American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-09-15
Fugitiue Slave Laws.


ther Of the territories on the northwest or
south of the river Ohio. under the laws
thereof, shall escape into any other of the
said states or territory. the Iersou to whom
such labor or service may be due, his
agent or attorney, is hereby empowered to
seize or arrest such fugitive from labor,
and to take him or her before any Judge OF
the Circuit or District Courts Of the Uni
ted States. residing or being within the
State; OF before any magistrate Of coun-
ty, city, or town corporate, wherein such
seizure or arrest shall be made, and upon
proof, to the satisfaction Of such Judge or
magistrate, either by oral testimony or af
fidavit taken before and certified by a
magistrate Of any such state or territory.
that the person siezed or arrested both,
under the Laws of TIE state or territory
iro8 which be or she fed, owe service or
labor to the person claiming him or htf,
it shall be the duty Of such judge or mag
istrate to give certificate thereof 10 such
claimaht, his sgent or attorney, which
shall be sud cient warrant for removing
the said lugilives from lator, 10 the
state OF territory from which he or she
fed.
Sec. 1: That any pers who shall
knowingly and, willingly obstruct, or
hfndef sdch claimant bis agent or anor.
ney, in ssizing or arresting such fugitive
from lator, or shall rescue such fugitive
from such claimant, his agent or attorney,
when SO arrested. pursuant to the authori-
u herein given or declared; or shan har-
bor or conceal such person, after notice
that he Or she was a fugitive from labor,
as aforesaid, shall for either Of the said
ofenses, forfeit and pay the sum OF five
hundred dollars" ' V .'s4''
Fugitive slave Law OF 1850.
An act to amend and supplementary to
the act entitled "An act respecting fugi-
tives from justice and persons escaping
from the service Of their masters, zap
proved February l2, 1898.
Belt enscted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives, Of the United States o
America in Congress assembled, That per
sons who have been or may hereafter b.
appointed in virtue Of an act Of Congress
by the Circuit Courts Of the United Slate
and who, in consequence Of such appoint
ment, are authorized 10 exercise the powe
that any justi,e Of the peace or otbe
magistrate Of any Of the United State
may exercise in respect 10 offenders 70
any crime or offerce against the Unitet
States, by ARE sting, imprisoning, or bail
ing, the same, under and by virtue Of th'
thirty-third section of the act of the 24tl
Of Sc ptember, 1889, entitled "An act T.
establish the judicial courts Of the Unite
States," shall be, and are hereby. author
ize d and require d to exercise and discharg
nll the powers and Iduties conferred by Chi
; act. -.. q.
} SEQ. 9. And be It further enacted, This
lhe Superior COURT Of each organize
e territory Of the United States shall hav
Q the same power to appoint Commissioner
D to take acknowledgements Of bail and eff
s davis, and to take depositiohs Of witness
es in civil cases, which is now possesse
g by the Circuit Court Of the United State;
: and all Commissioners Who shall bereafte
be appointed for such purposes by th
: Superior Court OF any organized territor
r Of the Uuited States, s5all possess oil th
Q powers, and exercise all The duties. col
fefred by law upon Commissioners 81
!: pointed by the United States for sImils
d purposes, and shall moreover exercise an
l. discharge all the powers and duties COZ
g ferred by this act.
Sec. 4. And be It further enactst
y That the Circuit Courts of the Unite
y States. and the Superior Courts of eac
u organized territory Of the United State
shall irom time to time enlarge the numbC
= = Of com tnissioners. with a view to atfor
70 reasonable facilities 10 reclaim fugitive
from labor, and to the prompt dischare
= OF the duties imposed by this act.
Sec. a. And be it further enacted
That the Commissioners above name
: shall have concurrent jurisdiction with Il
u Judges Of the Circuit and District Cour
Of the United States, in their respecli,
circuits and districts within the sever
- :, States, and the judges Of the Superi'
10 Courts Of the Territories, severally an
collectively, in term.tlme and vacation
p and shall grant certificates to such CLAIM
m ants. upon satisfactory proof being mac
with authority to take and remove sue
10 fugitive from service or labor, under Il
ID restriction herein contained, 10 the Sta
y or Territory from which such person
% may have escaped or fed.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacte
10 That it shall be The duty Of all Marsha
:" and Deputy Marshals to obey and execu
all warrants and precepts issued under q
Mt provisions Of this act, when to them
to rected; and should any Marshal or Depu
he Marshal refuse to receive such warrant
in other process when rendered, or 10 u
v. all proper means diligently to execute t
III same. he shall on c, ,nyiction thereof,
IL fined in the sum Of one thousand dolla
all 10 the use Of such claimant, on the Ii
If, ton Of such claimant, by the Giro uit
to District Court for The district Of su
r. Marshal; and after arrest of such fdgili
n. by such Marshal or his Duputy, OF wbi
no at any time in his custody under the pl
b. visions under this act, should such ful
il. tive escape. whether with or without |
assent Of such Marshal, or bis Depul