Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-10-24

other satisfactory testimony, duly taken and cer-
tilted by some court, magistrate, justice of the
peace OF other legal officer authorized 10 admin
lister an oath and take dispositions under the laws
of the State or Territory from which such person
owing service or labor may have escaped, with a
certificate of such magistracy or other authority,
as aforesaid, with the seal of the proper court or
officer thereto attached, which seal shall te suf
ficient to establish the competency of the proof,
and with proof also by affidavit of the identity of
the person whose service or labor is claimed TO be
due as aforesaid, that the person arrested does
IN fact owe service or labor to the person or per-
sons claiming him or her. in the State or Terrific
ry from which such fugitive may have escaped as
aforesaid and that said person escaped, to make
out and deliver to such claimant, his or her agent
or attorny, certificate setting forth the subsan
tal facts as to the service laber due from such
fugitive TO the claimant, and of his or her escape
from the State or Territory in which such service
or labor was due to the State Territory in which
he or she arrested, with authority 10 such claim
ant, or his or her agent or attorney, 10 use such
reasonable force aud restraint may be necessary
under the circumstances of the case, to take and
remove such fugitive person back to the State or
Territory from whence he or she may have escap-
ed as aforesaid. In no trial or hearing under this
act shall the testimony of such alleged fugitiue be
admitted in evidence; and the certificates in this
and the first section mentioned shall be conclusive
Of the right of the person persons in whose IA
vor granted TO remove such fugitive to the State
or Territory from which he escaped and shall pre-
vent all molestation of said person or persons by
any process issued by any court judge, magistrate,
or other person whomsoever.
SEC. 7. And be II further enacted, That any per-
son who shall knowingly and willingly obsiruct,
hinder, or prevent such claimant, his agent or al
torney, any person or persons lawfully assisting
him, her, or them, from arresting such fugitive
from service or labor, either with or without pro-
cess as aforesaid or shall rescue, or attempt TO
rescue such fugitive from service or labor, from
the costody Of such claimant, his or her agent or
attorney or other person or persons lawfully assist
ing aforesaid, when so arrested pursuant to the
authority herein given and declared or shall aid,
abet, or assist such person. so owing service or la
Dor as aforesaid, directly or indirectly, to escape
from such claimant, his agent or attorney, or other
person or persons, legally authorized aforesaid;
or shall harbor conceal such fugitive, so as to
prevent the discovery and arrest Of such person,
after notice knowledge of the fact that such per-
son fugitive from service or labor as afore-
sad shall, for either of said offences, be subject
TO a fine no, exceeding one thousand dollars, and
imprisonment not exceeding six months, by in
dictment and conviction before the district court
Of the United States for the district in which such
offence may have been committed, or before the
proper court Of criminal jurisdiction. if committed
within any Of the organized Territories Of the
United States and shall moreover forfeit and pay,
by way of civil damages TO the party injured by
such illegal conduct. the sum Of one thousand dol
lars for each fugitive so lost as aforesaid to be re-
covered by action Of debt in any Of the district or
territorial courts aforesaid within whose jurisdc-
ton the said offence may have been committed.
Sec. s. And he 1t further enacted, That the
marshals, their deputies, and the clerks Of the
said district and territorial courts, shall be paid
for their services the like fees as may be allowed
to them for similar services in other cases and
where such services are rendered exclusively in
the arrest, custody, and delivery of the fugitive to
the claimant, his or her agent or attorney, where
such supposed fugitive may be discharged out Of
costody for the want of sufficient proof as afore-
sad then such fees are to be paid in the whole by
such claimant, his agent or attorney and in all
cases where the proceedings are before commits
sioner, he shall be entitled to fee Of ten dollars
in full for his services in each case, upon the de-
livery of the said certificate to the claimant, his or
eragent Attorney fee of FIVE dollars in cases
where the proof shall not, in the opinion of such
commissioner, warrant such certificate and deliv
cry, inclusive OF all services incident to such ar
rest and examination, to be paid in either case,
by the claimant, his or her agent or attorney
The person or persons authorized to execute the
process TO be issued by such commissioners for
the arres, and detention of iugitives from service
or labor as aforesaid shall also be entitled to fee
Of five dollars each for each person he or they may
arrest and take before any such commissioner as
aforesaid at the instance and request Of such
claimant, with such other fees as may be deemed
reasonable by such commissioner for such other
additional services as may be necessarily perform
ed by him Or them: such as attending to the ex-
animation, keeping the fugitive in custody, and
providing him with food and lodging during his
detention and until the final determination OF such
commissioner; and in general for performing such
other duties as may be required by such claim
ant, his or her attorny or AGENT or commissioner