If the fugitive should declare that he is a slave, he shall be delivered up to the party who produced him, and the latter, within eight days, must return him to his master. Where the latter lives at a distance from the place the slave was taken, the number of days during which the fugitive remained under the control of him who received him, shall be computed, and twenty miles shall be set down for each day; and when said person shall restore the fugitive to his master, either in his own person, or by an agent, he shall be entitled to receive the compensation allowed by law in such cases; that is to say, one _tremisa_ for every thirty miles traversed by said fugitive slave. If, however, on account of the great distance, it should be a hardship for the party who received the slave to restore him to his master, he must deliver him, in the presence of witnesses, either to the steward in control of any property of the master in the neighborhood, or to a magistrate of the district; and, having received from him the compensation hereinbefore specified, he shall be free from all liability whatever. If, however, the fugitive, when brought before the judge, and interrogated by him, should refuse to disclose whose slave he is, he who produced him must leave him in the custody of the judge. The judge shall keep said fugitive in strict confinement, and shall bring him before the king, in council, within the time, and according to the manner, hereinbefore prescribed, in order that further inquiry may be had, in a place where general publicity may secure the identification of the fugitive. The preceding law having thus been established, whoever, hereafter, does not obey the same, and produce a fugitive before the judge, whether he is known to be a slave, or not, and where he is a slave, does not restore him to his master, shall be compelled to restore him, and give another slave, by way of satisfaction. If the fugitive should die, the master shall be entitled to receive two slaves, of equal value, from him who sheltered him. The judge shall also be liable to a similar penalty, should he neglect to execute the law as hereinbefore provided. If a slave, without the consent of his master, should shelter another who is a fugitive, he shall receive a hundred lashes in the presence of the judge; and the fugitive shall be returned to his master, upon the demand of the latter. If, however, the fugitive, who was sheltered by a slave, should not be found, the master of him who sheltered the fugitive shall be compelled to give in his stead another slave, of the same value, to the owner of the same. If the master should be unwilling to render satisfaction for the act of his slave, he must deliver up the offender by way of amends. =IX. Where a Fugitive Slave Comes to the House of any Person, Notice of the Fact must be Given to the Neighbors and Authorities of the District.=