Year: 1866

| Sec. ,. And such commissioners are nereo1


authorized and required to exercise and dis


charge all the powers and duties conferred


on them by this act, and the same duties will


regard to the offences created by this act a.


they are authorized by law to exercise with


regard to other offences against the laws o
the United States. That it shall be the duty


Of the marshals and deputy marshals to obey


and execute all warrants and precepts ISSUED
under the provisions of the Gct, when to then


directed, and should any marshal or deputy
marshal refuse to receive such warrant OF


other process when rendered, or to use al


proper means diligently to execute the same
he shall on conviction thereof, be fined in
the sum of one thousand dollars, to the use
Of the person upon whom the accused is al
lodged to have committed the offence and
the better to enable the commissioners to ex-


ecute their duties faithfully and efficiently
in conformity with the Constitution Of the


United States and the requirements Of this
act. they are hereby authorized and empow-
cred, within their counties respectively, to


appoiet, in writing, under their hands, any
one or more suitable presons from time to
time to execute all such warrants and other


process as may be issued by them in the law
ful performance of their respective duties, ,and


the persons so appointed to execute any war


rant cr process as aforesaid shall have au-


thority te summon and call to their aid the


bystanders, or posse cOmitdtas OF the proper


county, or such portion of the land or naval


forces of the United States or of the militia
as may be necessary to the performance of


the duty with which they are charged, and to


insure faithful observance of the clause of


the Constitution which psohibits slavery in
conformity with the provision Of this act !;
cbol nd hn
| by said officers anywhere in the state or ter.


ritory within which they are issued.


! Sec Z. That any person who shall know
/ ingIy..and wrongfully obstruct, hinder or pre-


vent any officer or other person charged with
the execution of any warrant or process lssaed


under the provisions of this act or any per-
son or persons lawfully assisting him or them
from arresting any person for whose appre-
hension such warrant or process may have
been issued or shall rescue or attempt to res
cue such persons from the custody OF the otil-
Ger. or person or persons, or those lawfully
assisting as aforesaid when SO arrested, pur-
suant to the authority herein given and de-
clared, or shall aid, sbet or assist any person
so arrested as aforesaid directly or indirectly,
to escape from the custody of the officer or
other persons legally authorized as aforesaid,
or shall harbor or conceal any persons Tor
whom a warrant or protest shall have been
issued as aforesaid, so as to prevent his dis
ceyery and arrest after notice or knowledge
of the fact that a warrant has been issued for
the apprehension of such person shall for
either of said offences be snbject to a fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars and impris-
onment not exceeding six months, by indlct-
ment before the District Court of the United
States for the district in which said offence
bo, hon, @
proper court of criminal jurisdiction, if COM


mitted within any one of the organized ter
ritories 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 q commissioner he shall be entitled
to Il fee of ten dollars in full for his services
in each case, inclusive of all services incident
to such arrest and examination. The person
or persons authorized to execute the process
to be named by such commissioners for the
arrest Of offenders against the provisions OF
this act, shall be entitled to fee of five dol
lars for each person he or they may arrest
and take before any such commissioner as
aforesaid, with such other fees as may be
deemed reasonable by such commissioner for
such other additional services as may be nee
essarily performed by him or then-such as
attending at the examination, keeping the
prisoner in custody, and providing him with
food and lodgings during his detention and
until the final determination of such commits
sioner, and in general for performing such
other duties as may be required in the prem
ises, such fees to be made up in conformity
with the fees usually charged by the officers
of the Court of Justice within the proper DIS
trct or country near as practicable, and paid
out of the Treasury Of the United States, on
the certificate of the district wherein the ar
rest is made, and to be recoverable from the
defendant as part of the judgment In case OF
conviction.


Sec. 9. That whenever the President Of the
United States shall have reason to believe
that offences have been likely to be
committed against the provisions of this act
within any judicial district, it shall be law
full for him, in his discretion, to direct the
judge, marshal and district attorney of such |
district to attend at such place within the
district, and for such time as he may desig-
nate, for the purpose of the more speedy ar
rest and trial of persons charged with viO- !
lation Of this act ; and it shall be the duty of
every Judge or other officer, when any such
requisition shall be received by him, to at
tend at the place and for the time therein
designated.


Sec 10. That 1t shall be lawful for the
President of the United States, or such per-
sons as he may empower for that purpose, to
employ such part of tue land or naval forces
of the United States, or of the militia, as shall
be necessary to prevent the violation and en-
force the due execution of this act.


Sec. IL. That upon all questions OF law,
arising in any cause under tho provisions OIL
this act, a final appeal may be taken to the
Supreme Court of the United States.


pa Attorney General Speed has now
about completed his report on pardons. ltI
will appear that from $4,000 to $4,000 rebels
have been pardtned under what IS known as
the $50, 900 clause, and an equal number
under other exceptions making in all $4,000