The daily gazette., 1874-10-15
The (iVit Rights Blu.
MIXED SCHOOLS AND INCORPORATION

of the infamous Civil Rights Bill
which passed the Senate of the United
States by an overwhelming Republican
majority, and which received within
six votes of two-thirds Republican
majority in the House of Representa-
tivcs. For which Congressman J. R.
Lofand, and Joshua Maris, J Joel Thomp-
son, Senator Riddle and all the Repub
lican members of our last Legislature
voted ; and against which all the Dem
ocratic members of Congress and also
all the Democratic members of our
last Legislature voted and thus secured
its defeat
The Wsrkingmea trill see that the the rich
Sal uy Cub anil Credit 'Motilier, Ra iical
Congressnlen tooull force negroes into tho
schools aud cemeteries Of the poor man but
not into social equality ,oith tn, children of
the rich man
FoRTY-THIRD CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION.
IN SENATE.
1873, December Mr. Sumner in
troduced the following bill, Is. No. ~
which was read twice and ordered to
be printed 1t is, verbatim, the above
bill given.
1874, January 27-Referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
April 14-Mr. Frelinghuysen rcpor-
ted the following as substitute,
which was considered April Goth,
and slightly amended, and is as fol.
lows:
That all citizens and other persons
within the jurisdiction of the United
States shall be entitled to the full and
equal enjoyment of the accommoda-
tions, advantages, facilities and privi-
lcges ofinns, public cconveyances ON land
or water, theatres, and other places of
public amusement AND ALSO OF CON-
MON SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
OF LEARNING OR BENEvOLENCE SUP
PORTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY GEN
ERAL TAXATION AND OF CEMETERIES
so SUPPORTED and also the institu-
tions known as agricultural colleges
endowed by the United States, subject
only to the conditions and limitations
established by law, and applicable
alike to citizens of every race and color,
regardless of any previous condition
of servitude.
Sec. 2. That any person who shall
violate the foregoing section by deny
ing to any person entitled to its bene
fits, except for reason by law applicable
to citizens of every race and color, and
regardless of any previous condition
of servitudc, the full enjoy
ment of any of the accommoda-
tions, advantages, facilities or privi-
leges in said section enumerated, or by
aiding or melting such denial, shall for
every such offense, forfeit and pay the
sum of five hundred dollars to the per
son agrieved thereby, to be recovered
in an action on the case with full costs
and shall also, for every such offence,
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor
and, upon conviction thereof, shall bt
fined not more than one thousand dol
lars, or shall be imprisoned not mort
than one year: PROVIDED, That the
party aggrieved shall not recover more
than one penalty F.; and the offence i,
refusal of burial, the penalty may bt
recovered by the heirs at law OF thai
person whose body has been refused
burial: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, Tha
all persons may elect to sue for the
lpenalty Aforesaid or to proceed under
their rights at common law and by
State statutes and having so elected
to proceed in the one mode or tn,
other, their right to proceed in tn,
other jurisdiction shall be barred. =
But this provisO shall not apply Il
terminal proceedings, either unde
this act or the criminal law of AM
State.
| Sec. 3. That the district and circui
courts of the United States shall have
Exclusively of the courts of the scvera
States, cognizance of all crimes ant
offences against and violations of tn
provisions of this act and actions TO
the penalty given by the precedin,
section may be prosecuted in the terri
torial, district or circuit courts of tn
United States wherever the defendan
may be found, without regard to tn
other party. And the district attor
ncys, marshals and deputy marshals O
the United States, and commissioner
appointed by the circuit and territoria
| courts of the United States, with pow
ers of arresting and imprisoning O
bailing offenders against the laws o
the United States, are hereby special
authorized and required to institut
proceedings against every person VIII
! shall violate the provisions of this ac
and cause him to be arrested, d,andimprl
oned or bailed as the case maybe for tri,
before such court of the United State
, or territorial court as by law has COZ
J nizance of the offense, except in r
Ispect of the right of action accruing
the person aggrieved and such di
trict attorneys shall cause such pr
ceedings to be prosecuted to their te
mination, as in other cases PROVIDED
That nothing contained in this sectio
, shall be construed to deny or defe
,. any right of civil action accruing
lany person, whether by reason OF th
act or otherwise.
Sec. 4. That no citizen possessing O
= other qualifications which are or may
prescribed by law shalt be disqualifi,
for services rs grand or petit juror
any court of the United States, or of IL
State, on account of race, color, OF pr
vious condition of serv;tude; and any G
1. iicer or other person charged with al
n duty in the selection or surmounting
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