American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-04-12

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are hereby authorized and required +
TO exercise and discharge all the pow
ers and duties conferred on them by
this act. and the same duties with re-
card to officers created by tins act'
as they are authorized by law TO eN-
ercise with regard to other onences
aooinst the laws of the United STATES
That it shall be the duty or all Mar
sbals and Deputy Marshals 10 ooeN
and execute all warrants ana precePts
issued under the provisions OF thlS
oct when to them directed; ana
should any Marshal or Deputy Mar
! Shol refuse to receive such warrant
or other process when rendered. OF
70 use all proper means diligently 10
eyecute the same, he shall on conVlc,
tiou thereof, be fined III the sum ..
one thousand dollars to the use o,
tbe person upon whom the accused
is alleged to have committed tne o.
fence and the better to cnaple lne
said Commissioners to execute 'lleii
duties faithfully and ethclently III
conformity with the Constitution ol
fine United States and the require
: ments of this act, they are heItnS
authorized and empowered With
their counties respectively to appoint
in writing under their hands, any
one or more suitable persons rom
fine TO time TO execute all such war
rants and other process as may pe Is
supd by them in the lawful perform,
ancp of their respective duties; ana
!, the persons SO appointed 10 eAeou ;I
= anv warrant or process as aloles S'iI
p shall have authority to summon "'lu
! caT 70 their aid the bystanderS OF
nopso co,uitatuS of the proper county,
! or such portion of the land OF nay ", ID
fnrces Of the United States OF Oh thc
, militia as NAV be necessary 10 my
q nnrformancc of the duty with Whlch
they are charged, and TO insure q
5 faithful observance OF tne clausI "
>, tha Constitution which prohlol1S
:, slavery in conformity with the pro
n visions of this act and sad warrants |,
u shall run and he executed by SAD
~ ot,irars any where in the State OF
y Tarritorv within which they are Is
le sued. .to sbol,
il SEC. !. That any person VINO sn".
10 knowingly and wrongtuily oostl W.
~ hinder or prevent any officer OF o'h
va or nersons charged with the eAecu
,n tion If any warrant or process issue
~ nnder the provisions of this act o.
+ anv nerson or persons lawfully as
=, s;,tinr him or them from arrest ny
al any nprson for whose apprehenSio'
rb such warrant or process may nav
~. hrpn issued, or shall rescue sucli pei
or SON from the custody of the oincel
- o+hor nerson or persons or those III"
81 fnIlv assisting as aforesaid when al
ity rested, pursuant to 'he "us"o oh b.,
ot berein oiyen and declared, or sila
If oid obet or assist any person SO d
cts rested as aforesaid directly or lho
mo rectIv to escape from the CUSTODY :,
hat the officer or other persons luS"l
lis authorized as aforesaid, or shali lid
tLn hor or conceal any person Tor VINO
ri,l a warrant or process shall have pee
.uit issued AS aforesaid, so as TO prev
Inv his discovery and arrest after hoIlo
,nd ar knowledge of the fact that wa
~ rant has been issued for the apr
3. hension Of such person, sllall
ere. either of said offences be S'tpJtcV.
,nd a fine NOT exceeding 500, ana Il
nn nrisonmpnt not eXcecdingSiN moh'l
~ h., iudictmpnt before the )lStlI
sod Cont of the United States Tor |
thn district in which said offence III
-. have heen committed, or before
fine proper court of criminal ,lullS',tct;,
,srs if committed within the Chl'
the States. ,.. ,++
olIo neys the Marshals, their Depull
' i~l and fine Clerks of the said Dlstr
,ndi- and Territorial Court, shall be p'
zion far their services the like fees as Ill
+Ln Inc allowed to them for similar
mise. vices in other cases; ana Ill an ="
p rs where the proceedings are peiol
tLp Commissioner, he shall be entltlcO
,itnd fee of ten dollars in full tor MS
a,o,. vices in each case, inclusive OF
Tie services incident to such arrest
of , examination. The person or pers
" Of authorized to execute the process
arnd he issued by such commissioners
the arrest Ol butuu'iS -
++or- nroyisions of this act, shall De
.,baI. tled TO n fee of five dollars Tor {
a,ni.- nerson he or they may arrest
! and take before any such commlSslo
-; ;.ld aS aforesaid. with such other fee
: inn. NAV be deemed reasonable by,
7ndars commissioner for such other addi'
tateS al services as may be heceos,
'rncd' performed by him or them sucl
,fficcr attending at the eXamnatioh' h
nJ hv inc tbe prisoner in custody ana
St,+cs vidiur with food and lodgings uu
,ecial- his detention and until the nllal
~, nv termination of such commiSSi'
'titn+o and in general for performing
,arsn,, other duties as may be rendereal
~ nf nremises. such fees to be MADE
~, La conformity with the fees us
Ii os CHARGED by the officer OF the G.
l'u -, of instice within the proper al
,;.or;aI ar county as near as practlcap,l'
i.oi 20" naid ont of the Treasury OF the
= t"nf Ted States. on the certificate o
~ all district within which the arr
,ights made. and to be recoverable lIu
.itTnut defendant as a part of the Juus
,,rcvi- in case of conviction.
Aim SEC. Q. That whenever the
,, -" dent of the United States sllal
IF reason TO believe that offences
> and Len or are likely to he COM
iut;.s apainst the provisions oil III
uuNl'H - ;,Ji.ial district IT