Notes on 42 U.S.C. § 1989 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 42 U.S.C. § 1989 : US Code - Notes

(R.S. Secs. 1983, 1984; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, Sec. 291, 36 Stat.
1167; Pub. L. 90-578, title IV, Sec. 402(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1968, 82
Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 101-650, title III, Sec. 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104
Stat. 5117.)
CODIFICATION
R.S. Secs. 1983 and 1984 derived from acts Apr. 9, 1866, ch. 31,
Secs. 4, 5, 14 Stat. 28; May 31, 1870, ch. 114, Secs. 9, 10, 16
Stat. 142.
Section was formerly classified to section 50 of Title 8, Aliens
and Nationality.
CHANGE OF NAME
"United States magistrate judges" and "magistrate judges"
substituted in text for "magistrates" wherever appearing pursuant
to section 321 of Pub. L. 101-650, set out as a note under section
631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. Previously,
"magistrates" substituted for "commissioners" pursuant to Pub. L.
90-578. See chapter 43 (Sec. 631 et seq.) of Title 28.
"District courts" substituted for "circuit courts" on authority
of section 291 of act Mar. 3, 1911.