Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-03-24

president, further proceedings under the writ
of habeas corpus shall be suspended by the
judge or court having issued the said writ, so
long as said suspension by the president shall
remain in force and said rebellion e .iitinue.
Sect. 2. And be it further enacted, that
the secretary of state and the secretary of
war be and they are hereby directed, as soon
as may be practicable, to furnish to the Judges
of the circuit and district courts of the United
States and of the District of Columbia list
of the names of all persons, citizens of states
in which the administration of the laws has
continued unimpaired in the said federal
courts, who are now or may hereafter be held
as prisoners of the United States, by order or
authority OF the president of the United States
or either OF said secretaries, in any fort, ar
senal, or other place, as state or political pris
oners, or otherwise than as prisoners of war;
the said list to contain the names of all those
who reside in the respective Jurisdictions OF
said judges, or who may be deemed by the
said secretaries, or either of them, to have
violated any law of the United States, in any
of said Jurisdictions, and also the date of
each arrest; the secretary OF state to furnish
a list Of such persons as are imprisoned by the
order or authority of the president, acting
through the state department. and the secre-
tary of war list of such as are imprisoned by
the order or authority of the president, acting
through the department of war. And in all
cases where a grand jury, having attended
any of said courts having jurisdiction in the
premises after the passage of this act, and af-
ter the furnishing of said list, as aforesaid,
has terminated its session without finding an
Indictment or presentment, or other proceed
ing against any such person, it shall be the
duty of the judge of said court. forthwith to
make an order that any such prisoner desir-
ing a discharge from said imprisonment
be brought before him to be discharged;
and every officer of the United States having
custody of such prisoner is hereby directed
Immediately to obey and execute said judges
ORDER and in case he shall delay or refuse so
to do, he shall be subject to Indictment for a
misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine of not
less than five hundred dollars and imprson-
ment in the common jail for period not less
than six months, in the discretion of the
court Provided however, that no person shall
be discharged by virtue of the provisions of
this act uutil after he or she shall have taken
an oath of allegiance to the government of
the United States, and to support the consti-
tuition thereof: and that he or she will not
hereafter in any way encourage or give aid and
comfort to the present rebellion, or the sup
porters thereof: And provided, also, that the
judge or court before whom such person may
be brought, before diScharging him or her
from Imprisonment, shall have power, on ex-
animation of the case, and, if the public safe
ty shall require it, shall be required to cause
him or her to enter into recOgnizance, with or
without surety, i'll sum to be fixed by said
judge or court, to keep the peace and be of,
good behavior towards the United States and
its citizens, and from time to time, and at such
times as such judge or court may direct, APP
doaIt With oc,nr,IinG to law as mo c;rc',n,-
ii
of the district attorney of the United States
to attend such examination before the Judge
sect. 3. And be it further enacted that in
case any of such prisoners shall be under in
dictment or presentment for any offence
against the laws of the United States, and by
existing laws bail or recognizance may be
taken for trial of such person, it shall be the
duty of said Judge at once to discharge such
person upon bail or recognizance for trial as
aforesaid And in case the said secretaries of
state and war shall for any reason refuse or
omit tn finnish the said LIST of ncrsons held nc
prisoners as aforesaid at the time of the mas
sage of this act within twenty davs thereaffer
and of such persons as hereafter NAV he ar.
rested within twenty DAVIS from the lime of
the arrest. anv citizen NAV. after GRAND iurv
shall have terminated its session without find.
ing an Indictment or presentment as nrovid-
ed in the Second section of This act bv no.
tition alleging the facts aforesaid touc6ing any
of the persons so as aforesaid imnris0nnj
supported Inv the oath of snch net;tioner mr.
any other credible ners,n ohto;n and be on
titied to hav,n the said iudga,s order m d;s-
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