Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-10-23

upon the SECRETARY Of the Treasury who shall there
upon cause INC saa amour, Of money to be paid into
payment shall be in full and complete compensation,
IN other cases. .lafaW rrFTUE.rnr .fHl.
soo s., Aad be afrthsr enacted, That said eon,mis-
soners shall hold their sessions in the city OF Washing
ton, al such place and times as the President Of the
United States may direct, OF which they shall give due
and public notice. They shall have power TO subp9na
and compel the attendance Of witnesses and receive
testimony and enforce its production, in civil cases
before courts Of justice, without the exclusion Of any
witness account of color and they may summon
before them the persons making claim to service or la
Dor, aud examine them under oath and they may
also, for purposes Of identification and appraisement
call before them the persons claimed Said commits
sioners shall appoint clerk, who shall keep files and
a complete record of all proceedings before the who
shall have power to administer oaths and atrmatons
IN said proceedings, and who shall issue all lawful
process by them ordered The Marshal Of the District
Of Columbia shall personally, or by deputy, attend up
the sessions Of said commissioner and shall exc
I cute the process issued by said clerk,
Sec O.. And be further enacted, That said commits
soners shall receive in compensation for their services
the Of two thousand dollars each, to be paid upon
the filing Of their report that said clerk shall
for his services the sum Of two hundred dollars per
month"; that said marshal shall receive such fees
allowed by law for similar services performed by him in
the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia that
Secretary of the Treasury shall cause all other
able expenses Of said commission to be audited and al
lowed and that said compensation, fees and expenses
shall be paid from the Treasury OF the United States.
Sec. Z. and be further enacted That for the pur-
pose OF carrying this act into effect there is hereby ap
| pfOpfltteu, out OF any money IN MOI
otherwise appropriated sum not exceeding one mill
ion of dollars. .r1
Sec. s. Ind be IL further enacted, That any person
persons who shall kidnap, or in any manner trans.
port or procure 20 90 taken ol. Q, sand District any
person or persons discharged and freed by the proys
ions OF this act any free person persons with M
tent TO reenslaye sell such person persons intC
slavery or shall re-ensaye any of said freed persons
the person persons offending shall be deemec
guilty OF felony and on conviction thereof in any
court OF competent jurisdiction in said District shall b
imprisoned in the penitentsry not less than FIVE MOI
more than twenty years.
Sec. 9. And be further enacted That within twent,
days. within such further time the commissioner
herein provided for shall limit, after tho passage of thi
act statement in writing or schedule shall be file,
with the clerk of the Circuit Court for the District
Columbia, by the several owners or claimants to tn
services Of the persons made free or manumitted b.
this act setting forth the names ages, sex and parc
uar description Of such persons, severally; and tn
said clerk shall receive and record, in book by him
he provided and kept for that purpose the said state
MEETS schedules receiving fifty cents each there
for an,s no claim shall be allowed to any claimant o
owner who shall neglect this requirement. ma
| Sec TO- Ana be u Further enacted, That the sa
clerk and his succe,s ors in Office SHALL from time
time, on demand, ana on receiving twenty-five cent
therefor prepare, sign, ans deliver to each perso
o the seal Of said court setting out the nance ace
and description OF such person, and stating that suc
was duly manumtted and set free BY thus act
hundred aoars ou Of ay 're onsn
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated hereby ap
priated to be expended under tho direction OF tn
President of the United States to aid in the COLOMBIA
ton and settlement Of such free persons of African de
scent residing in said District, including those
be liberated by this act, as may desire to emgrate
the Republics of Hayt Liberia, such other ooun
try beyond the limits of the United States the Pres
dent may determine: PROVIDED, The expenditure ifo
this purpose shall not exceed hundred dollars fo
each emigrant - }a4 g
Sec. u. And be it further enacted, That all acts o
Congress and all laws of the State of Maryland in fore
in said District, aud all ordinances Of the cities
| washington aud GporvetOwIl. with III
provisions Of this act, are hereby repealed s22
: Approved, April l6, 1852. p - @ 80 as'Sfg4