Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-07-14
WHOLE NO. 1872.

taken before and certified by any person au-
thorlzpd TO administer an oath under the laws
OF the United States, or of any State, that
the person so seized or arrested under the
laws of the State or Territory from which he
or she fled ives service or labor 10 the per-
son claiming him or her, it shall be the duty
OF such Judge, commissioner, clerk, marshal,
postmaster, or collector, TO give a certificate
thereof to such claimant, his or her agent or
attorney, which certificate shall be a suffi-
cient warrant for taking and removing such
fugitive from service or labor to the State or
Territory from which he or she fled.
Sec. :. And be it further enacted, That
when a person held to service or labor, as
mentioned in the first section of this act,
shall escape from such service or labor, as
therein mentioned, the person to whom such
service or labor may be due, his or her agent
or attorney, may apply to any one Of the
officers OF the United States named in said
section, other than a marshal of the United
States, for a warrant to seize and arrest such
fugitive; and upon affidavit being made
before such officers, (each of whom
for the purposes of this act is hereby author
lied to administer an oath of aflirmation,) by
such claimant, his or her agent, that such
person does, under the laws of the State or
Territory from which he or she fled owe ser
vice or labor to such claimant, it shall be,
and is hereby, made the duty Of such officer
to and before whom such application and
affidavit is made, to issue his warrant to any
marshal of any OF the courts of the United
States to seize and arrest such alleged fugi
tive, and to bring him or her forthwith, or OF
a day to be named in such warrant, before
the officer issuing such warrant, or either o
the other officers mentioned in said first sec
ton, except the marshal to whom the sait
warrant is directed, which said warrant o
authority the said marshal is hereby author
lied and directed in all things to obey.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, Tha
any person who shall willingly and know
ingly obstruct or hinder such claimant, hi
agent or attorney, or any person or persons
assisting him, her or them, in so serving o
a~rresting such fugitive from service or labor
or shall rescue such fugitive from such claim
ant, his agent or attorney, when so arrested
pursuant TO the authority herein given or de
clared, or shall aid, abet, or assist such per
son., so owing service or labor, to escape from
T such claimant, his agent or attorney, or shal
d harbor or conceal such person, after motto
that he or she was a fugitive from labor, a
aforesaid, shall, for either of the said offence:
o forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand do
lars, which penalty may be recovered by an
for the benefit of such claimant, by action
debt in any court proper to try the sam
Re saving moreover, to the person claiming SUE
N labor or service, his right of action for, {
l. account of, the said injuries, or either of then
d Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, Tn
when said person is seized or arrested, und'
and by virtue of said warrant, by such ma
:, shal, and is brought before either OF the of
GERS aforesaid, other than said marshal,
e shall be the duty of such officer to procee
S in the case of such person, in the same Wa
as he is directed and authorized to do whe
such person is seized and arrested by tn
s person claiming him, or by his or her ager
or attorney, and is brought before such of
Ger under the provisions Of the first section
of this act.