The weekly clarion., 1871-11-23

Z means diligently Co execute the same h
/ small, ON conviction thereof, be fined in I'll
sum OF one thousand dollars, to the use {
the person deprived of the rights conferre
BY this act And the better to enable tn
said commissioners TO execute their duEie
fAithfalIy and efficiently, In conformit
win the Constitution of the United state
4 ana the requirements of this act they ar
hereby authorized and empowered, With
2 their districts respectively, 20 appoint, i
writing, under their hands, any one or NOR
suitable persons from time 10 time, TO exc
. | cute All such warrants and other process q
may De issued by them in the lawful per
ri formance OF their respective duties, and sh
| persons SO appointed to execute any war
rant or process as aforesaid. shall have au
thority 20 summon and call to their aid tn
oystanders or posse comitatns OF the prope
, | county, or such portion OF the land or naVa
/ forces of the United States, OF of the mill
TIA, as may be necessary to the Performance
of the duty with which they are charged
and 70 insure a faitiIfal observance of tn
, | 1fteenth amendment to the Constitution O
the United States: and such warrants shall
run and be exected by said officers anywher
tn the State or Territory within which they
| are issued.
SEC. IL. And be it further enacted. Tha
any person who shall knowingly and viii
fully obstruct hinder or prevent any office
| or other person charged with the execution
OF any warrant or process Issued under Oh,
provisions of this act or any person or per-
Il
arresting any person for whose appFehen-
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 so arrested
pursuant to the authority herein given and
declared, or shall aid, abet or assist any per
son so arrested as aforesaid, directly or in
| directly, to e-scape from the custody Of the
lGfficer or other person legally authorized as
L Aforesaid Gl.l hQ rhnF oF
person for whose arrest warrant or pro-
cess shall have been issued as aforesaid. sn
| as 60 prevent his discovery and arrest after
notice or knowledge OF the tact that a war
rant has been Issued for the apprehension OF
such person, shall, for either OF said offenses.
be subject TO a fine not exceeding one
/ thousand dollars, or imprisonment not ex-
s;eeding six months. or both. at the discre-
| tiOn of the court, on conviction before the
| district or circuit court of the United States
| for the district or circuit in which said of
tense may have been committed, or before
| the proper court of criminal jurisdiction, ii
committed within any OF tile organized
| Territories of the Uni' ed States.
| SEC. II. And be it further enacted. That
| the commissioners, district attorneys. the
marshals. their deputies. and tire clerks of
| the said district, circuit and territorial
| courts shall be paid for their services the
| like fees as may be allowed to them for sim
| liar services in other cases The person or
| persons authorized to execute the process to
| be issued by such commissioners for thear-
rest of offenders against the provisions OF
this act shall be entitled TO the usual fees
allowed to the marshal for an arrest for each
person he or they may arrest and take be-
fore any such commissioner aforesaid.
with such other fees as may be deemed rra-
sonable by such commissioner for such
other additional services as may be neces-
sarly performed by him or them, such as
attending at the examination, keeping the
prisoner in custody, aud providing him
with food and lodging during his detention.
and until the final determination of such
commissioner, and in general for perforfu-
ing such other duties as may be required in
the premises; such fees To be made up in
conformity with the fees usually charged
Oy the officers of the courts OF justice with
in the proper district or county as near
may be prac icable, and paid cut If the
Treasury Of the United States on the certifi-
cate of the judge OF the district within
which the arrest is made, and TO be recov-
erabIe from the defendant as part OF the
Judgment i'm case of conviction.
SEC. l3. And be it further enacted, That
it shall be lawful for the President of the
United States to employ such part of thp
land or naval forces of the United States,
or of the militia. as shall be necessary To
aid in the execution of Judicial process is
sued under this act.
SEC. IA. And be it further enacted. That
whenever any person shall hold Office, ex-
ceDt as member of Congress or of some
state legislature, contrary 10 Tie provisions
of the third section OF the fourteenth arti-
Gle of amendment OF the Consti .ution of the
United States, iG shall be the duty of the
district attorney of the United States for
the district IN which such person shall hold
Office. as aforesaid, to proceed against such
person by writ OF quo warranto, returnatIIe
to the circuit or district court OF the United
States in such district, and to prosecute the
same to the removal OF such person from
office; and any writ OF quo wairantO 50
hall f.,lrx
of all other cases on the docket of the court
to which il is made returnable, and shall
not be continued unless for cause proved TO
the satisfaction of the court
SEC. Is. Aud be 1t further enacted, That
any person who shall hereafter Knowingly
ACCEPT or hold any Office under the United
States or any State to which he is ineligi-
BILE under the third section of the fourteenth
article of amendment of the Constitution of
the limited States, or who shall attemp to
hold or exercise the duties OF any such Of
flee. shall be deemed guilty OF a misde-
neauor against the United 81 ates, and, upon
Conviction thereof before the circuit or dis
trict court of the United States, shall be
imprisoned not more than one year. or fined
not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both,
at the discretion of tie court. a
SEC. l6. Aud be it further enacted, That
all persons within the jurisdiction of the
United States shall have the same right in
every State and Territory in the United
States TO make and enforce contracts, to
sue, be parties. give evidence. and to the]
full and equal benefit of all laws and pro-
caedings for the security of person and
property as is enjoyed by white citizens.
and shall be subject to like punishment,
paths. penalties, taxes, licenses and exac
fions of every kind, and none other, any
law, statute. ordinance. regulation or Gus
tom TO the contrary Notwithstanding. NO
tax or charge shall be imposed or enforced
by any state upon any person immigrating
thereto from foreign country which l. not
equally imposed and enforced upon every
person i'm migrating TO such State from any
other foreign country; and any law of any
State In conflict with this provision is here
by declared null and void.
SIC IL. And be it further enacted, That
auy person who, under color of any law.
statute. ordinance regulation or custom.
shall subject. or cause to be subjected. any
inhabftant of any State or Territory TO the
deprivation of any right secured or pro-
tected by the last preceding section of this
act or TO different punishment, pains. or
penalties on account of such person being
an alien, or by reason of his color or race.
than is prescribed for the punishment or
citizens, shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor, and, on con vietion, shall be pun
ished by fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars. or i'm mprisonmeut not exceeding one
year, or both. in the discretion of the
court
s Src. 1s. And be il further enacted, That
the act to protect all persons In the United
States in their civil rights. and furnish the
means of their vindication. passed April 3,
1866. Is hereby re-enaeted: and sections six
teen and seventeen hereof shall be enforced
according Go the provisions Of said act
SEC. l9., And be it further enacted, That
ii at any election for Representative or
Delegate in the Congress OF tie Unitrd
States anv person shall knowingly person. |
ate and vote, or attempt to vote in the name
OF any other person, whether living, dead.
or fictitious. or vote more than once at the
ss.r,, a srfsas. Gar an candidate fur the same