New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-20

of Georgetown, and eight per cent"ln ny
the lew court aforesaid.
SIC. Is And be it further enacted, Inat
all f;nes. penalties, costs, and forfeitures I'M
na n. or taxed by said police court, shall De
rroiIoctaA nv the marshal aforesaid, or Dy
the chief Of the Metropolitan police, as the
case may he. ON process ordered by said po-
lice court, and by him paid over to the proper
Authorities of said cities and ievy court,
in the same proportion as a1cfocala. Du. .no
fines. penalties, costs, and forfeltures, airs
inc from the violation of the ordinances OF
sa;d cities and the acts Of the levy court,
.hall Inc maid to the proper authorizes VI
said jurisdictions, respectively, wherein tno
violation was committed.
SEC. 16 And be it further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the attorneys OF sai0
cities and of said levy court or their assis,
tonts to attend to the prosecution In said
noI;ce conrt of all offenses arising from vio-
f.tions of any of the ordinances OF SAID clties,
or of the acts of said levy court respectively;
and for their services they shall be PAID Dy
their resnectiye authorities and it.shaH De
the duty of said cities and of said levy court
TO lew and collect yearly such taxes as may
be necessary to defray the expenses incurred
under this act. r..+
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
IDENTITIES. to attend to the prosecution IN SAID
poiice court of such offenses as have
heretofore been cognizable, in SAID
criminal court, for which service ne
shall be paid the same fees as
criminal court, under the first section of the
act of Congress approved February twenty
six. eighteen hundred and fifty-three. Here
after # 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 herea1ter pay
to his deputies or assistants not exceeding III
all four thousand dollars per annum' also
his clerk hire not exceeding twelve hundred
dollars per annum, office rent, fuel, station
err, printing and other incidental expenses
out of the fees of his office, taxed and
allowed under the provisions OF said nrst
section of said act of February twenty-six,
eighteen hundred and fifty-tEree, 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 De-
| tober in each year, upon 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 judge OF or
| Justice of the court wherein the services
NAV 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 Is. And be it further enacted, That
the said attorney of the United States for
the District of Columbia, and every assistant
and is hereby, authorized and empowered
to administer oaths or atirmations
| to witnesses i'll criminal cases,
| and in all cases where a justice
| o. the peace is authorized to do
| so: and if any person to whom such oath or
affirmation may be administered as afore-
said shall wilfully and falsely swear or affirm
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 nlor more than
| ten years. and for the second Offense for not
! less than five In or more than fifteen years.
| Sec l9. 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 bail, 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
| 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. 90. 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
the criminal court of said District.
Sec. 81. And be it further enacted, That
hereafter the marshal of the District of
Columbia, in all civil cases, may demand and
| receive payment of his fees before serving
| any process therein, except in cases in which
the United States may be party. or of fieri
facias, or where the court or any Justice
thereof may order suit to be instituted with
out prepayment of costs.
Sec. ~. And be it further enacted, That
this act shall go into operation within ten
days after the approval by the President;
and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with the provisions of this act are hereby
repealed. But the provisions of this act
| shall in no wise affect the proceedings in any
case pending in the said criminal court Of
| the District of Columbia at the time when
| this act shall take effect, but the same may
be prosecuted to final Judgment and execu-
| ton the same as if this act had not been
| passed.
Approved, June II, 1870
[PUBLIC-No. 49,
| AN ACT to incorporate a geological society
IN the city OF Washington, District Of
| Columbia.
be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That Hen
~ ID. Cook, George w. Riggs, James G.
Kennedy, Spencer f. Baird, General 0. 0.
Howard, T. w. Barley, Joseph Casey, HOr-
ace CaprOn, James C. Mcclure and George
Taylor, of the city of Washington, District
OF Columbia. and their associates and sue
cessOrs be, and are hereby, incorporated and
| made body corporate by the name of the
| Washington Geological Society, and by that
name may sue and be sued plead and be
| impleaded in any court OF law or equity of
| competent jurisdiction, and be entitled to
use and exercise all the powers, rights, and
privileges incident to such corporations for
the purpose OF establishing and maintain
ing geological garden in the city of Wash