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Fugitives from Justice. 1850 vol. I 311 (1850)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0662 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. twenty-five dollars; if apprehended in any other county, 1851. fifty dollars, to be paid by the owner of said slave. § 7. The county court may limit, by an order, the num- ber of hours in each month, in which the patrol shall be on duty, or leave the same to the sound discretion of the cap- tain. The officers and men shall each be paid out of the fund created for that purpose, a sum not exceeding one dol- lar and fifty cents for every twelve hours purposely en- gaged in the discharge of their duties. § 8. The county court shall, from time to time, create a fund to pay the expenses of said patrol, by a poll tax on each slave in the county, not exceeding one dollar on each black tithable; which fund shall not be expended or used by the county court for any other purpose. CHAPTER XV1I. FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE. ARTICLE I. § 1. Upon the demand of the executive of any state or territory of the United States, made upon the governor of this commonwealth, to surrender a fugitive from justice from said state or territory, pursuant to the constitution and laws of the United States, he shall issue his warrant to the sheriff or constable of any county within this state, commanding him to apprehend said fugitive and bring him before some circuit judge. § 2. The circuit judge shall proceed, by the examination of witnesses, to ascertain if the person apprehended be the fugitive demanded and mentioned in the warrant of the governor of this state, and, if satisfied of the identity of the person, the judge shall order him to be delivered up to the agent of the state or territory demanding him, to be transported to such state or territory agreeably to the laws of the United States; otherwise he shall discharge the per- son from custody. § 3. If no such agent be present, the fugitive shall be committed to the jail of the county in which the hearing before the judge is had. Of the fact of commitment the judge shall forthwith inform the governor of this state, and, on demand by the agent of the state upon the jailer, by the authority of the governor of this state, the fugitive from justice shall be delivered up to such agent. If said fugi- tive be not demanded within three months after his com- mitment, the jailer shall discharge him. § 4. All costs incurred in apprehending and securing said fugitive, shall be paid by the agent of the state, before he shall be permitted to remove him or receive him into cus- tody.

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