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 103 STAT. 3094 PROCLAMATION 6024—SEPT. 21, 1989 forcement resources available to that territory, including the National Guard, are imable to suppress such acts of violence and to restore law and order; and WHEREAS; such domestic violence and disorder are also obstructing the execution of the laws of the United States, and endangering the se- curity of Federal property and function, in and about the Virgin Islands. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including Chapter 15 of Title 10 of the United States Code, do command all persons engaged in such acts of violence to cease and desist therefrom and to disperse and retire peaceably forthwith. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty- nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fourteenth. -. . v , .; -'i GEORGE BUSH Proclamation 6024 of September 21, 1989 United States Marshals Bicentennial Day, 1989 T'L By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Two hundred years ago, on September 24, 1789, President George Washington signed into law Senate Bill Niunber One, known as the Ju- diciary Act. This Act established the Federal judicial system and cre- ated the Office of the United States Marshal. Only 2 days later. Presi- dent Washington nominated the first United States marshals responsi- ble for enforcing the Nation's laws and carrying out the orders of its coiirts. Since then. United States marshals and their deputies have participated in many events shaping the development of our federal system of gov- ernment. For more than a century, marshals and their deputies were the only civilian police power available to assist the President, the Congress, and the courts in upholding the rule of law in our rapidly ex- panding country. As American pioneers pushed to the West, U.S. marshals faced grave dangers and constant hardship on the frontier. They later helped to maintain social order and facilitate the difficult task of Reconstruction following the Civil War. United States marshals also played a vital role in enforcing provisions of the Civil Rights Act during the turbulent years of the 1960's. During 2 centuries of service to our country, more than 300 United States marshals and deputy marshals have died in the line of duty. Their supreme sacrifice reveals the great personal risks that U.S. marshals continue to accept each day. Today, United States marshals are engaged in virtually every Federal law enforcement initiative. Marshals provide for the security of Federal courts, including the protection of judges, witnesses, jurors, and other

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