The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-08

spiracy, such action to be prosecuted In the
proper district or circuit court of the
United Stntes, with and subject to the same
rights of appesl, review upon error, and
other remedies provided In like cases in
such courts under the provisions of the act
of April 9th, 1860, entitled CAN act to pro-
tect all persons In the United States In their
civil rights, and to furnish the means for
their vindication.
SEC. 3. That in all cases where insurrec-
ton, domestic violence, unlawful combi-
nations or couspiracies in any State shall
40 far obstruct or hinder the execution OF
the laws thereof, and Of the United States,
as to deprive any portion or class Of The
people OF such State of any of the rights,
privileges, or immunities. named in and
secured by this act, and the constituted au-
thorities of such State shall either he I'M
able to protect, or shall, from any cause,
fail in or refuse protection Of the people in
such rights. and shall fail or neglect through
the proper authorities, to apply to the Pre-
sident of the United States for aid In that
behalf, such facts shall be deemed denial
by such State Of the equal protection
Of the laws to which they are entitled
under the Constitution Of the United
States; and in all such cases it shall be law
full for the President, and it shall be his
dutyr to take such measures, by the en-
ployment Of the militia or the land and
naval forces of the United States, or OF
either, or by other means, as he may deem
necessary for the suppression Of such insur-
rection, domestic violence, or combina-
tons; and any person who shall he arrested
under the provisions Of this and the pre-
ceding section shall he delivered to the Mar
shall of the proDer district, to be dealt with
according to law.
SEC I. That whenever In any State, or
part of State, the unlawful combinations
named in the preceding section Of this act
shall be organized and armed, and so nu-
merous and powerful as to be able, by vio-
lence, to either overthrow or set at defiance
the constituted authorities Of such State,
and of the United States within such state,
or when the constituted authorities are in
completely with, or shall connlve at the un,
lawful purposes Of such powerful and
armed combinations and whenever, by
reason of either or ell of the causes atoraS
said, the conviction Of such offenders and
the preservation CT the public safety
shull become in such district impraoticable,
in every such case such combinations
shall he deemed rebellion against the
Government of the United States. and du-
ring the continuance of such n rebellion,
and within the limits of the district which
shall be so under the sway thereof, such
li,.its tc &c prescribed by proclamation, it
shall be lawful for the President of the
United States, when in his judgment the
public safety shall require it, to suspend
the privileges Of the writ Of habeas corpus,
| to the end that such rebellion may be over
thrown (; provided that all the provisions Of
the second section or an act entitled an act
relating TO hdbedS corpus and regulating
judicial proceedings in certain cases, ap-
proved March 2, 1868, which relate to the
discharge of prisoners other than prisoners
Of war, and TO the penalty for refusing to
obey the oder of the court, shall be in full
force so far as the same are applicable to tho
provisions Of this section; provided, also,
Chat tho President shall first have made
proclamation, "a now provided by law,
commanding such insurgents to disperse !;
and provided, also, that the provisions of
this section shall not be in force after the
first day Of June, A. D. 1872.
SEC. 5. That nothing herein contained
shall he construed to Supercede or repeal
any former act or law except so far az the
same may be repugnant thereto; and any
offences heretofore committed against the
tenor # any former act shall be prosecuted,
and any proceeding already commenced for
the prosecution thereof shall be continued
and completed, the same as if this act had
not been passed, except so far as the pro-
visions OF this act may so to sustain and
validate such proceedings.
SEC &. That no person Shall be a grand
or petit juror in any court of the United
States upon any inquiry, hearing, OF trial
Of any suit, proceeding, or prosecution
based upon The provisions Of this act who
shall, in the Judgment Of the court, be in
completely with any such combination or
conspiracy, and every such juror shall, be-
fore entering upcn any such inquiry, hear
ing, or trial, take and subscribe an oath in
open court that he has never, directly or
indirectly counselled, advised. or volunta-
rily aided any such combination or conspi-
racy and each and every person who shall
take this oath, and shall therein swear
falsely, shall ne guilty Of perjury, and shall
be subject 10 the pa ms and penalties de-
clared against that crime and the act enti-
tied I" An act defining additional causes of
challenge and prescribing an additional oath
for grand and petit jurors In the United
States courts" approved June II, 1862, be
and the same is hereby repealed.