. 52), which provided for the appointment of one additional judgeship for the Southern District with the proviso that the first vacancy occurring in the existing judgeship should not be filled. This temporary judgeship expired in 1931.

The Judicial Conference has recommended the creation of one roving district judgeship to serve both the Northern and the Southern Districts. The distances between the numerous places of holding court in this state are a serious burden to the two judges. In the Northern District the statute provides for terms of court at Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Waterloo, Sioux City, Fort Dodge and Mason City, and in the Southern District at Des Moines, Keokuk, Council Bluffs, Creston, Davenport and Ottumwa. There are six places of holding court in each district, and the rules of court provide generally for two terms at each place. It is approximately three hundred miles from Dubuque to Sioux City in the Northern