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One statute of the Compromise of 1850 enacted September 18 1850 is informally known as the Fugitive Slave Law or the Fugitive Slave Act it bolstered the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 the new version of the Fugitive Slave Law required federal judicial officials in all states and federal territories including in those states and territories in which slavery was prohibited to assist with the return of escaped slaves to their masters actively in the states and territories permitting slavery Any federal marshal or other official who did not arrest an alleged runaway slave was liable to a fine of $1000 Law enforcement everywhere in the US had a duty to arrest anyone suspected of being a fugitive slave on no more evidence than a claimant's sworn testimony of ownership Suspected slaves could neither ask for a jury trial nor testify on their own behalf in addition any person aiding a runaway slave by providing food or shelter was to be subject to six months' imprisonment and a $1000 fine Officers capturing a fugitive slave were entitled to a fee for their work, Schools of thought[show] 8.3 Other The historical records of the House of Representatives and the Senate are maintained by the Center for Legislative Archives which is a part of the National Archives and Records Administration. Union military strategy 6.1 Fish 6 Fauna of the Potomac River and its Basin.

! . Flag Official seal of Washington D.C The term Congress can also refer to a particular meeting of the legislature a Congress covers two years; the current one the 116th Congress began on January 3 2019 and will end on January 3 2021 the Congress starts and ends on the third day of January of every odd-numbered year Members of the Senate are referred to as senators; members of the House of Representatives are referred to as representatives congresswomen or congressmen. Replica of Lincoln's birthplace near Hodgenville Kentucky, Howe's troop strength totaled 32,000 regulars and Hessians and Washington's consisted of 23,000 mostly raw recruits and militia in August Howe landed 20,000 troops at Gravesend Brooklyn and approached Washington's fortifications as King George III proclaimed the rebellious American colonists to be traitors. Washington opposing his generals chose to fight based on inaccurate information that Howe's army had only 8,000 plus troops. Howe assaulted Washington's flank and inflicted 1,500 Patriot casualties with the British suffering 400. Washington retreated instructing General William Heath to acquisition river craft in the area On August 30 General William Alexander held off the British and gave cover while the army crossed the East River under darkness to Manhattan Island without loss of life or material although Alexander was captured.