Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-03
Veto OF the Marshal Bill.

fotU Ol Tie uaFSUdI Dill.
The following is the text of the pres
ldent's message, vetoing the marshal
bill:
TO the House Of Representatives:
return to the house of representatives, is which
1t originated, the bill, entitled IAN act making sp-
preparations 10 pay the fees of United States ms.-
shalS nd their general Deputies with the following
OBJECTIONS
to its becoming law. The bill apPrOpriatss ths
sum of S60O,OOU for the payment during tho kscaI
year ending June 50, 1880, of
UNITED STATES NARsHLLs
and their general deputies The officers thus provi-
ded foI essential the faithful execution the
laws. They were created and their powers and du-
ties defined by cong it's FIRST session alter the
adoption OF the constitution. In the Judiciary act
which was approved September "a, 1889, their gsn-
eral duties as defined in the which originally
tablished them. were substantially those pre-
5 riJed in the statutes now in force The principal
provision on the subject in the revised statutes is
follows.
Section 7S7. at shall be the
DUTY Of tbs MAKsHIs
of zach district to attend the district and circuit
cour when sitting therein, and through
out the district all lawful precepts directed to him
and issued under authority of the United States and
he shall have power TO command all necessary assist
ance in the execution of his duty" The original
act was amended February 2S, 1875, ana the amend
ment is now found in the revised in the fol-
lowing form . Section 7s3. Tae marshals aud
their deputies shall have in each the pow
ers in executing the laws OF the United States as
sherliS aud their deputies in such stats may have by
law, IN executing the laws thereof. BY subsequent
statutes
ADDITIONAL DUTIES
have from time to time i'm posed on the marshas
aud their de putes the due regular performance
Of which is required for the efficiency of almost
every branch of The public service. ithout these
officers there would be means of executing war
rants, iecrees other process of courts, aud the
Judicial system OF the country would be fatally
tectVe. The
CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
of the courts Of the United very extensive
Grimes committed within the maritime jurisdiction
of the United States are all coguiZable on in the
courts of the United States. crimes against public
Justice; crimes against the operations the govern
ment such as forging or counte teIfeiting money
curities of the United States: crimes against the
postal laws offences against the elective franch!se
against the civil rights of citzens against the exis
tence of the government; crimes against inter-
nal revenue laws and custom laws crimes against the
laws for the protection of the indians and
public lands, all OF these crimes aud many others
can be punished only under The United States
laws, which taken together constitute the hody
oil tue Jurisprudence which IS ynal 10 the welfare
OF the whole country. and which can be enforced
My by the means of the m2rshsls and deputy
marshas OF the United States. the District OF
columbia all OF tue processes OF the courts are
executed by the officers in question: In short thei
execution of the criminal laws of the United
States, the service of all
CIVIL PROCESS
in cases which the United States is a party, and
the execution OF the revenue laws, the neuJrslity
laws, and many other laws of large itnp rLance.
depends upon the maintenance of the saarshals
and their deputies. Tney are ia eject
THE ONLY POLICE
of the United States government. oricers with
correspond ny powers and duties are losnd In
every state of the union and In every country
which has a jurisprudence which ID worthy of the
..s - ,,,,a - % al astrous 10 society as
tO abolish Ihp aherIffs COnstablpS uOlIcp Off
GERS in the several states. 1t would be a denial
to the United States of the right 10 execute Its
own Jaws; denial of all authority which re-
quires the use OF the civil forces. The law in
en1s
THESE OFFICERS TO BE PAID-
the funds needed for the purpose have been col
lected fl ON the people and are now In the treas
ury; objection Is, therefore, made to that part
of the bill before waick appropriates the
money for support of the marsRals aad deputy
marshas of the United states. The bill con-
taIns however, other pro- i>loBs which are lden-
tica in tenor and effect with the section ef bill
entitled IAN act making appropriations for
tain judicial expenses, which on the 23d ofthe
present month was returned TO the house oil rep
WITH MY OBJECTIONS
to its approval. The provisions referred to are,
viz:
"Section 2 That the sums appropriated in this
act ior the persons and public service en- nbrscod
in Its provisions in fall for such persoss and
pnbliC service for The n.cal year ending June 30
1881, and no department or 0fncer oil tR6 govern
ment shall, during sala fiscal year, make any
contract incur any liability for the further pay
ment of money under any of the provisions un-
der title 26, mentioned Ia the section in this act
until such Appropriation. sufficient To meet fuch
contract or pay such aDility, snail have rst been
made Dy law
Upon reconsideration, in the house of repre.en-
tatlye,, of the bill which contained these proyIs-
ions 1t lacked the constitutional majority and
therefore failed to become a law. In order 10 Sc
cure its enactment, the same measure Is again
presented for my approval, coupled in the bill be-
fore me with appro. .rIations for the support OF
marshals aud their deputies during the next ns-
cal year.
THE OBJECT EAElFEsTLY Is
TO place before the executive this alternative:
Either to allow the necessary functions Of the
public service to be crippled or suspended for
want of tue appropriations required to keep them
in operation or to approve lrgislstlon, which in
his official communication to congress he has de-
clared would be violation of his coDs ltuI iOnal
suty. Thus in this bill the prime iple is clearly
EN- bodied, that by virtue OF the proYlsIoD of the
constitution which requires that ali bills for rais-
ing revenue should originate in the house OF rep
resentatiyes, aud bare majority of the house OF
representatives has the right to WITHHOLD appfo-
prlrtIOns for the support of the government un-
lees the executive consent to approve any legls-
latInn which may be attached TO appropriation
bills,
REsPEcTFUILY REFER
to the communications on this subject which /
have sent TO Congress- during its present session,
and desire here merely TO repeat that IN my
judgment to establish the principle Of this bill ia
10 maze radical, dangerous and unconstution-
al Change IN the character OF our Institutions
Signed, RUTHERFORD q. HAYES.
Ex. Mansion June 81, 1879.