The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-04-25
EVANSVILLE, IND. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 25. 1862


Secretary of the Treasury, who shall
| thereupon cause the said amount o1
money to be paid into said court, subject to
its orders and final decree, which payment
Shall be in full and complete compensation,
as in other cases.
Sec. 5. A4ld be &c further enacted, That
said commissioners shall hold their sessions
j in Washington, at such place and times as
the President of the United States may di-
/ rect, of which they shall give due and
public notice. They shall have power to
! subpoena and compel the attendance of wit
uesses, and to receive testimony and en-
! force its production, as in civil cases before
courts of justice, without the exclusion OF
| any witness on account of color; and they
may summon before them the persons maxi
| ing claim to service or labor, and examine
them under oath; and they may also, for
purposes of Identification and appraisement
cali before them the persons so claimed.
Said commissioners shall appoint clerk,
who shall keep files and complete record of
all proceedings before them, who shall have
power tosadmiuister oaths and affirmations
in said proceedings, and who shall issue all
lawful process by them ordered The Mar
skal of the District of Columbia shall per-
sonally, or by deputy, attend upon the ses-
sions of said commissioners, and shall exe-
cute the process issued by said clerk.
Sec. 6. And be ii further enacted, That
said commissioners shall receive in compen-
sation for their services the sum of two
thousand. dollars each, to be paid upon the
filing of their report; that said clerk shall
receive for his services the sum of two hum
dred dollars per month; that said marshal
shall receive such fees as are allowed by
law for similar services performed by him
in the Circuit Court of the District of Co
Iumbia; that the Secretary of the Treasury
shall cause all other reasonable expenses of
said commission to be audited and allowed
and that said compensation, fees, and ex-
penses shall be paid from the treasury of
the United States.
Sec. z. Ar1 be it further enacted, That
for the purpose of carrying this act into
effect there is hereby appropriated, out Of
any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, a sum'not exceeding one mill
lion of dollars.
Sec. 8. And bU 1t further enacted, That
any person or persons who shall kidnap, or
in any manner transport OF procure to be
taken out of said District, any person or
persons discharged and freed by the pro-
visions of this act, or any free person or
such person or persons into slavery, or shall
re- enslave any of said freed persons, the
person or persons so offending shall be
deemed guilty of a felony, and on eonvic-
ton thereof in any court Of competent
jurisdiction in said District, shall be i'm
prisoned in the penitentiary not less than
five nor more than twenty years.
Sec. 8. And be 1t further enacted, That
within twenty days, or within such fur
ther time as the commissioners herein pro-
vided for shall limit, after the passage Of
this act, a statement in writing or schedule
shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for the District of Columbia, by the
several owners or claimants to the services
Of the persons made free or manumitted by
this act, setting forth the names, ages, sex,
and particular description of such persons, /
severally; and the said clerk shall receive
and record in book by him to be pro-
vided and kept for that purpose, the said
statements or schedules on receiving fifty
cents each therefor, and no claim shall be
allowed to any claimant or owner who |
shall neglect this requirement. .-l 4
Sec. 10. And be at further enacted, That |
the said clerk and his successors in Office |
shall, fIom time to time, on demand, and |
on receiving twenty-five cents therefor, |
PANPoAOI oA0 ACAIsCE " 6dCu pbISDu ]
made free or manumitted by this act, GER
tifcate under the seal of said court, setting |
out the name, age, and description of such
person, and stating that such person was
duly manumitted and set free by this act. |
Sec. IL. And be ii further enacted, That /
the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, |
out of any money in the treasury not 9TH |
erwise appropriated, is hereby appropri- /
ated, to be expended nnder the direction of
the President of the United States, to aid i
in the colonization and settlement of such
free persons of African descent now residing
in said District, including those to be lib
Grated by this act, as may desire to emf
CRATE to the Republics of Hayti and Libe-
ria, or sueh other country beyond the
limits of the United States as the President
may deterpine: Provided, The expendi-
ture for this purpose shall not exceed one
hundred dollars for each emigrant.
Sec. IL. Afld be 1t further enacted, That
Ill acts of Congress and all laws of the
State of Maryland in force in said District,
and all ordinances of the cities of WASH
ngton and Georgetown, inconsistent with
he provisions of this act, are hereby re-
0ealed.
Approved, April I6, 1852.