Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1850-11-08

SECTION That persons who have been, or may here
after be- appointed Commissioners in virtue of any act
of Congress- by the Circuit Courts of the United States
and who in consequence of such appointments are au
thorzed exercise the powers that any Justice of the
peace or other magistrate of any of the United States
may exercise respect offenders for any crime of
fence against the United States, BY arrestng mprson-
inc or balng the same under and BY virtue of the th-
ty third section of the of the fourth of September
seventeen hundred and eghtynine entitled An act to
establish judicial courts of the United States shall be
and hereby authorized and required to exercise and
discharge all the powers and duties conferred by this act
SEC 2 And be it further enacted. That the Superb
Court of each organized Territory the United States
shall ave the power to appoint commissioners to
take Acknowledgements of bail and adavits and to take
dispositions of witnesses in civil causes which is now pos
sessed by the circuit of the United States and all
commissioners who shall hereafter be appointed for such
purposes by the superior of any organized Terrific
" of the United States shall possess all the powers and
exercise all the duties conferred by law upon the COM
missioner 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 g. And be it further enacted, That the circuit
of the United States and the superior courts of
each organized Territory of the United States shall from
time to time, enlarge the number of commissioners with
view to afford reasonable facilities to reclaim fugitives
from labor and to the prompt discharge of the duties i'm
posed by this act
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted That the commits
sioners above named shall have concurrent jurisdiction
with the Judges of the circuit and district courts of the
United States their respective circuits and districts
within the several States and with the Judges of the ter
ntores, seyerally and collectively in tmeand vaca-
ton and shall grant certificates such claimants up
on satisfactory proof being made with authority to take
and remove such fugves from service labor under
the restrictions herein contained to the State Terrific
~ from which such persons may have escaped or fed
Sec s. And be it furtherenacted that it shall be the
duty of all marshals and deputy marshalls obey and
execute all warrants and preceps issued under the pro-
visions of this act, when to them directed and should
any marshall deputy marshall refuse to receive such
warrant other process when rendered or to use all
proper means diligently to execute the same he shall on
conviction thereof be fined in the sum of 81 600 to the
of such claimant motion of the claimant BY the
circuit district court for the district of such marshall
and after arrest of such fugitive by said marshall OF his
deputy whilst at any time in his custody under the
provisions under this act should such fugitive ecape
whether with without the of such marshall or
his deputy such marshall shall be liable on his official
bond to be prosecuted for the benefit of such claimant for
the full value of the service labor of said fugitive in
the State, Territory district whence he escaped and
the better to enable the said commissioners when thus
appointed to execute their duties faithfully and efficient
ly; conformity with the requirements of the Consti-
ton of the United States and of this act they are hereby
authorized and empowered within their counties respect
lively to appoint in writing under their hands any one
suitable persons, from time to time to execute
all such warrants and other process may be issued by
them in the lawful performance of their respective duties
with authority to such commissioners or the persons o
be appointed by them to execute process aforesaid to
summon and to call to their aid the bysanders or posse
comtatus OF the proper county when necessary to insure
faithful observance of the clause of the constitution
referred to, in conformity with the provisions of this act
and ALL GOOD CITIZENS are hereby commanded TO
aid and assist in the prompt and efficient execution of
this law whenever their services may be required as
aforesaid for that purpose and said warrant shall run
and be executed by said officers anywhere in the State
within which they issued
Sec g. And be it further enacted. That when a per-
held to service or labor any State or Territory of
the United States has heretofore shall hereafter escape
into another State Territory Of the United States the
person or persons to whom such service labor may be
DUE or his, her, OF their agent attorney duly author
ized by power ofattomey in writing acknowledged and
certified under the seal some legal officer or court of
the State orcrtoy in which the same may be executed