The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-06-21
The civil Rights Bill.
We publish below the Civil Rights
Bill as it recently passed the Congress
over the Presidents Veto:

We publish below the Civil Rights
Bill as it recently passed the Congress
over the Presidents Veto:
"Be it enacted By the Senate and Hoese i Repre-
setafiyes Ostea sass q Mne;e b oppssi
States and not subject to any foreign Power, ex,
Guiding Indians, not taxed, arc hereby declared
to be citizens of the United States and such c1tl-
zens of every race and color, without regard to
any previous condition of slavery or Involuntary
servitude,. except as punishment 1of crime
whereof the party shall ave been duly conVicIed,
shall have the same right in every State and Ter
ritory in the United States to make and enforce
contracts, TO sue, be parties, and give evidence,
to inherit, purchase lease, sell, hold, ana convey
real aud personal property, and to full and equal
benefit of all laws and proceedings for the securl
ty of person and property as Is enjoyed oy White
citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment,
pains and penalties, and TO none other, any law,
statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom TO the
contrary Notwithstanding.
son who under color of any law, statute, ordl
nance regulation, or custom, shall subject, or
cause to be subjected, any inhabitant OF any stare
or Territory to the deprivation OF any rignt Sc
cured or protected by this act, or to diherent
punishment, pains, penalties on account OF
such person having ut any time been held III
condition of slavery or involuntary seryltuue eX-
cept as u punishment for crime whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted, or by reason OF
his color race, than is prescribed Tor the pun
ishment of white persons, snail DE deemed guuty
of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be
punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dol
lars, or Imprisonment not exceeding one year, or
BOTH in the discretion of the court.
SEC. 3. And be it f17tte, enacted, That the dis
trict courts of the United States, within their re-
spective districts, shall have, exclusively Oh me
courts of the several States, cognlzance or all
crimes and offences committed against the proVi-
sions of this act, and also, concurrently with the
circuit 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 nrst
section of this act and if any suit or prosecution
civil or criminal has been OF shall be commenced
in any State court against any such person, for
any canse whatsoever, or against any othcer clvii
or military, other person, for arrest or lmprl-
sonment, trespasses, or wrongs done or commit
ted by virtue under color OF authority derived
from this act or the act establishing bureau 1or
the relief of freedmen and refugees, and all acts
amendatory thereof; or for refusing to do any ac-
upon the ground that it would be inconsistent
with this act, such defendant shall have the right
to remove such cause for trial to the proper dist
trict circuit court in the manner prescribed by
the Act relating to hd6eaS corpus and regulating
judicial proceedings in certain cases, approved
March three, eighteen hundred and sixty three,
and all acts amendatory thereof. The jufsdic-
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-
formity 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 10 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
Il criminal nature in the infection OF punishment
on the party found guilty.
SEC +. Ind 6e further enacted, That the dis
trict attorneys, marshalS, and deputy marshals of
the United States, the commissioners appointed
tod
States, with powers of arresting, imprisoning, or
battling offenders against the laws of the United
States, the officers and agents of the Freedmens
Bureau, and every other officer WHO may be spe-
cIally 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 as the case may be,
for trial before such court of the United States
territorial court as by the act has cognzance of
the offence. And with the view to affording 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 servitude, except
as punishment for crime, whereof the party
shall have beer 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 a speedy
and convenient means for the arrest and examina-
ton of persons charged with 4 violation of this
act. And such commissioners are hereby author
lied and required to exercise and discharge all
the powers and duties conferred Oh them by this
act, and the same duties with regard to offences
created by this act, they are authorized by law
to exercise with regard to other offences against
the laws of the United States.
SEC. S. And be IL further enacted That, it shall
be the duty of all lnarshas and deputy marshals
10 obey and execute all warrants and prccepts is
sued under the provisions of this act, when to
them directed; and should any marshal or dep
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other process when rendered, or to use all proper
means diligently to execute the sanIe he shall, on
conviction thereof, be fined in the sum of pne
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 Consttu-
ton of the United States and the requirements of
this act, they are hereby authorized and enpow
cred, within their counties respectively, to APP
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 APP
pointed to execute any warrant process as
aforesaid shall have authority to summon and
call to their aid the bystanders or the posse com.
itaths of the proper county, or such portion of
the land and naval forces of the United States,
the militia, as may be necessary to the pcrfor-
nance of the duty with which they are charged
and to insure faithful observance. of the clause
of the Constitution which prohibits slavery, in
conformity with the provisions of this act; and
Sllu Slidil run anu DC executed SAID
officers anywhere in the State or Territory within
which they are fsShed.- - ; AZ ~ -
- SEC. 6. And be it, iathe, enacted, That any per-
son who shall knowingly and wilfully 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
them, from arresting any person for whose APP
prehension such warrant or process may have
been issued, or shall rescue or attempt to rescue
such person from lie custody of the officer, 9TH
persons or persons, those lawfully assisting
as aforesaid, when arrested pursuant to the
authority herein given and declared, or shall aid
abet or assist amy person arrested as aforesaid
directly indirectly, to escape from the custody
of the officer or other person legally authorized
as aforesaid, shall harbor conceal amy person
for whose arrest a warrant or process shall have
been issued as aforesaid, to prevent his dis
coyery and arrest aftermotice or knowledge of the
fact that warrant has been issued for the appre-
hension of such person, shall, for either of said
offences, be subject to a fine not exceeding one
Thousand dollars, and Imprisonment not exceed
ing six months, by Indictment and conviction be-
fore the district court ofthe 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
IL,