No judge of any court of record of this Commonwealth and no justice of
the peace shall hereafter take cognizance or grant a certificate in
cases that may arise under the third section of an act of Congress
passed February 12, 1793, and entitled "An act respecting fugitives
from justice and persons escaping from the service of their masters,"
to any person who claims any other person as a fugitive slave within
the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth.


And it further declares that--

No sheriff, deputy sheriff, coroner, constable, jailer, or other officer
of this Commonwealth shall hereafter arrest or detain, or aid in the
arrest or detention or imprisonment, in any jail or other building
belonging to this Commonwealth, or to any county, city, or town thereof,
of any person for the reason that he is claimed as a fugitive slave.


And it further declares that--

Any justice of the peace, sheriff, deputy sheriff, coroner, constable,
or jailer who shall offend against the provisions of this law by in any
way acting, directly or indirectly, under the power conferred by the
third section of the act of Congress aforementioned shall forfeit a sum
not exceeding $1,000 for every such offense to the use of the county
where said offense is committed, or shall be subject to imprisonment
not exceeding one year in the county jail.