Chapter CDLXXIX: 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.