The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-25

sand dollars, and the Imprisonment no
ho e26se9 Or yeAfsi4isd shall, more
over, be thereafter ineligible to, ant
disabled from holding. anya Office o
4 place Of honor profit. d crust create
gthe Consftadch pr lasSos Ae tue nites'
Sea-. Ind be il further enacted, Tina
if in the act Of violating any provision
in either of the two preceding sections
=. any other felony, crime, or misde
On conviction of snch Violation of said
sections, shall be punished for the same
with such punishments as are attached
to the said felonies, crimes, and misde
4 mssnors .by,the lave Of the State in
which, the offeDse. may be committed. ;.
SIC. 8. 4hd 5sn firth ~ enacted, That
the district courts OF the United Stats,
within, THEN resPectiye districts, shah
have exclusively OF the courts of the
several States, ,cognizance of all crimes
and offences committed against the
provisions OF This act, and also, concur
IfeBtly With the Circuit courts oflthe
United States, Of all causes, civil and
criminal, arising under this act except
as. herein otherwise provided, and the
Jurisdiction thereby conferred shall be
exercised IN conformity with the laws
and practice governing United States
courts; and all crimes and offences COM
mitted against the provisions of this
act NAV he prosecuted by the indict-
ment OF a grand jury, or in cases Of
crimes and offences not infamous, the
prosecution may be either by indictment
or information filed by the district attor-
ney in a court having jurisdiction.
Sic. Q. And be Il further enacted,
That the district attorneys, marshals,
and deputy marshals Of the United
States, the commissioners appointed by
the circuit and territorial courts Of the
United States, with powers of arresting,
imprisoning or battling offenders against
the laws of the United States, and every
other officer who may he specially en-
pow erei l,y the President OF the United
States, shah he, and they are hereby,
specially authorized and required, at the
expense Of the United States, to insti-
tute proceedings against all and every
person who shall violate the provisions
of this act, and cause him or them TO
be arrested and imprisoned, or hailed, az
the case NAV be, tor trial before such
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court as has cognizance Of the offense
And with a view to afford reasonable
protection to ali persons in their constl-
tutional right to vote without dlstinc-
ton Of race, color, or previous condition
Of serritnde, and 10 the prompt dis
charge OF the duties of this act, it shall
be the duty OF the circuit courts of the
United States, and the superior courts
Of the Territories Of the United States,
from time to time, to increase the num-
Der of commissioners, so "a 10 afford a
speedy and convenient means for the
arrest and examination Of persons
charged with violation Of this act;
and such commissioners are hereby au-
thorned and required to exercise and
discharge all the powers and duties con-
ferred on them by this act, and the same
duties with regard to offences created
by this act as they are authorized by
law to exercise with regard to other
offences against the laws of the United
States.
SEC. 10. lind be Il further enacted,
That it shall be the duty Of all narshals
and deputy marshals to obey and ex-
ecute all warrants and precepts issued
under the provisions Of this act when
to them directed and should any mar
shal or deputy marshal refuse to receive
such warrant or other process when
rendered, or to use all proper means
to execute the same, he shall,
on conviction thereof, be fined in the
sum of one thousand dollars, to the use
of the person deprived of the rights con-
ferred by this act And the better to
enable the said commissioners TO ex-
ecute their duties faithfully and efficient
ly, in conformity with the Constitution
Of the United States and the require
ments of this act, they are hereby au-
thorized and empowered, within their
districts respectively, to appoint, in writ
ing, under their hands, any one or more
suitable persons, from time TO time, to
execute all such warrants and other pro-
cess a. NAV be issued by them in the
lawful performance OF their respective
duties, and the persons so appointed to
execute any warrant or process as afore-
said shall have authority to summon and
call to their aid the bystanders or posse
comitatus 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 Fifteenth Amendment OF the Consti-
tuition of the United States; and such
warrants shall run and he executed by
said officers anywhere in the State or
Territory within which they are issued.
SIC. II. And be Il FURTHER enacted,
That any person who shall knowingly
and willfnlly ohstruct, hinder or prevent
any officer or other person charged
with the execution Of any warrant or
process issued under the provisions of
this act, or any person or persons law
fully assisting him or them from ar
resting any person for whose apprehen-
sion such warrant or process may have
been issued, or shall rescue or attempt
to rescue such person from the custody
of the officer or other person or persons
or those lawfully assisting as aforesaid,
when 50 arrested pursuant to the au-
thority herein given and declared, or
shall aid, abet, or assist any person 80
arrested as aforesaid, directly or indi-
rectly, to escape from the custody of the
officer or other person legally author
lied as aforesaid, or shall harbor or
conceal any person for whose arrest a
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