The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-09-16
THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.

Elementary Civil Rights Bill, as amend
ed by Mr.. FREELIN0HUrsEN, and as it
passed the Snate:
SEC. l. That all citizens and other per-
sons 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 conveyances on land or
water, theatres, and other places of pub
lie amusement; and also of common
schools and public institutions of learn
ing or benevolence supported, in whole
or in part, by general taxation; and of
cemeteries so supported; and also the in
stitutions known rs agricultural colleges
and endowed by the United States, sub
ject only to the conditions and limitations
established by law, and applicable alike
to citizens of every race and color, re-
gardless of any previous condition OF
servitude.
SEC. 2. That any person who shall
violate the foregoing section by denying
to any person entitled to its benefits, ex-
cept for reasons by law applicable to citi-
LtIlS vi tNtIN IuCt dllu IOloI, anu i'
less of any previous condition of servl-
tude, the full enjoyment of any of the
accommodations, advantages, facilities,
or privileges in said section enumerated,
or by aiding or melting such denial,
SHALL for every such otfense, forfeit and
pay the sum of five hundred dollars to
the person aggrieved thereby, to be re-
covered in an action on the case, with
full costs; and shall also, for every such
oifense, be deemed guilty of a INSIDE
meanor, 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 otfense is
refusal of burial the penalty may be re-
covered by the heirs at law of the person
whose body has been refused burial:
And proceeded fmther, That all persons
may elect to sue for the penalty afore-
said or to proceed under their rights at
common law and by State statutes; and
having 50 elected to proceed in the one
mode or the other, their right to proceed
in the other jurisdiction shall be barred.
But this proviso shall not apply to GRIM
inal 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 Oh
lenses against and violations of the pro-
visions of this act; and actions for the
penalty given by the preceding section
may be prosecuted in the territorial, Dis
trict, 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 commissioners appointed by the Cir
cult and Territorial Courts Of the United
States, with powers of arreSting and i'm
prisoning or bailing offenders against the
laws of the United States, are hereby
specially authorized and required to in
Stitute proceedings against every person
who shall violate the provisions of this
act, and cause him to be arrested and i'm
prisoned or bailed, Us the case may be,
for trial before such Court Of the United
States or Territorial Court as by law has
cognizancc of the otfensc, except in re-
spect of the right of action accruing to
the person aggrievcd; and such district
attorneys shall cause such proceedings to
be prosecuted to their termination, rs in |
other cases: Prorided, That nothing con-
tanned in this section shall be construed |
to deny or defeat any right of civil ac-
ton accruing 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 Tor
service rs grand or petit juror in any |
Court of the United States, or of any |
State. on account Of race, color, or pre-
viouS 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 sum- |
mon any citizen for the cause aforesaid |
shall on conviction thereof, be deemed |
guilty of Il miSdemcanor and be fined |
not more than one thousand dollars.
SEC. s. 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 contro-
vcrSv. under the same provisions and |
regulations rs are now provided by law |
for the review of other causes in said |
Court.