New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-23
THE CENTENNIAL COMMISSIONERS
CONGRESS.

Amnesty Bill Signed-TwO Hundred Cases
only Excepted-RailrOad Depot Bill
Signed Civil Rights Bill - Habeas
Corpus Suspended until March a,
S73-SuppIementary AppOrtiOnment
Bill Passed-Paying Awards of South
ern Claims Commission
WASHINGTON. Nav 22-The Senate ad-
iourned this morning to one o'clock to-day,
having passed the House amnesty bill by
tWo-thirds vote, placing it beyond the Pres
ident's control; also, the bill extending the
suspension of the writ of habeas corpus;
also. Summers civil rights bill, but so emas-
culated that Mr.. Sumner himself entered
motion to reconsider. These vital measures
were passed by bare quOrums.
The following is the verbiage of the House
amnesty bill passed last night by the Senate:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, twO-thirds
of each House cOneurring therein, That all
political disabilities imposed by the third
Section of the fourteenth article of amend
ment to the constitution of the United
States are hereby removed from all persons
whomsOeYer, except Senators and Repre-
sentatives of the Thirty-sixth and Thirty
seventh Congresses, officers in the judicial,
military and naval service of the United
States; heads of departments, and foreign
MINISTER'S L06 OufUSu OIdt6Ss
The civil rights bill, as passed, applies
only to inns, licensed places of public en-
tertainment or amusement, and stage
coaches, railroads and other public modes OF
conveyance for freight or passengers.
EQUAL rights regarding cemeteries, schools
and benevolent institutions were stricken
out.
The amnesty bill was signed by the Pres
ident to-day. The exceptions will cover
about 200 cases.
The Baltimore and Potomac depot bill
was also signed.
The civil rights bill passed the Senate
this morning, and is on the Speakers desk
in the House. There are some fifty or sixty
bills in order already ahead of it, and as it
takes a tw0-thirds vote of the House to take
bill from the Speakers table out of the
regular order, there is no possible show for
its passage this session, as it can not be
reached by the time of adjournment, and the
necessary twO-thirds vote to take it out of
its regular order can not be obtained. The
bill, as it passed the Senate, reads:
Be it enacted, That whoever, being q
corporation, or natural person or owner, or
in charge of any public inn or of any place
of public amusement or entertainment, for
which license from any legal authority is
required, or of any line of stage coaches,
railroads, or any other means of public
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make any distinction as to admission or
accommodation therein of any citizen of
the United States, because of race, color or
previous condition of servitude, shall, on
conviction thereof, be fined not less than
$500 nor more than $4,000 for each offense,
and the person or corporation so offending
shall be liable to the citizens thereby in
iured in damages, to be recovered In an
action of debt.
Section two provides that the Offenses
under this act, and actions to recover dam
ages, may be prosecuted before any terri
tOrial, district or circuit court of the United
States having jurisdiction of crimes at the
place where the offense was charged TO have
been committed, with right to appeal, or
to have a writ of error in any case, to the
Supreme Court of the United States.
The bill which passed the Senate this
morning extends the power to suspend the
habeas corpus to March 4, 1873.
Only Messrs. Sumner and Nye voted nay
on the amnesty bill.
Ho2tse.-An unimpOrtant cOll0quy over
amnesty indicates that Rogers, elected from
North Carolina, will be seated tomorrow.
Senate.-The supplemental apportion-
ment bill passed, and goes to the President.
Mr. Howe reported House bill to pay the
| awards of the Southern claims commission
ers, with amendments striking out the ap-
preparations for few small claims. If the
| Senate adopts the amenements, the bill
must go to the House again.