Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-04-18
they are hereby authorized and empoW

.CI, tney are ncreDy autnorlZed ana empOW-
,red within their counties, respectively, to
appoint in writing under their hands, any:
,ne or more suitable persons, from time toSk
.iue, to execute such warrants and other
process as may be issued by them in the law
(nl performance Of iheira respective duties:
and the persons SO appointed to.execute any
warrant or process as aforesaid, shall have
authority to summon aIld;call other aid the
bystanders or posse. .cOmitGtas of the proper
county or snch portion Of the land or naval
forces of the United States, or of the militia,
rs may be necessary To the performance of
the duty with which they are charged, and
to insure faithful observance of the clause
Of the Constitution which prohibits slavery,
in conformity with the provisions of this act,
and said warrants shall run and be executed
by said officer anywhere in tie State or Ter
ritory within which they are issued.
Section Z. That any person who shall
knowingly and wilfully obs:ruct, hinder or
prevent any officer or other person charged
with the execution Of any warrant or process
issued under the provisions of,this act, OF any
person or persons lawfully assisting him CT
thenl from arres;ing any person for whose
apprehension such warrant or process lilay
have been issued, or shall rescue or attempt
10 rescue such person from the custody of
LAe officer, other person or persons, or those
lawfully assisting as aforesaid, when so ar
rested pursuant to the authority hereby given
and declared, or shall aid ..abct or assist any
person SO arrested as aforesaid, directly or in
directly, to escape from the custody of the
officer OF other person legally authorized as
Aforesaid, or shall harboror conceal any per-
son fer whose arrest warrant or process
Shall have been issued as aforesaid, SO as 10
prevent his discovery and arrest, alter notice
or knowledge of the fact that warrant hos
been issued for apprehension Of such person,
shall, for either Ut said ,CifenseS, he subject to
i fine lot exceeding one Thousand dollars,
and Imprisonment not exceeding six months,
by indictment and conviction before the dis
trict court OF the United States for the dis
,rict in which said cfferse may have been
committed, or before the proper court of
criminal jurisdiction, if committed within
any Que OF the organized Territories of the
United States.
Section s. That the district attorneys, the
marsbal$, their deputies and the clerks Of the
said district aid territorial courts -a be paid
CIR their services lae hh. ices u may &c 81
;vwc,l to them for similar serv.l"s III uttr
Gases, and in ali Cases where The ;.ru"eedings
ale belorc Il commissioner, he Shall lie culi
tied to fec Of ten duilurs in full for his scr.
ycts in each case, inclusive OF all services
incident to such arrest and examination. The
person or persons authorized 10 execute the
process to be issued by such commissioners
ior the arrest CT offenders against the provis
IONS Of this act sLall be entitled to fee OF
live dollars for each person he or they may
arrcet aud take bciure any such commissioner
as aforesaid, with such other fees as may be
deemed reasonable by such COMMISSIONER for
such ether additional services as may be- ncces.
snily performed BY him or them, such as at
tending at the examination, keeping the
prisoner in custody, and providing with food
aid lodging during his detention, and until
tic final determination OF such commissioner,
and in general fcr performing such other du-
lies as may be required in the premises, such
fees to be made up in conformity with the
lees usually charged by the officers of the
courts of Justice within the proper district or
county, as near as may be practicable, and
paid out Of the Treasury of tie United States,
On the certificate OF the Judge Of the district
within which the arrest is made, and to be
recoverable from the defendant as part OF the
judgment in case of conviction.
Section 8. That whenever the President Of
the United States shall have reasons to believe
that oEenscs have been or are likely to be
committed agaist the provisions of this act
Sitha any judicial district, it shall be lawful
Tor him, in his discretion, to direct the Judge,
marshal or district attorney of su district
20 attend 1T such place within ,h, district,
aad for such time as lie may designate, for
the purpose Of tie more speedy arrest and
trial Of persons charged with "a violation oI
This act, and r. shall he the duty Of every
judge or otncr officer, when any such requiai
tons shall be received by him, to attend at
the time and place. and for the time therein
designated.
Section 10. That i! shall be lawful for the
President OF the United States, or such per-
sons as he may empower for the purpose, to
employ such part Of the land or naval forces
of the Uui.ed States, or Of the militia, as
shall be necessary to prevent the violation
and enforce the due execution Of thi; act.
Section II. That upon all questions of Law
arising in any cause under the provisions Ct
this act, final appeal may be taken to the
Supreme Court of the United States.