Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-10
MARSHALL SIZES.
Another Veto Message From President Hayes.

Another Veto Message From President Hayes.
The following is the tex of the vet
message received from the President June
80:
To the House of Representatives. re-
turn it to the House Of Representatives,
in which it originated, the bill entitled
ian act making appropriations to pay the
fees of United States marshals and their
general deputies" with the following OBJ
lection to Its becoming law. The bill
appropnates the sum of $780, 900 tor pay
ment during the fiscal year ending June
80, 1880, OF United States marshals and
their general deputies. The officers thus
provided for are essential to the faithful
execution of the laws. They were Great
ed and their powers and duties defined
by Congress at its first session after the
adoption Of the constitution, in the
judiciary act, which was approved Sep.
TENDER Oath, 1882 Their general duties,
as defined in the act which originally es-
tablishcd them, were substantially the
same as those prescribed in the statutes
nov in force. The
PRINCIPAL PROVISION.
on the subject in the revised statutes Is as
follows:
Section 787--It shall be the duty of
the marshal of each district to attend the
district and circuit courts when sitting
therein, and to execute throughout the
district all lawful precepts directed to
i'm and issued under the authority of the
| United States, and he shall have power to
command all necessary assistance in the
execution of his duty.
The original act was amended February
2Sth, 1895, and the amendment as now
| found in the revised statutes is in the fol-
lowing form:
| Section 79S-Marshals ana cir depu-
ties shall have in each state the same
power in executing the laws of the United
States as sheriffs and their deputies in
such States may have by law in executing
laws thereof.
By subsequent statutes additional du-
ties have been from time to time imposed
upon marshals and their deputies the due
| and regular performance of which are re-
quired for the efficicnce of almost every
branch of public service. Without these
| officers there would be no means of exc
cutting warrants, DEGREES or other
process Of courts and the judicial
| system of the country would be
FATALLY DEFECTIVE.
Criminal jurisdiction of courts of the
United States is very extensive. Crimes
committed within the maratime juris-
| diction of the United States are all cogniz-
| able only in courts of the United States.
Crimes against public justice, crimes
against operations Of the government, such
as forging or cOunterfeiting money or Sc
curities of the United States, crimes against
the postal laws, offenses against the elect
ion franchise, against the civil rights of
citizens, against the existence of the gov
eminent; crimes against internal revenue
laws and custom laws; crimes against laws
for protection of Indian and public lands
-all of these crimes and many others,
can be punished only under the United
States laws, which taken together
constitute the body of jurls-
prudence which is vital to the
| WELFARE OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY,
and which can be enforced only by means
of marshals and d putty marshals of the
United States. In the District of Column
bia all of the process of the courts are
executed by officers in question, in that
the execution of the criminal laws of the
United States, the service of all civil
process in cases in which the United
States is party, and the execution of
the revenue laws, neutrality laws and
many other laws of large Importance de-
pend ON the maintenance of marshals
and their deputies. They are in effect
the only police of the United States gov.
eminent. Officers with corresponding
powers and duties are found in every
State Cf the Union and in every country
which has jurisprudence which is worthy
the name. To deprive the national gov
eminent of these officers would be as
disastrous to society as to abolish sheriffs
cOnstables and police officers in the sever.
al States. It would be a denial 70 the
United States of the right to execute its
laws; a denial of all authority which re-
quires the use of civil force The law
ENTITLED THESE OFFICIALS TO BE PAID.
The funds needed for the purpose here.
in are collected from the people and are
now in the treasury. No objection is
therefore made to that part of the bill
before me which appropriates money fol
the support of marshals and deputy mar.
shals of the United States. T bill con
tains, however, other provisions which
are identical in tenor and effect with
section of the bill entitled an act max
ing appropriations for current judicial
expenses which on the 23d of the present
menth was reported to the House Of
Representatives with my objections to 1t
approval. The provisions referred to are
as follows:
Section g. That the sums apprt priat
ed in this act for the persons and public
service embraced in its provisions, are in
full for such persons and public services
for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1880
and no department or officer of the gov.
ernmet shall during said fiscal year, make
any contract or incur any liability for the
future payment of money under any Of
the provisions of title twenty-six, men
toned IN the first section of this ACT, until
an appropriation sufficie to meet such
contract or pay such liability shall have
first been made by law.
Upon reconsideration in the House of
Representatives of the bill which con-
tanned these provisions, it lacked con
stitutional majority, and, therefore, failed
to become law. In order to secure It's
enactment the same measure is again pre-