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 74 THIRTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 179. 1860. them severally, to the Secretary of State, to be laid before Congress for revision. ¢¤¤¤¤-l my Sec. 7. Andbe it _/imher enacted That each of the consuls aforesaid issue warrant for. . . ’ Mwst, mq of at the port for which he is appomted, shall be competent, under the auany citizen of thority herein contained, upon facts within his own knowledge, or which g;m?°**°d he has good reason to believe true, or upon complaint made, or informa. ' tion filed in writing and authenticated in such way as shall be prescribed by the minister, to issue his warrant for the arrest of any citizen of the United States charged with committing in the country an offence against law; and when arrested, to arraign and try any such offender; and upon Punishment. conviction, to sentence him to punishment in the manner herein prescribed; always meting out punishment in a manner proportioned to the offence ; which punishment shall, in all cases,.except as is herein otherwigs provided, be either line or imprisonment. Jurisdiction of E0. 8. And be it further enacted, That any consul, when sittincr alone gggzgfi ‘"u‘°“” for the trial of offences, or misdemeanors, shall finally decide all cases where the fine imposed does not exceed one hundred dollars, or the term of imprisonment does not exceed sixty days. And there shall be no appeal therefrom except as provided in section eleven of this act. But cogpngfhtmout for no fine imposed by a consul for a contempt committed in the presence of ° P the court, or for failing to obey a. summons from the same, shall exceed fifty dollars, nor shall the imprisonment exceed twenty-four hours for the same contempt. ·l¤¤i¤di<>ti¤¤ of Sec. 9. And be it further enacted That when sitf 8 b Th _ _ _ _, mg alone he may also ars, or e erm o 1mprisonment oes not exceed ninety days · but in all such cases, if the fine exceeds one hundred dollars or the terni of imprisonment for misdemeanor exceeds ninety days, the, defendants (or any of them,'1f there be more than one) may take the case, by appeal, before ghporminiisizer of theugrxéiterfl fStates,dif allowed jurisdiction, either upon o law or ma o act un er such rules as ma be rescrib d Consul ma by éhe minister for the prosecutidn  appeals in such case;. P 8 cm to his mg? Ec. 10. And be at yfurther enacted, That whenever, in any case,· the m,,,,,' in umm consul shall be_of opinion that, by reason of the legal questions which Iopspslgcpstpnsovsizl mayfarise therein, assistance will  useful to him, or whenever he shall bc opimpn t at a severer punishment than those above specified will Unpstfiuigpa, he shall, in either case, summon one or more citizens of the individudstxpap elpcpeging fp)ur m nlpmber, taken by lot from a list of _ _ sa ave eensumittedltoth " s . . tml Lmgorgppw and competent to the duty, to sit with him in the recoid his _ d, er so sitting upon the trial, shall each enter upon the however Qgngfsgut ¤¤<3_0P1l¤D¤0¤, Mid Sigh the same-. The consul shall, _ _ _ agi J gmeu mt ecase, butifhisdecisioniso osedb th Proceedings in Oplmon of one or more f h' ‘ · PP y E muh use _ 0 IS associates, the case without further r · ceeclmos, tooether with th ‘ · · ’ P O` mini tg, f ,m _ eevidence and opmrons, shall be referred to the S r or s final adjudication, either b enterin ud ‘ or remitting the same to the consul will:g' PN gmeut ummm, therewith ; but in all such cases, except capitladshlhgditihthxds ifclhre to pnlceed · · . . . c his associates concur m opinion, the decision shall be lin l Onsu an' _ provided in section nine of this act. a ’ except as is oigfirtgziioggg SEC' IL And be if f“"th°" 9W1d6d, That the consuls afores ‘d d 1H1d8i' {reg,. of them; at the  for   he is ’ d fl { all , as is herein provided in all civil · · J - respectively, wherein the :1 cases arising under such CFG8h18S, Eve hundred dollars _ and Flgage d°m9·¤d€d does not exceed the sum of his decision there ,h I 1 e sees lit to decide the same without aid, on s al be final; butif in his 'd ‘ Volves le al 1 ‘ · · ’. J" g""°"'¤ an}' mc m' g perp exities, and assistance will b · f ' demanded exceeds in hundred d H _ _ e use ul, or if the damage o ars, m either such case it shall be his
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