Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-27
The Ku.KIux Bill.

Klux bill, as it passed both houses of Con-
gress and was signed by the President:
An Act to enforce the provisions of the Fourteenth
Amendment to the Constitution OF the United
States, and for other purposes.
Representatives Of TIE United States Of Amer
who, under color of any law, statute, ordi-
nance regulation, custom, or usage of any State,
within the jurisdiction Of the United States to the
deprivation of any rights, privileges, or mmunities
secured by the Constitution of the United States,
shall, any such law, statute, ordinance, regulation,
CUSTOM or usage of a State to the contrary not |
withstanding, be liable to the party injured In |
any action, lawsuit in equity, or proper pro |
ceeding, for redress; such proceeding to be prose-
cuted in the several District Circuit Courts OF
the United States, with, and subject to, the same
remedies provided in like cases in such courts
under the provisions Of the act Of the 9th OF April
1SOS law to sna all Of the the
means for their vindication," and other RENE
dial laws Of the United States which are in their
nature applicable to such cases.
SEC. 2. That If three more persons within any
State or Territory of the United States shall con
70 destroy the Government of the United States,
to levy against the United States, or 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, by force to
ae or to ss any or Sy
force intimidation, or threat to prevent any person
from accepting or holding any office of trust, or
place of confidence under the United 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 a. such officer might lawfully be
performed, or to inJure him in his person or prop
erty on account of his lawful discharge of the du
utes of his office or to injure his person while en-
gagged in the lawful discharge of the duties of his
office, to injure his property, as to molest,
hinder, interfere with, or impede him in the dis
charge of his official duty, or by force intimida-
ton or 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, to inure any
such party witness in his person or property on
account of his having so attended or testified, by
force, intimidation or threat to influence verdict,
presentment or indictment of any juror or grand
juror in any court of the United States, or to in
Jure such juror in his person or property on &C
| count of any verdict presentment or Indictment
lawfully assented to by him, or on account of his
being or having been such juror or shall consPtre
together or go in disguise upon the public high
way premises of another for the purpose, either
any class 81 OF o. Of fb any of
| the laws, or equal privileges or immunities under
the laws, or for the purpose Of preventing or him
derng the constituted authorities of State from
giving securing to all persons within such State
the equal protection of the laws, or shall conspre
iOf s9e any Se oe
course of jnstice in any State or Territory with in
| tent to deny to any citizen of the United States
due and equal protection of the laws, to
| injure any person in his person his prop
erty for lawfully enforcing the right of any
person! or class OF persons to the equal
ton threat to prevent any citizen of the United
States lawfully entitled to vote from giving his
| support or advocacy in a lawful manner toward or
in favor of the election of any qualified person as
an Elector Of President or Vice-President of the
United States. a member of the Congress of
the United States or to injure any such citizen in
his person or property on account of such
support or advocacy, each and every per-
son SO offending shall be deemed guilty of high
crime, and, upon conviction thereof in any district
circuit court of the United States, district or
States, having jurisdiction of similar offenses,
shall be punished by fine of not less than $500
nor more than 5000 or by imprisonment, with or
without hard labor, as the court may de-
termine, for a period of not less than
six months nor more than six years, as
the court may determine, or by both such fine
and Imprisonment as the court shall determine
and if any one or more persons engaged in any such
conspiracy shall do, or cause to be DONE any act in
furtherance Ofthe object of such conspiracy where
by any person shall be injured in his person or
property, or deprived 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 actor
for the recovery of damages occasioned by suct
injury or deprivation of rights and privileges
against any one or more Of the persons engaged
in such conspiracy, such action to be prosecuted
in the proper district or circuit court of the United
Staies with and subject to the same rights of ap-
peal, upon error, and other remedies pro
vided in like cases in such courts under the provi
sions of the act of April Q, 1866, entitled An &C
to protect all persons in the United States in the
civil rights and to furnish the means ior their vim
SEC. 3. That in all cases where insurrection, do
mestic violence, unlawful combinations or con
spiracies, in any State, shall SO obstruct o
hinder the execution Of the laws thereof and thos'
of the United States to deprive any portion
Or class of people of such State of any rights
privileges or immunities or protection name'
this act, and the constituted authori
ties of such State shall either be unable to protec
shall, from any cause, fail in refuse the pro
lection of the people in such rights such facts shal
, be deemed denied by such State of the equal pro
titled under theConstituton of the United States
and in all such cases, or werever any such insul
! rection, violence, unlawful combination or cor
spiracy shall oppose or obstruct the laws of tn
i United States, or the due execution thereof, o
|, impede or obstruct the due course of justic
!, under the same, it shall be lawful for the Pres
i dent, and it shall be his duty to tax
such measures. by the employment {
a the militia, or the land and naval forces {
9 the United States, of either, or by such othe
means as he may deem necessary for the suppres
sion of such insurrection, domestic violence o
cd under the provisions of this and preceding set
= tions shall be delivered to the marshal of th
t proper district to be dealt with according
J. | law.
4 SEC. 4. That whenever in any State, or part of
= State, the unlawful combinations named in th
preceding sections of this act shall be organize
d and armed and so numerous and owerful
to be able by violence to either overthrow set
. defiance the constituted authorities of sue
e State, and of the United States, within sue
e State, or when the constituted authorities are
8 completely with, or shall connve at, the unlawfI
| purposes OF Sucn powerful and armed cOmOln;
IL tons, and whenever, by reason of either
the causes aforesaid, the conviction of sue
n offenders and the preservation of the public safe
. shall become in such district impracticable,
every such case such combinations shall be deeme
t. rebellious against the Government of the Unite
If States and during the continuance of such rebe
= lion, and within the limits of the district which sha
be SO under the sway thereof such limits to be pr
scribed by proclamation, it shall be lawful for II
/ President of the United States, when in his jud
ment the public safety shall require it to suspeI
Il Il the privileges of the writ of hdbeGs coTpW
e to the end that such rebellion may be overthrowr
procided that all provisions of the second sectiC
Il of an act entitled " An act relating to the hdJe,
corpus, and regulating judicial proceedings in ce
~ tain cases. approved March 8, 1862 which rela
to the discharge of prisoners other than prisone
it of war; and to the penalty for refusing to obey
o the same are applicable to the provisions of tn
e section pr0Uied further, that the President sha
10 | first have made a proclamation, as now provide
~ by law, commanding such insurgents to dispers
and pT0Uided, also, that the provisions of this Sc
ton shall not be in force after the end of the me-
a regular session of Congress.
T. SEC. 5. That no person shall be grand or pet
juror in any court of the United States upon al
Ot inquiry hearing or trial of any suit, proceeding
n prosecution based upon or arising under the pr
. visions of this act who shall, in the judgment
x the court, be in completely with any such coml
at nation or conspiracy, and every such person sha
trial, take and subscribe an oath in open court tn
i, he has never, directly or indirectly counseled, a
:" vised or voluntarily aided any such combnatit
IL or conspiracy. and each and every person who h
20 taken this oath, and shall thereon swear falsel
es the pains and penalties declared against th
u crime and the first section of the act entitled ~
:, act defining additional causes for challenge, al
- prescribing an additional oath for grand and pc
, jurors in the United States Courts approved Ju
It. II, 1862, be and the same is hereby repealed.
q SEC. 6. That any person or persons havi
knowledge that any wrongs conspired to be don
and mentioned in the second section of this act a
nv about to be committed, and having the power
II | prevent or aid in preventing the same, sh
III neglect or refuse so to do and such wrongful az
e. shall be committed, such person or persons shs
n be liable to the person injured, or
,;s legal representatives, for all damages caused
o any such wrongful act which such first-named p,
SO son, or persons, by reasonable diligence, cou
d. have ITevented, and such damages may be
,iS covered in an action on the case, in any prop
Lie circuit court of the United States and any nu
he ber of persons guilty of such wrongful neglect
no refusal may be joined defendants in such actio
,rt | pLnClded, that such action shall be commenc
within one year af such of action shall ha
1e occurred, and if the deathiof any person shall
On caused by any such wrongful act and neglect {