Year: 1866

| anywhere in the State or Territory within which
| they are issued.


SEC 7. That any person who shall knowingly
| and wrongiully obsruct, hinder or prevent any
officer or other person charged with the execu-
tion OF any warrant or process issued under the
provisions OF this act, or any person or persons
lawfully assisting him or them, from arresting
any person for whose apprehension such warrant
or process may have been issued or shall rescue,
or attempt to rescue, such person or persons from
the custody OF the officer other person or persons
or those lawfully assisting, as aforesaid, when so
arrested, pursuant, TO the authority herein given
and declared or shall aid abe, or assist any per-
son so arrested as aforesaid. directly or indirect
ly, to escape from the custody of the officer or
persons legally authorized. as aforesaid OF shall
harbor or conceal any person for whom a warrant
or process shall have been issued as aforesaid, so
as to prevent his discovery and arrest, after no.
tice or knowledge of the fact that warrant has
been issued for the apprehension of such person,
SHALL for either of said offences, be subject to a
fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and i'm
prsOnment not exceeding six months. by indict-
ment before the District Court OF the United
States for the district in which said offence may
have been committed, or before the proper Court
of criminal jurisdiction if committed within any
one Of the organized Territories of the United
States.


SEC. s. That the District Attorneys, the Mar.
shals, their Deputies and the clerks Of the said
district and territorial courts, shall be paid for
their services the like fees as may be allowed to
them for similar services in other cases; and in
all cases where the proceedings are before Com
missioner he shall be entitled to a fee of ten dol
lars in full for his services in each case, inclusive
OF all services incident to such arrest and exam
nation. The person persons authorized to
execute the process to be issued by such Commits
soners for the arrest of offenders against the pro-
visions Of this act shall be entitled to fee of
five dollars for each person he or they may arrest
and take before any such Commissioner, as afore-
said, with such other fees as may he deemed rea-
sonablc Ivy such Commi ssioner tor such other ad
ditional services as may be necessarily performed
by him or thcm-such as attending at the exam
ination, keeping the prisoners in custody, an(
proviiing food and lodgings during his detention
and until the final determin alton of such Com
missioner, and in general for performing sucl
other duties as may be required in the premises
such fees to be made in conformity with the fees
usually charged by the officers of the Court Of
Justice, within the proper district or county. as
near as practicable, and paid out Of the Treasury
trct within which the arrest is made, and to be
recoverable from the defendant as part of the
Judgment in case of conviction.


SEC. 8. That whenever the President OF the
United States shall have reason to believe that
offences have becntor are likely to be committed
against the provisions of this act within any ju-
dicial district, it shall be lawful for him. in his
discretion, to direct the Judge, Marshal and Dis
trict Attorney of such district to attend at such
place within the district and for such time as he
may designate, for the purpose of the more
speedy arrest and trial of persons charged with
violation OF this act; and it shall be the duty of
every Judge Or other officer, when any such re-
quisition shall be received by him, to attend at
the place and for the time therein designated.


SEC. TO- That it shall he lawful for the Presi-
dent Of the United States, or such persons as he
may empower for that purpose TO employ such
part of the land or naval forces of the United
States, or of the militia, as shall be necessary to
prevent the violation and enforce the due eXecu-
tion Of this act.


Sec. l. That upon all questions of law arising
in any cause under the provisions Of this act a
final appeal may be taken TO the Supreme Court
Of the United States.