Year: 1866




appoint, in writing, under their hands,
any one or more suitable persons, from
time to time, to execute all such warrants
and other process as may be issued by
them in the lawful performance CT their
respcclice Gutits; and the persons so ap-
pointed to execute any warrant or process
as aforesaid shall have authority to sum-
mon and call to .heir aid the 5ystanders
or posse comitatus o. the proper county,
or such portion of the lard or naval forces
of the United States, or of the militia, as
may be necessary to the performance of
the duty to with which they are charged,
and to insure faithful observance of
the clause Of the Constitution which pro-
hibits slavery, in conformity with the
provisions OF this act and said warrants
shall run and be executed by said officers
anywhere in the Statt or Territory within
which they are issued.


SEC. 6. And be if,rGier enacted, That
any person who shall knowingly and will
fully Obs.ruet, hinder, or prevent any
officer, or other person charged with the
execution of any warrant or process is
sued under the provisions of this act, or
any person Of persons lawfully assisting
hin or them, from arresting any person
for whose apprehension such warrant or
process may have been issued, or shall
rescue OF attempt to rescue such persons
from the custody of the officer, other per-
sons, or those lawfully assisting as aio:e-
said, when SO arrested pursuant to the
authority herein given and declared, or
shall aid, abet, or assist any person SO ar
rested as aforesaid, directly or indirectly,
to escape from the custody OF the officer
or other person legally authorized as
aforesaid, or shall harbor OF conceal any
person tor whose arrest q warrant or pro
cess shall have been issued as aforesaid,
so as to prevent his discovery and arrest
after notice as knowledge Of the fact tnat
q warrant has been issued for the appre
hension Of such person, shall for either
7r sa;d offences, be subject to a fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars, and i'm.
prisonment not exceeding six mouths, BY
indictment and conviction before the dis
trict court of the Uuited States for the
district in which said offence may have
been committed, or before the proper
court Of criminal Jurisdiction, il com
mitted within any one Of the organized
Territories Of the United States.


SEC. I. And be t further cnacted, That
the district attorneys, the marshals, their
deputies, and the clerks Of the same dis
trict and territorial courts shall be paid
for their services the Ike fees as may be
allowed to them for similar services in
other cases and in all cases where the
proceedings are before commIss ioner,
he shall be entitled to fee OF ten dol
lars in full for bis services in each case
inclusive of all services incident to such
arrest and examination. The persans
authorized to execute the process to be
issued by such commissioners for the ar
rest Of offenders against the provisions
Of this act shall be entitled to a fee of
five dollars FOR each person he or they
may arrest and take before any such com.
missioner as aforesaid, with such other
fees as may be deemed reasonable by
such commissioner for such other addi.
,ional services as may be necessarily per-
formed by him or them, such as attend
ing at the examination, keeping the pris-
oner in custody, and providing him with
food and lodging during his detention,
and until the final determination of such
commissioners, and in general for per-
forming such other duties as may be re.
quired in the premises; such fees TO be
made up IN conformity with the fees usu-
ally charged by the officers Of the courts
of justice within the proper district or
county, as near as may be practicable,
and paid out Of the Treasury OF the
United STATES on the certificate Of the
judge Of the district within which .he ar
rest is made, and to bc recoverable from
the defendant az part of the judgment in
case Of conviction.


SEC. 8. Aad be It further enacted, That
whenever the President Of the United
States shall have reason to believe that
offences have been or are likely to be
committed against the provisions of this
act within any judicial district, it shall De
lawful tor him, in his discretion, to direct
the judge. marshal. and district attorney
OF such distric; to attend at such place
within the district and for such time as