The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-22

An ACT to enforce the provisions Of the
fourteenth amendment to the Constitl-
ton of the United States, and Tor other


An ACT to enforce the provisions Of the
fourteenth amendment to the Constitu-
ton of the United States, and for other
purposes.
Be ii enacted by the Senate and House Of
REPRESENTATIVES Of the United States OF
america, in Congress assembled, That any
person who, under color Of any law,
statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or
usage, Of any state, shall subject, or cause
| to be subjected, any person within the jul
risdiction OF the United States to the de-
pr'vation of any rights, privileges, or inn
munities secured by the Constitution OF the
United States, shall, any such law, statute,
ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage,
OF the State to the contrary notwithStand-
ing, be liable TO the party injured in any
action al law, suit in equity, or other pro-
per proceeding for redress such proceed
ing to be prosecuted In the several district
or circuit courts of the United States, with
and subject to the same rights OF appeal,
review upon error, and other remedies
provided III like cases in such courts, I'M
der the provisions Of the act of the 9th Of
Aurii, 1866, entitled can act to protect all
persons in the United States in their civil
rights, and to furnish the means of their
vindcation," and the other remedial laws
of the United States which are in their nal
luTS ippuCuDlc Ill SuCu CASES.
SEC. 3 That if two or more persons
within any State or Territory of the United
States shall conspre together to overthrow,
or to put down, or to destroy by force, the
Government of the United States, or to
levy war against the United States, or TO
oppose by force the authority Of the Gov.
eminent of the United States, OF by force,
mdation, or threat, to prevent, hinder,
or delay the execution of any law Of the
United States, or by force to seize, take, or
possess any property Of the United States
contrary to the authority thereof, or by
force, intimidation, or threat to prevent
any person from accepting or holding any
office or trust or place of confidence uu-
der the United States, or from dlscharg.
ing the duties thereof, or by force, intimi-
dation, or threat to induce any officer of
the United States to leave any State, dis
trict, place where his duties as such officer
might lawfully be performed, or to iDJure
of bis lawful discharge of the duties of his
office, or to injure his person while engaged
in the lawful discharge of the duties OF his
office, or to injure his property so as to mo-
lest, hinder, interfere with, or impede him
in the discharge of his official duty, or by
force, intimidation, or threat, to deter any
party or witness in any court Of the United
States from attending such court, or from
tesCitying in any matter pending in such
court fully, freely, and truthfully, or to in
juie any such party or witness in his person
or property on account Of his having SO
attended or testified; or by force, intimi-
Plesentment, or indictment OF any juror or
grand juror in any court of the United
States; or to iDjure such juror in his per-
son or property on account OF any verdict,
presentment, or indictment lawfully as
scented to by him, or on account OF bis
| being or having been such juror or shall
consplre together, Or 60 III disguise upon
| the public highway or upon the premises
OF another for the purpose, either directly
or Indirectly, of depriying any person or
any class of persons of the equal protection
OF the laws, or of equal privileges or i'm
munltles under the laws, or for the purpose
| OF preventing or hlndering the constituted
| auInorltles OF any State from giving or Sc
curing to all persons within such State the
| equal protection oil the laws, or shall con-
spre together Tor the purpose of, in any
manner. impeding, hindering, obstructing,
| or defeating the due course OF Justice in anV
State Or Territory, with intent to deny to
any citizen of the United States the
due and equal protection of the laws,
or to iDjure any person in his per-
l sou VI HIS ptoPeity ioi lawfully enI0rc-
| ing the right Of any person or class of per.
SONS to the equal protection OF the laws, or
by force, intimidation, or threat, to pre-
vent any citizen of the United States law
fully entitled to vote from giving his sup
port or advocacy in u lawful manner to.
wards or in favor Of the election of any
lawfully qualified person as an elector OF
President or Vice-President OF the United
| States, OF rs member Of the Congress of
the United States, or to injurc any such
citizen in his person or property on &C.
| count of such support or advocacy, each
and every person So offending shall be
deemed guilty of high crime, and, upon
conviction thereof In any district or cir
cult court of the United States, or district
or supreme court OF any Territory of the
United States having jurisdiction of simi-
lar offences, shall be punished by a fine