of criminal jurisdiction, if committed within any one of the organized Territories of the United States. § S. That the district attorneys, the marshals, their deputies, and the clerks of the said district and territorial courts, shall be paid for their services the like fees as may be allowed to them for similar services in other cases; and in all cases where the proceedings are before a Commissioner he shall be entitled to a fee of ten dollars in full for his services in each case, inclusive of all services incident to such arrest and examination. The person 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 a fee of five dollars for each person he or they may arrest and take before any such Commissioner, as aforesaid, with such other fees as may be deemed reasonable by such Commissioner for such other additional services as may be necessarily performed by him or them— such as attending at the examination, keeping the prisoner in custody, and providing food and lodgings during his detention and until the final determination of such Commissioner, and in general for per forming such other duties as may be required in the premises, such fees to be made up in conformity with the fees usually charged by the officers of the court of justice, within the proper district or county, as near as practicable, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States, on the certificate of the district within which the arrest is made, and to be recoverable from the defendant as part of the judgment in case of conviction. 9. That whenever the President of the United States shall have reason to believe that offences have been or are likely to be committed against the provisions of this act within any judicial district, it shall be lawful for him, in his discretion, to direct the judge, marshal and district attorney of such district to attend at such place within the district and for such time as he may designate, for the purpose of the more speedy arrest and trial of persons charged with the violation of this act; and it shall be the duty of every judge or other officer, when any such requisition shall be received by him, to attend at the place and for the time therein designated. § 10. That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such persons as he may empower for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia, as shall be necessary to prevent the violation and enforce the due execution of this act. § 11. That upon all questions of law arising in any cause under the provisions of this act, a final appeal may be taken to the supreme court of the United States, CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. PRESIDENT. 1774 TO 1789. DATE. CONGRESS MET AT Peyton Randolph, Va. .5th Sept., 1774 Philadelphia. .22nd Oct., 1774 Henry Middleton, S. C.. John Jay, N. Y. . . . . .10th Dec., 1778 Baltimore. Philadelphia. Henry Laurens, S. C. . . .1st Nov. 1777 York, Pa.; Lancaster, Pa. Philadelphia. 66 1783 Richard Henry Lee, Va.. .30th Nov., 1784 66 The first Congress under the Constitution met at New York, March 4, 1789; Geo. Washington inaugurated President. The seat of Government was removed to Washington, D. C., in 1800. Country. NATIONAL DEBTS OF THE TWENTY LEAD. ING NATIONALITIES IN 1875. Interest. Rates. Debt. $4,500,000,000 $165,000,000 31 3,900,000,000 133,500,000 21 2,125,000,000 103,000,000 43 1,950,000,000 1,875,000,000 1,750,000,000 1,700,000,000 1,000,000,000 675,000,000 650,000,000 410,000,000 400,000,000 375,000,000 345,000,000 317,500,000 230,000,000 185,000,000 180,000,000 160,000,000 150,000,000 76,750,000 4 55,000,000 3 75,000,000 41 67,250,000 4 45,000,000 41 47,500,000 7 29,500,000 4 15,500,000 4 11,250,000 2 37,500,000 10 10,750,000 3 20,000,000 6 13,500,000 6 13,000,000 7 8,750,000 5 7,500,000 5 7,500,000 5 $22,950.000,000 $942,750,000 STATISTICS OF EMIGRANTS ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1820. 1820 . 1821 1822. 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 . 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 . 1839 1840 . 1841 1842. 1843 1844. 1845 1846. 1847 1848. 1849 1850 . 1851 8,385 | 1852. 9,130 1853 6,911 1854. 6,354 1855. 7,912 1856. 10,199 1857 10,837 1858 . 18,875 1859 27,382 1860 . 22,520 1861 23,322 22,633 60,482 1864 . 58,640 1865 65,365 1866 45,374 1867 76,242 1868 . 79,340 1869 38,914 68,072 1862 . 1863 . 154,416 234,968 226,527 297,041 369,963 379,466 1870 . 1871 1874 . 84,006 1872 . 80,289 1873 . 104,565 78,615 1875 52,496 1876 . 114,371 1877 1878 . 138,469 1879 177,826 1880 9 mos. to Mrch 31. 188,877 Total, 9,992,734 371,603 368,645 427,833 200,877 200,436 251,306 123,126 121,282 153,640 91,920 91,987 176,282 193,418 248,120 318,554 298,358 297,215 385,287 284,422 321,350 404,806 459,803 313,339 227,498 169,986 141,857 |
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