- Event type: CREATE
The Road to Civil War
Select Committee of Thirty-Three of the House of Representatives
A select committee formed via resolution in reference to the 1860 annual President's Message tasked with examining the condition of the union, exploring the slavery question, and offering solutions to the crisis of secession. The committee was designed to contain one member from each State.
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Session 12578: 1861-01-12 12:00:00
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H. R. 1110
An Act Amendatory of the act for the rendition of fugitives from justice.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every person charged, by indictment or other satisfactory evidence, in any State, with treason, felony, or other crime, committed within the jurisdiction of such State, who shall flee or shall have fled from justice and be found in another State, shall, on the demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled upon the district judge of the United States of the district in which he may be found, be arrested and brought before such judge, who, on being satisfied that he is the person charged, and that he was within the jurisdiction of such State at the time such crime was committed, of which such charge shall be prima facie evidence, shall deliver him up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime; and if any question of law shall arise during such examination, it may be taken on exceptions by writ of error to the circuit court.
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- H. R. 1110 (introduced on 1861-01-12 12:00:00 - CREATE - e842766) [This document]
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- None (introduced on 1861-01-12 12:00:00 - REPORT_PROPOSAL - e842770) [view current proposal at this moment]