The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-05-04
HoYT 6 CO., Proprietors.
Tas I'm Klax Bill as Passed by Congress.

The Ku KlHx Bill aS Passed By Von8xesss
The following Is the fill TAFT of the much
discussed and much amended Ku Klux bill, In
Che form in which is finally became the law OF
the land:
AN AcT TO ENFoRCE THE PROVISIONS OF THE
FUURTEENTH AMENDNEET TO THE CoNsu-
TUITION OF THB UNITED STATES, AND FOB
OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION l. Be Il 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 lay, statute,
ordinance, regulation, custom or usage OF any
State, shall subject, or cause to be subjected,
any person within the Jurisdiction Of the UNI
ted States to the deprivation of any rights,
privileges or immunities secured by the Con-
stitution Of the United States, shall any suck
Law, statute, ordinance, regulation, custom or
usage of the State to the contrary notwith-
standing, be liable 10 the party injured In any
action at law, suit in equity, or other proper
proceeding for redress; such proceeding to be
prosecuted in the several district or circuit
courts of the United States, with and subject
60 the same rights of appeal, review upon error,
and other remedies provided in like cases in
such courts, under the provisions of the act OF
the 9th of April, 1866, entitled Gan Act to pro-
tect all persons in the United States in their
civil rights, and TO furnish the means of their
vindication,n and the other remedial laws OF
: the United States which are in their nature ap-
piicable in such cases.
iEc q That if two or more persons within
any State or Territory of the United States
shall eonspire together to overthrow, or to put
down, or to destroy by force the Government
Of the United States, or 70 levy war against
the United States, or to oppose BY force the
authority of the Government of the United
States, or by force, intimidation 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 OF
States, or from discharging the duties thereof,
or by force, intimidation or threat to induce
any officer of the United States to leave any
State, district or place where his duties as
such officer might lawfully be performed, or
TO injnre him in his person or property on ac-
count of his 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 molest
hinder, interfere with or impede him In the
discharge of his official duty; or, by force, IN
fimidation or threat to deter any party or wit
ness in any court of the United States from at
tending such court, or from testifying in any
matter pending in such court, fully, freely ana
trnthfnlly, or to injure any such party OF wit
ness in his person or property on account OF ms
having so attended or testified, or by force, IN
timidation or threat to influence the verdict,
presentment or indictment of any juror or grand
juror in any court of the United States, or TO
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account of any verdict, presentment or indict-
ment lawfully assented to by him, or on account
of his being or having been such juror, or shall
conspire together or 60 in disguise upon the
public highway or upon the premises OF anoth-
er, 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 immunities under the laws, or for
the purpose of preventing or hindering the
constituted authorities of any State from giving
or securing to all persons within such State
the equal protection of the laws, or shall con-
spire together for the purpose of in any manner
impeding, hindering, obstructing or defeating
the due coune of justice in any State or Terri
tory, with intent to deny to any citizen Of the
United States the due and equal protection Of
the laws, or to ipjure any person in his person
or his property for lawfully enfofciDg the night
of anv person or class of persons to the equal
protection of the laws, or by force, intimidation
or threat to prevent any citizen Of the United
States, lawfully entitled to vote, from giving
his support or advocacy, in lawful manner,
toward or in favor of the election of any Law.
fully qualified person as elector for President or
Vice President of the United States, or asa
member Of the Congress Of the United States,
or TO iniure any such citizen in his person or in
properly, on account of such support or advo,
cacy, each and every person 80 offending shall
be deemed guilty of high crime, and, upoa
conviction thereof in any District OK Circuit
Court of the United States or District or SD
prems Court of any Territory Of the United
States having jurisdiction Of similar offences,
shall be punished y fms not less than fve
hundred nor more than Ave thousand dollars, or
by imprisonment, with or without hard Labor,
as the court may determine, for period Of not
less than six months nor more than six years,
as the court may determine, or by both such
fire and imprisonment as the court shall deter
mine. And if any one or more persons GU
gsged in any such conspiracy shall do, or cause
to Be done, any act in furtherance of the object
OF such conspiracy, whereby any person shall
be injured in his person or property, or de-
prived of having and exercising any right or
privilege of a citizen of the United States, the
person SO injured or deprived Of such rights
and privileges may have and maintain an ac-
ton for the recovery of damages occasioned by
sucl, injury or deprivation of rights and privi-
Ieges against any one or more OF the persons
ENGAGED in such conspiracy, such action to De
prosecuted in the proper District or Circuit
Court of the United States, with and subject to
the same rights of appeal, review Upon error,
and other remedies provided in like cases IN
such courts under the provisions of the act OF Of
April 9th, 1866, entitled "An act to protect all
persons in the United States in their civil
tights, and to furnish the means of their vim
dication."
SEC. 3. That in all cases where insurrection,
domestic violence, unlawful combinations, 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