The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-05-13
The Ku-KluX Bill.
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AN ACT to enforce the provisions
| of the Fourteenth Amendment
to the Constitution ofthe United
States, and 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, stat
ute, ordinance, regulation custom
or usage ofany State, shall subject,
or cause to be subjected, any per-
son within the jurisdiction of the
United States, TO the deprivations
of any rights, privileges or immu-
mites secured by the constitution
of the United States, shall, any
such law statute, ordinance, regu-
lation, custom, or usage of the
State to the contrary notwith-
standing, be liable to the party
injured in the action, lawsuit, ETC.,
in equity or other proper proceed
ings for redress, such proceeding
to be prosecuted in the several
District or Circuit Courts of the
United States, with, and subject
TO, the same rights of appeal, re-
view upon error and other RENE
dies provided in like cases in such
courts, under provision of the act
of the 9th of April, 1866, entitled
"An act to protect all persons in
the United States in civil rights,
and to furnish the means for their
vindication and other remedial
| laws of the United States which
are in their nature applicable to
such cases.
SEC. That if two or more per-
sons within any State or Territory
of the United States shall CORE
spond together to overthrow or to
put down CT DESTROY by force the
Government of the United States,
or to levy war against the United
States, or to oppose by. force the
authorities of the Government of
the United States, or by force, in
tlmidation or threat TO prevent,
hinder or delay the execution of
any law of tile 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 hold
ing any Office of trust or place of
confidence under the United
States or from discharging the
duties thereof, or by force, intimi-
dation or threat to induce any of
ficer of the United States to leave
any State, District, or place where
his duties as an officer might law
fnlly be performed; or to injure
him i'll person or property Oh ac-
count of his lawful discharge of
the duties of office; or to injure his
person while engaged in the law
FIJI discharge of the duties of his
Office; or to injure his property so
as to modest, binder, interfere
with, or impede him in the dis
charge of his official duty; or by
force, intimidation, or threat to
deter any party or witness in any
1 cause of the United States from
attending such court, or from tes-
tifying in any matter pending in
such court, fully and truthfully /;
or to iniure any such party or wit
ness in his person or property, on
account of his having so attended
or testified, or by force, intimida-
ton or threat, to influence the
verdict, presentment or indict-
ment Ofany juror or grand juror
of any court of the United States,
or to injure snch juror in his per
son or property on account of any
verdict, presentment or indict-
ment lawfully assented to by him.
on account of his being or having
been such juror; or shall conspire
together or 60 in disguise upon the
public highways or premises of
another for the purpose, either di-
rectIy or indirectly, of depriving
any person or any class of persons
of equal protection of the laws or
equal privileges or immunities un-
der the laws; or for the purpose of
preventing OF hindering the con-
stituted authorities of any State
from giving or securing to all per
sons in such State equal protection
in the laws; for the purpose of in
any manner impeding, hindering,
obstructing or defeating the due
course of justice in any State or
Territory with the intent to deny
to any citizen of the United States
due and equal protection Of the
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