The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-06-05


cepe ihefeirom, the party to whom such ser
vice or labor shsll be due, his. her, or thc
agent, attorney, guardian, or trustee, may ap
! ply 10 sDy cou of record there n, and max,
| satisfactory proof 10 such court of the escaf,
Aforesaid, a. that the person escaping owet
service or labor 10 such party. Nhereupnr
he cour. shall cause a record TO be made o
The matters so proved, snd also of genera
description Of the person go escaping, with
such convenient certainty as mny b. and a
transcrip, Of such record, auihrni,ca ed by The
auesiaiion Of The clerk, and OF the seal OF lh,
SAID court, brips produced 10 any oiher Snle
Territory, OF District in which ihe person S,
Escaping may be fou,d. and teing eshlL es
TO any Jldge, commissioner, or otter officer
auihorzfd by The law Of The L. States to
cause persons escaping ON service or labor
10 be delivered up, shall lie he'd aud tek
be full and conclusive evidence of the
escape, and that the service or labor
person escaping is due to the raty in such
record mentioned. And upon the p, p,oducton
by the said parry ofoiher aud further evidence
II necessary, either oral OF by I'll layi, IN ad.
dltion 10 what is conainsd in :he sa!d record
nf the identity Of the pets escaping, be or
she shall be delivered up TO the claimant
And the said court, commissnnet, jidge. or
other person authorized by this act TO grant
certificates to claimnnts OF iugltlves, shall, up
on the production of The recoid d aud olher evI.
dences aforesaid, gran. 10 such claimant a
certificate Of his night TO lake such person
Identified and proved TO be o"lns service or
labor as - d, which certificate shall au
ihorze r opsn, 10 Sc ze or arrest aud
'rauspof rson to the S ate or Terrific.
rs from wBscn he escaped.
And be iffarher enacted, Tha, in case
the alleged fugitive shall declare to The court,
Judge, ,scommssIonef or other lfiicer before
whom he is brought that he is free man
and not slave, and tho SAID court. Judge, OF
commissioner, or other fficer, shall decide to
gran, tie certificate hereiaeaSa horzed, EN-.
powsrrg the removal Of c6v76 Fugitive TO
The Sac from which he dRxM ehall have
& d, the said court, judge. or commissioner,
or other officer, she'll require of the claimant
or his agent 10 enter INTO bond, wi,hou!
surety, TO The Uoi,ed States, in the sun Of one
Thousand dollars, that the said fugitive shall
be removed 10 the State and into the county,
parish, or district thereof, ffom " hence he o,
she may have A d, and then and there, after
The 'eiun Of SAID fugitive, be or she shall be
taken by The sad claimant or bis sgent before
court q competent jui'dlciion at lts Fl S
term after 81; h return, and he permitted BY
the said claimant or HIS agent 10 Try by Jury
kpe risb, to ileedpm Of such fugitive, IN such
form Of action as eha be confuf mabe to the
laws Of ibs State in that behalf.
SEC And be il further enacted, .Ths,
the following shall he The iofG Of he bond re-
quired OF the claiu aat or b S agent IN The
Hext preceding section, w:
Knew all men by these presents, that |,
-, Of the county (paFish or district, as
the case may be) Of -. IN the Safe of
-, an tiruly bound to the tul'ed States
IN The sun of one lhous nd dollars, to be paid
to the SAID Uo,ted States OF their lawful agent
or representative, to which payment, vel! and
truly 10 be mode, blnd myself my heirs, and /
legal representatives. Witness my hand and
seal, thl.-----day Of, eighteen hun.
"rhe condition of the above obligation is
such, that If The above bond - shall re-
move certain person named -, who is
claimed by the said ohligor as fugitive
rom labor, into the State Of, from
he county tparish or district, as the case
nav be) of--, and take the alleged lu.
siive before cour; OF competent jurisdic.
ion therein, at its first term, and then and
here petn, the said alleged fugitive
o try by jury his or her right 10 free
lom in such form Of action as shall be con.
ormable TO the laws of said State 10 that
,ehalf, and ati1rd the said alleged fugitive
he facilities necessary TO fair uia, then
his obligation shall cease and be void other.
ise the said oblIgor shall pay to the Uni.
ed States the said sum of one thousand del
ars, which shall be recoverable in proper
clion before any circuit or district court oi
United States"
Aud the said bond, having he blanks prop.
rly filled up, and being duly executed by
he said claimant or his agent, shall be de.
lvefed to the said court, Judge, or oommis-
ioneT, or other officer actipg as aforesaid,
rho, shall Immediately enclose, seal, and
ransmt the same, by mall to the district
ttorney of the United States for the State
r district into which the said alleged fug.
i've may have been removed. And il shall
e The duty Of the said attorney, on the for
siiure of the said bond, to proceed for The
ecovery of the penalty hereof; and for his
ervices IN the prosecution and recovery OF ,
he same, he shall be enltled TO ID per cent. {
{ the amount recovered, The residue TO be
AID into the treasury of the United States;
nd he shall be also allowed, for his service
4 the prosecution of the SUIT, the sum OF S25, ,
'hether there be any recovery or not. But 8
the obhgor in the said bond shall comply
nth the condition thereof. or if, upon the re. $
lrn OF the snid fugitive to the place from a
:hich ha sha Asd ha sh. shau dec la re | :,