Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-06-11
Civil Rights Bill.

Sec. l. That citizens and other
persons within the Jurisdiction of the
United States shall be entitled to the
full and equal enjoyment of the &C
commodations, advantages, facilities
and privileges of inns, public convey
ances, on land or water, theaters, and
other places of public amusement, and
also of the common schools and pub
lie institutions of learning or benevo-
lence, supported in whole or in part by
general taxation, and of cemeteries
SO supported, and also of institutions
known as agricultural colleges en-
doWed by the United States, subject
only to the conditions and limita-
tons established by law and applica-
BILE alike to the citizens of every race
and color, regardless of any previous
condition of servitude.
Sec. 2. That any parson who shall
violate the foregoing section by deny
ing to any person entitled to it's bene-
fits, except for reasons by law applica-
BILE to citizens of every race and color,
and regardless of any previous con-
dition of servitude, the full enjoyment
of any accommodations, advantages,
facilities, or privileges in said section
enumerated, or melting such denial,
shall, for every such offense, forfeit
and pay the sum of $500 to the per-
son aggrieved thereby, to be recover
ed in an action in the case, with full
costs, and shall also for every offense
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined not more than one thousand dol
lars, or shall be imprisoned not more
than one year; provided that the par
| ty aggrieVed shall not recover more
than one penalty, and when the offense
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 pen
atty aforesaid, or to proceed under
their rights at common law and State
statutes, and having elected to pro-
ceed in one mode or the other, their
right to proceed in other juris-
diction shall be barred; but this pre-
viso shall not apply to criminal pro-
ceedings, either under this act or the
criminal law of any State.
Sec. 3. That the District and Cir
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have, exclusive of the Courts of the
several States, conizance of all crimes
and offenses against, and violations of
the provisions of this act, and actions
/ for penalty given by the preceding
section may be prosecuted in the Ter
ritorial District, or Circuit Courts of
the United States, wherever the de-
fendant may be found, without regard
to the other party, and District Attor-
neys, Marshals and Deputy Marshals
of the United States, and Commission
ers appointed by the Circuit and Terri
torial Courts of the United States,
with powers of arresting and impris-
oning and bailing of offenders against
the laws of the United States, are
hereby required to institute proceed
4 ings against every person VINO shall
violate the provisions of this act, and
cause him to be arrested and impris-
oned or bailed, as the case may be, for
trial before such Court of the United
States or Territorial Court by law as
has cognizance of the offense, except
in respect of right of action accruing
to the person aggrieved, and such
District Attorneys shall cause such
proceedings to be prosecutions tc
l their termination, as in other cases
, provided that nothing contained il
/ this section shall be construed to deny
| or defeat any right of civil action &C
[ cruing to any person by reason Of
J this act or otherwise.
Sec 4. That no citizen, providing he
: has all the other qualifications which
are Or may be prescribed by law, shall
be disqualified for services as grand or
petit jur or in any court in the United
States, or of any State, on account OF
t race, color, or previous condition OF
7 servitude, and any officer or other
person charge with any duty in the
selection or summoning ofjurors, who
, shall exclude or fail to summon any
, citizen for the cause aforesaid, shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and be
2 fined not more than one thousand dol
lars.
a Sec. 5. That all cases arising un-
der 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 of 9th
er causes in the said Court