The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-04
.xIMpoRrANT ORDER.

s,ates warrants Concerning the
ReVsnue laws
In obe1ieree to decisions sent from head'
quarters at Washington City, the following
rules of court have been adopted. The pr'n'
cip,l Gestures are tue changes with reference
"a the manner 10 which warrants of arrest
shall be issued for violation OF the internal
revenue laws and the fixing more definitely
the officers to make arrests, the places to
which parties shall be called for exsminsuop
and the fees, mileage, etc. II will be remem'
bered that much inconvenience WIS COM
plsined of when Judge Mccormick cams
upon the bench as to improper arrests an.
outrageous expense and annoyance to which
parties we're subjected for technical violations
of the internal revenue lava. The rules
adopted have been sent out TO the United
States commissioners and United Ststes mar.
shals. This order will prevent reckless ar
rest OF persons, and the eases
are not her 'sfler, under this
order, likely 10 be Desr as numerous, and
there will not DC go many abortions in the
court for which the government has heresoA
foro been at enormous expense. 1t may Rf-
feet the fees of officers 10 som0 extent, yet il
lie great deal nearer justice than the
old way. The following Is the
ORDER OF COURT.
lst. tits hereby ordered by the court, that
hereafter no warrant shall be is
sued by United States commissioner for
the arrest of person charged with having
violated any of the revenue laws of the
United States upon the complaint of an I'M
official person or of deputy marshal, unless
the collector of customs or OF internal rev.
enue, or deputy collector, or treasury or
revenue agent, or the district attorney or
ono of their assistants, shall have made and
attached an affidavit to such complaint, set
ting forth that the afhant has carefully in
.quired into the alleged offense, that it is such
an offense rs should be prosecuted, and, in
his opinion. there ia probable cause for the
arrest of the accused, and that he requests
that warrant for the arrest OF the accused
be Issued.
I'd. II is further ordered, that whenever
q warrant shall be issued by commissioner
for the arrest Of any person il shall be made
returnable before him, provided he be the
commissioner nearest or most convenient 10
the residence of the accused. II he is not,
then he shall retain copy of the affidavit on
which the warrsn. Is issued, and make the
warrant, accompanied by the original afh-
dsyit, returnable before commissioner hav-
ing an Office and acting nearest TO the resi-
deDce of the accused, and such commissioner
shall make the examination Of the party,
and discharge, commit TO prison, or admit 10
bail, as the case may be.
3D. 1t Ia further ordered by the court that
each commissioner shall keep o well bound
he he shall enter on the day
the transactions occur the issuing Of each
warrant, upon whose complaint and request
the same was issued, the nature Of the otfense
and the officer to whom the warrant WAS de-
livered for service, together with the pro-
ceedings had under said warrant; there shall
be entered the names OF the witnesses present
and examined and their fees, the name Of
the guard il any and his fees, together with
the msrshal's or deputy marshAPs feee, and
oil Of said fees, together with mileage and
expenses allowed by law and statement of
the commissioners own fees, shall be prop
erly entered upon the warrant when returned
to the commissioner. After the close of
each examination the commissioner shall
forward TO the clerk of the United States dis
trict court for the proper district all the pa
pers in the case, with proper transcript Of
the proceedings, in which he shall schedule
the papers forwarded.
4th. II is further ordered by the court,
that at the end OF each month, or within five
days thereafter, each commissioner shall
make out and forward 10 the clerk Of the
United States district court for the proper
distric, 4 report in duplicate Of all cases in
s!itutei or examined daring the month-one
for the clerk Of the court, the other for the
attorney general-and a separate report OF
internal revenue cases instituted or examined,
for the commissioner Of internal revenue.
These reports to DO made upon such forms rs
shall be prescribed and furnished by the do.
partment ofjustice, and they shall give q full
abstract of the proceedings in each case.
9th. II is further ordered that upon receipt
Of said reports by the clerk, the proper one
shall be filed in bis Ollie, and the others
shall Immediately be forwarded to the sttor.
ney general and commissioner Of internal
revenue, respectively at Washington ID q;
and no account Of a commissioner bhall be
presented to district or circuit court in his
district until this order shall have been COM
piled with.
The clerks of the various courts are in>
struc,ed to furnish each Of tho commission.
ers OF their respective districts with printed
copy of this order, and also with necessary
copies of blank forms, which will be sup
piled by the department Of justice.
Said clerks are charged with the duty Of
bringing to the attention of tho court any
fsilure.on the part Of the commissioners 10
complv with the foregoing order,