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An Act to secure to persons taking up Slaves that escape from their Masters, compensation for their services. 1834 282 (1834)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0268 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1835 CHAP. 835.-AN ACT to secure to persons taking up Slaves that escape from their Masters, compensation for their services. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Compensation Commonwealth of Kentucky, That when any person or allowed for the persons, whether citizens of this state or not, who arrest of run- shall hereafter arrest, and secure within any jail in this commonwealth, or deliver to the owner, any slave that shall have runaway from his or her owner, shall be entitled to receive for his or their services in tak- lug up and securing said slave, the compensation here- inafter named, to be paid by the owner. SEC. 2. That when such slave is arrested in the Amount of county in which the owner resides, the sum of ten allowance for dollars; when arrested in any other county, the sum such services, of twenty dollars; if arrested out of the state, not less than the sum of thirty dollars; or such sum as may be assessed by a jury to be empannelled for that purpose, as hereinafter directed. SEc. 3. That when any person shall arrest any Amount of slave that has so, as aforesaid, runaway from the ow- compensation, ner, out of this state, and shall deliver such slave to how to be as- the owner, or secure him or her either in the jail of certained if the owner and tak- the county first entered after crossing the line of the er up cannot a- state, or of the county where the owner reside-if gree. the owner, and the person or persons so taking up and securing said slave, cannot agree upon the com- pensation due, then by application made by said taker up of the slave to any justice of the peace of the county where said slave is confined, or delivered to the owner, such justice shall issue his warrant to any con- stable of the county, commanding him to summon the owner of such slave, to appear before said justice, on some day to be named, not exceeding five days after the date thereof; and also commanding said constable to summon twelve men qualified to serve as jurors, to appear before the said justice, on the return day of said writ, which jury shall be sworn by said justice, and shall assess such compensation as the person or persons so taking up said slave shall be entitled to, under all the circumstances attending the arrest, and securing said slave; and said justice shall enter judg- Judgment to ment and issue execution for the amount of said ver- be entered and execution to is- dict and costs of the trial, as in other cases. If the sue therefor. amount of said judgment, besides costs, shall not ex- ceed fifty dollars, then there shall be no appeal, re- plevy, or stay of execution. If the judgment shall exceed fifty dollars, no exception shall be taken to the

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