Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-04-17

snail run and be executed by said officers
anywhere in the State or Territory within
which they are issued
SEC z. That any person who shall know
lngly and wroughlly obstruct, hinder, or
prevent any officer or other person charged
win the execution ofany warrant or process
lssueu under the provisions of this act, or
any person OF persons lawfully assisting him
OF them from arresting any person for whose
apprehension such warrant or process may
nave been issued, or shall rescue or attempt
10 rescue such person from the custody of
the oillcer or persons or persons or those
laWiully assisting as aforesaid when so ar
rested, pursuant TO the authority herein given
and declared or shall aid, abet, or assist any
person so arrested as aforesaid, directly or
indirectly, to escape from the custody Of the
ollcer or other persons legally authorized as
aforesaid, or shall harbor or conceal any
person for whom warrant or process shall
nave been issued as aforesaid, so as to pre-
vent his discovery and arrest after notice or
knowledge OF the fact that warrant has
been issued for the apprehension of such
person shall, for either of said oiTenses, be
subject to fine not exceeding 81 900 and
Imprisonment not exceeding six months, by
indictment before the District Court of the
United States for the District in which said
| ofiense may have been committed or before
the proper court of criminal jurisdiction, if
! committed within any one of the organized
Territories of the United States.
SEC s. That the District-Attorneys the
Marshals, their Deputies; and the Clerks of
the said District and Territorial Courts, shall
be paid for their services the like fees as may
he allowed to them for similar services In
other cases, and in all cases where the pro-
ceedlngs are before II Commissioner he shall
be entitled to II fee Of $40 in full for his SER
vices in each case, inclusive of all services
incident to such arrest and examination.
The person or persons authorized to execute
the process TO be issued by such Commission
ers for the arrest Of offenders against the pro-
visions of this act, shall be entitled to fee
OF 50 for each person he or they may arrest
ana take before any such Commissioner as
aforesaid, with such other fees as may be
deemed reasonable byBuch Commissioner
Tor such other additional services as may be
necessarily performed by him or them-such
as attending AT the examination, keeping the
prisoner in custody, and providing with food
ana lodgings during his detention and until
the final determination of such Commits
sloner, and in general for performing such
other duties as may be required in the premi-
ses, such fees TO be made up in conformity
with the fees usually charged by the officers
OF the Court of Justice within the proper
district or county near as practicable, and
pald out OF the Treasury of the United States,
on the certificate 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.
SEC. 0. Tint whenever the President OF
the United States shall have reason to believe
that oilenses have been or are likely to be
committed against the provisions of this act
within any judicial district, it shall he lawful
for him, in his discretion, to direct the Judge,
Marshal, and District Attorney of such Dis,
tricl to attend at such place within the Dis
lrlct, and for such time as he may designate,
for the purpose of the more speedy arrest
and trial of persons charged with a violation
of this act; and it shall be the duty of every
Judge or other officer, when any such requi.
sltion shall be received by him, to attend at
the place and for the time therein designated
SEC, 10. That it shall be lawful for the
President of the United States, or such per.
sons as lie may empower for that purpose,
to employ such part of the land or naval
forces Of the United States, or of the militia,
as shall be necessary to prevent the violation
and enforce the due execution of this act.
SEC. IL. That upon all questions of law
arising in any cause under the provisions of
this act, final appeal may he taken to the
supreme Court of the United States