East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-05-26

Nallandingllam.
But the last Congress did not stol
here. AS ii to shut the door agains
, any such proceedings as those institu
, ted 10y General Burnside, it passed al
, act, approved March 8, 1868, expressl,
"relating to haJeaS corpus and regulating
> Judicial proceedings in certain cases.
. The sections of this act relevant to III,
case of Mr.. Vallandigham may b,
found upon page 755 of the volume o
the statutes at large as just printed by
order of Congress, and are as follows
, BE IL enacted by the Senate anil Hons,
. Of Representatives Of The United State
If Amer'ca IA Congress assembled, That
during the present rebellion, the Prcsi
dent of the United States, whenever, in
his Judgment, the public safety may re-
quire, is authorized To suspend the priv
llege of the writ of habe0S 60, pus in any
case throughout the United States or
any part thereof (The privilege has
not been so suspended in Ohio J And
whenever and wherever said privilege
shall be suspended rs aforesaid, no mil.
itary or other officer shall be compelled,
in answer Ia any writ of habcas corpus,
to return the body OF any person or
persons detained by him by authotity
of the President, bit upon the certif-
cate, under oath, of the officer having
charge of any one so detained II at such
person is detained 10y him as prisoner
under authority of the President, fur
thcr proceedings under the writ of la
6coS. corpus shall be suspended by the
Judge or court having issued said writ,
50 long as said suspension by the Presl
dent shall remain in force and said re
hcllion continue. (rhc privilege at the
writ of hajcdS corpus not having been
suspended in Ohio, it follows that no
Judge in that State is authorized to sus
pend proceedings instituted under this
wr!.
SEC 2. And be 10 further enacted,
That the Secretary of State and the
Secretary of War be and they are here.
by directed, as soon az may be practi
cable. to furnish to the judges of the
Circuit anil District Courts of the Uni
ted States and of the District OF Co.
nlnbia list of the names of all persons
citizens of the States in which the ad
ministration of the laws has continued
unimpaired in the said Federal courts,
who are now, or may hereafter be held
as a prisoner of the United States, or
by order or authority of the President
of the United States or either of the
said Secretaries, or in any fort, arscnel,
or other place, as State or other politi
cal prisoners, or otherwise than as pris
oners 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, 20 have
violated any law of the United States
in aud of said jurisdictions, and also the
date Of each arrest the Secretary of |
State to furnish a list of such persons
az are imprisoned 10y the order or au
thority of the President, acting through
the State Department, and the Sccreta-
oned by the order or authority of the
President, acting through the Depart
ment of War. And in all cases where |
Grand Jury having attended any of
said courts having jurisdiction in the
premises, after tie passage of this act,
and after the furnishing of said list as
aforesaid, has terminated its session
without finding an indictment, or pre-
sentiment, or other proceedings against
any such person, it shall be tho duty of
the Judge of said court forthwith to
make an order that any such prisoner,
desiring a discharge from SAID impris-
onmcnt be brought before him to be
discharged; and every officer of the
United States having custody ofsuch
prisoner is hereby directed Immediately
to obey and execute said judges order;
and in case he shall delay or refuse to
do SO, be shall be subject to indictment
for misdemeanor, and be punished by
a fine of not less than FIVE hundred dol
lars and imprisonment IN the common
Jail for period of not less than six
in the discretion of the court;
Prorided, however. That no person
shall be discharged by virtue of the
provisions of this act until after he or
she shall have taken an oath Of allegi
ance to the government of the United
States, and to support the constitution
and that b. or she will not
hereafter in and way encourage or give
aid and comfort to the present rebellion,
or thesupporters thereof; And procnieci,
also, That tho Judge or the court before
whom such person may be brought be.
fore dscharging him or her from i'm.
shall have power, on exam.
ination Of the case and. if the public
safety shall require it, shall be required
to cause him or her to enter into recog
nizancc, with or without surety, in
sum to be fixed by said judge or court.
to keep the peace and be of good be
havior toward the United States and it's
and from time to time, and at
such times as said Judge or court may
direct, appear before said Judge or court
to be further dealt with according to
law, as the circumstances may require
And it shall be tho duty Of the District
Attorney of the United Sites to attend
such examination before the judge.
Sec. 3. And be u further enacted,
That in case any of such prisoners shall
ne under Indictment or presentment for