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Section 2022, Which Authorizes the United States Marshal and

A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 7, Part 2: Rutherford B. Hayes · James D. Richardson — chapter 4 of 6 · ~57 words · public domain

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his deputies to keep the peace and preserve order at the Federal elections.

Section 2024, which expressly authorizes the United States marshal and his deputies to summon a posse comitatus whenever they or any of them are forcibly resisted in the execution of their duties under the law or are prevented from executing such duties by violence.

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