Daily Republican., 1879-07-01
VETO NO.5.
President Hayes Sends Back the
United states MarshAl's Bill
without his Approval.

United states HarshAl'S BiI
without his Approval.
| President Hayes yesterday sent t
Congress the Marshal's bill vetoed max
ing the fifth Presidential veto during
this extra session of Congress. Afts
recapitulating the circumstances whicl
called it into existence aud the amend
ments made to it from time to time b,
concisely states the duties of United
States Marshals and their responsibili
ties. The following embodes the salien
points Of his veto:
The criminal jurisdiction of the
courts of the United States is very ex
tensive. The crimes committed within
the maritime jurisdiction of the United
States are all cognizable only in the
courts of the United States. Grimes
against public justice; crimes against
the operations of the government, such
as forging or counterfeiting the money
or securities of the United States: crimes
against the postal laws; offences agains
the elective franchise; against the ci
vii rights of citizens; against the ex
isterce of the government; crime,
against the internal revenue laws, tn.
customs laws, the neutrality laws
crimes against laws for the protection
of Indians and of the public lands
all of these crimes and many Others
can bs punished only under United
States laws; laws which taken together,
constitute body Of Jurisprudence
which is vital 10 the welfare of the
whole country, and which can BE- en-
forced only by means Of the marshals
and deputy marshals of the United
States. In the District of Columbia
all Of the processes of the courts are
executed by the officers in question.
In short, the execution Of the crimi-
nal laws of the United States, the SER
vice of all civil process in cases in which
the United States is a party, and the
execution of the revenue laws, the
neutrality laws and many other laws
of large Importance depend Oh the
maintenance Of the marshals and their
deputies. They are in effect the only
police of the United States Government.
Officers with corresponding powers and
duties are found in every State Of the
Union, and in every country which has
a Jurisprudence which is worthy of the
name. To deprive the national gov
ernment of these officers would be as
disastrous to society as to abolish the
sheriffs, constables and police officers in
the several States. 1t would be deni-
al to the United States of the right to
execute its laws-a denial Of all au-
thority which requires the use of civil
force. The law entities these officers to
be paid. 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 appro-
PIRATES money for support Of marshals
and deputy marshals of the United
States.
The bill contains, however, other
provisions which are identical in tenor
and effect with the second section of
the bill entitled "An act making APP
for certain judicial expen-
ses' which ON the 23d of the present
month was returned to the House of
with my objections to
its approval. The provisions referred
to are as follows:
Section 2. That the sdhs apprepria-
ted by the act for the persons and pub
lie service embraced in its provisions
are in full for such persons and public
service for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1880, and no department or officer
If the government shall during said
iscal year make any contract or incur
any liability for the future payment Of
money under any of the provisions of
Title 26, mentioned in Section ] Of this
act, until an appropriation sufficient to
neet such contract or pay such liabili-
y shall have first been made by law.
Upon reconsideration in the House
If Representatives OF the bill which
ontained these provisions it lacked
institutional majority, and there fail
d to l,ec0me a law. In order to secure
is enactment the same measure is again
PRESENTED for my approval, coupled in
he bill before me with appropriations
Or the support of marshals and their
equities during the next fiscal year.
he object, ,nanifestly, is to place be.
ore the Executive this alternative,
ither to allow necessary functions of
he public Service to be crippled or sus
ended for want of the appropriations
equire' to keep them in operation, or.
D approve legislation which in official
to Congress he has de
Jared would be a violation of his con-
titutional duty.
Thus in this bill the principle is
learly embodied that by virtue of the
revision of the Constitution, which re-
uires that "all bills for raising reve-
ue shall originate in the House of
representatives." bare majority of
le House of Representatives has the
ght to withhold appropriations for
le support of the government, unless
le Executive consents to approve any
gislation which may be attached to
,propriation bills.
| respectfully refer to the communi-
.tions on this subject which | have
mt to Congress during the present I
ssion for statement Of the grounds
my conclusions, and desire here
erely to repeat that, in my judgment, |
establish the principle of this bill is I
make radical, dangerous and un- t
Institutional change in the character
our institutions.
RUTHERFORD r. HAYES.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, June 80, 1879. a
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