Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-07-02

general deputies" with the Iollow-
lug objections to its becoming
law:
The hill appropriates the sum of
$500, 900 for the payment, during
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1880,
of United States Marshals and their
general deputies. The officers thus
provided for are essential to a
faithful execution of the laws.
They were created and their pow
ers and duties defined by Congress
at its first session after the adop-
ton of the Constitution, in the Ju-
dietary act which was approved
september "a. 1889. Their general
duties, as defined in the act which
originally established them, were
substantially the same as those
prescribed in the statutes now in
force. The principal provisions on
the subject in the Revised Statutes
are as follows:
"Sectiou 7S7. Itshall be the duty
Of the Marshal of each District to
attend the District and Circuit
Courts when sitting therein, and
execute throughout the District
lawful precepts directed to him 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 %, 1905, and the amend.
ment is now found In the Revis ed
Statutes in the following form:
"Section 1888. Marshals and their
deputies shall have in each State
the same powers in executing the
laws of the United States as Sher-
ifs and their deputies in such
States may have by law in eXecut-
ing the laws thereof"
By subsequent statutes addition
oil duties have been from time to
time imposed upon Marshals and
theit deputies, the due and regular
performance of which are required
for the efficiency of almost every
branch of the public service. With
out these officers there would be
no means of executing warrants,
DEGREES or other processes of Courts,
and the judicial system of the
country would be fatally de-
fertive. The criminal jurisdiction
OF the Courts of the United States
is very extensive. Crimes COM
mitted within the maritime juris-
diction of the United States are all
cognizable only in Courts of the
| United States. Grimes against
public justice; crimes against the
operation of the Government, such
as forging or counterfeiting money
or securities of the United States;
crimes against postal laws; offenses
against the elective franchise;
against the civil rights of citizens;
against the existence of the Gov.
eminent; crimes against internal
revenue laws and customs laws;
crimes against the laws for the pro-
lection of Indians and public lands.
All Of these crimes and many 9TH
ers can be punished only under the
United States laws-laws which,
taken together constitute body OF
jurisprudence which is vital to the
welfare of the whole country and
which can be enforced only by
means of marshals and deputy
marshals of the United States.
In the District of Columb ia all Of
the process of the courts Is exc
cuted by the officers in question.
In short, the execution of the GRIM
inal laws Of the United States, SER
vice of all civil process in cases in
which the United States is party,
and the execution of revenue laws,
neutrality laws and many other
laws OF large Importance depend
on the maintenance of marshals
and their deputies. They are in
effect only the police of the United
States Government. Officers with
corresponding powers and duties
are found in every State in the
Union and in every country which
has a Jurisprudence which is wor-
thy Of the name. To deprive the
National Government of these Off
GERS would be as disastrous as to
abolish Sheriffs, constables and
police officers in he several States.
1t would be denial to the United
States of the right to execute its
laws; denial of all authority which
requires use OF civil force. The law
entities these officers to be p,id.
The funds needed for the purpose
have been 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 for the
support of marshaIs and deputy
marshals of the United States. The
bill contains, however, other pro-
visions which are identical in tenor
and effect to the second section of
the bill entitled IAN Act Making
Appropriation for Certain Judicial
Expenses" which ON the 23d of
the present month was returned to
the House of Representatives, with
my objections to its approval. The
provisions referred to are as fol-
lows:
"Section second-That the sums
appropriated in this act for and t,
persons and public service, en-
braced in its provisions, are in full
for such person and public service
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1880; and no Department or officer
of the Government 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 20 mentioned
In the section Of this act, until APP
preparation sufficient to meet such
contract or pay such liability shall
have first been made by law"
Upon reconsideration in the
House of Representative of the
bill which contained these provi-
siOns, it lacked the constitutional
majority and therefore failed to be-
come law.
In order to secure the United
States, the same measure Is again
presented for my approval coupled,
Ia the bill before me, with appro-
priations for the support of Mar
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