The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-04-19


courts of the United States and the supe- /
rior courts of the Territories of the Unit
ed Sta'es. from time to time, to increase
the number of commissioners, go as TO af- |
ford speedy aud convenient means for
the arrest and examination of persons
charged with violation of this act. And !
such commissioners are hereby authorized
and required to exercise and discharge all
the powers and duties conferred on them
by this act, aud the same duties with re-
gard to offences created by this act, as
they are authorized by law to exercise
with regard to othe- offences against the
laws of the United States.
SEC. 5. That it shall be the duty Of all
marshals and depu Y marshals to oDey and
execute all warrants and precepJs issued
under the provisions of this act, when to
them directed; and should any marshal
or deputy marshal refuse to receive such
warrant or other process when rendered,
or to use all proper means diligently to
execute the same, he shall, on conviction
thereof, be fined in the sum of one thous-
and dollars, to the use of the person upon
whom the accused is alleged to have cou-
mitted the offence. And the better to en-
their duties faithfully and efficiently, in
conformity with the Constitution OF the
United States and the requirements OF
this act, they are hereby authorized and
empowered, within their counties respect
lively, to appoint, in writing, under their
hands, any one or more suitable persOLs
from time to time, to execute ali such
warrants and other process as may be is
sued by them in the lawful performance
OF their respective duties and the persons
so appointed to execute any warrant or
process as aforesaid shall have authority
to summon and to call to their aid the by
| ISLANDERS or the posse cOntitdtrS OF the prop
er county, or such portion of the land and
naval forces of the United States, or the
militia, as may be necessary to the per-
formance Of the duty with which they are
| charged, and to insure faithful observ-
auce 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 officers anywhere in the State or Ter
ritory within which they are issued.
SEC. 6. That any person who shall
knowingly and wifuly obstruct, hinder,
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charged with the execution of any war
rant or process issued under the provis-
ions of this act, or aoy person or persons
lawfully assisting him or them, from ar
resting any person for whose apprehen-
sion 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 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 tie officer or o:her
person legally authorized as aforesaid, or
| shall harbor or conceal any person for
| whose arrest a warrant or process shall
have 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 Of
fences, be subject to fine not exceeding
one thousand dollars, and imprisonment
not exceeding six months, by Indictment
ard conviction before the district court of
the United States for the district in
which said offence may have been COM
mitted, or before the proper court of
criminal jurisdiction, if committed within
any enc Of the organized Territories of
the United States.
SEC 7. 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 ike
fees as may be allowed to them for simlar
services In other cases; and in all cases
where the proceedings are before com
missioner, he shalt be entitled to fee of
ten dollars in full for his services in each
case, inclusive of all services incident to
such arrest and examination. The person
or persons authorized to execute the pro-
cess to be issued by such commissioners
for the arrest of offenders against the pro-
visions of this act shall be entitled to fee
1 of five dollars fer each person he or they
NAV arrest and take before any such COM
missioner as aforesaid, with such other
fees as NAV be deemed reasonable by such
commissioner for such other additional
services as may be necessarily performed
by him or them, such as attending at the
examination, keeping the prisoner in Gus
tody, and providing him with food and
lod yins during his detention, and until
the final determination of such commits
siouer, and in general for performing such
other duties as may be required in the
premises such fees to be made up in co1-
formity with the fees usually charged by
the officers of the courts of justice within
the proper district or county, as near as
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