Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-06-14

courts are authorised and required to APP
point one or more commissioners in each
county to take acknowledgements of bail
and afidavits, and auo to take deposi-
si,ions Of witnesses in civil causes, anil
who shall each, or any Judge of the
United States on complaint heing made
on oath to him that fugitive from la
bor is believed to be within the State or
Territory in which he lives, issues his
warrant to the United States Marshal. or
to any person who shall be willing to
serve it, authorising an arrest of the flu
gitive, if within the State or Territory. to
be brought before him or some other
commissioner or Judge Of the United
States Court within the State or Terri
tory, that the right of the person claim
ing thcscrviccs of such fugitive may he
examined. And on the hearing, deposi-
tons duly arthcntica ted, and pa,ol proof
shall be heard to establish the identity of
the fugitive and the right of the claim
ant, and also to show that slavery is es
tablished in the State from which the
fugitive absconded. And if on such hoar-
ing the commissioner or Judge shall find
the claim to the services of the fugitive,
as asserted, sustained bv the evidence, he
shall make outa certificate of the mate
rial facts proved and of his judgment
thereon. which he shall sign, and which
hall be conclusive Of the right of the claim
ant or his agent TO take the fugitive hack
to the state from whence he fled Pro-
vidcd thatift the fugitive shall deny that
he owes service TO the claimant under the
laws Of the State where he was held,
and after being duly cautioned as to the
solemnitics and consequences Of an oath,
shall swear to the same, the commission
er or Judge shall forthwith summon ju-
ry of twelve men to try the right of the
claimant, who shall be swo.n to try the
cause according to evidence, and the
commissioner or judge shall preside at
trial and determine the competency of the
proof.
SEC. 2. And be ii. further enacted, That
the commissioner shall receive ten dol
lars in each case tried by him, as afore-
said, the jurors fifty cents each, and the
marshal or other person serving the pro-
cess shell receive five dollars for serving
the warrant on each fugitive and for mi
leagc and other services the same as are
allowed to the marshal for similar servi-
ccs, to be examined and allowed by the
commissioner Oh judge, and paid by the
claimant.
On Motion Of Mr.. CLAY, the Senate,
as in Committee Of the Who'll, resumed
the consideration ofthe hil forthe ad-
mission of the state Of California, the es-
tablshment Of the Territorial Govern.
mcnt Of Utah and New Mexico, and MI
king proposals to Texas for the settle
ment Of of her Western and Northern
boundaries.
The Vice President stated the qucs-
ton to be upon the amendment proposed
by Mr.. Chase, to an amendment submit
ted by the Senator from Mississippi. (Mr.
Davis to the 10th section Of the BILL
Mr., Soule gave notice of his intention
TO move the following amendment, which
was laid on tic table and ordered to be
printed.
After the word government, in the ii
tie, insert the words 'South Cal forri,.'
Strike out the lst, I'd, and Sd sections,
and insert:
BE It enacted, dc. That MS soon as G al
ifornia shall have passed in convention an
ordinance providing that she rclinquish-
es all title or claim to tax, dispose of or
in any way interfere with the primary
disposal by the United States of the pub
lie domain within her limits; that she will
not inIcrposc her authori and power so
to disturb or impede any control which
United States may deem advisable to ex
crclsc over such districts in the mining
regions either now discovered, or to he
discovered hereafter, as may be included
in any lawful grant made to private indi-
vldunls, vi to corporations, prior to the
cession of California to the United States:
that the lands Of the non-residents shall
never be taxed higher than those of res
idcrts; that the navigable waters shall he
open and free TO all citizens of the United
States, those of California included; and
that her southern limits shall I've restric-
ted the Missouri compromise line, (36
deg. 80 min. of North latitude) and as
soonas she shall have produced 10 the
President of the United States satisfacto-
ry and authentic evidence that the terms
set forth have been fully ana exactly