Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-04-28

them or the motives Of those WHO believed
be ought to have offered reward. The
question as to motives did not arise.
The EAu-EAIslx Law.
An Act to enforce the provisions Of the
fourtesuth amendment to the Constitu-
ton Of the United States, and for other
purposes.
Be 1t 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, stat
ute, ordinance, regulation. custom, or 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
cured by the Constitution of the United
States, shall, any such law, statute, ordi-
nance, regulation, custom, Or usage, OF the
State to the contrary Notwithstanding, be Ii
able to the party injured in any action at
law, suit in equity, Or other proper pro-
cceding for redress such proceeding to be
prosecuted in the several district Or circuit
courts Of the United States, with and sub
ject to the same rights Of appeal, review up
on error, and other remedies provided in
like cases in such courts, under the provis-
ions of the act of the 9th Of April, 1866,
entitled "An act to protect all persons in
the United States in their civil rights, and
to furnish the means of their vindication,"
and the other remedial laws of the United
States which are in their nature applicable
in such cases.
Sec g That If two or N ore persons with
in any State OR Territory Of the United
States shall conspire together to overthrow,
or to put down, or to destroy by force, the
Government of the United States, or to lew
war against the United States, Or to oppose
by force tbs 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 forco to seize, take, or possess any
property of the United States contrary to
the authority thereof, or by force, intimida-
ton, Or threat to prevent any person from
accepting Or holding any Office or trust or
place of confidence under the United States,
or from discharging the duties thereof, or
by force, intimidation, Or threat to induca
any officer of the United States to leave any
State, district or place where his duties as
such officer might lawfully DO performed,
Or to iniure him in his person or property
on &C 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 prop
erty so as to modest, hinder, interfere with
or impede him in the discharge Of his Off
cal 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 testifying in any matter
pending in such court fully, freely, 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, to influence
the verdict, presentment, or Indictment of
any juror or grand juror in any court of the
United States Or to injure such jurorin his
person or property on account of any YER
dict, presentment, Or Indictment lawfully
assented to by him, or on account of his be-
ing or having been such juror; or shall con-
spire together. or 60 in diguise upon the
public highway or upon the premises of an
other for the purpose, either directly or in
directly, of depriving any person or any
class Of persons of the equal protection of
the laws, OF Of equal privileges or immuni-
ties under the laws, or for the purpose
Of preventing or hindering the constituted
authorities Of any State from giving or Sc
curing 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, hindsring, obstructing,
Or defeating the due course Of justice in any
State or Territory, with intent to deny to
any citizen Of the United States the due and
equal protection of the laws, or to injurs
any person in his person or his property for
lawfully enforcing the right Of any 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 a lawful manner to-
wards or in favor of the election OF any law
fully qualified person as an sleotoT Of Prosi-
dent or Vice President Of the United States,
or as member of the Congress Of the Uni
ted States, or TO injure any such citizen IN
his person Or property on account Of such
support Or advocacy, each and every person
so offending shall be deemed guilty CT high
crime, and, upon conviction thereof in any
district or circuit court Of the United States,
or district sr supreme rourt Of any Terrific
~ Of the United States having Jurisdiction
Of similar offences, shall be punished by
fine not less chan Eve hundred nor more
than FIVE thousand dollars, OF By iniprlson-
ment, with or without hard labor, as the
court may detsrnaine, for q period net 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 dc,
termins, And if any one OR more persons
enoaeed in anv suoh conspiracy shall do,