D.C. Code § 24-201.14
It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of the Washington Asylum and Jail to receive such prisoners and to deliver them to the Marshal or his duly authorized deputy, on the written request of either, for the purpose of taking them before any court or judicial officer, as provided in § 24-201.13.
Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1379, ch. 854, § 1194
Mar. 2, 1911, 36 Stat. 1003, ch. 192
1973 Ed., § 24-414.
1981 Ed., § 24-414.