| United States. War Department - 1869 - 560 pages
...fourth sections of the act specify the powers and duties of district commanders, making it their duty "to suppress insurrection, disorder, and violence,...be punished, all disturbers of the public peace," &c., &c. The fifth section prescribes the manner in which, and the conditions upon which, the rebel... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 852 pages
...the duty of this officer to pro tect all persons in their rights, to suppress insurrection, disorder, violence, and to punish, or cause to be punished, all disturbers of the public peace and criminals, either through the local civil tribunals or through military commissions, which the act authorized.... | |
| George Sewall Boutwell - History - 1867 - 636 pages
...his authority within the district to which he is assigned. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each officer assigned as aforesaid...local civil tribunals to take jurisdiction of and try offenders, or, when in his judgment it may be necessary for the trial of offenders, he shall have... | |
| George Sewall Boutwell - History - 1867 - 650 pages
...his authority within the district to which he is assigned. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each officer assigned as aforesaid...to be punished, all disturbers of the public peace arid criminals, and to this end he may allow local civil tribunals to take jurisdiction of and try... | |
| United States. War Department - 1867 - 712 pages
...military district on the 19th day of March, 1867, I found upon examining the law that I was required "to protect all persons in their rights of person...all disturbers of the public peace and criminals." To accomplish this purpose, and to reorganize these two States as loyal to the government, I had a... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1867 - 732 pages
...whose will is to be the law and his soldiers the power that executes it. It is declared to be his duty to protect all persons in their rights of person and property; to suppress insurrections, disorder, and violence; and to punish, or cause to be punished, all disturbers of the... | |
| Edward Alfred Pollard - African Americans - 1868 - 220 pages
...perform his duties and enforce his authority within the district to which he is assigned. SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of each officer assigned as aforesaid...local civil tribunals to take jurisdiction of and try offenders, or, when in his judgment it may be necessary for the trial of offenders, he shall have... | |
| Edward Alfred Pollard - African Americans - 1868 - 228 pages
...perform his duties and enforce his authority within the district to which he is assigned. * SBC. 3. That it shall be the duty of each officer assigned as aforesaid...local civil tribunals to take jurisdiction of and try offenders, or, when in his judgment it may be necessary for the trial of offenders, he shall have... | |
| United States - 1868 - 422 pages
...perform his duties and enforce his authority within the district to which he is assigned. SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of each officer assigned as aforesaid...local civil tribunals to take jurisdiction of and try offenders, or, when in his judgment it may be necessary for the trial of offenders, he shall have... | |
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