Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-04-21

ers aud duties conferred on them by
this act, and the same duties with re-
gard to offences created by this act,
% they are authorised BY law TO ex.
.rciss with regard to other offences
against the laws Of the United States.
That It shall be the duty of all Mar
shals and Deputy Marshals to obey
and execute all warrants and pre-,
cepts issued under the provisions of
this act. when to them directed; aud
should any Marshal or Deputy Mar
shall refuse TO receive such warrant
or other process when rendered. or 4"
use all proper means diligently to
| execute the came. he shall on convic-
ton thereof, be Aned in the sun Of
one thousand dollars to the use of the
person upon whom the accused is al
legged to have committed the offence.
and the better tn enable the said
Commissioners to execute their du-
ties faithfully and efficiently il con-
formity with the Constitution of the
United States and the requirements
Of this act. they are hereby author
ICED and empowered within their
counties respectively to appoint. in
writing under their hands. any 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
# their respective duties and the
persons so appointed to execute any
warrant Or process as aforesaid shall
have authority to summon and call
to their aid ths bystanders or pose
com'at*s Of she proper county. or
such portion of the land or naval
forces of the United States or Of the
militia, a. may be necessary to the
performance Of the duty with which
they are charged, and t" insure a
faithful observance Of the clause of
the Constitution which prohibits sla-
very in conformity with the provis-
ions of this act; aud said warrants
shall run and be executed by said
officers any where in the State o. Ter
,itory within which they are issued.
Sec. 7. That any person who shall
knowingly and wrongfully obsuuct'
hinder or prevent any officer or other
person charged with the execution
Of any warrant or process issued un-
! der the provisions Of this act or any
person or persons lawfully assisting
him or them from arresting any per
son for whose apprehension such
warrant or process may have been
issued, or shall rescue or attempt t"
rescue such person from the custody
of the officer. other person or Pc, sons
or those lawfully assisting as afore-
said when SO arrested, pursuant to
the authority herein given and de.
clared, or shall aid, abet or assist
any person so arrested as Aforesaid
directly or indirectly to escape from
the custody Of the officer or other
persons legally authorized as afore-
said, or shall harbor or conceal any
person for whom warrant or process
shall have been issued as aforesaid
so as to prevent his discovery and
. arrest after notice, or knowledge OF
III. fact that a warrant has been is
saed for the apprehension of such
person, shall for either Of said Of
fences be subject to n tiur not e Exceed
ing 500. aud Imprisonment not ex.
cerding six months, by ind'ctm"n,
before the District Court Of the L hi:
ted States for the district in which
said offence may have been commit
led. or before the proper count Of
criminal jurisdiction, if committed
within any one OF the organized Ter
ritories of the United States.
Sec 8. That the District Attor-
ueye. tn. Marshals. their Deputies,
aud The Clerks Of the said District
and Territorial Courts, shall be paid
for their services the Xix. Tees as may
be allowed to them for similar SER
vices in other cases; and in all cases
where the proceedings are beto. e
Commissioner, he shall b. entitled
10 a Tee of ten dollars in full for his
services incident to such arrest and
examination. The person or persons
authorized to execute the process to
lie issued by such commissioners for
the arrest Of offenders against the
provisions OF this act, shell be enti-
led TO Zee of five dollars for each
person h. or they may arrest md
TAX. before any such commissioner
as aforesaid, with such other fees AS
may be deemed reasonable by such
com missioner for such other add
tional services as may be necessarily
performed by him or them; such as
attending at the examination. keep
ing the prisoner in custody and pro.
viding him with food and lodgings
during his detention and until the
final determination of such commits
sioner. and in general for performing
such other duties as may be rendered
in the premises, such fees to be made
up in conformity with the fees usual
iy charged by the officers of the
courts Of justice within the proper
district or county as near as practi-
cable, and paid out of the Treasury
of the United States, on the certifi-
cate of tn. district within which the