TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 106. 1846. 79 other treaties of the United States with some other foreign powers ; and whereas no jurisdiction is given by law to any courts or magistrates in the United States to carry into eH`ect the said provisions; for the remedy thereof — Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ef the United States of America in Ctmgress assembled, That the Dis- Ju,,,,,,,,,,,,, of trict and Circuit Courts of the United States, and the commissioners District and Cirwho now are, or shall be hereafter, appointed by the Circuit Courts of g“l;:;’“;,':’ the United States to take acknowledgments of bail and affidavits, and ,,,;,,,0,,,,,, 0,, also to take depositions of witnesses in civil causes, and to exercise the §l>Pll¢¤¤¤¤ ¤¥" the powers of any justice of the peace in respect to offenders for any g;fg“ °°”s“]°' crime or otfence against the United States, hy arresting, imprisoning, or hailing, the same, under and in virtue of the laws of the United States, shall have full power, authority, and jurisdiction, upon the application or petition of the said consuls, vice~consuls, or commercial agents, requiring their assistance to carry into effect the award, or arbitration, or decree, of any such consuls, vice-consuls, or commercial agents, in the premises, according to the true intent and meaning of such award and arbitration, or decree; and for this purpose shall have full authority to issue all proper remedial process, mesne and final, to carry into full etfect such award, arbitration, or decree, and to enforce obedience thereto, by imprisonment in the common jail or other place of imprisonment in the district in which the United States may lawfully imprison any person arrested under the authority of the United States, until such award, arbitration, or decree, shall he complied with, or the parties shall be otherwise discharged therefrom, by the consent, in writing, of such consuls, vice·consuls, or commercial agents, or their successors in omce, or by the authority of the foreign government by which such consuls, vice·consuls, or commercial agents, are appointed: Provided, however, That the expenses of the E,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, said imprisonment, if any, and the maintenance of the prisoners, and home by said the costs of the proceedings, shall he borne by such foreign govern- °°“s“l‘· °‘°‘ ment, or by its consuls, vice-consuls, or commercial agents, requiring such imprisonment. And the marshals of the United States and their Marshals to deputies shall have full authority, and shall he hound, to serve all such ¤°"° P'°°°¤- process, and do all other acts necessary and proper to carry into full effect all and singular the premises under the authority of the said courts, or of the said commissioners. Approved, August 8, 1846. Cru?. CVI. -.8n .6:1 to alfze the Compensation of the Surveyors-General of the Aug-_ 3, gg4g_ public Lands cguthe United Stalcs, and for other Purposes. .m_..__.. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Compensation the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, from and arsuwgysnngsa. after the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, the _°"g;’*` *’°°¤Sl¤ surveyor-general of Wisconsin and Iowa, and the surveyor·general of an °m` Arkansas, shall each receive the same annual salary as the other surveyors-general of the public lands of the United States; and each of said surveyors-general shall he allowed the same amount for clerk Clerk hire al hire in their respective offices as is now allowed by law for the office l°"°d· of the surveyor-general north—west of the Ohio. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the surveyors-general of De we- to the public lands of the United States, in addition to the oath now au- make %,u,_ thorized by law to be administered to deputies on their appointment to olhce, shall require each of their deputies, on the return of his surveys, to take and subscribe an oath or adirmation that those sur-
