The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-06-30

Z Bill as 1t reCeIIlJ Pessoss,'se1sN
over the Presidents Veto
..Bs Il enacted By the Senate and House i Repre-
sefafiyes of the United Suites Of America az congress
srese,nn.ed That all persons born in the OniIed
States and not subject to any foreign rover, eA,
5 ending Indians, not taxed, arc hereby declared
to be citizens of the United States ana sucn Gtl>
y zens of every race and color, without regard 10
any previous condition of slavery or lnyoluniarJ
seryitude except as punishment Ior slte
whereof the party shall ave been d9iy INV Te
ritory in the United States to make anu cllotSe
contracts to sue, be parties, and give eVluence,
to inherit, purchase, lease seli 10 FIJI and eaua
benefit oil all laws and proceedings LOT ING eeIuti
ty of person and property as Is enjoyed oS WIZ
citizens, and shall De sueeI none other any law
sstatnfe. ordinance, regulation, or custom 10 the
contrary Notwithstanding. M. ~ ~
SEC 3 Ind be Il further eaoc9ett 1huG any pei.
son who. under color of any law, statute, ordl
nance regulation, or customs. shall subject, or
cause to be subjected any nnaolit Oh any State
cured or protected by this act, or to different
punishment pains, or penalties on account OF
such person having at any time Deen ne5a III
cept as punishment for crime whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted, or by reason OF
his color or race than is preserloea dor Inc PUN
ishment of white persons, shall be deemed gGnty
of a msdemeanor, and, on conVIctlon, shali DC
punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dol
lars, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, OF
both in the discretion of the court .
y Sc 2 Ind be it f;tythe,. enacted That the dis
trict courts of the United States within their re-
speotye districts, shall have, exclusively OF the
courts of the several States, cognizance OF all
crimes and offences committed against the ProN-
sions of this act, and also, eoncurrenty with tne
ircuit courts of the United States, OF all causes,
civil and criminal affecting persons who are de-
MED or cannot enforce in the courts or Judicial
tribunals of the State or locality where they may
be- any of the rights secured to them by the first
section of this act and if any suit or prosecution
civil or criminal, has been orshall be commenced
in any State court against any such person, 1or
any canse whatsoever, against any officer civil
or military, other person, for arrest or lmprl-
sonment, trespasses, or wrongs done or commit
ted by virtue or under color OF autnorty aerlvea
from this act or the act establishing bureau for
the relief of freedmen and refugees, and all acts
amendatory thereof; for refusing to do any ac-
upon the ground that 1t would DC inconslstent
to remove such cause for trial to the proper dist
trict or circuit court in the manner prescribed by
the Act relating to hdbeds corpus and regulating
iudiciaI proceedings in certain cases. approved
March three, eighteen hundred and s1xty-three,
and all acts amendatory thereof. The Jurisd1c-
ton in civil and criminal matters hereby confer
red on the district and circuit courts of the Unit
ed States shall be exercised and enforced In con-
fority with the laws of the United States, SO far
as such laws are suitable to carry the same INTO
effect but in all cases where such laws are not
adapted to the object, or are deficient In the pro-
visions necessary to furnish suitable remedies and
punish offences against law, the common law, as
modified and changed by the constitution and
= statutes OF the State wherein the court having
Jurisdiction of the cause, civil or CRIMINAL Is
held so far as the same is not inconsistent with
the Constitution and laws of the United States,
shall be extended to and govern said courts in
the trial and disposition of such cause, and if of
a criminal nature, in the infection OF punishment
on the party found guilty.
SEC 4 And be 1t further enacted, That the dis
trict attorneys, marshals, and deputy marshals OF
the United States, the commissioners appointed
by the circuit and territorial courts of the United
States, with powers OF arresting, imprisoning, or
battling offenders against the laws of the United
officers and AGENTS OF the EreoOmeQ'S
Bureau, and every other officer who may be spe-
clally empowered by the President of the United
States, shall be, and they are hereby, specially
authorized and required, at the expense of the
United States to institute proceedings against all
and every person who shall violate the provisions
of this act, and cause him or them to be arrested
and imprisoned, or bailed the may be,
for trial before such court of the United States
territorial court as by the act has cognizance of
the offence. And with the view to affordiDg rea-
sOnable protection to all persons in their cOnsti
tutional rights of equality before the law without
distinction of race or color, or previous condi-
ton of slavery or involuntary seryitude, except
punishment for crime, whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted, and to the prompt
discharge of the duties OF this act it shall be the
duty of the circuit courts of the United States
and the superior courts of the Territories of the
United States, from time to time, to increase the
number of commissioners, so as to afford speedy
and convenient means for the arrest and examine
ton of persons charged with a violation of this
act. And such commissioners are hereby author
lied and required to exercise and discharge all
the powers and duties conferred on them by this
act, and the same duties with regard to offences
created by this act as they are authorized by law
to exercise with regard to other offences against
the laws of the United States.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall
be the duty of all Inarshals and deputy marshals
to obey and execute all warrants and precepts is
sued under the provisions of this act when to
them directed and should any marshal or dep
-uty marshal refuse to receive such warrant or
other process when rendered, or to use all proper
means diligently to execute the same, he shall on
conviction thereof, be fined in the CT one
thousand dollars, to the use of the person upon
whom the accused is alleged to have committed
the offence. And the better to enable the said
commissioners to execute their duties faithfully
and efficiently in conformity with the Constitu-
ton of the United States and the requirements of
this act they are hereby authorized and empow-
cred, within their counties respectively, to ap-
point, in writing, under their hands, any one or
more suitable persons, from time to time, to exc
cute all such warrants and other process as may
be issued by them in the lawful performance of
their respective duties; and the persons ap-
pointed to execute any warrant or process as
aforesaid shall have authority to summon and
call to their aid the bystanders the posse
StGtuS of the proper county, such portion of
the land and naval forces of the United States, or
the militia, as may be necessary to the perfor-
nance of the duty with which they charged,
and to insure faithful observance of the clause
OF the Constitution which prohibits slavery, in
conformity with the provisions of this act !; and
said warrants shall run and be executed by said
officers anywhere in the State or Territory within
which they arc issued.
Z SEC. 6. And be 1T further enacted That any per-
SON who shall knowingly and wilIfully obstruct,
hinder, or prevent an, officer, or other person
charged with the execution of any warrant or
process issued under the provisions of this act,
or any person or persons lawfully assisting him
or them, from arresting any person for whose ap-
prehenslon such warrant process NAV have
been issued, or shall rescue or attempt to rescue
such person from the custody of the officer 9TH
er persons or persons or those lawfully assisting
as aforesaid, when so arrested pursuant to the
authority herein given and declared or shall aid
abet or assist any person arrested as aforesaid
directly or Indirectly to escape from the custody
OF the ofncer or other person legally authorized
as aforesaid, or shall harbor conceal any person
for whose arrest warrant or process shall have
been issued as aforesaid so as to prevent his dis
coyery and arrest after notice or knowledge of the
1act that warrant has been issued for the appre-
hension OF such person, shall, for either of said
onences, be subject to fine not exceeding one
tnoussnd dollars, and imprisonment not exceed
ing SIX months, by Indictment and conviction be-
lore the district court of the United States for the
district in which said offence may have been
committed, or before the proper court of Grim
inaI Jurisdiction, if committed within any one of
the organized Territories of the United States
SEC 2. And be it further enacted That the dis
nlct attorneys, the marshals, their deputies, and
the clerks OF the said district and Territorial
courts shall be paid for their services the like
fees as may be allowed to them for similar seryi-