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Resolution relating to treaties for the surrender of fugitives from labor. 1859 vol. I 174 (1859)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0795 and id is 1 raw text is: RESOLUTIONS. 1859. No. 4. RESOLUTION appointing a committee to visit, &c., the Asylum at Lexington, and the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Danville. Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That a committee of three from the Senate and three from the House of Representatives be appointed to visit the Lunatic Asylum at Lexington, with powers to inquire into and report upon its management, fiscal condition, and all other matters relating to said institution; and that said committee also visit and examine into the condition and management of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Danville, and report to the General Assembly during its present ses- sion. Approved December 16, 1859 No 5. RESOLUTION relating to'treaties for the surrender of fugitives from labor. WHEREAS, The citizens of Kentucky have been for a series of years, and are still subjected to an annual loss involving hundreds of thousands of dollarsby the escape from this State of persons held *to service or labor in the State, under the constitution and laws of the United States, and under the cdnstitution and laws of the State of Ken- tucky, into the British possessions of North .America: And whereas, No treaty exists -between the government of Great Britain and the United States for the reclamation and ex- tradition of persons so escaping from labor or service; therefore, be it Resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives requested, strongly to urge upon the treaty- making power of the government of the United States the necessity of so amending the tenth section of our treaty with Great Britain in regard to fugitives from justice, which was ratified in London, on the 13th day of October, 1842, by the British minister and American envoy respectively, so as to include in its prov isions fugitives from service or labor, so held under the constitution and laws of the United States, or of either of the States. Resolved, That the Governor of this Commonwealth be requested to forward, under his official seal, a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolution to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress, and a like copy to the President of the United States. Approved December 19, 1859.

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