e act of the twenty-fourth of
September, seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled "An act to
establish the judicial courts of the United States," shall be, and
are hereby authorized and required to exercise and discharge all
the powers and duties conferred by this act.

SEC. 2. _And be it further enacted_, That the superior court of
each organized territory of the United States shall have the same
power to appoint commissioners to take acknowledgments of bail and
affidavit, and to take depositions of witnesses in civil causes,
which is now possessed by the circuit courts of the United States;
and all commissioners who shall hereafter be appointed for such
purposes by the superior court of any organized territory of the
United States shall possess all the powers and exercise all the
duties conferred by law upon the commissioners appointed by the
circuit courts of the United States for similar purposes, and shall
moreover exercise and discharge all the powers and duties conferred
by this act.

SEC. 3. _And be it further enacted_, That the circuit courts of the
United States, and the superior courts of each organized territory
of the United States, shall from time to time enlarge the number of
commissioners, with a view to afford reasonable facilities to
reclaim fugitives from labor, and to the prompt discharge of the
duties imposed by this act.

SEC. 4. _And be it further enacted_, That the commissioners above
named shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the judges of the
circuit and district courts of the United States, in their
respective circuits and districts within the several States, and
the judges of the superior courts of the Territories, severally and
collectively, in term time and vacation; and shall grant
certificates to such claimants, upon satisfactory proof being made,
with authority to take and remove such fugitives from service or
labor, under the restrictions herein contained, to the State or
territory from which such persons may have escaped or fled.

SEC. 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