Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-07-03

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message received from the President June
80: $40 .s'tS]'>' --
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 It's becoming a law. The bill
approprlates the sum Of 5000, 900 for 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 it's first session after the
adoption Of the constitution, in the
judiciary act, which was approved Sep.
TENDER gath, 1889. Their general duties,
as defined in the act which originally es-
tablishcd them, were substantially the
same as those prescribed in the statutes
now in force The ::
PRINCIPAL PROVISION.
on the subject in the revised statutes is as
follows:
Section 7s7--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.
l. Tho ririno1 ot al ~, .,.-
2Sth, 1895, and the amendment as now
found in the revised statutes is in the fol-
lowing form:
Section 768-Marshals and their depu-
ties shall have in each State the same
power in executing the laws of the United
States as sherifs and their deputies in
such States may have by law in executing
tue 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 thu
United States is very extensive. Crimes
committed within the maritime iuris
diction Of the United States are all cogniz
able only in courts of the United States
Crimes against public justice, crime.
against operations Of the government, sucl
as forging or counterfeiting money or Sc
curites OF the United States, crimes agains
the postal laws, ofenses against the elect
ion franchise, against the civil rights O.
citizens, against the existence of the gov
eminent; crimes against internal revenu,
laws and custom laws; cri hes against law,
for protection Of Indian and public land
all Of these crimes and many others
can be punished only under the United
States laws, which taken togethe
constitute the body of jurls
prudence which is vital to thu
WELFARE OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY,
and which can be enforced only by mean.
Of marshals and drputy marshals of the
United States. In the District of Colum
bia all Of the process of the courts ar
executed by officers in question, in tina
the execution of the criminal laws of til,
United States, the service Of all civ
process in cases in which the United
States is party, and the execution O
the revenue laws; neutrality laws ant
many other laws Of large Importance de
pend on the maintenance of marshal
and their deputies. They are in effec
the only police of the United States gov
eminent. Officers with correspondent,
powers and duties are found in ever
State cf the Union and in every countr
which has jurisprudence which is worth,
the name. To deprive the national gov
eminent of these officers would be a
disastrous to society as to abolish sherif;s
constables and police officers in the sever
al States. 1t would be denial to tn
United States of the right to execute it
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 ar
now in the treasury. No objection
therefore made to that part of the bill
before me which appropriates money TO
the support of marshals and deputy mar
shals OF the United States. TIE bill con
tains, however, other provisions whic]
are identical in tenor and effect wit
a section Of the bill entitled an act max
ing appropriations for current iudicia
expenses which on the 23d of the presen
month was reported to the House O
Representatives with my objections to it
approval. The provisions referred to ar,
as follows:
! Section O.. That the sums appropriat
ed in this act for the persons and publi
service embraced in its provisions, are il
full for such persons and public service
tor the fiscal year ending June 3Oth, 1880
and no department or officer of the gov
ernmet shall during said fiscal year, maxi
any contract or incur any liability for TIL
future payment of money under anny o
the provisions of title twenty six, men
toned in the first section Of this act,unti
an appropriation sufficient to meet suct
contract Or pay such liability shall have
first been made by law i s., :.
Upon reconsideration in the House Of
Representatives Of the bill which con
tanned these provisions, it lacked a acon
Institutional majority, and, therefore, failed
to become law. In order to- secure it,
enactment the same measure3is again pre-
sented for my approval, coupled in the
bill before me with appropriations for the
support Of marshals and their deputies
during The next fiscal year. The object
Is manifestly to place before the exeeu.
tive this alternative, either to allow the
necessary functions Of the public service
| TO BE CRIPPLED OR SUSPENDED esgr.
for nteof appropriations required te
keep them in operation, or. to approve
legislation, witch in official communica,
tons TO Congress, he has declared would
he a.violation of his consti tutional duty
Thus in this nil the principal is clearly
embodied that BY virtue, Of the provision
Of the constitution, which requires that
all bills for raising revenue should orig.
mate in the House.of Representatives, a
fba.e majority Of the House of Represen.
Etatives has the right to withdraw ! ap-
preparations for the support of the
government unless the executive con.
sents 70 approve any legislation which
nv he atfached II, 8anYr,,,,,riia a ;nrs l,;1l,2