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THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 31. 1866. 29 conceal any person for whose arrest a 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 a warrant has been issued for the apprehension of such person, shall, for either of said offences, be subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding six months, by indictment and conviction before the district court of the United States for the district in which said offence may have been committed, or before the proper court of criminal jurisdiction, if committed within any one of the organized Territories of the United States. Seo. 7. And be it further enacted, That the district attorneys, the mar- Fees ofdistrtct shals, their deputies, and the clerks of the said district and territorial courts ”m"“°5;;•£“°*" shall be paid for their services the like fees as may be allowed to them for go;;;,,;,,;., similar services in other cases; and in all cases where the proceedings Src.; are before a commissioner, he shall be entitled to a 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 issued by such commissioners for the arrest 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 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 commissioner, and in general for performing such other duties as may be required in the premises; such fees to be made up in conformity with the fees usually charged by the officers of the courts of justice within the proper districtor to be an county. as near as may be practicable, and paid out of the Treasury of the fron] the}:;,:,,?,, United States on the certificate of the judge of the district within which uryof the United the arrest is made, and to be recoverable from the defendant as part of the g;;?,;:,;']'; 2.:01: judgment in` case of conviction. defendant when S20. 8. And bef! further enacted, That whenever the President of the °°;"i°€gd· United States shall have reason to believe that offences have been or are dimzisghgnjugigg likely to be committed against the provisions of this act within any judicial Src., to attend? i district, it shall be lawful for him, in his discretion, to direct the judge, §‘;;£"tf_i‘5';‘€’° marshal, and district attorney of such district to attend at such place within iygrgopjg cymged the district, and for such time as he may designate, for the purpose of the with Vi¤l¤¤i¤z more speedy arrest and trial of persons charged with a violation of this um Mt; act; audit shall be the duty of every judge or other officer, when any such requisition shall be received by him, to attend at the place and for the time therein designated. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Pres- may enforce ident of the United States, or such person as he may empower for that jig gf purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United vin pouier. States, or of the militia, as shall be necessary to prevent the violation and enforce the due execution of this act. Sec. 10. And be it jim/zer enacted, That upon all questions of law Appeal to the arising in any cause under the provisions of this act a fiual appeal may be :¥"§"?;f,°“" °f taken to the Supreme Court of the United States. sista? SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker of the House of Representatives. LA FAYETTE S. FOSTER, President of the Senate, pro tempore. Lz the Senate of the United States, April 6, 1866. The President of the United States having returned to the Senate, in Billpassed over which it originated, the bill entitled "An act to protect all persons in the gliggm of th° United States in their civil rights, and furnish the means of their vindica.- r I an ` tion," with his objections thereto, the Senate proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the same ; and,