Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-05-01

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said commissioners shall receive il
compensation for their services th
sum of two thousand dollars eacl
to be paid upon the filing of their re
port that said clerk shall recciy,
for his services the sum Of two hun
dred dollars per month that saic
marshal shall receive such fees as arc
allowed 10y law for similar services
performed by him in the Circuit Cour
of the District Of Columbia 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
expenses shall be paid from the Trea.
sury of the United States.
SEC. I. And be IL FURTHER enacted, That
for the purpose of carrying this act
into effect there is hereby appropria-
ted out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, sum not
exceeding one million of dollars.
SEC. 8. Ind be IL further enacted, That
any person or persons who shall kid
nap, or in any manner transport or
procure to be taken out of said Dis
trict, any person or persons discharg-
ed and freed by the provisions of this
act, or any free person or persons
with intent to re-cnslavc or sell such
person or persons into slavery, or shall
re-cnslave any of said free persons,
the person or persons so offending
shall be deemed guilty Of felony,
and on conviction thereof in any court
of competent jurisdiction in said Dis
trict, shall be imprisoned in the pcni-
tentiary not less than five nor more
than twenty years. ...
Sec. 0. And be IL further enacted, That
within twenty days. or within such
further time as the commissioners
herein provided for shall limit, after
the passage Of this act, a statement
in writing or schedule shall be filed
with the Clerk Of the District Court
for the District Of Columbia, by
the several owners or claimants
to the services of the persons
made free or manumittcd by this
act, setting forth the names, ages, sex,
and particular description of such
persons, scverally; and the said clerk
shall receive and record, in book by
him to be provided and kept for that
purpose, the said statements or sched-
ules on receiving fifty cents each there
for, and no claim shall be allowed to any
claimant or owner who shall neglect
this requirement. ...
Sec. 10. And be IL further enacted, That
the said clerk and his SUCCESSORS i'm
Office shall, from time to time, on de-
mand, and on receiving twenty-five
cents therefor, prepare, sign and de-
liver to each person made free or man
um tied by this act, a certificate un-
der the seal Of said court, setting out
the name, age, aud description of such
person, and stating that such person
was duly manumitted and set free by
this act.
Sec. III. Amd be IL fsrther enaeicd, That
the sum of one hundred thousand dol
lars, out of any money in the Treasu-
ry not otherwise appropriated, is
hereby appropriated, TO be expended
under the direction of the President of
the United States, to aid in the coloni-
zation and settlement of such free
persons Of African descent now resi-
ding in said District, including those
to be liberated by this act, as may de-
sire TO emigrate to the Republics of
Hayti or Liberia, Or such other coun-
ty beyond the limits of the United
States as the President may deter
mine: Prorided, The expenditure for
this purpose shall not exceed one hun
dred dollars for each emigrant.
Sec. H. And BE- IL further enacted, That
all acts of Congress and all laws of
the State of Maryland in force in said
District, and all ordinances of the cit
les Of Washington and Georgetown,
with the provision of this
act are hereby repealed.
Approved, April l6, 1862.