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 '1`rru; XIIl.—THE J UD1C1A.RY.—Ch. 18-19. 193 cost, and that he has not any property exceeding twenty dollars in value, except such as is by law exempt from being taken on execution for debt, the commissioner shall administer to him the following oath: "I do solemnly swear that l have not any property, real or personal, to the amount of twenty dollars, except such as is by law exempt from being taken on civil precept for debt by the laws of (State where oath is administered); and that I have no roperty in any way conveyed or concealed, or in any way disposed of. for may future use or benefit. So help me God."And thereupon such convict shall be discharged, the commissioner giving to the jailer or keeper of the jail a certificate setting forth the facts. [Svc SS 847. €·¤96·1 CHAPTER NINETEEN. LIHTATIONS. Sec. Sec. 1043. Capital offenses. 1047. Penalties and forfeitures under laws 1044. Offenses not capital. of the Fnited States. 1045. Fleeing from justice. 1048. Parties beyond reach of process dur- 1046. Crimes under the revenue laws. ing the rebellion. Sec. 10-13. No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for treason Capital offenses. or other capital offense, willful murder excepted, unless the indictment ii”3§X,@9@ is found within three years next after such treason or capital offense is 9, s. 32,v. i, p. 119. done or committed. Cow.,267. Sec. l0+L. [Nopersonshall bepmseczeted,tried, orpzznished_fora22yz#22se _ Offensesnotcap— not capital, ezcqzt asprocided an section one t/wzwand angffbrty-sim, unless ffl- _______ Nw a'11d»'cI1nenti.qfound0r the infarinatiozz is 2`nst2`tuted within two years nent 30 Aprj], ]19, ,»_ ajier suc/1. qtfense is commitfed.] [No person shall he prosecuted. tried, or 9, S, 32,v. 1, p;_119. punished for any offense, not capital, except as provided in section one 5613 lg"-· lgglggthousand and forty-six, unless the indictment is found, or the information jh!;.; is instituted within three years next after such offense shall have been Adams, qui arm, committed. But this act shall not have effect to authorize the proseeu- g;,,;` 3°‘§'· _2CU,j· tion, trial or punishment for any offense, barred by the provisions of 1} ’ “J,;]i_l' 2%,,; la .. hnonu .».. °"‘“’""g "S] M..]..,, SS. S. S.   Si., 1 c.. o. o., lass; o. S. v. Wann., 3 o.‘{°o. 5., mfr? ‘S? r. White, 5 Cr. C. C. 38; U. S. 1-. White, 5 Cr. C. C., 73, 116. Sec. 10-15. Nothing in the two preceding sections shall extend to any _F1c·<=ingfr0mju - person fleeing from justice. t'°°‘ 30 April, 1790, c. 9, s. 32, v. 1, p. l19.—U. S. v. O’Brian, 3 Dill., 381. Sec. 10-16. No rson shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any Crimesynderfhe crime arising unilgr the revenue laws, or the slave-trade laws of the @*3; United States. unless the indictment is found or the information is insti- 4026 gal-élsoébg tuted within five years next after the committing of such crime. Ab:_,,,*,g,8’ C; 91, s. 9, v. 3, p. 452.-U. S. r. Cook, 17 Wall., 168; U. S. r. Norton, 91  S., 566. Sec. 1047. No suit or prosecution fOr any penalty or forfeiture, pecu- Penaltiesand forniarv or otherwise, accruing under the laws of the United States, shall f§‘9};$i§,“g3`:;W° be maintained, except in cases where it as otherwise specially provided, -5% »»-—1ié;i; unless the same is commenced within five years from the time when the sl 8,, QQ, j). ($5. · penalty or forfeiture accrued: Provzdcd, That the person of the offender, 26'Mag, 1804, c_ or the property liable for such penalty or forfeiture, shall, within the 40,sn 3, v, 2,p. 290. same period, be found within the United States; so that the proper 9l2ggp`r¤g181gB;. process therefor may be Instltutcd and served against such person or é8·Fgb;,1g,,9' C: property. 36, s. 4, v. p. 322. 3 Mar., 1803, c. 76,s. 14, v. 12, p. 741. 25 Jullfv, 1868, c. 236, s. 1, v. 15, p. 183.—Stimpson r. Pond, 2 Curt. C. C., 502; U. S. 1-. Norton, 91. S., 566. 22 June, 1874, c. 391, ss. 21, 22, r. 18, p. 190. E ·. , In all cases where, durin the late rebellion, any person Parties beyond COE]; ntgfiy rggggn of resistance to tie execution of the laws of the 5‘;",_‘;:g ‘gmpr;°,§T United States, or of the'lnt€rrupC10n of the ordinary course of judicial ,0,,_ proceedings, be served with process for the commencement of any action, -———-·—···