Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-10-16

| provisions oil this act and all good citizens
are hereby commanded 10 aid and assist in
the prompt and tflicenl execution oflhis law
whenever their services may be required,
as aforesaid, for that purpose and SAID
warrants shall run, and be executed by
snid officers uny where in the State within
which they are issued.
! That wfen person held TO service or
labor in any State or Territory of,he Uni,
ted States, heretofore, or shall hereafter
escape into another Sra'e or Territory OF
the United States, the person or persons TO
whom such service or Iabo: may be due,
or his, her, or their agent or attorney, du-
ly authorized by power Of attorney in wri-
ting, acknowledged and certified under
The seal Of some legal officer or court OF
the State or Territory in watch the same
may be executed, may pursue and reclaim
such fugitive person, either by Procuring
a warrant from some one OF the courts, ,iud.
ges,or commissioners Of the proper circuit,
district, or county, for the apprehension Of
such fugitive from service or labor. or by
seizng and arres,ing such fugitive. " here
the same can be done without process, and
by taking. or causing such persons 10 be
taken forthwith before such court. Judge,
or commissioner, whose duty il shall bo to
hear and determine The case Of such clai.
mant in summary manner 4; and upon
satisfactory proof being made, by deposit
ton or affidavit in writing, TO be taken and
certified by such court, judge, or commits
>ioner, or by other satisfactory testimony.
duly taken aud certified by some court,
magistrate, justice Of the peace or Other le-
gal officer authorized TO administer an
oath and take depostions under the laws
Of the State or Territory from which such
person owing service mag have escaped,
with certificate of such magi>tIacv or
other authority as aforesaid, with the seal
of the proper cour, or officer thereto at
tached. which seal shal, be sufficient 10 es.
tabsh the competency of the proof, and
with proof also by affidavit OF the idcnty
OF the person whose service or labor is
claimed 10 be due as aforesaid, that the
person SO arrested does in fact owe service
or labor TO the person or persons claiming
him or her, in the State or Territory from
which such fugitive may have escaped as
Aforesaid and ,ha, said person escaped 10
make out and deliver TO such claimant, his
agent, or attorney, certificate setting forth
the substantial facts as 10 the service or
labor due from such fugitive 10 the claim.
an, and Of his or her escape from the State
or Territory in which such service or labor
was due 10 the Stale or Territory IN which
he or she was arrested with authority to
such claimant. or his or her agent or at.
torney. to use such reasonable force and
restraint as may be necessary under the cir
cumstanccs Of the case, TO take and remove
such fugitive person back to the State or
Territory whence he or she may have es-
capped as aforesaid. In no trial or hearing
under this act shall the testimony OF such
alleged fugitive be admitted in evidence
and the certificates in this, and the first
section mentioned, shall be conclusive Of
the right of the person or persons in whose
favor granted, to remove such fugitive 10
the State or Territory from which he esca.
ped, and shall prevent all molesa,ion OF
such person or persons, by any process
issued by any court, judge, magistrate, or
other person, whomsoeser.
7. That any person who shall know.
ingly and willingly obstruct, hinder. or
preven, such claimant. his agent or attor.
ney, or any person or persons lawfully as
sisling, him her or them, from arrestng
such fugitive from service or labor, either
with or without process as aforesaid or
shall rescue or attempt to rescue such fu-
gtive from service or labor from the custo-
dy Of such claimant, bis or her agent or
attorney, or other person or persons law.
fully assisting as aforesaid, when so arres-
led pursuant to the authority herein given
and declared; or shall aid, abel or assist
such person so owing service or labor as
aforesaid directly or indirectly to escape
from such claimant. his agent or attorney,
or other person or persons legally author
ized us aforesaid /; or shall harbor or con.
ceal such fugitive, so as to preven, the dis
covery and arrest Of such person, after
notice or knowledge Of the fac, that such
person as fugitive from service or labor
as aforesaid, shall, for either Of said often.
ces, be subjected 10 fine no, exceeding
$1,000, and Imprisonment not exceeding
six months, by indictment rnd conviction
before the District Court Of The United
States for the District in which such oflense
NAV have been committed, or before the
proper Court Of criminal jurisdiction, If
within any one oil The organized !