The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-06-12
The Civil Rights Bill.


The following is the text of the
Civil Rights Bill as it passed the
Senate on the morning Of the Both:
That all citizens and other persons
within the jurisdiction of the Unit
ed States shall be entitled to the full
and equal enjoyment Of the accom-
modations, advantages, facilities,a
privileges of inns, public convey
ances on land and water, theaters,
and other places of public amuse-
ment, and also Of common schools
and public institutions of learning
or beneYolence, supported in whole
or in part by general taxation, and
of cemeteries so supported, and also
of institutions known as agricultur-
al colleges, endowed by the United
States, subject only to the condi-
tions and limitations established by
law, and applicable 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 person entitled to
its benefits, except for reasons by
law applicable to citizens of every
race and color, and regardless of any
accommodations, advantages, facili-
ties or privileges in said section
enumerated and recited, such denial
shall for every such ofense forfeit
and pay the sum of $500 to the per-
son aggrieved thereby, to be recoV-
cred in the action or cause, with the
full costs, and shall also for every
ofense be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor, and upon conviction there
of, shall be fined not more than
ST, 900, or shall be imprisoned not
more than one year; provided that
the party aggrieved shall not recoy-
er more than one penalty, and when
the offense is a 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 penalty afore
said, or to proceed under their rights
at common law and State statutes
and when they have so elected t
proceed in the one mode or the 9th
er, their right to proceed in the 9th
er jurisdiction shall be barred; bu
this progiso shall not apply to Grim
inal proceedings, either under thi
act or the criminal law of any State
SEC. 8. The District and Circui
Courts of the United States shal
have, exclusively of Courts of tn
several States, cognizance of al
crimes and offenses against and vic
lations of the provisions of this act
and actions for the penalty given b,
the preceding section may be prose
cuted in any Territorial, District 0
| Circuit Court of the United States
wherever the defendant may b.
found, without regard to the othe
party; and District Attorneys, Mar
shals and Deputy Marshals of th,
United States, and Commissioner
appointed by Circuit and Territori
al Courts of the United States, will
powers of arresting, imprisonin,
and bailing offenders against tn
| laws of the United States, are here
by specially authorized and required
to institute proceedings against ev
ery person who shall violate the pro
visions of this act, and cause him Il
| be arrested and imprisoned, or bail
ed. as the case may be, for trial be
| fore such Court of the United States
or Territorial Court, as by law ha
cognizance of such offense, excep
in respect of a right Of action &C
cruing to the person aggrieVed; ant
such District Attorney shall caus
such proceedings to be prOsecutet
to their termination as in other cas-
es. Provided, that nothing in thi
section contained shall be so con
strued as to deny or defeat any righ
of civil action accruing to any per
son, whether by reason of this ac
or otherwise.
| SEC. 4. That no citizen, possess
ing all other qualifications which ar
or may be prescribed by law, shal
be disqualified for services as gran'
or petit Jurors in any Court of tn
United States, or any State, on &C
count of race, color, or previous con
dition of servitude, and any Office
or other person charged with any du
tv in the selection or summoning o
| Jurors who shall exclude or fail t.
summons any citizen for the caus
aforesaid shall be deemed guilty o
a misdemeanor, and be fined no
more than $1,000.
SEC. 5. That all cases arising IN
der the provisions of this act i
Courts of the United States sha
be renewable by the Supreme Coul
of the United States, without regar
to the sum in controversy, undt
the same provisions and regulation
as are now provided by law for th