, 1854-07-29

with file the written testimony, inquisition
and recognisance with the clerk of such
court.
Sec. 10. If, however, the person charged
with the commission Of the offence be ar
rested before the inquisition can be filed,
the coroner shall deliver the same, with the
testimony taken, to the magistrate before
whom such person may be brought, who
shall return the same, with the depositions
and statement taken before him, and the
recognizance, to the Office Of the clerk of
the District court Of the county.
Sec. IL. If the jury find th't the per-
son was killed by another by criminal
means, and the party committing the act
be ascertaned by the inquisition, and be
not in custody, the coroner shall issue
warrant signed by him, with his name of
Office for the arrest Of the person charged,
into one or more counties, as may be nee
essary. and returnable forthwith 10 the
nearest justice Of the peace, judge, or
committing magistrate.
Sec. u. The coroner's warrant shall be
in substantially the following form
OOlleu states OF AlutTiCat I a..
The Territory of Washington, Co.
To any sheriff of the Territory An in
quisitiou having been this day found by
coroners jury before me, stating that A.
B. has come to his death by the act Of G.
d., by criminal means, (or as the case may
be, as found by the inquisition,) you are
therefore commanded in the name Of the
United States of America, forthwith to ar
rest the above named c. d., and take him
before the nearest or most accessible mag
istrate in this county. Given under my
hand this - day Of -, A. d. Is =.
E. F., Coroner of the county of -"
Sec. 10. The coroner's warrant may be
served In any county, aud the officers serv-
ing it shall proceed thereon in all respects,
as npon warrant of arrest.
Sec. IA. In all cases where no demand
shall Le made by the friends Of the deceased
for the body for burial, the coroner shall
provide for the burial in a suitable manner,
at the expenses Of of the estate OF the de-
ceased, il there be sufficient TO pay the
same, il not, at the expense Of the county.
Sec. Is, The coroner must, within thir-
ty days after an inquest upon a dead body,
deliver to the county treasurer any money
or other property which may be found up
on the body, unless claimed in the mean
time by the legal representatives Of the
deceased. If he fail TO do so, the treasur-
er may proceed against the coroner, TO re-
cover the same by civil action in the
name Of the county.
Sec. l6. Upon the delivery of money to
the treasurer, he shall place it to the credit
of the county. II it be other property, he
shall, within thirty days, sell it ut public
auct:on. npon reasonable public notice, and
shall, in like manner, place the proceeds to
the credit Of the county.
See. II. II the money in the treasury
be demanded within six years by the legal
representatives of the deceased, the treas
urer spall pay it TO them, after deducting
the fees and expenses Of the coroner and
Of the county in relation to the matter, or
the same may be SO paid at any time there
after, upon the order Of the board Of coun-
ty commissioners Of the county.
Sec. lS. Before auditing and allowing
the account Of the coroner, the board Of
county commissioners shall require from him
u statement in writing, of any money or
other property found upon persons on
whom inquests have been held by him, ver-
fled by his oath, to the effect that the
statement is true, and that the money or
property mentioned in it has been deliver
ed to the legal representatives of the de-
ceased, or to the county treasurer.
Sec. 10. If the Office of coroner be va
cant, or he be absent, or unable to attend,
the duties of his Office may be performed
by any justice Of the peace of the county,
with the like authority, and subject to the
same obligations and penalties as the coro-
ner.
Sec. 20. A coroner shall receive ten dol
lars for each inquest he may hold, and ne
cessary burial expenses; and also twenty
cents per mile for each mile necessarily
travelled to hold any inquest; to be paid
by the county, and to be audited and al
lowed as other county charges.
Sec 81 A justice of the peace, acting
as coroner, shall be entitled to the same
fees, payable in the same manner.
l certify the foregoing to be true copy
Of the original act
c. II. MASON,
Secretary Of The Territory Of Washington.
AN ACT to define the place Of holding the United