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 FORTY--FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 114. 1870. 143 mgly and wilfully obstruct, hinder, or prevent any officer or other person PMN? T0? charged with the execution of any warrant or process issued under the h?§q°$,,{_'"d provisions of this act, or any person or persons lawfully assisting him ih-uiitiiig theexor them from arresting any person for whose apprehension such warrant °°“‘l°" °fl’"?‘ or process may have been issued, or shall rescue or attempt to rescue  und" um such person from the custody of the officer or other person or persons, or fdr rescuingor those lawfully &SSlStll'lg as aforesaid, when so arrested pursuant to the “t°°'"P"“g *° authority herein given and declared, or shall aid, abet, or assist any per- gghcxfrgiigdplir son so arrested as aforesaid, directly or indirectly, to escape from the ¤idi¤$·&<>· , custody of the officer or other person legally authorized as aforesaid, or thegglaowin I shall harbor or conceal any person for whose arrest a warrant or process harboring or- gy shall have been issued as aforesaid, so as to prevent his discovery and °°"°°“““€ ““Y arrest after notice or knowledge of the fact that a. warrant has been issued Eggs: {DLS3g;: for the apprehension of such person, shall, for either of said offences, be MS i¤¤¤¤d· subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, at the discretion of the court, on conviction before the district or circuit court of the United States for the district or circuit 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. 12. And be it fur:/zer enacted, That the commissioners, district Fees orcomattorneys, the marshals, their deputies, and the clerks of the said district, miS=i¤¤•=r¤· di!- circuit, and territorial courts shall be paid for their services the like fees 2f55E2E2r2g;?, as may be allowed to them for similar services in other cases. The per- &c.i son 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 the usual fees allowed to the marshal for an arrest for each person he or they may arrest and take before any such commissioner as aforesaid, with such other fees as may be deemed rea- nw50mm1e sonable by such commissioner for such other additional services as may *`¢¤¤,(°¤' °*h°¤‘ be necessarily performed by him or them, such as attending at the exam- :g2j°°°l sm" ination, 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 FWS h¢>W_¢° fees usually charged by the officers of the courts of justice within the b° '"°d° "p’ proper district or county as near as may be practicable, and paid out of recoverable the treasury of the United States on the certificate of the Judge of the from defendant district within which the arrest is made, and to be recoverable from the if] ¤9¤° at °°¤‘ defendant as part of the judgment in case of conviction. w°u°n' Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Land or naval President of the United States to employ such part of the land or naval {?;?f:d°§g‘;m or forces of the United States, or of the militia, as shall be necessary to aid me mijitig, .,1.,, in the execution of judicial process issued under this act. be employed: Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That whenever any person shall i pm.,.., 1.014- hold office, except as a member of Congress or of some State legislature, mss1g1e.;;- contrary to the provisions of the third section of the fourteenth artncle of ml}, to the m0_ amendment of the Constitution of the United States, it shall be the duty visions of the of the district attorney of the United States for the district in wluch such £‘:;';:,°n';2;,’ to person shall hold office, as aforesaid, to proceed against such person, by b,, Pmeeded writ of quo warranto, returnable to the circuit or district court of the aggrggtvbgrnlo United States in such district, and to prosecute the same to the removal 9 ‘ of such person from office; and any writ of quo warranto so brought, as hngggjeggsgzc? aforesaid, shall take precedence of all other cases on the docket of the and ,,0,,0 be ’ court to which it is made returnable, and shall not be continued unless fonnaued un- {01* cause proved to the satisfaction of the court. Ti t  { 3 Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That any person who shall hereaf- (:8},;*3,*;: gr *;:0,3; ter knowingly accept or hold any office under the United States, or any ing 0,,,66. or ,,,_ State to which he is ineligible under the tlurd section of the fourteenth sempnngwdo