Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-10-24
UNITY, PA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER "a, 1850.
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ants by the final determination of such commits
sioners or not.
SEC. 0. And be it further enacted, Tha, upon af-
hdavit made by the claimant of such fugitive, his
agent or attorney, after such certificate has been
issued, that he has reason to apprehend that such
fugitive will be rescued by force from his or their
possession before he be can taken beyond the limits
the State in which the arrest is made it shall be Of
the duty Of the officer making the arrest TO retain
such fugitive in his custody, and to remove him to
the State whence he fed, and there to deliver him
TO said claimant his agent or attorney. And to
this end the officer aforesaid is hereby authorized
and required to employ so many persons as he may
deem necessary, to overcome such force, and to
retain them in bis service so long as Circumstances
may require; the said officer and his assistants,
while so employed, to receive the same compen-
sation, and to be allowed the same expenses as
are now allowed by law for the transportation Of
criminals, to be certified by the Judge Of the dis
rict within which the arrest is made, and paid out
Of the treasury of the United States.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That when
any person held to service or labor in any State
or Territory, or in the District Of Columbia, shall
escape therefrom, the party to whom such service
labor shall be due, his, her, or their agent or
torney may apply TO any court of record therein,
or Judge thereof, in vacation, aud make satisfacto-
ry proof to such court, or judge, in vacation, Of
the escape aforesaid and that the person escaping
owed service or labor TO such party. Whereup-
on the court shall cause record to be made of
the matters so proved, and also gene raj descrP-
ton of the person escaping, with such convent
ent certainty may be; and transcript of snch
record authenticated by the atestation of the clerk
and of the seal of the said court, being produced
in any other State, Territory, or District in which
the person so escaping may be found, and being
exhibited to any judge, commissioner or other Of
fcer, authorized by the law of the United States
10 cause persons escaping from service labor to
be delivered up, shall be held and taken to be full
and conclusive evidence of the fact of escape, and
that The service or labor of the person escaping is
due to The party in such record mentioned. And
upon the production by the said party of other and
further evidence if necessary, either oral by af
fidavit, in addition TO what is contained in the
said record Of the identity OF the person escaping,
he or she shall be delivered up to the claimant
And the said court, commissioner, judge or other
person authorized by this act to grant certificates
to claimants of fugitives, shall, upon the produc-
tion of the record and other evidences aforesaid,
grant such claimant certificate OF his right TO
take any such person identified and proved to be
owing service or labor aforesaid, which certlh-
cate Shall authorize such claimant to seize ar
and transport such person to the State Ter
ritory from which he escaped PrOuided, That
nothing herein contained shall be construed as re-
qpring the production of a transcript of such re-
cord as evidence as aforesaid; but in its absence,
the claim shall be heard and determined upon 9TH
er satisfactory proofs competent in law.
HOWELL COBB,
Speaker Of The House of Representatives..
WILLIAM r. KING,
President Of The Senate pro tempOre.
, Approved September Is, 1850.
MlLLARD FILLMORE.