New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-19

of Georgetown, and eight per centum oy
| the levy court aforesaid.
| SEC. Is, And be it further enacted, That
Ali fines. penalties, costs, and fOrfedtaree I'M
Dosed or taxed BY said police court, shall De
collected bv the marshal aforesaid, or by
the chief Of the Metropolitan police, as the
! case NAV be. on process ordered by said Po-
lice court, and by him paid over to the proper
authorities of said cities and levy court,
| in the same proportion as af0resaid. But Inc
| fines, penalties, costs, and fOrfeltures, arls,
| ing from the violation OF the ordinances OF
| said cities and the acts of the levy court,
shall be paid to the proper authorities OF
| said jurisdictions, respectively, wherein the
| violation was committed.
SEC. l6. And be it further enacted, That
| it shall be the duty of the attorneys OF SAID
cities and ofsaid levy court or their assis-
tants, to attend to the prosecution In said
police court of all Offenses arising from vlo-
iations Of any of the ordinances OF said cities,
or of the acts of said levy court respectively y;
and for their services they shall be paid by
their respective authorities; and it'shaH be
the duty of said cities and Of said levy court
to levy and collect yearly such taxes as may
be necessary to defray the expenses incurred
under this act
SEC. II. And be it further enacted. That
it shall be the duty of the United States at
torney for the District of Columbia, in per-
son or by one or more of his assistants or
deputies, to attend to the prosecution In said
police court Of such offenses as have
criminal court, for which service he
shall be paid the same fees as
are now allowed for such service in said
criminal court, under the first section Of the
act of Congress approved February twenty
six, eighteen hundred and fifty-three. Here
after it shall not be lawful for the Attorney
General of the United States to allow any
compensation to the United States attorney
for the said District of Columbia for any
permanent assistant or deputy; nor shall
said attorney of the United States for said
District be allowed any sum by the Secre-
tary of the Interior or Attorney General for
his office expenses, clerk hire, fuel, station
cry, or other incidental expenses; but said
attorney for said District shall hereafter pay
to his deputies or assistants not exceeding in
all four thousand dollars per annum, also
his clerk hire not exceeding twelve hundred
dollars per annum, office rent, fuel, station
cry, printing and other incidental expenses
out of the fees of his Office, taxed and
allowed unrler the provisions Of said first
section of said act of February twenty-six,
eighteen hundred and fifty-three, which
said fees shall be paid to him quarterly at
the Treasury of the United States, on the
first days Of January, April, July, and Oc-
tOber in each year. upon a return in writing
made to the Secretary of the Treasury in
such form as he shall prescribe, embracing
all the fees and emOluments of his office
under the oath of said attorney for said Dis
trict and the certificate Of a judge Of or
justice of the court wherein the services
may have been rendered, that the SER
vices for which said fees are charged have
been performed and SO much of the third
section of said act approved February
twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty
three. as relates to the compensation of the
United States district attorneys, and the
allowance of their Office expenses. clerk hire
or other incidental expenses, shall not here
after apply to said attorney for said District
of Columbia: Provided, That the compensa-
ton of said district attorney shall not exceed
six thousand dollars per annum.
Sec. 49, And be it further enacted, That
the said attorney Of the United States for
the District of Columbia, and every assistant
or deputy by him duly appointed, shall be.
and is hereby, authorized and empowered
to administer oaths or atfirmations
to witnesses in criminal cases,
and in all cases where a justice
so; and if any person to whom such oath or
affirmation may be administered as afOre-
said shall wilfully and falsely swear or affirm
touching any or thing material to
the point in question whereto he
or she shall be examined, he or
she shall be deemed guilty of perjury.
and upon conviction thereof shall be SEN
fenced to suffer Imprisonment and labor in
the penitentiary for the first offense for a
period of not less than two [n]or more than
ten years, and for the second otfense for not
less than five nlor more than fifteen years.
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That
no justice of the peace in said
District of Columbia shall hereafter exer-
else any jurisdiction over crimes and Of |
lenses committed in said District, either for |
examination to commit or hold to ball. or for |
final Judgment, except that any justice of !
the peace may, on complaint under oath or ac- |
tual view, issue warrants against persons ac- |
cused of such Offenses, which shall be return
able to the said police court and he shall make |
a record OF his proceedings in every case, in |
a book to be kept for that purpose. And all |
acts OF Congress authorizing justices of the
peace to sit at the respective station-houses,
to hear charges against persons who may be |
arrested and carried thereto. and fixing
compensation thereto, are hereby repealed
Sec. TO- And be it further enacted. That
the judge OF said police court may examine
and commit, or hold to bail, in all offences.
whether cognizable in said police court or in
he criminal court of said District.
Sec. Il. And be it further enacted, That
hereafter the marshal Of the District Of
columbia, In all civil cases, may demand and
'ecelve payment of his fees before serving
my process therein, except in cases in which
he United States may be a party, or Of tieri
aclas, or where the court or any Justice
hereof may order suit to be instituted with
,ut prepayment of costs
Sec. ~ And be it further enacted, That
his act shall go into operation within ten
lays after the approval by the President:
md all acts and parts of acts inconsistent
With the provisions of this act are hereby
epeaied. But the provisions of this act
hall III no wise affect the proceedings in any
ase pending in the said criminal court of
ne District OF Columbia at the time when
his act shall take effect, but the same NAV
,e prosecuted to final judgment and execu-
ION the same as if this act had not been
passed.
Approved, June II, 1870.
lPUBLIC-No. ISL
AN ACT to incorporate a geological society
IN the city OF Washington, District of
Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That Hen
J ". Cook, George w. Riggs, James c.
hnouy Spencer r ba1rU, General y. U. |
Toward, I. W. BARLEY, Joseph Casey. Hor-
zee Capron, James c. Mcclure, and George
Taylor, of the city of Washington, District
Il Columbia, and their associates and sue
essors be, and are hereby, Incorporated and
made a body corporate BY the name of the
Arlington Geological Society and by that
anne may sue and be sued, plead and be
mpleaded, in any court of law or equity of
jurisdiction, and be entitled to |
sc and exercise all the powers, rights, and
rivileges incident to such Corporations for