SECTION 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the

duty of all marshals and deputy marshals to obey and execute

all warrants and precepts issued under the provisions of this

act, when to them directed; and should any marshal or deputy

marshal refuse to receive such warrant, or other process, when

tendered, or to use all proper means diligently to execute the

same, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in the sum of

one thousand dollars, to the use of such claimant, on the

motion of such claimant by the Circuit or District Court for

the district of such marshal; and after arrest of such

fugitive, by such marshal or his deputy, or whilst at any time

in his custody under the provisions of this act, should such

fugitive escape, whether with or without the assent of such

marshal or his deputy, such marshal shall be liable, on his

official bond, to be prosecuted for the benefit of such

claimant, for the full value of the service or labor of said

fugitive in the State, Territory, or District whence he

escaped: and the better to enable the said commissioners, when

thus appointed, to execute their duties faithfully and

efficiently, in conformity with the requirements of the

Constitution of the United States and of this act, they are

hereby authorized and empowered, within their counties

respectively, to appoint, in writing under their hands, any

one or more suitable persons, from time to time, to execute

all such warrants and other process as may be issued by them

in the lawful performance of their respective duties; with

authority to such commissioners, or the persons to be

appointed by them, to execute process as aforesaid, to summon

and call to their aid the bystanders, or posse comitatus of

the proper county, when necessary to insure a faithful

observance of the clause of the Constitution referred to, in

conformity with the provisions of this act; and all good

citizens are hereby commanded to aid and assist in the prompt

and efficient execution of this law, whenever their services

may be required, as aforesaid, for that purpose; and said

warrants shall run, and be executed by said officers, anywhere

in the State within which they are issued.

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