Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1859 — New Hampshire Legislature. [ARTICLE]

New Hampshire Legislature.

• Concod, June 24, 1859. In the New Hampshire House of Representative yesterday, a stringent, bill in relittion to the rendit ion ot alleged fugitive slaves, was reported by the Judiciary 'Committee. The bill provides that any person who shall aid or abet in any rendition of a person claimed as a slave, shall be punished for the fi-st offense by five years imprisonment, and for the second fliy imprisonment lor life. The bill passed ’its first stages by a vote of 134t0 101.