The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-30

race, or color, or previous condition of
slavery or involuntary servitude, eS-
\ cept as punishment for crime, where
! of the party shall have been duly con-
victed ; and to the prompt discharge of
the duties OF this act, it shall be the du-
ty Of the Circuit courts of the United
States, and the Superior courts of the
Territories of the United States, from
time to time, to increase the NUMBER Of
Commissioners so as TO afford speedy
and convenient means for the arrest
and examination of persons charged
with violation of this net.
Section 5. That said commissioners
shall have concurrent Jurisdiction with
the Judges of the Circuit and District
Courts of the United States, and the
I Judges of the Supreme Courts of the
TERRITORIES, severally and collectively,
in term time and vacation; upon satis-
factory proof being made to issue war
rantS and preceptS for arreSting and
bringing before them all offenders
4 against the provisions of this act, and
on examination to discharge or admit
to bail or commit them for trial, as the
facts may warrant.
Section 6. And such commissioners
are hereby authorized and required to
exercise and discharge all the powers
and duties conferred on them by this
act, and the same duties with regard to
i
| authorized by law to exercise with re-
| gard to other offences against the laws
/ of the United States. That it shall be
the duty of all Marshals and Deputy
Marshals to obey and execute all war
rants and preceptS issued under the
provisions Of this act when TO them di-
rected;and should any Marshal or Depu-
ty Marshal refuse to receive such war
rant or other process when rendered, or
to use all proper means diligently to e1-
ecute the same, he shall on conviction
thereof be fined in the sum of one thou
sand dollars, to the use of the person
upon whom the accused is alleged to
have committed the offence. And the
better to enable the said Commissioners
| to execute their duties faithfully and eff
fectually, In conformity with the Con-
stitution OF the United States and the
requirements Of this act, they are hereby
authorized and empowered, within
their counties respectively, to appoint,
| in writing under their own hands, one
or more suitable persons, from time to
time, to execute all such warrants and
other process aS may be issued by them
| in the lawful performance of their re-
spective duties; and the persons so
appointed to execute any warrant or
! process as aforesaid shall have authori-
| " to call to their aid the hystanders or
posse comitdtttS of the county, or such
persons of the land or naval forces of
may be necessary to otheperformance of
the duty with which they are charged,
and to insure a faithful observance of
the clause of the Constitution which
prohibits slavery, in conformity with
| the provisions of this act; and said war
rants shall run and be executed by said
officers anywhere in the State or Terri
tory within which they are issued.
Section q. That any person who shall
knowingly and wilfully obstruct, him
der, or prevent any officer or other per-
son charged with the execution of any
warrant or process issued under the
provisions of this act, or any person or
persons lawfully assisting him or them,
from arresting any person for whose |
apprehension such warrant or process |
may have been issued, or shall rescue, |
or attempt to rescue, such person from |
the custody of the officer, other person |
or persons, or those lawfully assisting
as aforesaid, when so arrested, pursu-
ant TO the authority herein given and
declared, or shall aid, abet or assist any
person so arrested as aforesaid, directly
or Indirectly, to escape romthe custody
authorized as aforesaid, or shall harbOr
or conceal any person for whose arrest
n warrant or process shall have been |
issued as aforesaid, SO as to prevent his
discovery and arrest, after notice or
knowledge of the fact that a warrant
mas DGel GSuHu nedppEBDEuslDn Oh
such person, shall, for either of said Of |
fences, be subject to fine not exceed |
ing one thousand dollars and impris- |
onment not exceeding six months, by |
indictment and conviction before the !
District Court of the United States for |
the district in which said offence may |
have been committed, or before the |
proper Court of criminal Jurisdiction, |
If committed within any one of the or
ganized Territories ofthe United States. |
Sections s. That the District Attorneys, |
the Marshals, their Deputies; and the
Clerks of the said District and Terrific
rial Courts, shall be paid for their SER
vices the like fees as may be allowed
to them for similar services in other
cases. And in all cases where the pro-
ceedings are before a Commissioners, he
shall be entitled to fee of $40 in full
for his services in each case, inclusive
of all services incident to such arrest
and examination. The person or per-
sons authorized to execute the process |
to be issued by such Commissioners for |
the arrest of offenders against the Lro-
visions of this act, shall be entitled to a
arrest and tnke before any such COM |
missioner as aforesaid, with such other |
fees as may be deemed reasonable by |
such Commissioner for such other ad- !
ditional services as may be. necessarily |
performed by him or them, such as at |
1T
the prisoner in custody, and providing |
him with food and lodging during his |
detention, and until the final determt- |
nation of such Commissioner, and in |
general for performing such other du-
ties as may be required in the premi-
ses, such fees 10 be made up in con- |
formity with the fees 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 the 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 Prest- |
dent Of the United States shall have |
reason to believe that offences have |
been or are likely to be committed /
against the provisions OF this act, with
in any Judicial district, IL shall be law
ful for him in his discretion'to direct !
the Judge, Marshal and District Attor-
ney of such district to attend at such
time as he may de signate, for the purpose |
of the more speedy arrest and trial of
persons charged with violation of this |
act. And it shall be the duty of every |
Judge, or other officer, when any such |
req nisition shall be received by him, to |
attend at the pIace and for the time
therein designated.
Section 10. That Il shall be lawful for |
the President OF the United States, or
such persons as he may empower for
that purpose, to employ such part of the !
naval forces of the United States. or of