 | Wang, Xi - 1997 - 466 pages
...a faithful observance of the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and such warrants shall run and be executed by said officers anywhere in the State or Territory within which they are issued. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That any person who... | |
 | Paul Finkelman - 1998 - 360 pages
...Federal marshals and military officers were obligated to enforce the law, and "all good citizens" were "hereby commanded to aid and assist in the prompt...this law, whenever their services may be required." Federal marshals who failed to safeguard an alleged fugitive could be fined $1 ,000 and face civil... | |
 | 184 pages
...authorities to capture and return runaways, and, in addition, it would have mobilized "all good citizens ... to aid and assist in the prompt and efficient execution of this law." (See Reading No. 26.) The North rose in protest against it. It was actually enforced, under President... | |
 | John R. McKivigan, Stanley Harrold - 1999 - 340 pages
...its "infamous and ungodlike" provisions, especially the part requiring that "all good citizens ... aid and assist in the prompt and efficient execution...this law, whenever their services may be required." The prospect of being deputized by slave catchers to aid in the apprehension of fugitives was enough... | |
 | John R. McKivigan - 1999 - 424 pages
...Commissioners were authorized to appoint a posse comitatus to execute warrants, "and all good citizens [were] hereby commanded to aid and assist in the prompt and efficient execution of this law."15* The hearing procedures specifically indicated that the alleged fugitive would not be allowed... | |
 | David Brion Davis, Steven Mintz - 1998 - 607 pages
...marshal or deputy marshal refuse to receive such warrant. ..he shall. ..be fined in the sum of $1,000. ..and ALL GOOD CITIZENS are hereby commanded to aid...of this law whenever their services may be required Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That when a person held to service or labor in any State or Territory... | |
 | Paul Finkelman - 2002 - 488 pages
...imprisonment for those who obstructed the application of the law. One portion of the law proclaimed that "all good citizens are hereby commanded to aid and...this law, whenever their services may be required." This led blacks to argue that under its provisions any citizen could be impressed into service as a... | |
 | United States. National Archives and Records Administration - 2006 - 257 pages
...summon and call to their aid the bystanders, or posse comitatus of the proper count)', when necessary. . .and all good citizens are hereby commanded to aid...execution of this law, whenever their services may he required. . . . SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That when a person held to service or labor in... | |
 | Leslie M. Harris - 2003 - 393 pages
...attempting to recapture a slave to summon the aid of bystanders and commanded "all good citizens ... to aid and assist in the prompt and efficient execution...this law, whenever their services may be required." Those found guilty of obstructing the actions of the commissioners and their agents were fined one... | |
 | Mason I. Lowance - 572 pages
...observance of the clause of the Constitution referred to, in conformity with the provisions of this act; and all good citizens are hereby commanded to aid...and assist in the prompt and efficient execution of the law, whenever their services may be required, as aforesaid, for that purpose; and said warrants... | |
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Constitution referred to, in conformity with the provisions of this act; and all good citizens are hereby commanded to aid and assist in the prompt and efficient execution of this law, whenever their services may be required... 
