New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-12

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~. z1Apd be it Mthsf eI eted, That
there shall be no fee charged for any ser
vice By the clerk of said police court. The
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allowed for similar service and attendance
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be committed.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That in
all appeals from said police court, the party
1 applying fdr appeal shall enter into recOg-
| niZance, with sufficient surety to be APP
4 provedby sshe Judge, for his appearance ut
the criminal court then in session. or at the
next term thereof, if said criminal court be
not in session session. there to prosecute
said appeal and to abide by the Judgment Of
so approved and the information
| or complaint shall be Immediately
transmitted to the clerk of the supreme court
of the District of Columbia. Upon such re-
! cognizance being given, all further proceed
ings in said police court shall be stayd, and
| the Judgment in said criminal court shall be
final in the case. .,... .......-
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| the baiiiffs of said court may act as deputies
| for the marshal of said District of Columbia
| for the service Of process issued by said
court.
See. 10. And be it further enacted, That
said police court shall be provided with a
suitable place for the holding Of its sessions
| at the expense of the District of Columbia,
| to be apportiSned as provided for in section
| fourteen of this act Said court shall haze
ppOwer to do all acts which may be necessary
| TO the exercise of its jurisdiction hereby con-
| ferred.
Sec II. And be it further enacted, That
upon the failure of any party appealing
| from the Judgment Of said police court
| to the criminal court, to enter into re-
| cOgnizance, as provided for in section
| eight, he shall be committed to Jail TO await
his trial upon his appeal, and said trial shall
be had in said criminal court as though said
recOgnizance had been entered into. In
every case of appeal the court below shall
send up the information or complaint filed
in the cause, and a copy of the record of all
proceedings duly. certified in the criminal
cOnrt. 49,
SEC. H. And be it further enacted, That
said police court shall have power to take
the acknowledgment of deeds and to ad-
| minister oaths and afirmations to public
officers. nd sa..p-
SEC l3 And be it further enacted. That
said police court shall have power to make
such rules and regulations as may be
deemed necessary and proper for conduct
ing business therein. .COntempts may be
punished by fine and imprisonment, or by
either; bnt the fine shall in no case exceed
twenty dollars, nor the imprisonment be for
longer time than fOrty-eight hours
SEC. H. And be it further enacted, That
the salaries Of said judge and clerk of the
said police court, the compensation OF said
deputy clerk and bailiffs, and the fees of the
marshal of said district. shall be paid quar-
terly by the proper authorities of the cities
of Washington and Georgetown and the
levy court of the county of Wash.
ingtOn eighty per centum Thereon
to be paid by the city OF
Washington, twelve per centum by the city
of Georgetown, and eight per
centum by the levy court aforesaid
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted. That
all fines, penalties, costs, and fOrfeitures i'm
posed or taxed by said police court, shall be
collected by the marshal aforesaid, or by
the chief of the Metropolitan police, as the
case may he, on process ordered by said pO-
hce court, and by him paid over to the proper
authorities of said cities and levy court,
in the same proportion as aforesaid. But the
fines. penalties costs, and forfeitures. arts
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 of said levy court or their assis-
tants. to attend to the prosecution in said
police court of all Offenses arising from vio-
lations Of any of the ordinances OF said cities,
or of the acts of said levy court respectively;
and for their services they shall be paid by
their respective authorities: and it'shall 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. 81
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
heretofore been cOgnizable, in said
criminal court, for which service he
shall be paid the same fees as
are now allowed for such service n 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 annrlln, 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 under 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 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 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 Columbus: 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 I
or deputy by him duly appointed shall lie,
and is hereby. authorized and empowered
to s administer oaths or atfirmations