New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-02

Congress of the United 81.
injure any such citizen in hi.
property on account of such s..
vocacy, each and every perso,
shall be deemed guilty of HI.
upon conviction thereof in anv !,
circuit court of the Unite 4
district Or supreme court of .
of the United States having iIr,a
similar offenses. shall be punished
not less than five hundred nor j
five thousand dollars, or by i'm,
with or without hard labor as
may determine for a period of -
than six months nor more tban~
as the court may determine. or LvI
fine and Imprisonment as the 60
determine. And if any one
persons engaged in any such 90. 4
shall do, or cause to be i,
act in furtherance Of the object of =
spiracy, whereby any person =
lured III his person or Property
OF having and exercising any rioI
lege of citizen Of the Tn;tc1 - /,
person so injured or deprived of sua
and privileges may have and n -
action for the recovery Of G,n
stoned by, such injury Or depriss j
rights @nd privileges, against am
more vi tffe persons engaged III - i
spiracy, such action to be prosecute II
proper district or circuit court Of Il
States, with and subject tothc sam1nz
of appeal, review upon error ana;
remedies provided in Ike cases
courts. under the provisions of Il
April ninth, eighteen hundred and 4
tntltlcd An act to protect all ne ~
the United States in their civil riol
to furnish the means Of their vinI;t.
SEC. 3. That in all cases where M.
ton, domestic violence, unlawful c !
tons or conspiracies in any State i
obstruct or hinder the execution o. (
thereof and of the United State. "A
prive any portion or class of IT. j
of such State of any of the
privileges or immunities or r,-s d
named in the constitution 4
cured by this act. and the f
authorities of sHch State shall eli 4
able to protect, or shah from an
III OR refuse protectionO of the pee
rights, such facts shall be deem
by such State of the equal protet i
laws, - which they an entitled Il
conStlt utlon of the Cnied States. a ID
such cases, or whenevGany such ju~l
| ton, violence, unla full com binatio; -
spiracy shall oppose or Obstruct the
the CnIted States, or thedue executi
of, or impede or obstruet the due
+ justice under the same. it shall b /
for the President, and it shall be Ii i
to take such measures by the empl1sz
Of the militia, or the land and naval f4al
the United States, or Of either, or | -
means, as he may deem necessary. !
suppression of such insurrcction, q "a
violence or combinations: and any =.
who shall be arrested under the pros;s
of this and the preceding section, s,,sl
| delivered to the marshal of the pro-, e
| trict, 70 be dealt with according d. !
SEC. i. That wherever in any S.
part of a State, the unlawful CON.
tons. named i'll the preceding section i.
act, shall be ORGANIZED and armed, q
numerous and powerful as to be issa
| violence to either oprthrow or set =
ance the constituted, authorities Q
! state and of the tnied States, With
| State, or When the constituted auti !
| are III compllcit.1s Vii. or shall col "a
the unlawful purposes or such powe. -
| armed combinations and whene Z
reason ofeither or allOf the causes ALI
| the conviction of sueh offenders an
scrva ion of the pubic safety sLa j.
| in such district i:npTaetical,lc. in q 4
case such combinations shall be dee 4
bellion against the government of II /
States, and during the continuance /
rebellion, and witi4n the limits /
district which shall be 50 under I.
thereof, such limits to be prescri
! proclamation. it shall he lawful 4
President of the Unied States, wlN
| Judgment the pubic safety shall re h
to suspend the privileges Of the
habeas corpus. 70 the end 1
Provided, that all the provisions A.
second section of an act entities ~
relating to habea- corpus, and
ing judicial proceedings III certain
approved March third, eighteen In
and s;XtytLree. which relate q
discharge of prisoners other than prs
Of war. and to the penalty for retlsl
! obey the order of the court, shall bei.
force So far as the same are applicni,
the provisions of this section. Pr0I
further. that the President shall tirsi l
made proclamation. as now proyl6s5
| law. commanding such msurgentSt
per>r; and provided also, that T.
| sions OF this section shall not
after the end Of the next REGULAR
Congress.
SEC. ). That no person shall bes6
or petit juror in any court OF the3
States. upon any inquiry. hearing orr
any suit, proceeding or prosecutions
upon or arising under the provisions 4
act, who shall. in the Judgment OF the 4
be in completely with any such cong
or conspiracy; and every SUCH Jury
before entering upon any suth
hearing, or trial, take and subserloosss1
in open court that he has never, II
Indirectly. counseled. advised or VOC i
aided any such combination or cohsRl'
ana each and every person VINO aali
this oath ana shau Azss1 e4ses
shall be guilty of perjury. and shall 7
iect to the pains and penalties ds
against that crime. and the first sec
the act entitled. ian act defining au0
causes of challenge. and prescribing a
tional oath for grand and petit Jurors
United States courts, approVeI
seventeenth. eighteen hundred ana;
two. be and the same is hereby ltpe'4
SEC. 6. That any person or peiso1
ing knowledg' that any OF tie Wr09
coIspircd to Jc done, and menti"neq
second section OF this act. or are ao0Y
committed and having power to prey
aid III preventing the same silaii Leg
refuse so to do, and such wrongful
be committed. such person or rtfso
be Liable to the person injured, OF
representatives. for all damages eal
any such wrongful act winch suY
Named person or persons hy reg
diligence could have prevented "a
damages may be recovered Ill an
the case in the proper circuit cou
United States, and any nun
persons guilty OF such Wroh2l
lect. or refused, may be J9med
PENDANTS III such action, provided
action shall bc commenced within
after such cause of action shall
crued: and ii the death OF any per
be c@used by any such wrongful act
lcct, the LEGAL re,sEessntatlEt' VI
ceased persons Shall njt euth acti
for. and may recover not ICY.
thousand dollars damages therein
benefit OF the widow OF such deceS
sons if any there be, or if the
widow, for the benefit of the next
such deceased person. 4
Sec. That nothing herein coh'aiiu
l.. 4 ar .