The Republican journal., 1874-05-28
The Civil Rights Bill.

Saturday morning, at the close of an all night
session, the United States Senate passed the
Civil Rights BILL by vote of % to IS, in the fol
lowing draft:
Section l. That all citizens and other per
| sons within the jurisdiction of the United
States, shall be entitled to the full and equal en-
loyment of the accommodations, advantages
facilities and privileges of inns, public convey
ance> on land and water, theatres and other
places of public amusement, and also OF com
mon schools and public institutions OF learning
or bencNolencc supported in whole or i'll part
by general taxation and of cemeteries so sup
ported. and also the institution known as Agri-
culture Colleges, endowed by the United States,
subicc, only to the conditions and limitations
established by law and applicable alike to citi-
zens of every race and color, regardless of any
previous condition of servitudc.
section .. That any person who shall violate
the foregoing section by DENYING to any person
entitled to its benefits, except for reason by law
applicable to citizens of every race and color.
| and regardless OF any previous condition OF
| SerVitude, the full enjoyment of any OF the ac-
! commodationS, advantages, facilities or privi-
leges in said section enumerated. or melting
such denial. SHALL for every such offence forfeit
and pay the sum OF five hundred dollars to the
| person aggrieved thereby, to be recovered in an
| action on the ease, with full costs and SHALL
| also. for every such offence, be deemed guilty
| OF 4 mlsdemeanor. and upon conviction thereof
| imprisoned not more than one year, provided.
| that the party aggreyed shall not recover more
| than the penalty, and, when the offence is re-
| tuSal OF burial, the penalty may be recovered by
me heirs at law OF the person whose body has
been refused burial; and. provided further, that
all persons may elect to she for the penalty
aforesaid. or to proceed under their rights at
common law ami by state statutes, and having
| 80 elected 10 proceed in the one mode or the
other. their right 10 proceed in the other iuri~-
/ Tin ft,pl balIi Itt l,i
not apply to criminal proceedings, either under
| tins act or the criminal Law OF any state.
| section 3 That the District and Circuit
! Courts OF the ntcd States shall have. telchl-
NlNt of the courts OF the several States, cngnZ-
lnce OF ali crimes and offences against and yio-
latonS of the provisions of this act. and actions
tor the 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 party and their attorneys. Mar>hal~ and
Deputy Mirshals OF the United States. and
commissioners appointed by the circuit OF ter
ritOria courts OF the | nited States with power,
of arreStng and impriSoning. or bailing Offend
| ere against the law of the United States, are
hereby specially authorized and required TO
institute proceedings against every person who
shall violate the provisions OF this act and cause
him TO he arrested and imprisoned OF bailed. as
the ease may be, for trial before such court Of
The nited States or territorial court as by law
has cognizancc of the offence. except in respect
OF the right of action accruing to the person
aggrieyed and such District Attorneys shall
cause such proceedings To be prosecuted to
their termination, as in other cases, provided
that nothing contained in this section shall be
construed to deny or defeat any right of civil
action accruing to any person. whether by
reason OF this act or otherwise.
Section 4. That no citizens, possessing all
other qualifications, which are. or may be pre-
>rribed by law, shall be disqualified for service
grand or petit jurors in any court OF the
United States, or of any State, on account of
race, color, or previous condition of scrvitudc.
and any officer, or other person charged with
any duty in the selection or Summ0ning of
jurors who shall exclude OF fail to summons
any citizen for the cause aforesaid shall. on con
vetion thereof, be deemed guilty Of mi>tle-
mcanor and fined not more than $1,000.
Section D. 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 i'll controversy, under the same pro-
visions and regulations as are now provided by
law for the review of othercaus i'll said court.
The following is the vote on its passage
Yeas-AIessrs. Alcorn. Allison, Boutwell,,
Buckingham. Conkling. Edmunds, Flanagan,
Frelinghuysen, Hamn, Harvey, Howe In
gals, Mitchell, Morrill, of Vermont, Oglesbv.
Patterson, Pease, Pratt, Ramsey, Robertson,
Sargent, Scott Spencer, Stewart, Wadleieh.
Nays-Messrs. Bogy, Boreman, Carpenter,
Cooper, Davis, Hager, Hamilton of Maryland.
Johnston, Kelly, Lewis. McCreery. Merrimon,
Norwood, Ransom. Salisbury and Stockton
16.
MeSsrs. Morton, Cameron, Hitchcock, Chand-
Ter, Ferry of Michigan, Sherman and Logan,
who would have voted for the bill, We're paired
with Messrs. Stevenson, Thurman, Upton,
Bavard. Denny, Goldthwait and Gordon, who
would have voted rainst 1t.