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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. 111. Ch. 429. 189% 1325 ‘ Sec. 361. That if a magistrate or officer having notice of an unlawful *§¤8*¤i¤*¤ M ··*'i·>¤* or riotous assembly, mentioned in section three hundred and fifty-eight, gil?::;;;? gxrfisudcgz of this Title neglect to proceed to the place of assembly, or as near '“""‘°'· thereto as he can with safety, and to exercise the authority with which he is invested for suppressing the same and arresting the offenders, he is guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 362. That if the persons assembled and commanded to disperse P¤‘¤¤<>¤<¤¤;z¤ if rmdo not immediately disperse, any two of the` magistrates or officers m d° °°°d °P°"°` mentioned in section three hundred and fifty-eight of this Title may command the aid of a sunicient number of persons, armed or otherwise, as may be necessary, and may proceed in such manner as in their judgment may be most expedient to disperse the assembly and arrest ` the offenders-f Ec. 363. hat it, in the eifort to suppress or dis rse an unlawful U ********1 ¤¤¤¤¤·w1¤> or riotous assembly, or to arrest or detain any of thfpersori engaged d°°°°dg°il°’th°r°°f' therein, any such rioters or other persons then present as spectators or otherwise be killed or.wounded, the magistrate and officers and persons acting in their aid are guiltless thereof; but if any such magistrate or officers or persons acting in their aid be killed or wounded, all the persons engaged in such assembly are guilty thereof. CHAPTER THIBTY-SEVEN. OF TEE c0BONEB’s INQUEST AND PROCEEDINGS THEREON. Sec. Sec. 364. Commissioners to act as coroners. ‘ 371. Testimony, how taken. 365. Duty of coroners. 372. To issue warrant, when, and proceed- 366. To summon jury to hold inquest. ings thereon. 367. Oath of jury. 373. When coroner to bury body. 368. Witnesses to be subpcenaed to in- 374. Coroner’s statement of expenses. clude physician. 375. Inventory of property found on the 369. Compell gattendanceof witnesses. deceased. 370. Verdict of jury. 376. Disposition of property. Sec. 364. That the commissioners appointed by the President of the Commissioners tc United States and those appointed by the judge of the district court in “°° °° °°""°"‘ pursuance of the provisions of this Act shall perform the duties 'and exercise the authority of coroners. , Sec. 365. That every such commissioner has the power, and it is his Duty cr comms. duty, when he is informed that a person has been killed or dangerously wounded by another or has suddenly died under such circumstances as to aiiord a reasonable ground to suspect that his death has been occasioned by criminal means or has committed suicide, to inquire by the intervention of a jury into the cause of the death or wound, and to per form the other duties incidental thereto in the manner prescribed by statute. Sec. 366. That in such case he must go to the place where the dead To summon jul-ya or wounded person is, and forthwith summon six persons, qualified by "°"““'¤“°°*· law to serve as jurors, to appear before him forthwith at a specified place, to inquire into the cause of the death or wound. smc. 367. That when the jurors to the number of six appear, they OM ¤fJ¤r·>rsmust be sworn by the coroner to inquire who the person was, and when, ‘ where, and by what means he came to his death or was wounded, as the case may be, and into the circumstances attending the death or wounding. and to give a true verdict thereon, according to the evidence otiered to them or arising from the inspection of the body. Sec. 368. That the commissioner must subpoena and examine as wit- wnnmmutsmbnesses every person who in his opinion has knowledge of the material gfygdm? *”°‘“"° facts, and also a surgeon or physician, who must, in the presence of the jury, inspect the body and give a professional opinion as to the cause of the death or wounding. Sec. 369. That for the purpose of subpmnaing witnesses, compelling mEg·gi2¤_gg:e_:;;¤¤d· them to attend and testify, and punishing them for disobedience, the