The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-04-28
THE KU KLUx BILL.

ALL AZ G~9C0 BALL.
The following is the full text of
be Ku Klux bill:
An act to enforce the provisions
# the Fourteenth amendment to the
of the United States,
nd for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and |
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con |
gress, assembled, that any person. |
Who under color of any law, statue, |
regulation, custom, OF
Usage of any state, shall subject or |
cause to be subjected, any person |
within the jurisdiction of the United |
States, to the deprivation of any
rights, privileges or immunities Sc
cared by the Constitution of the
United States, shall, any such law,
statute, ordinance, regulation, Gus
tom or usage of a state, to the con
trary Notwithstanding, be liable to
che party injured, in any action, law
suit in equity, or better proper pre-
ceeding for redress, such proceeding
to be prosecuted in the several Dis
trict or Circuit Courts of the United
States, with and subject to the same
rights Of appeal, review upon error
and other remedies provided in like
caseJ in such Courts, under the pro-
visions Of the act of the 9th of
April, 1866, entitled 'An act to pro-
tect all persons in the United States
in Sheir civil rights and to furnish
means for their vindication" and
other remedial laws of the United
States, which are in their nature ap-
plioable to such cases.
SECTION 2. That if two or more
persons within any state or territory
Of the United States shall conspire
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 op-
pose by force the government of the
United SCates, or by force, intimida-
ton 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 Of these, or by force, in
timidation or threat to prevent any
person from accepting or holding
any Office, or trust, or place Of conf
dence under the United States, or
from, discharging the duties there
of, or by force, intimidation or
threat, to induce any officer of the
United States, 10 leave, any State,
district or place, where his duties as
such officer might lawfully be per-
formed, or to injure him in his per
son or property, on account of his
lawful dischal ge 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 modest, hin
der, interfere with, or impede
him in the discharge of his official
duty, or by force, intimidation, OF
threat, to deter any party or witness,
in any court of the United States.
from attending such court, or from
testifying in any matter pending in
such court, fully and truthfully, or
to injure any such party or witness
in his person or property on account
of his having so attended or testified,
or by force. intimidation or threat,
influence the verdict, presentment
or indictment lawfully assented to
by him, or on account of his being
or having been such juror, or shall
conspire together, or 60 in disguise
on the public highway or the prem
ises of another, for the purpose ot
either directly or indirectly depriv-
ing any person or any class Of per
sons of equal protection Ofthe laws,
or equal privileges or immunities un-
der the laws, or for the purpose OF
preventing or hindering the consti-
tuted authorities Of any state from
giving or securing to all persons
within such state equal protection
of the laws, or shall conspire togeth-
er for the protection Of the laws, OF
shall conspire together for the pur-
pose of in any manner hindering,
impeding, obstructing or defeating
the due course ofjustice in any state
or territory, with intent to deny to
any citizen of the United States due
and equal protection of the laws, OF
to injure any person in his person
or his property for lawfully enforc-
ing the right Of anT person or class
Of persons to equal protection Of
the laws, or by force, intimidation
or threat, to prevent any citizen oi
the United States, lawfully entitled
to vote, from giving his support Oh
advocacy in a lawful manner towart
or in favor Of the election of any
qualified person as an elector of thu
President or Vice President of th'
Uni I'd States, or as a member of tn,
! ICorgress of the United States, or tt
Iiniure any such citizen in his person
or property, on account Of such sup
port or advocacy, each and ever,
person so offending shall be deemet
guilty ofa high crime, and upon con
viction thereof in any District o
| Circuit Court of the United States
or Distl 1t or Supreme Court of an,
| Territor of United States having
Iiurisdicti u in similar offences, shal
be punish d by fine ofnot less tina
$4,000, or )Y Imprisonment, with O
without halc labor, as the Court ma
determine, >r a period of not les
than six mo tbs nor more than 81
years, as the Court may determin,
or by both lch fine and imprisor
ment as the .iourt shall determine
and IT any olo' or more persons eI
gagged in any such conspiracy sha
do, or cause to be done, any act
: furtherance of the objects of sue
conspiracy, whereby any perso
shall be injured in his person {
: property, or deprived of having an
: exercising any right or privilege
a Citizen of the TInited CtataS IL