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 148 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. which costs and manner of proceeding shall be the same as in other cases of distress. commitment. Sec. 1277. Where there are no goods or chattels to found whereof to levy, the marshal shall commit the delinquent to jail, and hold him 11::, s. 4, v. 2, $770. in close confinement during the term of twenty-tour hours for each and RWM W- ing every une by him payable, unless the same shall be sooner paid, in the §"1g· 3 C"‘“°]’· ‘ same manner as other persons condemned to iiue and imprisonment at "the suit of the United States may be committed, Ac e on n t and Sec. 1278. The marshal shall account for all fines, and pay such as °°¤¤P€¤¤¤*l°¤ ° l" have been by him levied, to the paymaster of the legion from which he “’“’“““]· received the certified lists, within six months after the lists are delivered Ibid. to him, deducting twelve and a half per ceutum as a compensation for his trouble. Recovery from Sec. 1279. In case of failure of the marshal to account for and pay ’”*"°l*°‘· over the hues collected by him, as provided in the preceding section, Ibid_ the same shall be recovered by motion in the supreme court of the District in the name of the paymaster of the legion, with twelve and a half per centum damages, and legal interest on the amount from the time it ought to have been paid, and cost of suit: Provided, The marshal shall have had ten days’ notice of such motion. P¤>¤¢¢9i¤z• ¤9*= Sec. 1280. If, during the peudency of proceedings in any case, and
 * 8‘;;’“*° ‘“ °°“‘““ before payment is made by the marshal, the paymaster, in whose name

._;_.___ the proceedings are going on, should be removed from otllce, it shall Ibid. not abate or in any manner interrupt or affect the proceedings, but the name of the fsucceedinlg pgymaster may be substituted until the procee ings are orma y c ose. Disposal of fines. Sec. 1281. The fines paid into the hands of the paymaster by virtue _ of this chapter shall be held as a fund for dehaying the salaries of the 2o,s.2:z,t·,2,p,aé3, officers and other persons herein mentioned, and the maintenance and instruction, and pay of musicians, and of equipping and furnishing the militia with standards and musical instruments, and uniforms in certain cases, with every other thing necessary, to be adjudged and determined by the legiouary courts of inquiry; and all accounts passed by such court, and eertfiled by the lieutenant-colonel commandaut, shall be sutllcient to authorize the paymastcr to pay the same. Pnymustefs so- Sec. 1282. The paymaster shall keep a regular account of all moneys j*f¤*¤- received and disbursed by him on account of the legion, and shall once mq_ in every three mouths render his accounts and settle with the court of inquiry. B<>¤<l»¢l¤]i¤$1¤F¤· Sec. 1283. The paymuster shall give bond and securit to be a roved §¥’,Q‘:;1,f,?,';‘t§_"‘°” by the court_ of inquiry, for the faithful performaucesdf his digg, and -W-V shall be subject to the same mode of recovery for delinquency as pre- 1 July, 18,2 c_ scribed 1u section twelve hundred and seventy-eight, and shall be llghggggg, 2,4,.-, 2, gllolwcd a clommilssion of two and a half per centnm on the several sums p. . y un t is ur . { Remission of _ Sec. 1284. W_herc any line or fines shall have been collected or ‘”°'· imposed, the delinquent shall be at liberty, at any time within twelve Ibid., s. s, p. 710. mouths after such imposition, to apply to any of the legionary courts to return or remit the same, and the court is empowered to make such order in the case as may seem to them, or a majority of them, to be right and just. msonnnmnons PROVISIONS. Wh°,*P,°*°¤¤P* Sec. 1285. The resident rotessors tutors stew s nd ud nts mm ""mm ‘1“t"‘ of the diifereut semlinaries df llcarning in the bismgtfgminxeuipt fiom _ 4 May, Im, c_ the performance of militia duty except in case of war. 30, v. 4, p. 157. Ex parts Smith,2 Cra.nch,C. 0.,693. E*°¤ Wm .°f Sec. 1286. The arms and other e ui ments belon 'n to an officcr
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cess. 10ll. 1 July, 1812, c. 113, s. 8, v. 2,p. 771.