The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-03-08
[BY AUTHORITY.]
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES PASSED
AT THE THIRD SESSION OF THE TWEEN
TY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
[punLlc-No. 1911


punLlc-No. 10.
AN ACT To amend the laws regulating imprison-
ment for debt within the District Of Columbia.
BE IL snaetsd bvAs Se,saie aud House Of Repsesen-
fares ofe United States Of 4aerea IL Congress assem-
bled That from and after the pass age Of this act
nothing in the third section Of the act entitled Gan
act to amend the laws within the District Of Coum-
ba," approved June twenty fourth, one thousand
eight hundred and twelve, shall be construed
authorize the recommitment 10 close jail and con-
nement or to deny the benefit of the prison rules to
any person imprisoned within the prison bounds of
any prison within tho said District for debt being
charges in execution issued upon judgment from
which an appeal has been taken and remains unde-
clded, or upon which any writ Of error has been
sued out and is depending and not finally disposed Of
until one year from and after the day upon which
every such appeal from, writ of error upon, such
judgment shall have been finally disposed Of and the
judgment shall thus have become final and conclu-
syc but every person 80 imprisoned within the said
District for debt, upon execution issue upon any
judgment thus situated ahal be entitled To the prison
rules and TO the limits Of the liberties Of the jail,
prison, to which he may have been, or may be so
committed, until the expiration Of one year FROM and
after the day Of the final decision upon, and termina-
ton Of, any such appeal, or writ Of error, or any
other proceeding al law in equity, by whatever
designated having for its object review or re-
versal of the judgment upon which such debtor IT, or
may be, charged 10 execution. Prorided alscays,
That every such debtor in prison within the said
District, SHALL before the expiration Of the bond un-
der which he is permitted to 90 at large within
the prison bounds, execute and deliver to the mar
Shall or sheriff. or other officer to whose custody be
has been thus committed, new b0nI with good and
sufficient suretes in tie penalty Of twice the amount
of the judgment upon which he is charged In exccu-
tion and conditioned that he will remain q true and
faithful prisoner within the bounds Of the prison 10
which no has been committed, and will not depart
thence until discharged therefrom by due course of
law; and every debtor hereafter to be committed
within the said district, charged in execution for
debt under the circumstances provided for in this
act SHALL before being entitled to tho prison rules
herenbefore provided cause TO be executed and de-
liver TO the marshal, sheriff, other proper eff
Ger, like bond with suret'cs, in like penalty, ans
with like condition.
Sec. g. find be Il further enacted, That it shall not
be lawful, IN any manner, nor by virtue OF any law
now existing, as to any prisoner now in confinement
under circumstances such as are contemplated and
provided for by tho first section of this act to
any person who may hereafter be confined under such
circumstances, to make any alteration in the prison
bounds as they existed and were marked and laid
out when such prisoner was committed upon the ex-
ecution under which he remains charged, but the
limits of the liberties of his prison shall, to every
such pl isouer be what they at the time Of his
commitment; and the sixteenth section Of the act en-
titled san act for the relief Of insolvent debtors
within the District of Columbia" approved March
the third one thousand eight hundred and three
shall be, and the same is hereby so far modified
conform to the provisions Of this section Of this
act
Sec. 3. .4nd be Il further enacted, That no female
shall be imprisoned for debt upon final
process.
Approved March ID, l643