Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-04
Civil Rights Bill.

The Civil Rights bill, as it passed the Sem
ate is as follows:
SECTION 1. 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. adyan-
tages, facilities and privileges of inns, public
conveysnces on land or water, theaters and
other places of public amusement. and also to
the common schools and public institutions of
learning or benevolence supported in whole or
in part by general taxation. and of cemeteries
SO supported also the institutions known as
agricultural colleges, endowed by the United
States, subject only to the conditions and
limitations established by law, and applca-
BILE alike to citizens of every race and color,
regardless of any previous condition of servi-
tude.
SEC. 2. That any person who shall violate
the foregoing section by denying to any per-
son entitled to its benefits, except for reasons
applicable by law to citizens of every race and
color, regardless Of any previous condition of
servitude, the full enjoyment Of any accommo-
dations. advantages, facilities or privileges in
said section enumerated. or inciting such
denial, shall, for every such offense, forfeit
and pay the sum of $500 to the person ag-
grieved thereby, to be recovered in action on
the case with full costs, and shall also, for
every such offense, be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor. and, upon conviction thereof, shall
| prisoned net more than one year Prouided,
that the party aggrieved shall not recover more
| than one penalty, and when the offense is
refusal of burial. che penalty MAJ be recov-
cred by the heirs-at-law of the person whose
body has been refused burial: And procided
further, that all persons may elect to sue for
| the penalty aforesaid, or to proceed under
| their rights at common law and the State stat
utes 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 proviso shall not apply to criminal pro-
ceedings either under this act or the criminal
law of the State.
SIC. 8. That the District ard Circuit Courts
| of the United States eh4ll have exclusively of
the courts Of the several States, cognizance 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 Territorial,
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 the Com
missioners appointed b. the Circuit and Ter
ritoriel Courts of the United States. with the
powers of arresting, and imprisoning, and
bailing offenders against the laws of the
United States, are hereby specially au-
| thorized and required to institute pro-
ceedings against every person who shall vio-
late 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 effense, except In re-
spect Of the right of action accruing to the
person aggrieved; and such District Attorney
shall cause such proceedings to be prosecuted
to their termination as in other cases Pro-
cided, that nothing contained in this section
shall be construed to deny or defeat any right
Of ciTil action accruing to any person by
reason OF this act or otherwise.
SEC 4. That no citizen, providing he has all
other qualifications winch are or may be pre-
scribed by law, shall be disqualified for SER
vice 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 servi-
tude, and any officer or other person charged
with any duty in the selection or summoning
OF jurors, who shall exclude OF fail to summon
any citizen for the cause aforesaid, shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor. and shall be
fined not more than one thousand dollars.
SEC. 5. That all causes arising under the pro-
visions OF this act in the courts of the United
States shall be renewable by the Supreme
Court Of the United States, without regard to