Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-09-21

fugitive from service or labor from the custody of such claim
anti his her agent attorney, other person persons
lawfully assisting aforesaid, when arrested pursuant
the authority herein given and declared shall aid, abe,
assist such person owing service labor aforesaid, d.
recy indirectly to escape from such claimant his agent
attorney, other person persons legally authorized as
aforesaid or shall habor conceal such fugitive so as to
prevent the discovery and Of such person, after notice
knowledge Of the fact that such person fugitive from
service labor aforesaid shall for either Of said oice
be subject to fine not exceeding thousand dolla and
imprisonment not exceeding six months, by indictment and
conviction before the district of the United States for the
district in which such offence may have been committed
before the proper court Of criminal jurisdiction, il committed
within any Of the organized Territories of the United
States and shall forfeit and pay, by way Of civil
damages the party injured by such illegal conduct, the
Of thousand dollars for each fugitive lost aoe
said be recovered by action of debt in any Of the district
territsra courts aforesaid within whose jurisdiction the
said offence may have been committed.
Sec g. And be IL further enucted That the marshals,
their Deputies and the clerks said district and territorial
COURTS shall be paid for their services the like fees may be
allowed to them for similar services in other and where
such services rendered exclusively in the arrest custody
and delivery Of the fugitive to the claimant his her agent
or attorney, where such supposed fugitive discharged
out Of custody for the want of sufficient proof aforesaid
then such fees to be paid in the whole by such claimant
his agent attorney and in all where the proceedings
before commissioner, be shall be entitled to fee Of
dollars in full for his services in each case upon the delivery
of the said certificate the claimant his her agent at
toney fee of FIVE dollars in where the proof shall
not in the opinion of such commissioner warrant such
cate and delivery inclusive Of all services incident such
arrest and examination to be paid, in either case by the
claimant his her agent attorney The person per-
authorized to execute the process to be issued by such
commissioners for the and detention Of ugves from
services labor aforesaid shall also be entitled fee Of
five dollars each for each person he they may arrest and
before any such aforesaid the instance
and request such claimant with such other fees may be
deemed reasonable by such commissioned for such other ad
diona services may be necessarily performed by him
after tha keen fho
fugitive in custody and providing him with food and lodging
during his detention and until the final determination of such
commissioner and in general for performing such other
duties may be required by such claimant his her attorney
made up In conformity with the fees usually charged by the
officers of the courts Of justice within the proper district or
county, may be practicable, and paid by such
claimants their agents attorneys, whether such supposed
ugives from service labor be ordered be delivered
such claimants the final determination of such commission
not.
Sec. g. And be 1t further enacted, That upon affidavit
made by the claimant Of such fugitive his agent attorney,
after such certificate has been issued that be has reason 10
aprehend that such fugitive will be rescued by force from
his their possession before be be taken beyond the
limits of the State in which the arrest made, it shall be
the duty of the officer making the retain such fug
tive in bis CUSTODY and him the State whence
he fed and there deliver him said claimant his agent
attorney And to this end, the officer aforesaid is hereby
authorized and required to employ many persons he
may deem necessary such force and to retain
The said officer and his assistants, while employed
ceve the compensation and to be allowed the
penses allowed by law for the transportation Of
criminals be certified by the Judge Of the district within
which the arrest made and paid out Of the treasury Of the
United States.
Sec TO- And be it further enacted, That when any per-
held service labor in any State Territory, in
the District Of Columbia, shall escape thereom, the party to
whom such service or labor shall be DUE his her. their
agent attorney, may apply any court of record therein
Judge thereof vacation and make satisfactory such
court Judge vacation of the escape aforesaid and that
the person escaping owed service labor such party
Whereupon the shall record to be made Of the
matters proved, and also general description Of the
escaping, with such convenient certainty may
and transcript of such record authenticated by the aesa
ton of the clerk and of the seal of the said court being
duced in any other State, Territory District in which the
escaping be found and being exhibited any
Judge commissioner other officer authorized by the law OF
the United States persons escaping from service
labor to be delivered up shall be held and taken be full
and conclusive evidence of the fact Of escape and that the
service labor of Vie 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 OF by affidavit in addition 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 other person authorized by this act
grant certificates claimants of fugives SHALL upon the
production 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 labor
aforesaid which certificate shall authorize such claimant to
seize and transport such person the State Ter
rory from which he escaped: Provided, That nothing
herein contained shall be construed requiring the produc
ton of transcript of such record evidence aforesaid
But in its absence the claim shall be heard and determined
upon other satisfactory proofs competent in law
Approved, September ls, 1850.