Volume 49 · 378
Public Law 74–259
Relating to the powers and duties of United States marshals.
Approved June 15, 1935
Statutory text
AN ACT
Relating to the powers and duties of United States marshals.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 787
Marshals, United States Courts.
R. S., sec. 787. p. 148; U. S. C., p. 1284.
of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 28, sec. 503), be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 787.
It shall be the duty of the marshal of each district to
Duties.
attend the district courts when sitting therein and to execute all lawful precepts issued under the authority of the United States; and he shall have power to command all necessary assistance in the execution of his duty.”
Sec. 2.
That, in addition to all other powers, United States marshals and their deputies shall have the power to make arrests without warrant for any offense against the laws of the United States committed in their presence or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States in cases where such felony has in fact been or is being committed and they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing it. The marshals and their deputies shall also have the power to carry firearms.
Approved, June 15, 1935.