SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners

above named shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the judges

of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States, in

their respective circuits and districts within the several

States, and the judges of the Superior Courts of the

Territories, severally and collectively, in term-time and

vacation; and shall grant certificates to such claimants, upon

satisfactory proof being made, with authority to take and

remove such fugitives from service or labor, under the

restrictions herein contained, to the State or Territory from

which such persons may have escaped or fled.

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