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THE ABOLITION MULTIPLICATION LAWS.

THE ABOLITION MULTIPLICATION LAWS.
Tho following clauses of the Constitution have been
violated by the States which follow
/ ARTICLE 4.
SEC 2 The citizens of each State shall be entitled to
all privileges and mmunites of citizens in the several
| States.
SEC 2 CLAUSE g. No person held to service or labor
In one state under the laws thereof escaping into an
other shall, in consequence of any law or regulation
therein, be discharged from such service or labor but
Shall be delivered up claim of the party to whom such
service or labor may be due. ~ FkE~
ARTICLE G.
CLAUSE 2 This Constitution, and the laws of the Uni
ted States which shall be made in pursuance thereof and
all treaties made which shall BIO made under the au-
thory of the United State shall be the supreme law of
the land and the judges in every State shall be bound
thereby anything in the constitution laws of any State
to the contrary notwithstanding
CLAUSE j. The senators and representatives before
mentioned and the members of the several State eas
atures and all executive and judicial officers both of
the United States and of the several States shall ba
bound by oath affirmation to support this Constitu-
! ton, &C.
#- MASSACHUSETTS,
REVISED CoDE OF MASSACHUSETTS, CHAPTER IA
Sec. 81. The governor by and with the advice and
consent OF the council shall appoint in every county
or more commissioners learned in the law who shall in
their respective counties when any person arrested or
seized, or in danger of being arested seized as fg
tive from service labor, being informed thereof
diligently and faithfully all lawful means to protect
and defend such alleged fugitive and secure to him fair
impartial trial by jury and the benefits of the pfovs
ions OF this chapter and attorney whose services
desired by the alleged fugitive may also act as counsel
| (ACt 1853, 489, soc. IL.
SEC. So The commissioners shall defray all expenses
of witnesses clerks fees and officers fees and other
penses which may be incurred in the protection and de-
fence of any person seized arrested and the sauna
together with the reasonable charges of the commission
for their services attorneys and counsel shall be-
paid from the treasury of the Commonwealth on war
rant to be issued by the governor (Act of 1885, SEQ 8
| p. 489)
SEC, 90. No person while holding any Office of honor
trust, or emolument under the laws of this State shall
IN any capacity take oognzance of any case issue any
warrant or other process or grant certificate under
by virtue of All act of Congress approved the twelfth
day of February in the year 1893, entitled San act re-
spectng ugtves from justice and persons escaping from
the service OF their masters under by virtue of an
act OF Congress approved the eighteenth day of Septem
ber 1850, entitled An act to amend and supplementa
ry to AN act respecting fugves from Justice and per
sons escaping from the service of their master.' or
SHALL IN any capacity serve such warrant other pro-
oess Any jue Of the peace o shall offend oa0,a the rro
peons Of this sectors By directly adfrsy acting IN s,h es
shall forfeit not erceey thousand doors or BE- nm
prssond e" )d'I mt ereesd one yt for each ce facts
of lS43, p 80, secs ), and 1858, p. 49, secs g.
Sec Co. No JAIL prison, other place of confinement
belonging used by the State or any county therein
shall be used for the detention imprisonment of any
person accused or convicted of offence created bv
either of the acts Of Congress mentioned in the proding
section accused oonxcted of obstruotng or resist
Ing any process warrant, order issued under either
OF said acts OF rescung attempting to rescue snv
person arrested or detained under any of the provisions
o. either of said acts nor for the imprisonment of per-
son arrested on mesne process execution in suit for
damages or penalties aoCruing, or claimed to accrue in
consequence of did rendered to any fugitive cscapnp
from services or labor Acts of ls43, p. Co. and 1883
| p. 489, sec. 49,
sEo 81. Whoever shall from the limits of this
State, or assist In removing thereom come into the
State with the intention of removing or assisting in the
moving thereom or procure assist in procuring to be
removed person being in the peace thereof who
not held to service or labor by the party" making
Claim, or who has not Escaped from the party
making claim, or whose service labor il not educ
to the party making ''claim within the meaning of
those words in the Constitution of the United States on
the pretnoe that such is held escaped
that his service labor is SO 'iuc or with the
intent to subject him to such service or labor xhaU he
punished by Je not less then thousand nor more ao fee
thousand dags, and by aqisonnssa ~ the State prison mol
less than than ye years. And any person sus-
tanning wrong injury by any proceeding punishable ss
aforesaid may also maintain action and recover dam
| ages therefor. (Act 1855, 4S9, sections 7, 81
SEC 62. ANY sheriff, deputy sheriff. jailer coroner
constable or other officer of this State of the police
of any city town, any district county CITY or
town officer, any officer other member of the vol
unteer militia OF this State who shall hereafter arrest
impson, detan return aid in arresting nprison-
ing OBTAINING, returning, person for the reason
that he is claimed adjudged to be fugitive from
service labor, shall be punished BIZ a not less then one
housald and NOT exceeding tpO houaand dollars and bv m
psoneu the STATE prison less than one nov mars than
tro years. (Acs l84s, 3d. % 1885, 49, secs l,
l5.) s..
SEC. g. The volunteer militia shall not act In any
manner in the seizure, detention, rendition of per-
son @ the reason that ne is claimed or adudged tc be
who shall offend against the provisions of tbis sactio
shaU be punished by fine not tess than thousand ana NOV r.
ding thousand dollars and by imprisonment IN the Sae
prison for nod less tq one mar more a too years. Act of
| 1855, 1885, sec l6) VI -l.-=
SEC 81. The penalties prescribed by the two preceding
sections shall not apply to any act Of military obedience
and subordinaon performed by officer or private of
| the militia. (Act of 1858, l76, sec. -
Sec. IS. Nothing in the eight preceding sections nor
In sections nineteen twenty, and twenty-one shall DO
construed to apply to 30 much of the act of Congress of
the twelfth of February, 1885, relates to fugtYes from
justice. (Act of 1885, 48s, sec. 2I)
SEC. &C. No person holding judicial Office under the
laws of the United States the Office of commissioner
of the circuit court of the United States shall hold any
judicial office under tho constitution and laws Of this
State except that of justice of the peace No Justice of
the peace while holding the Office of commissioner of the
United States circuit court shall have authority grant
warrant to issue process civil criminal other
than to witnesses hear and try any cause
civil criminal under the laws of this State Act of
1885, IT'S, sec. L. re -.--a =. +.
MAINE
LAWS oP MAINE. REVISED CoDE. CHAPTER 80.
SEC So. No sheriff, deputy sheriff. coroner, constable,
jaer, justice of the peace other officer of this State
shall arrest detn aid in doing In any prison or
building belonging to this State, any county or
town. any person account of claim him as fugi-
tive slave ANY of said officers violating any of the afore
said provisions aiding abettng any person claiming
arrestng, or OBTAINING any person fugitive slave
shall forfeit sum not exceeding ono thousand dollars for
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