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 1340 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 854. 1901. particular prison, and the imprisonment shall be in such penitentiary as the Attorney—General shall from time to time designate. T““° °‘ “‘°°““°“· Sec. 926. Tnun on nxEGur1oN.——In case of a sentence of death, the time fixed for the execution of the sentence shall not be considered an essential part of the sentence, and if it be not executed at the time therein appointed, by reason of the pendency of an appeal or for other cause, the court may appoint another day for carrying the same into ‘ _ _ _ execution. ,,§,‘§““"" of °“‘“" Sec. 927. INSANE Gn1MiNALs.——VVhen any person tried uipon an indictgjglgggegms <>**€¤S<> ment for an offense is acquitted on the sole ground that e was insane ' at the time of its commission, that fact shall be set forth by the jury ggflw i¤di<=¤¤€¤t· in their verdict; and whenever a person is indicted for an offense and ' before trial or after a verdict of guilty primafacie evidence is submitted to the court that the accused is then insane, the court may cause a jury to be impaneled from the jurors then in attendance on the court or, if the regular jurors have been discharged, may cause a sufiicient number of jurors to be drawn to inquire into the insanity of the accused, and said inquiry shall be conducted in the presence and —¢¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Of. <>¤<=· under the direction of the court. If the jury shall Hnd the accused to be then insane (or if an accused person shall be acquitted by the jury solely on the ground of insanity) the court ma certify the fact to the Secretary of the Interior, who may order suc. person to be confined in the hospital for the insane, and said_person and his estate shall be —¤PP€¤l· charged with the expenses of his sup ort in" the said hospital. The person whose sanity is in question shall)be entitled to his bill of exceptions and an appeal, as in other cases. w,lf5gQ$§,I;§ggg;l;’;§n€ Sec. 928. Any person becoming insane while undergoing a sentence reuce. of any court of the District of Columbia for crime may, in like manner, be committed to said hospital for the insane, by order of the Secretary of the Interior, to receive the same treatment as other patients during _ the continuance of his disorder. _ ,,,§“*°“’“°" *° ”*“" Sec. 929. RESTORATION Cro SA.NITY.—`“7h€l1 any person confined in ` the hospital for the insane, charged with crime and subject to be tried therefor or undergoing sentence therefor, shall be restored to sanity the su erintendent of the hospital shall give notice thereof to the justicegiolding the criminal court and deliver him to the court according to its proper recept. E"““‘““°"· Sec. 930. IEXTRADITION.-—-IH all cases where the laws of the United States provide that fugitives from justice shall be delivered up, the chief justice of the su(preme court of the District of Columbia shall cause to be apprehen ed and delivered up such fugitive from justice who shall be found within the District, in the same manner and under the same regulations as the executive authorities of the several States p,§,§,_;éf§§§é_5278· 5279 are require to do by the provisions of sections fifty-two hundred and seventy-eight and fifty-two hundred and seventy-nine, title sixty-six, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, "Extradition," and all executive and judicial officers are required to obey the lawful precepts or other process issued for that purpose, and to aid and assist in such delivery. mQg€S,§’§§f‘;$Q“S‘i°“S Sec. 931. Any associate justice of said court shall have like power, ` in case of the illness, absence, or other disability of the chief justice, or when any such application shall be certified to him by the chief ustice. m»;{¤g;¤§gf,g;;Q,$nD§g Sec. 932. Connuor on PROSECUTIONS, AND so ronrn.——The attorney me city sexism. for the District of Columbia shall hereafter be known as the city solicitor. _ dl}g*;§;¤g;i¢§;_ gg; Prosecutions for violations of all police or municipal ordinances or imr.regulations and for violation of all pxenal statutes in the nature of police or municipal regulations, where the maximum punishment is a fine only, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, shall be conducted in the name of the District of Columbia and by the city solicitor or his