Year: 1870



 reasonable protection to all persons in thei

 constitutional right te ynte without distinction

 of race, or previous condition of servitude

 and to the prompt discharge of the duties n

 this act, 1t shall be the duty of the eircu;

 courts of the United States, and the snnerio,

 courts of the Territories off the United State, l from tineto time, to increase the number o commissioners so as to afford a speedv ana l convenient means for the arrest and examina- tiou of persons charged with g violation of ths act; and such Commissioners gre hereby authorized and required to exercise and dis

 charge all the powers and duties coaferred on

 them ny this act as thay are authorized by law

 to ezefSlse Tlte tstgard 10 other offences against the laws of the United oJatro.

 SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That it

 shall be the duty of all marshals and deputy marshals to obey and execute all warrants and precepts issued under the provisions of this act, when to them directed and should any marshal refuse to receiVesuch warrant or other process when rendered Or to use ali proper means diligently to execute the same, he shall.

 On conviction thereof, be fined in the snm of one thousand dollars. to the use of the person deprived of the rights conferred by this act. And the better to enable the said commissions CTS to execute their duties faithfully and efici~ ently, in conformity with tho Constitution of the United States and the requirements of this act, they are hereby authorized and empower. ed, within their districts respectively to ap- point, in writing. under their hands, any one or moro suitable persons, from time to time, to execute all such warrants and other process as may be issued by them inthe lawful perform ance of their respective duties, and the per. sons so appointed to execute any warrant or

 process as aforesaid shall haVo authority to summon and call to their aid the bystanderE or posse comitatus Ot the proper county, or sach portion of ths land or naval forces or 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 faith ful observance of the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and such warrants shall run and executed by said officers anywhere in the State or Ter ritory within which they are issued.

 SEC. H. And be it further enacted, That any person who shall knowingly and wilfuliy obstruct, hinder, or prevent any officer or other person charged with the execution of any warrant or process issued under the provisions of thls act or any person or persons lawfully assisting him or them from arresting any per son for whose. apprehension such warrant or process may have been issued, or shall rescue or attempt to rescue such person trom the GUS tody of tue officer or other person OF persons, or those lawfully assisting as aforesaid, when so arrested pursuant to inc authority herein given and declared, or shall aid, abet, or assist any person so arrested az aforesaid, directly or indirectly, to escape from the custody uf the officer or other person legally authorized as aforesaid, or shall harbor or conceal any person for whose arrest warrant or process shall have been issued as aforesaid so as to prevent his discovery and arrest after notice or knowledge of the fact that 8 warrant has been issued for the apprehension of such person, shall for either of said otfances, be subject to fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six or both, at the discretion of the court, on conviction bafare the district or circuit court of tho United States for the district or circuit in which said ofence may have been committed, or before the proper court of crim- inal jurisdiction, if committed within any one of the organized Territories of the United States.

 SEC. F. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners, district attorneys, the mare shals, their deputies, and the clerks of the sad district, circuit. anl territorial courts shall be paid for their services the like fees ss may te allowed to them for similar services in other cases. The person O. persons authorized to execute the process to be issued by such commissioners for the arrest of offenders against the provisions of this act shall be en- titled to the usual fees allowed to the marshal for an arrest fer 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 necessarily performed by him or them, such as attending at the examination keeping the prisoner in custody, and providing him with food and lodging during his detention and until the final determination of such eom- missioner, and ir general for performing such otherduties as may be required in the premises; such fees to be made mp in conformity with the fees usually charged by the officers of the courts ofiustics within the proper district or county as near as may be practicable, and paid out of the treasury otthe United States on tue certificate of the judge of sthe district