New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-04-20
LAWS OF THE STATE Of LOUISIANA
PUBLISHED By AUTHORITY.
No. N4s

AN ACT
| TO protect the civil rights of citizens. de.
| claring certain torfeitures for acts in de.
| rogation of such rights and directing pro.
| ceedings TO that end, making certain acts
! in violation of civil rights misdemeanOr
| and declaring the punishment therefor.
SECTION ]. Be 1t enacted by the Senate
and House of Representative, of the State
! of Louisiana in GeBeral Assembly convened,
| That every citizen OF Louisiana and every
| citizen of the United States residing in
Louisiana, shall have and enjoy equal and
! impartial accommodations. advantages. ia.
cilIties and privileges from all common car
| riers OF land or water, from inn-keepeIs
| and from all public places of resort licensed
| by the State or by any municipal corpora
| ton.
SEC 9. Be it further enacted. etc, That
| if any common carrier within the State
| whether on land or water, shall make any
! discrimination against anv citizen of the
| State or of the United State. on account of
| race or color. or shall otherwise conspire 10
| deprive any clifton of any civil rights, i'm.
munltleS or privileges. such common car.
| rlers. whether n corporation or an indi.
! vidaal, shall be liable to an action for dam.
ages IN favor of the party injured More.
over. such common carrier so offending
shall forfeit the license which NAV have
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common carrier be corporation. the act of
any authorized agent 30 OtfendiL g shall be
deemed an act OF the corporation with.
In the meaning of this law. II auy
Inn keeper, or owner or manager Of 8ny
public place OF resort shall deprive any
citizen of any civil right. immunity or
privilege guaranteed 20 him by the consti-
tutlon az the United States, or of this
State, or If any sush Inn keeper. or owner.
aforesaid shall f.{r
and impartial Recommendations TO apy citi-
Eens on account of the race or color of such
citZeus. such I'M keeper. or owner, or man.
ager OF such licensed place of public resort
shall forfeit his license issued to hiIn BY tho
State. and shall not thereafter pursue such
calling, and shal! likewise be liable TO such
citizen 50 injured for damages
SEC. 3. Be il further enacted, etc. That
it shall be. and is hereby made the dutv of
the Attorney General of the State, upon
the complaint OF ally citizen that he has
been deprived Of any civil right, ismuniyy
or privilege, or has been refused equal and
impartial accommodations by any common
carrier, inn keeper or other licensed O guer
or manager vi any public place of resort,
TO take proceedings, in the name of tie
State. before any civil court Of competent
jurisdiction, 10 forfeit the license OF such
common carrier. nn-keeper or owner or
manager of any place Of public resort so
offending. The proceeding TO be taken by
the Attorney General shall be tried by pre-.
terence.
SEC. 4. Be 1t further enacted, etc, That
if any agent or eDploye, railroad company
or steamboat or common carrier, running
from other States into this State, shall at
tempt to make or enforce any rule or regu-
lstiOn discriminating against any citizen OF
this State Oh account of race or color. such