The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-20

also, cOneurrently with the circuit courts
0fthe United States, OF all causes, civil
aud criminal, affecting persons who are
denied, or cannot enforce in the courts
Of judicial tribunal of the state or local
ity where they may be, anyof the rights
secured to them by the first section OF
this act; and If any suit or prosecution,
| civil or criminal, has been or shall be
| commenced in any state court against
any such person for any cause whatso-
| ever, civil or military, or any other per-
son, any arrest or imprisonment, tres
passes or wrong done, or committed by
virtue or under color of authority derived
from this act or the act establishing a
bureau for the relief of freedmen and re-
fugees, and all acts amendatory thereof,
or for refusing to do any act upon the
ground that it would be inconsistent
| with this act, such defendant shall have
| the right to remove such cause for trial
| to the proper district or circuit court in
| the manner prescribed by the act rela-
| ting to habeas corpus and regulating ju-
dicial proceedings in certain cases, ap-
| proved March 3, 1868, and all acts amen
datory thereto The jurisdiction in civil
| and criminal matters hereby conferred
on the district and circuit courts of the
United states shall be exercised and en-
| forced in conformity with the laws of
the United States, SO far as such laws are
suitable to carry the same into effect,
but in all cases where such laws are not
adapted to the object, or are deficient in
the provisions necessary to furnish suit
able remedies and punish offences
against the law, the common law as
modified and changed by the constitu-
ton and statutes of the state wherein
the court having jurisdiction of the
cause, civil or criminal, is held, so far as
the same is not inconsistent with the
constitution and laws of the United
States, shall be extended, and govern
the said courts in the trial and DISPOSE
ton of such cause, and, if of a criminal
nature, in the infiction of punishment
GU the party found guilty.
Sec. 4. That the district attorneys,
marshals, and deputy marshals of the
United States, the commissioners APP
pointed by the circuit and territorial
courts of the United States, with powers
of arresting, imprisoning, or bailing Of
tenders against the laws of the United
States, the officers and agents of the
Freedinen's Bureau, and every other
officer who may be specially empowered
by the President of the United States
shall BIZ and they are hereby specially
authorized and required. at the expense
of the United States, to institute pro-
ceedings against all and every person
who shall Violate the provisions Of this
act, and cause him or them to be arrested
and imprisoned, or bailed, as the case
may be, for trial before such of the Uni.
ted States or Territorial courts as by this
act have cognizance of the offence aud
with a view to affording reasonable pro.
lection to all persons in their constitu-
tional rights of equality before the law
| without distinction of race or color, OF
previous condition of slavery or invol.
untary seryitHGe, except as apunishmenl
for crime, whereof the party shall have
been duly convicted, aud the prompt
discharge of the duties Of this act, il
shall be the duty OF the circuit courts oil
the United States and the Superior
Courts of the Territories of the United
States from time to time to increase the
the number of commissioners, 90 rs to
afford speedy and convenient means
for the arrest and examination of persons
charged with tbe violation of this act.
See. 5. That said commissioners shall
have concurrent Jurisdiction with the
| Judges of the circuit and district courts
of the United States, and the judges OF
the superior courts of the Territories,
severally and collectively, in term time
and vacation, upon satisfactory proof
being made, to Issue warrants and pre-
cepts for arresting and bringing before
| them all offenders against the provisions
| of this act, and on examination to dis
charge, admit to bail, or commit them
for trial, as the facts may warrant.
Sec. 6. And such commissioners are
hereby authorized and required t. exer-
else and discharge all the powers and
! duties conferred on them by this act,
and the same duties with regard to Of
fences created by this act, as they are
authorized by law TO exercise with re-
gard to other offences against the laws of
| the United States. That 1t shall DO the
duty Of all marshals and deputy mar
shals to obey and execute all warrants
and pfecepts iesned 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 tesdered, or to use all
proper means diligently to execute the
same, he shall on conviction thereof be
fined in the sum of one thousand dol
ldTS, W JuS uSc vi Cuc psiSbH upOu HItDUl
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 con-
formity with the Constitution of the
United States and the requirements of
this act, they are hereby authorized and
empowered, within their counties re-
speotively, to appoint in writing, under
their hands, one or more suitable per-
sons, from time to time, t. execute all
such warrants and other process as may
be issued by them in the lawful per
Torrance of 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 the bystanders or posse conf
tdtus of the proper county, or such por-
ton 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 Constitution which pro-
hibits 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 territory within
which they are issued. .tb.
Sec. That any person who shall
knowingly and wrongfully obstruct,
hinder or prevent any officer or other
person charged with the execution of
any warrant or process issued under the
,rovieinua Uf thta act Or iqnv maroon or