Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-02-28

grant or purchase, such lands within the
districts Aforesaid as may be required for
refugees and freedmen dependent on the
government for support, and he shall pro-
vide or cause to be built suitable assylums
and schools. But no su:a purchase shall
be made, nor contract for the same enter
ed upon nor other expenses incurred. IN.
til after appropriations sha have been pro-
vded by Congress for the general purposes
Of this act, out of which payments for
said lands shall be made And the Com
missioner shall cause such lands from
time to time to be valued. allotted assign
ed and so d in the mauuer and from pro-
vidcd in the preceding section, provided
always that the said lands shall not he
sold for less than the cost thereof to the
United States.
Sec. 7. That whenever in any State or
district in which the ordinary course OF
judicial proceeding has been interrupted
by the rebellion. and wherein. in corse-
qnence of any State or local law. ordi-
nance. police or other regulation. custom
or pr, iidice. any of the civil rights or
immunities belonging to white persons.
iucniing the right to nike and enforce
geuer i contracts, to sue, to be p1rties aud
give evidence. INHERIT, purchase. lease. sell
hold and convey real and personal prop
erty, aud to have full and equal benefit Of
all Ii vs. aud proceedings for the security
of person and estate. are refused or denied
to negroes. muattoes OF freedmen or ,efu-
gees. or any previous condition of slavery
or involuntary servi;udc, except as a
punishment for crime whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted, or where
in they Or any Of them are subject to any
other or different punishment, pains or
penalties for the commission of any act or
offrnse than are prescribed shall be the
duty of the President of the United States
through the Commissioner. to extend mil
itary protection and wisiic'i'n over all
cases affecting such pesrons so disvrlmin'
a'ed against.
Sec S. That any person who. under
color Of any state or loo Il law, ordinance.
police or other regulation or custom. shall
in any state or district in which the or
dinary course of judicial proceedings has
becn interrupted by the rebellion, sn' jccs
or cause to be subjected any negro. mn-
la,to freedman. or refugee or other person
on account of race or color, or any pre-
vious condition of slavery or involuntary
servitude except as a punishment for
crime, whereof the party shall have been
duly convicted. or for any other cause. to
the deprivation of any civil right secured
to white persons, or to any other or differ
ent punishment than white persons are
subject to for the commission of like acts
ar offensss. shall lie deemed guilty of
misdemeanor, and he punished by fine
not exceeding one thousand dollars. or
Imprisonment not exceeding one year, or
both and it shall be the duty of the off
iccrs aud agents Of this bureau to take
jnr,s fiction of and hear aud determine
all offnnscs committed against the pro,is-
ions of this section. and also of all cases
affecting negroes. mulattoes. freedmen, or
refugees or other persons who are discr,m-
mated against in any of the particulars
mentioned in tie preceding section Of this
act. under such rnles aud regulations as
the President. through the War Depart
ment. shall prescribe The jurisdiction
conferred by this section on the officers
and agents OF this bureau is to cease and
determine whenever the discrimination
Oh account of which it is confer, ed ceases
and in no event to he exercised in any
state in which The ordinary course of ia.
dicial proceedings has not been inter
rnrtrd hy the rebellion, nor in any state
after it shall have been fully restored in
all it's constitutional relations in the lni.
ted States aud the courts of the state aid
of the uui'ed States within the rame are
not disturbed or stepped in the peaccable
course Of justice"
The House added to the above two
amendments, one f which WIS TO the Ct.
feet that no person shall be deemed dcsti
tnte, suffering or dependent upon the gov.
e'nment who, Icing able to find employ
ment, could by proper Industry nd cxer