New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-12
,rcved, March 80. 1871.
GENERAL NATURE-NO. 10. I

AN ACT to enforce the provisionsf the
| fourteenth amendment to the cGtitu.
ton of the United States. and footber
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hase of
Representatives of the United SITES of
America in Congress assembled, Tn any
| person who, under color of any law, ntute.
ordinance, regulation, custom or use of
any State. shall subject, or cause toll sub.
| Jected. any person within the iurise ton
of the United States to the deprivasn of
any rights, privileges or immunities sured
by the constitution of the United hates.
shall, any such law, statute, ordnance
| regulation, custom or usage Of the
State to the contrary notwitkand-
| ing. be liable to the party iniusl in
| any action at law. suit in equity, or other
| proper proceeding for redress, sud pro-
ceeding to be prosecuted in the seveh dis
| trict or circuit courts of the UnitedSates
with and subject to the same rightsd an.
peal, review upon error, and other reaeflies
provided IN like cases in such cOurtamder
the provisions of the act of the ninth of
April. eighteen hundred and sixtyir. on.
titled AN act to protect all PERSONA the
United States in their civil rights,md to
furnish the means of their vindiesGon."
and the other remedial laws of the Cn;tad
States which are in their nature appGahle
in such cases
SEC. .. That if two or more p,sons
within any State or Territory of the S;,ad
States shall conspire together to overtSrov
or to put down, or to destroy by fiona ths
government of the United States, orh,o WY
war against the United States, or to on,,osSa
by force the authority of the govenno,,t
ofthe United States, or by force, ininida'
ton, or threat, to prevent. hinder, ordalar
ha of L., Al
States; or by force to seize, take, or pNssos.
any property of the United States contror1 r
to the authority thereof; or by force ~
tlmldation, or threat to prevent any prsnn
from accepting or holding any office ortrnst
or place OF confidence under the M;t"5
States, or from discharging the dutiesNero-
of, or by force, intimidation, or thru -,
induce any officer of the United Stats w W
leave any State, district, or place when his
duties as such officer might lawfully be ner'
formed, or to injure him in his penon5 or
property on account of his lawfnl
discharge of the dnties Of his oAca
or to injure lis /. person willie ui eu
gagged in the lawful discharge Of the
duties of his office, or to injure his Property
SO as to modest, interrupt, hinder, or
impede him IN the discharge of his official
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 mat
ter 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 Juror In his
person OF property ON account OF any YER
dIct, preseEtment or indictment law
fully asserted to by him. or on ac-
count of his being or having been
such juror, or shall conspire together or go
in disguise upon the public highway orupon
the premises of another for the purpose of
either directly or Indirectly OF depriving any |
person or any class Of persons of the |
equal protection of the laws or of equal |
privileges or ,nmnnities under the
laws, or for the purpose of prevent
ing or hindering the constituted au-
thories of any Stare from giving or securing
TO all persons within such State the equal
of the laws. or shall conspire to-
gether for the purpose OF in any manner
impeding. hindering obstructing or defeat
ing the due course of justice in any State or
Territory with intent to deny to any citizen
Of the United States the due and equalpro-
lection of the laws, or to injure any pefson
in his person or his property for lawfully en-
forcing the right of any person or class Of Der.