The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-13

and collectively, in term time and vacation,
upon satisfactory proof being made, to
and bringing before them all offenders
against the provisions OF this Act, and on
examination to discharge, admit to ball.
or commit them for trial. as the facts may
warrant.
Sec. 6. And such commissioners are
and discharge sill the powers and duties
conferred on them by this Act, and the
same duties with regard to offences Gre
ated by this Act, as they are authorized by
law to exercise with regard 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 warrants and precepts issued
under the provisions of this Act when to
them directed; and should any marshal or
deputy marshal refuse to receive such wu--
rant or other process when rendered or to
use oil proper means diligently to execute
the same. he shall, on conviction thereof,
be fined in the sum Of one thousand dol
lars, 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 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 respectively to appoint, in
writing under their hands, one or more
suitable persons, from time to time, to
execute all such warrants and other pro-
cess as may be issued by them in the faw-
1ul performance OF their respective duties,
aud the persons so appointed to execute
any warrant or process as aforesaid, shall
have authority to summon and call to their
AID the by-standers or posse coniitatus OF
the proper county. or such portion of the
land or naval forces of the United States,
or OF the militia, as may be necessary to
the performance Of the duty with which
they are charged, and to insure faithful
observance of the clause of the Constitu
ton which prohibits slavery, in conformity
with the provisions this Act: and said
warrants shall run and be executed by said
officers anywhere in the State or Territory
within which they arc issued.
SEC Z. Ihat any person who shall know
1ngiy and wrongfully obstruct, hinder or
prevent any officer or other person charged
with the execution OF any warrant or pro-
cess issued under the provisions of this
Act, or any person or persons lawfully as
slstlnS nm or them, from arresting any
person for whose apprehension such war
rant 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
the officer or other persons legally author
lied, as aforesaid, or shall harbor or con-
ceal any person for whom a warrant or
process shall have been issued as afore-
SAID, so as to prevent his discovery and
arrest, after notice or knowledge Of the
TACT that warrant has been issued for the
apprehension Of such person, shall, for
either Of said offences, be subject to n fine
not exceeding $1,000, and Imprisonment
not exceeding six months, by indictment
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 orpanized
Territories of the United States.
SEC. 8. 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 like fees
as may be allowed to them for similar ser
vices in other cases; and in all cases where
the proceedings are before Commissioner,
he shall be entitled to fee Of ten dollars
In full. for his services in each case, inclu-
sive OF all services incident to such arrest
and examination. The person, or persons.
authorized to execute the process to be is
sued by such commissioners for the arrest
OF ofenders against the provisions of this
Act, shall be entitled to fee of five dollars
TOT each person he. or they may arrest and
take before any such commissioner, as
aforesaid, with such other fees as may be
deemed reascnallH by such commissioner
!or such other additional services as NAV
be necessarily performed by him or them
such as attending at the examination.
keeping the prisoner in custody, and pro.
vldlnS food and lodgings during his dcten-
ton, and until the final determination of
SUCH commissioner. and in general for per-
forming such other duties as NAV be re-
CURED IN the premises, such fees to be
made up in conformity with the fees usual
ly charged by the officers of the court of
justice within the proper district or county.
as M near as practicable, and paid out of the
treasury OF the United States on the certl-
ficate OF the district judge within which the
arrest Is made, and to be recoverable from
the defendant as part Of the judgment in
case of conviction
SEC. 9. That whenever the President OF
the United States shall have reason to be-
i!evc that offences have been or are likely
10 be committed against the provisions of
thls Act within any judicial district, it
shall be lawful for him, in his discretion, to
dlrec. the judge, marshal and district at
torney Of such district to attend at such
place within the district and for such time
as he may designate, for the purpose of the
more speedy arrest and trial of persons
charged with a violation of this Act and it
SHAH be the duty Of every judge or other
otncer, when any such requlsition shall be
received by him, to attend at the place and
Tor the time therein designated
SEC. 10. That it shall be lawful for the
President of the United States, or such
persons as he may empower for that pur-
pose, 70 employ such part of the land or
naval forces of the United States or OF the
militia as shall be necessary to prevent the
violation and enforce the due execution of
this Act
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