Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-10-21

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extracts, which are taken from Executive
Document No. %, submitted to Congress
by the Presiden, of the United States. and
printed by the public printer 10 Congress
The Document forms volume cf S22
pages, and is entitled g Laws of the Ter
ritory Of Kansas" We commence with
the following, which will be found COM
mencing on page 604, and which will
provoke It's own comments:
CHATTER 15l.-SLAvIs.
a" del TO Punish oJensss dgairst Slare Property
81 Persons raising insurrection punishable
with death.
3 Alder punishable with death
s. What constitutes felony.
L. Punishment for decoying away slaves
, Punishment for assisting slaves
8. What deemed grand larceny.
l. What deemed felony.
g. Punishment for conceaiinc slaves
y. Punishment for rescuing slaves from of
ficer.
10. Penalty on officer who refuses to assist
in capturing slaves.
III. Printing inccndiary documents.
II. What deemed felony.
Is. W 40 are qualified rs jurors.
BE It enacted 6y the Governor and Loqislatirc As
'ehaofy Of the Territory of Ka',sas, as fo!ioars
SEcrIos l That every person, bond
or free, who shall be convicted of actually
raising rebellion or instruction OF slaves,
free negroes, or mulattoes, In this Terri,
tory, shall suffer death.
SEC. 2. Every free person who shall
aid or assist in any rebellion or insurrec-
ton OF slaves, free negroes, or mulattoes,
or shall furnish arms, or do any overt ACT
In furtherance OF such rebellion or insur-
rection, shall suffer death.
SEC. 3. If any free person shall, By
speaking, writing, or printing, advise,
persuade, or induce any slaves TO rebel,
conspire against, or murder any citizen
of this Territory, or shall bring into, print,
write. publish, Or circulate, o. cause to be
brought into, printed, written. published
or circulated, Or shall Knowingly aid or
assist in the bringing into. printing, writ
ing, publishing or circulating in this Ter
rltory, any book, paper, magazine, PAM
phlet or circular, for the purpose of ex-
citing insurrection, rebellion, revolt, or
conspiracy ON the part of the slaves, free
negroes or malattoes, against the citizens
of the Territory or any part of them, such
person shall be guilty OF felony, and shall
suffer DEATH sz
SEC. A. IL any person shall entice, de-
coy, or carry away out of this Territory,
any slave belonging to another, with intent
to effect or procure the freedom of such
slave, he shall be adjudged guilty of grand
larceny, and, OH conviction therof, shall
suffer death, Or be imprisoned at hard Ia
Dor for not less than ten years.
SEC: 5. 1t any person shall aid or as
slst III entlclng, deceylng, Or persuading,
or carrying away, or sending out of this
Territory, any slave belonging to another
with intent to procure or effec, the free
dom of such slave, or with intent TO de-
prive the owner thereof of the services
of such slave, he shall be adjudged guilty
OF grand larceny, anu, on coAyiclicn there-
or, shall suffer death, or be imprisoned at
hard labor for not less than ten years.
SEC. 3. If any person shall entice, de-
coy. or carry away out of any State or
other Territory of the United States any
slave belonging to another, with intent TO
procure or effect the freedom of such
slave, and shall bring such slave into this
Territory, he shall be adjudged guilty of
grand larceny, in the same manner as if
such slave had been enticed, decoyed, or
carried away out of this Territory, aad
In such case the larceny may be charged
to have been committed in any county of
this Territory, into or through which such
slave shall have been brought By such
person, ard on conviction thereof, the
persoD offending shall suffer death or be
imprisoned at hard labor for no, less than
ten years.
SEC. z. If any person shall cntice, per-
suade, or decoy any slave to escape from
the service of his master or owner In this
Territory, or shall aid or assist any slave
in escaping from the service of his mas
ter or owner. or shall aid, assist, harbor
or conceal any slave who may have es-
capped from the service of his master
or owner, he shall be deemed guilty of
felony, and punished by Imprisonment AT
hard labor for term OF not less than five
years.
SEc. s. IF any person in this Territory
shall aid OF ASST t, harbor or conceal any
slave who has escaped from the service
OF his master or owner, In another State
or Territory, such person shall be punish
ed in like manner as if such slave had
escaped from the service of his master OF
owner in this Territory.
SEC. 9. If any person shall resis, any
officer while attempting 10 arrest any
slave that may have escaped from the SER
vice tf his master or owner, or shall res
cue such slave when in the custody of any
officer or other person, or shalt entice,
persuade, aii or assist such slave TO es-
cape from the custody of any officer or
other person who may have such slave in
custody, whether such slave have escaped
from the service of his master or owner
in this Territory or in any other State or
Territory, the person SO offending shall
be guilty of felony and punished by i'm
prisonment at hard labor for term of
not less than two years.
SEC. 10. If any marshal, sheriff. or
constable, or the deputy of any such off,
Ger, shall, when required by any person,
refuse to aid or assist in the arrest asld
capture of any slaEe-~,hat may have es-
capped from the service Of his mastersor
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