The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-07-14


hundred dollars per snaum. office rent
fuel. stationery, printing and other inci-
dental expenses ont ofihe fees of bis Of.
fce, tsxedand allowed undes the proVia.
ions Of the 6rtl section Of said act ol
February tRenly.sik, eighteen hundred
aud flty-lhree, which said fee shall be
paid 10 him quarterly Atthe Trsasury
Of fths Unied States. on the 6rsl Gays ot
!, Jonuary. April, July aud October in
each year upon FetuFn 10 wiring made
to the Secretary Of the Treasury 10 such
form as hs shall prescribe, embracing all
The fees and emoluments ofhis oiiCs IN,
der the oath Of said attorney for said
District and the certificate Of a Judge ol
OF justice Of the court wherein the seIpi.
ces may have been rendered. that tie
services for which said fees ere charged
have beer performed; aud so much Of
The third section Of said sct approved
February twenty sixth, sightesnt1ndred
and City three, as relates TO the compen.
salion Of the United States district at
lorneys, aud the allowance Of their Office
expensGs, clerk hire, or other Incidental
expenses, shall not hereafter apply to
ssid,attomey for said District Of Colum-
bia: Provided, That the compensation oi
said district attorney shall mol exceed six
thousand dollars per annpm.
SEC. 10 And Je I, flrthsr enacted,
Tba, the attorney Of the United States
for The District Of Columbia. and every
assisIsDt or deputy BY him duly appoln.
ted, shall be, end Is hereby, Authorized
and empowered to administer onths or
affirmations to witnesses 10 criminal and
in oil cases whore q Justice Of The peace
is authorized 10 do go; and If any person
to whom such oath OF AfIimalion msy be
Administered us aforesaid shall willfully
and falsely swear or affirm touching any
matter or thing material 10 ths point in
question wheroto he or she .hall be
examined, ho or she shall be
deemed guilty Of perjury, and upon con-
yiction thereof shell be sentenced to suf-
fer imprisonment and lsbor 10 the peui-
tentiury, for period moi less than two
ITnior more than ten years, and Tor The
second offence for not less than Eve
(n1or more than fflsrn years,
SEC. l9. Aad BET further enacted,
That no justice Of the peeee in said
District Of Columbia shall hereafter ex-
ercise nny Jurisdiction over crimes and
offences committed 10 said District. eith-
er for examination 10 commit or hold 10
bail, or for tinsl judgment; except that
any Justice Of the peace may, on com-
pleint under oath OF actual view issue
wAfrsnts sgainst persons accused Of
snch offsneea. whieh. shalL be elpEnabls
4 TO Tie said police court; and be shaD
make asEecord OF his proceedings in ev.
cry case, 10 d boob 10 be kept for thai
.pptposs,s And oil acts Of Congress
authorizing Justices Of The peace 70 eli
al the respective siatiou.houses 10 hear
chafges ogainsl parsons Who may be az
rested and carried lheteto, and fixing
compensation thereto, are hereby repsal-
ed.
SEC. 90. Aaa % Il farAe eaactea.
Thai the judge Of said police court may
examine and commit, or hold to bail,
in all offences whether cognizsble 10
said police court orr the criminal court
Of said District
sEc. 81 Aad 10 Il further AMAZED.
That hereafter the marshal Of the Dis
tIicl Of Columbia 10 ell civil cases, may
dem and and receive payment Of his fees
before serving any process therein, ex.
cept in cases In which the United States
may be party, or Of feri fSciaS, or
where the cout or any justice thsrsof
may order suit TO be instituted without
prepayment Of COSTS.
szc. %. Aad DO Il finther enacted,
Thst this act shslI 60. into operation
within ten days after the approval BY
Ilbe President; aud all scts and parts Of
acis Inconsistent with tho provisions Of
this act are hereby repealed. Bul the
provisions Of this act shall In no wise
affect the proceedings 10 any cese
pending in the said crilniusl court ol
the District OF Columbia at the time
when this act shall take eject, hut the
Same may be prosecuted to 6nel judg.
ment and execution the samo 90 If this
&C. had not been passed.
Approved June II, 1870,
TPublia- No. ss