1. Whenever the Governor of this State shall receiveinformation satisfactory to him that any free citizenor any inhabitant of this State has been kidnapped ortransported away out of this State， into any other Stateor Territory of the United States， for the purpose ofbeing there held in slavery； or that such free citizenor inhabitant is wrongfully seized， imprisoned or heldin slavery in any of the States or Territories of theUnited States， on the allegation or pretence that such aperson is a slave， or by color of any usage or rule of lawprevailing in such State or Territory， is deemed or takento be a slave， or not entitled of right to the personalliberty belonging to a citizen； it shall be the duty of thesaid Governor to take such measures as he shall deem necessary to procure such person to be restored to hisliberty and returned to this State. The Governor is herebyauthorized to appoint and employ such agent or agentsas he shall deem necessary to effect the restoration andreturn of such person； and shall furnish the said agentwith such credentials and instructions as will be likely toaccomplish the object of his appointment. The Governormay determine the compensation to be allowed to suchagent for his services besides his necessary expenses.
2. Such agent shall proceed to collect the proper proofto establish the right of such person to his freedom，and shall perform such journeys， take such measures，institute and procure to be prosecuted such legalproceedings， under the direction of the Governor， as shallbe necessary to procure such person to be restored to hisliberty and returned to this State.
3. The accounts for all services and expenses incurredin carrying this act into effect shall be audited by theComptroller， and paid by the Treasurer on his warrant，out of any moneys in the treasury of this State nototherwise appropriated. The Treasurer may advance， onthe warrant of the Comptroller， to such agent， such sumor sums as the Governor shall certify to be reasonableadvances to enable him to accomplish the purposes of hisappointment， for which advance such agent shall account，on the final audit of his warrant.
4. This act shall take effect immediately.
B.
MEMORIAL OF ANNE.
To His Excellency， the Governor of the State of New-York：
The memorial of Anne Northup， of the village of GlensFalls， in the county of Warren， State aforesaid， respectfullysets forth—
That your memorialist， whose maiden name was AnneHampton， was forty-four years old on the 14th day ofMarch last， and was married to Solomon Northup， thenof Fort Edward， in the county of Washington and Stateaforesaid， on the 25th day of December， A. D. 1828，by Timothy Eddy， then a Justice of the Peace. That thesaid Solomon， after such marriage， lived and kept housewith your memorialist in said town until 1830， when heremoved with his said family to the town of Kingsbury insaid county， and remained there about three years， andthen removed to Saratoga Springs in the State aforesaid，and continued to reside in said Saratoga Springs and theadjoining town until about the year 1841， as near as thetime can be recollected， when the said Solomon started togo to the city of Washington， in the District of Columbia，since which time your memorialist has never seen hersaid husband.
And your memorialist further states， that in the year1841 she received information by a letter directed toHenry B. Northup， Esq.， of Sandy Hill， Washingtoncounty， New-York， and post-marked at New-Orleans， thatsaid Solomon had been kidnapped in Washington， puton board of a vessel， and was then in such vessel in New-Orleans， but could not tell how he came in that situation，nor what his destination was.
That your memorialist ever since the last mentionedperiod has been wholly unable to obtain any informationof where the said Solomon was， until the month ofSeptember last， when another letter was received fromthe said Solomon， post-marked at Marksville， in theparish of Avoyelles， in the State of Louisiana， statingthat he was held there as a slave， which statement yourmemorialist believes to be true.
That the said Solomon is about forty-five years of age，and never resided out of the State of New-York， in whichState he was born， until the time he went to Washingtoncity， as before stated. That the said Solomon Northupis a free citizen of the State of New-York， and is nowwrongfully held in slavery， in or near Marksville， in theparish of Avoyelles， in the State of Louisiana， one of theUnited States of America， on the allegation or pretencethat the said Solomon is a slave.
And your memorialist further states that MintusNorthup was the reputed father of said Solomon， andwas a negro， and died at Fort Edward， on the 22d day of November， 1829； that the mother of said Solomon was amulatto， or three quarters white， and died in the countyof Oswego， New-York， some five or six years ago， as yourmemorialist was informed and believes， and never was aslave.
That your memorialist and her family are poor andwholly unable to pay or sustain any portion of theexpenses of restoring the said Solomon to his freedom.
Your excellency is entreated to employ such agentor agents as shall be deemed necessary to effect therestoration and return of said Solomon Northup， inpursuance of an act of the Legislature of the State ofNew-York， passed May 14th， 1840， entitled “An actmore effectually to protect the free citizens of this Statefrom being kidnappd or reduced to slavery.” And yourmemorialist will ever pray.
（Signed，） ANNE NORTHUP.
Dated November 19，1852.
STATE OF NEW-YORK：
Washington county， ss.
Anne Northup， of the village of Glens Falls， in thecounty of Warren， in said State， being duly sworn， dothdepose and say that she signed the above memorial， andthat the statements therein contained are true.
（Signed，） ANNE NORTHUP.
Subscribed and sworn before me this
19th November， 1852.
CHARLES HUGHES， Justice Peace.
We recommend that the Governor appoint Henry B.
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