New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-05-28

The following are
THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL

The following are
THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL
in full, as it passed the Senate:
SECTION |. That all citizens and other
persons within the jurisdiction of the United
States shall be entitled to the full and equal
enjoyment of the Accommodations, advantages,
facilities, and privileges of inns, public con-
veyances on land or water, theaters,5 and
other places OF public amusement; and also
of common schools and public institutions of
learning or benevolence supported IN whole
or in part by general taxation and also
institutions known as agricultural colleges,
endowed by the United States; and of ceme-
teries so supported; subject only to the con-
ditions and limitations established by law,
and applicable alike to citizens of every race
and color, regardless of any previous con-
dition of servitude.
SEC. 2. That any person who shall violate
the foregoing section by denying to any per-
son entitled to the benefits except for rea-
sens by law applicable to citizens of every
race and color, and regardless of any pre-
vious condition of servitude, the full en-
Joyment OF any of the Accommodations,
advantages, facilities or privileges, in said
section enumerated, or by aiding or in
citing such denial, shall, for every such
Ofense, forfeit and pay the sum of five hun
dred dollars to the aggrieved thereby, to be
recovered in an action on the case, with full
costs; and shall also, for every such olense,
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not
more than one thousand dollars, or shall be
imprisoned not more than one year: Prorided,
That the party aggrieved shall not recover
more than one penalty and when the Otlense
is refusal Of burial, the penalty may be
recovered by the heirs at law of the person
whose body has been refused burial: And
provided further, That all persons may elect
to sue for the penalty aforesaid, or to pro-
coed under their rights at common law and
by States statutes /; and having so elected to
proceed in the one mode or the other, their
right to proceed in the other jurisdiction shall
be barred. But this provision shall not
apply to criminal proceedings, either under
this act or the criminal law Of any State.
SEC. 3. That the district and circuit courts
Of the United States shall have, exclusively
OF the courts OF the several States, cognizance
of all crimes and oflenses against, and viola.
tons of, the provisions of this act and
actions for the penalty given by the preced-
ing section may be prosecuted in the Terri
torial district or circuit courts of the United
States wherever the defendant may be found,
without regard to the other party. And the
district attorneys, marshals, and deputy
marshals of the United States, and commits
sioners appointed by the circuit and Terrific
rial courts OF the United States, with powers
Of arresting and imprsoning or baling Offend
ers against the laws of the United States,
are hereby specially authorized and required
to institute proceedings against every person
who shall violate the provisions of this act,
and cause him to be arrested and imprisoned
or bailed, as the case may be, for trial before
such court of the United States or Territorial
court as by law has cOgniZance of the olense,
except in respect of the right of action ac-
cruing to the person aggrieved; and such
district attorney shall cause such proceedings
to be prosecuted to their termination as in
other cases: Prorided, That nothing con-
tanned in this section shall be construed to
deny or defeat any right of civil action accru-
ing to any person, whether by reason of this
act or otherwise.
SEC. 4. That no citizen possessing all other
qualifications which are or may be prescribed
by law shall be disqualified for services as
grand or petit juror in any court of the United
States, or Of any State, on account of race,
Color, or previous condition of servitude and
any officer or other person charged with any
duty in the selection or summoning of Jurors
who shall exclude or fail to summon any
citizen for the cause aforesaid shall, on con-
viction thereof, be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor, and be fined not more than one
thousand dollars.
SEC. 5. That all cases arising under the
provisions of this act IN the courts of the
United States shall be renewable by the
Supreme Court of the United States. without
regard to the sum in controversy, under the
same provisions and regulations as are now
provided by law for the review or other
causes IN said court.