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


"a. less than Eve hundred nor more
than Ave thousand dollars, or Wy lmpI.so..h on
, .na with or without hard labor, as the
no,,rt NAV determine, for period not less
than ak months nor more than six wears,
az the court Ts1ay determine, or ~ botl4
snch 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
furtherauce of the object Of such conspira-
'cS, whereby any person shall be tnjurea III
his person or property, or deprived OF
having and exercising any right or priv
iIepc of a citizen of the United States,
the person 80 injured or deprived of such
rights and privileges may have and MAIN
tain m action for the recovery OF dam
ages occasioned by such injury or deprlva-
ton of rights and privileges against any one
or more OF the persons engaged In SUCH
conspiracy, such action to be prosecuted IN
tho nroner district or circuit court Of the
United States, with and subject to the same
rights of appcal, review upon error, ana
other remedies provided in like cases In
such courts under the provisions oil the act
of April 9th, 1866, entitled can act to pro-
tect all persons in the United States In their
civil rights, and to furnish the means OF
their yindication."
SEC. 8. That In all cases where insured
ton, domestic violence, unlawful comol-
nations or conspiracies in any State shall 80
obstruct or hinder the execution Of the
laws thereof, and of the United States, ID
to deprive any portion or class of the peo-
pie of such State of any of the rights, priv,
feges. or immunities, or protection named
in the Constitution. and secured by TINS
act, and the constituted authorities OF such
State shall either be unable to protect, or
shall, from any cause, fail in or refuse pro-
facts shall be deemed denial by such
State of the equal protection of the
laws to which they are entitled IN
der the Constitution of the United States
and in all such cases, or whenever any such
instruction, violence, unlawful combina-
ton, or conspiracy, shall oppose or OBJ
struct the laws Of the United States, or the
due execution thereof, or impede or OBJ
Struct the due course OF justice under the
same, it shall be lawful for the President,
and 1t shall be his duty, TO take such mea-
sures, by the employment of the militia or
| the land and naval forces OF the United
States, or of either, or by other means, as
| he NAV deem necessary for the suppression
| of such instruction, domestic violence, or
combinations; and any person who shall
be arrested under the provisions OF this
and the preceding section shall be delivered
| to the marshal Of the proper district, TO be
dealt with according to law.
SEC. 4. That whenever in any State or
part of Il State the unlawful combinations
named in the preceding section OF this act
shall be organized and armed, and so nu-
| mcrous and powerful as to be able, by Vlo-
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 connive at the
unlawful purposes OF, such powerful
and armed combinations and when
ever, by reason OF either or all Of the causes
aforesaid, the conviction of such OIL
tenders and the preservation OF Tue
public safety shall become in such dis
trict impracticable, in every such case such
combinations shall be deemed q rebellion
against the Government of the United
States, and during the continuance of such
rebellion, AMI within the limits of the dis
trict which shall be SO under the sway
thereof, such limits to be prescribed by
proclamation, it shall be lawful for the
President of the United States, when, in
his Judgment, the public safety shall re-
quire it, to suspend the privileges Of the
writ of habeas corpus, to the end that such
rebellion may be overthroWn: Proutded,
That all the provisions OF the second sec
tion of III act entitled San act relating to
habeaS corpus, and regulating judicial pro-
ceedncs in certain cases" approved March
third, eighteen hundred and siXty-three,
which relate to the discharge of prisoners
other than prisoners Of war, and to the
penalty for refusing to obey the order of the
court, shall be in full force so far as the
same are applicable to the provisions of
this section: Provided further, That the
President shall first have made proclama-
ton, as now provided by law, commanding
such insurgents to dispense: And pror'ded
also, That the provisions OF this section
Shall not be in force after the end OF the
next regular session of Congress.
SEC. 5. That no person shall be 4 grand
or petit Juror in any court Of the United
States upon any inquiry, hearing, or trial
of any suit, proceeding, or prosecution
based upon or arising under the provisions
of this acL who shall, in the judgment of
The court, be in completely with any such
combination or conspiracy and every such
juror shall, before entering upon any such
inquiry, hearing. or trial, take and SUBJ
scribe III oath in open court that he has
advised, or voluntarily aided, any such conf
hination or conspiracy; and each and every
person who shall take this oath, and shall
therein swear falsely, shall he guilty of per.
Jury, and shall be subject 20 the palns and
penalties declared against that crime, and
the first section Of the act entitled can act
defining additional causes Of challenge and
prescribing an additional oath for grand
and netit jurors in the United States
courts" approved June 18th, 1862, be and
the same is hereby repealed.
SEC. 6. That any person or persons hav-
ing knowledge that any Of the wrongs con-
spired TO be done, and mentioned in the
second section Of this act are about to
be committed, and having power to
prevent or aid in preventing the same,
shall neglect or refuse so to do. and
such wrongful act shall be committed,
BILE to the person injured, or his legal
re representatives, for all damages caused by
any such wrongful act, which such first
named person or persons by reasonable
diligence could have prevented and such
damages may be recovered in an action on
the case in the proper circuit court OF
the United States and any number OF per-
sons guilty of such wrongful neglect or re-
fusal may be joined as defendants In such
action, provided that such action shall be
commenced within one year after such
cause of action shall have accrued. And
if the death of any person shall be caused
by any such wrongful act and neglect, the
legal representatives of such deceased per-
son shall have such action therefor, and
may recover, not exceeding 5000, dam
ages therein for the benefit of the widow
Of such deceased person, if any there be,
or if there be no widow then for the benefit
of the next of kin of such deceased person"
SEC. I. That nothing herein contained
shall be construed to supersede or repeal
any former act or law, except so far as the
same may be rcpugnant thereto; and any
offences heretofore committed against the