Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-10-24
FBsit:ve Slave BIn.

tives from justice and persons escaping fro
the service Of their masters >, approved Fel
rhary 18th, 1893:
SEC. /. That persons who hav
been, or who NAV hereafter be, aF
, pointed commissioners in virtue c
any act OF Congress by the circui
courts of the United States, and who
} in consequence of such appointment
} are authorized to exercise the pow
I ers that any justice Of the peac
, or other magistrate OF the Unite
: States may exercise in respect TO of
tenders for any crime or ofienc'
against the United States, by arrest
ing. imyrisoning, or bailing the sam,
under and by virtue Of the thirty
third section Of the ac1 of the TWEEN
ty-fourth OF September, seventeen
hundred and eighty nine, entitled
san act TO establish judicial courts o
the United States" shall be and are
hereby authorized and required tc
exercise and discharge all the powers
and duties conferred by this act.
SEC. 2. And be IL further enacted
That the superior court Of each
organized territory of the United
States shall have the same power to
appoint commissioners to take &C.
acknowledgements of bail and affidavits,
and to take dispositions Of witnesses
in civil causes which is now possessed
by the circuit courts Of the United
States; and all commissioners who
shall be appointed for such purposes
by the superior court Of any organ
lied territory of the United States,
shall possess all the powers and ex-
ercise all the duties conferred by law
upon the commissioners appointed
by the circuit courts of the United
States for similar purposes, and shall
moreover exercise and discharge all
the powers and duties conferred by
this act.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted,
That the circuit courts of the United
States and the superior courts Of each
organized territory Of the United
States, shall, from time TO time, en-
large the number Of commissioners,
with a view TO reasonable facilities to
reclaim fugitives from labor, and to
the prompt discharge of the duties
imposed by this act.
SEC. 4. And be ii further enacted,
That the commissioners above named
shall have concurrent jurisdiction
with the judges Of the circuit and dis
trict courts OF the United States, in
their respective circuits and districts
within the several States, and the
judges Of the superior courts of the
territories, severally and collectively,
in term time and vacation; and shall
grant certificates to such claimants,
upon satisfactory proof being made
with authority TO take and remove
such fugitives from service or labor,
under the restrictions herein con-
tanned, to the State or territory from
which such person may have escaped
or fled.
SEC. 5. And be ii further enacted,
That it shall be the duty OF all mar
shals and deputy marshals TO obey
and execute all warrants and pre-
cepts issued under the provisions OF
this act, when TO them directed; and
should any marshal or deputy mar
shall refuse 20 receive such warrant
Or other process, when rendered, or
10 use all proper means diligently to
execute the same, he shall, on con-
viction thereof, be fined in the sum
IF one thousand dollars to the use Of
iuch claimant, on the motion OF such
claimant, by the circuit or district
court for the district of such marshal;
md after arrest of such fugitive by
iuch marshal or his deputy, or whilst
1t any time in his custody under the
OF this act, should such
fugitive escape, whether with or
the assent of such marshal
,r his deputy, such marshal shall be
liable Cn his official bond TO be prose-
'uted for the benefit Of such claim
int, for the full value of the service
,r labor of said fugitive in the state,
erritory or district whence he es-
:aped; and the better to enable the
laid commissioners, when thus ap
to execute their duties faith
'ully and efficiently, in conformity
with the requirements Of the consti-
luton of the United States and Of
his act, they are hereby authorized
and empowered, within their coun-
lies, respectively, to appoint in wri-
ting under their hands any one or
more suitable persons from time to
time, to execute all such warrants
and other process as may be issued
by them in the lawful performance
of their respective duties, with au-
thority TO such commissioners or the
persons TO be appointed BY them to
execute process as aforesaid, 10 sum
mon and call TO their aid the bystand-
ers, or posse comitdtus Of the proper
county, when necessary to insure a