Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-04-12


warrant or other process when rendered
J or to use al proper means diligently &
execute the same, he shall, on con victiol
thereof, be fined in the sum of one thou
, sand dollars, to the use of the person upo,
whom the accused is alleged to have com
; mitted the offence; and the better to ena
Bile the said commissioners to execute thei
duties faithfully and efficiently, in con
formity with the Constitution of the Unitet
States and the requirements of this act
they are hereby authorized and empowered
within their counties respectively. to ap
point in writing, under their hands, any
one or more suitable persons, from time L
time, to execute such warrants and othel
process as may be issued by them in the
lawful performance of their respective du.
ties; and the persons SO appointed to exc
cute any warrant or process as aforesaid
shall have authority to summon and call
to their aid the bystanders or posse consata-
tu8 Of the proper county, or such portion oil
the land and naval forces of the United
States, or of the militia, as may be neees-
! sary to the performance of the duty with
which they are charged, and to insure q
faithful observance of the clause which
prohibits slavery, in conformity with the
provisions of this act; and said warrants
shall run to be executed by said officers
anywhere in the State or Territory within
which they are issued.
SEC. z. That any person who shall
knowingly and willfully obstruct, hinder
or prevent any officer or other person
charged with the execution of any war
rant or process issued under the provisions
OF this act, or any person or persons law
fully assisting him or them, from arrest
ing 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 80 arrested
pursuant to the authority herein given
and declared, or shall aid, abet or assist
any person SO arrested as aforesaid, di-
rectly or indirectly, to escape from the
custody of the officer or other person le-
gally authorized as aforesaid, or shall har-
Dor or conceal any person, for whose
arrest 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 warrant has
been issued for the apprehension of such |
person. shall, for either OF said offences, be |
subject to fine not exceeding one thou |
sand dollars and imprisonment not ex- |
ceeding six months, by Indictment and |
conviction before the District Court of the |
United States for the district in which the |
said offence may have been committed, or
before the proper court of criminal iuris-
diction, if committed within any one of
the organized Territories of the United |
States. 9l
SEQ. s. That the district attorneys, the
their deputies, and the clerks of
the said district and territorial courts,
1nlt IL r. IL. i
fees as may be allowed to them for similar
services in other cases, and in all cases
where the proceedings are before a COM
he shall be entitled to fee of
ten dollars, in full, for his services in each
case, inclusive of ell services incident to
such arrest and examination. The person
Or persons authorized to execute the pro-
cess to be issued by such commissioners
'or the arrest of offenders against the pro-
visions of this act, shall be entitled to a
ee of five dollars for each person he or
hey may arrest and take before any such
commissioner as aforesaid, with such other
ees a. may be deemed reasonable by such
for such other additional
ervices as may be necessarily performed
~ HIM or them, such as attending at the
xamin alton, keeping the prisoner in GUS
ody and providing him with food and
odging during his detention, and until
be final determination of such commits
Toner, and in general for performing such
ther duties as may be required in the
PREMISES, such fees to be made up in con-
ornity with the fees usually charged by
he officers Of the courts of justice within
he proper district or county, as near az
reasury of the United States, on the GER
Ifcate of the judge of the district within
'hich the arrest is made, and to be recov-
rable from the defendant as part of the
alignment, in case of con vction.
SEC. 9. That whenever the President Of
be United States shall have reason to be-
eve that offences have been or are likely
, be committed against the provisions of
MS act within any judicial district, it {
nall be lawful for him, in his discretion,
} direct the Judge, marshal and district at
'rney of such district to attend at such
lace and at such time as he may desig-
ate, for the purpose Of the more speedy
rrest and trial of persons charged with (
le violation of this act, and it shall be
le duty of every judge, or other officer, c
hen any such requisition shall be received
= him, to attend at the time and place, Z
I'D for the time therein designated. !;
SEC. 10. That it shall be lawful for the $
resident Of the United States, or such I
'rsons as he may empower for that pur-
ose, to employ such part of the land or
avail forces of the United States, or of the :,
ilitia, as shall be necessary to prevent
lie violation and enforce the due execution y
this act.
SEQ. II. That upon all questions of law T
Using in any cause under the provisions
this act final appeal may be taken to
Ie Supreme Court of the United States.
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