History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United StatesBarnes, William Horatio
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History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States
Barnes, William Horatio
United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1869; United States. Congress (39th : 1865-1867)
"SEC. 5. _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 or
deputy-marshal refuse to receive such warrant or other
process when tendered, or to use all proper means diligently
to execute the same, he shall, on conviction thereof, be
fined in the sum of $1,000, to the use of the person upon
whom the accused is alleged to have committed the offense.
And the better to enable the said commissioners to execute
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 empowered,
within their counties respectively, to 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 of their
respective duties; and the persons so appointed to execute
any warrant or process as aforesaid, shall have authority to
summon and call to their aid the bystanders or the _posse
comitatus_ of the proper county, or such portion of the land
and naval forces of the United States, or the militia, as
may be necessary to the performance of the duty with which
they are charged, and to insure a faithful observance of the
clause of the Constitution which prohibits slavery, in
conformity with the provisions of this act; and said
warrants shall run and be executed by said officers anywhere
in the State or Territory within which they are issued.
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