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An Act to secure the payment of certain legal fees of public officers of this State. 1849-1850 299 (1849)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0152 and id is 1 raw text is: 299 given to, and exercised under the name of the female department of Bolivar Academy. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act shall commence and be in force from and after the passing thereof. LANDON C. HAYNES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN F. HENRY, Speaker of the Senate. Passed January 23, 1850. CHAPTER CV. An Act to secure the payment of certain legal fees of public officers of this State. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That when any slave, a fugitive from justice in any other State, or any runaway, be demanded by the executive authority of such State, from the executive authority of this State, all lahal fees of officers of this State accruing from the arrest and confinement of such fugitive or runaway, shall first be paid by the party or parties claiming such fugitive or runaway. SEC. 2. That in all cases in which such fugitives or runaways have been heretofore demanded by any State and delivered by the executive of this State, as above described, without the payment of such legal fees of the public officers of this State growing out of the arrest and confinement of such fugitives or runaways, said fees shall be paid out of the treasury of this State. and upon satisfactory proof being made to the Gov- ernor of this State, that such fees are due and unpaid, he may direct the Comptroller to issue his warrant therefor. LANDON C. HAYNES, Speaker of the House of' Representatives. JOHN F. HENRY, Speaker of the Senate. Passed February 6, 1850.

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